I am solid 4.0 player but knee and shoulder issues have limited my time on the tennis court. I used to practice Tae-Kwon-Do, mostly to get me out of a life or death situation. Keeps you in shape and is a good thing to do.
Ditto. I started training in the mid 1970s and eventually learned the basics of TKD, Hapkido, an offshoot of Shotokan Karate and aspects of kung fu. Decades later an old neck injury forced me out of the hard stuff into the 'internal' arts of Tai Chi Chuan (taijiquan) and a baqua. Then finally my knees said, "Nope. We are not letting you do any of that stuff any more." Sigh . . . so it goes.
Good for you. I myself have been doing martial arts most of my life. I do BJJ too as well as Goju Ryu and some other styles. Keep up the good work!
So I read your other post where you said your son is now 17 and has taken a break from BJJ. If he goes back then the next time he gets a new belt it might be a brown belt although Im not exactly sure. You have to be 16 or older to wear the adult belts of blue, purple, brown and black. I am over 16 so right now I am a blue belt. In my school there is this one guy who is a green belt, we once rolled and I would say it ended in a draw.
Wrestling is a different ballgame. In wrestling you're trying to pin your opponent in BJJ you're trying to get them to submit by choking them out or applying a submission hold of some sort. That's why a wrestler would have no problem pinning a BJJ fighter but a BJJ fighter doesn't care if they get pinned and would be able to submit the wrestler.
I quit my bjj school as I had enough of bad curriculum and having to roll a full hour!!! Will be trying a new gym soon. Still do mma twice a week and Muay Thai once
He would be given a Blue Belt max... his gym restarts most kids, but they advance quickly up to Purple/Brown when they grew up in it.
I was just pointing out that it's a great base skill. Mostly true, but my favorite move wasn't a pinning move, it was a tap out move called the Banana Split. Lock them into that and they can't wait to get their shoulders on the mat. There are others.
Wrestling uses takedowns that can be countered by Jiu Jitsu techniques. The reason such takedowns work in wrestling is because the Jiu Jitsu techniques that would be used to counter them are not allowed in wrestling.
I am not familiar with the Banana Split move but lots of the BJJ techniques would be illegal in wrestling.
Well sure. I mean my point overall is about grappling in general, not specific moves. While the "moves" might be different, you use your elbows, chin (pressure points), some grip techniques, leverage, momentum, and balance in many of the same ways.
Most BJJ folks spend several yrs going several hours a week and then get KO in a street fight because they have zero stand up
In wrestling's defense, there are wrestling takedowns that can be countered with wrestling techniques as well. You learn that fast when you get your first cross face.
This is mostly true. Some gyms do some real good focus on Judo Throws, Double Leg Shots, and moves like a Valley Drop that make their BJJ players solid take down artists. My son was fortunate enough to have those taught him at a young age.
CROSS FACE SPRAWL!!!! I have heard that a thousand times at my son's BJJ gym and those kids are proficient at TDD.
I love grappling. I have a blue belt in bjj but also have done most types of grappling; catch wrestling, folk style wrestling, judo, greco, etc even a little lucha libre. I help start a grappling club in a small town in Utah. Catch wrestling is my favorite honest. BJJ but with slams and pins. I travel a lot and every culture has it's own form of grappling and wherever I am I like to try it out. Then bring it back to your jiu jitsu club. Jiu jitsu guys, especially if they start sitting in their club, are so easy to take down. Nothing is quite as fun as power doubling someone 40 lbs heavier than you into the mat. The only problem, is the injuries. I have bad knees and your first rib injury.....get ready for that.
