Jiu-was designed to empower the weak against the strong, and the fact that a 59-year old Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) had to quit after only 3 classes, tells us the opposite is happening.
I’ve been teaching jiu-jitsu for over 25 years. One consistent theme I’ve observed is that if you’re athletic and competitive, and have a high tolerance for discomfort, you can train at any BJJ school and you’ll be okay. If you lack these traits, however, BJJ will chew you up and spit you out before you ever have a chance to build a foundation and experience the limitless benefits it offers it’s long-term practitioners.
This is why we all of our beginner programs are 100% geared towards self-defense. For several months, students learn a specific set of techniques intended for a street fight against someone who doesn’t do Jiu-Jitsu (99.95% of the population). Not does this eliminate the complexity and competitiveness that makes sport BJJ so confusing and injurious for beginners like Anthony, but it gives new students a chance to fall in love with the fun and effective foundation of the art before the heat gets turned up.
At our schools, only once someone completes the self-defense foundation, are they allowed to engage in the more competitive aspects of sport BJJ. By this time, not only will they have a solid set of simple techniques to stay safe in a physical altercation, but they will have a foundational understanding of the positions, technique names and training etiquette that will allow them to roll in a way that reduces the likelihood of injury for them and their training partners, thereby increasing the chance that they will enjoy the lifelong Jiu-Jitsu journey (and not just 3 classes).
If anyone has Anthony’s phone number tell him I’m willing to come to his house to give him the personal introduction to the art that both he and Jiu-Jitsu deserves. For free.
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