This video re-centered me on what jiu jitsu is, on the most basic level.
It is my humble opinion…
If you are training for self defense and you spend more time practicing forms than sparring… you are not training for self defense.
Phoenix Fightwear
Hey everyone, I wanted to give a shout out to a fight wear company from my hometown. A fellow training partner and friend has began taking pre-orders for Phoenix Fightwear gis. Last week, he brought in a sample for me to try and it has all of the premium features for a reasonable price. This includes:
~ 650 GRM - Pearl weave construction
~ Ripstop pants for durability
~ Matching color rope drawstring
~ Red & White/Blue & White accents and embroidery
~ Triple reinforced stitching
~ Lycra rash guard interior for comfort
In short, for the introductory price of 124.95, you cannot beat it! This price will expire after the pre-orders are taken. If you are in need of a gi, take advantage of this limited time offer.
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Roy Dean - The Hammer and The Nail
Huge respect to Roy for stepping up and competing in the black belt worlds. And he even won a match. Beyond that, there’s certainly no shame in losing to Victor Estima.
I love Roy’s perspective of the art. Respect.
Roll Call: Reblog If You Trained This Week
If so, where did you train?
-Misfit Martial Arts, Winchester Virginia (Jiu Jitsu)
BJJ Black belt Alex Vamos punks class by pretending to be a white belt. Great video, check it out!
It’s called Jiu Jitsu
If you train in jiu jitsu, chances are you have had a conversation go a little like this:
Individual: How is your karate or kung fu thing going?
You: It’s going fine, and it’s called jiu jitsu.
Individual: Yeah, whatever.
I want to explain why this is disrespectful to the practitioner. It isn’t so much that the person inquiring doesn’t preemptively know the difference. I mean, how could they? If they have never had a reason to know, they won’t. That isn’t the trouble here, the trouble here is that the person asking usually doesn’t want to take the time to know.
To most people who practice martial arts, they usually hold their art in a high place in their minds and hearts. When someone takes that thing they value and demean it to something that is very common and meaningless, it comes across in a negative way. Short of it is, if you want to ask with genuine intention, ask. Most, if not all, practitioners would LOVE to explain the difference. If you are asking just to take a jab at martial arts just because you have watched one too many Jackie Chan movies, be warned, you are coming across as a jackass.
That is all.
