[Sportsandrec] Greetings

Sun Aug 30 07:23:25 UTC 2015

Evening, Poppa,

Thank you for that explanation!
CarAt 12:06 AM 8/30/2015, you wrote:
>Brazilian Jujitzu is an off shoot of a martial 
>art made very famous by the Gracey family who 
>were originally from Brazil and adapted 
>traditional jujitsu to their own style. In the 
>early days of MMA/UFC  the Gracie family were 
>pretty much unstoppable and as their popularity 
>spread they and their students established 
>dojoes throughout the US as well as other 
>countries. Brazilian Jujitsu also known as BJJ 
>on most message boards and in most training gyms 
>is now a day's considered to mainly be a ground 
>game geared towards the octagon or MMA/UFC style 
>of fighting. The training is big on locks, pens 
>and many grappling techniques with some 
>striking. Sometimes opponents will start on 
>their knees or even back to back. There is a 
>blindBJJ practitioner who has even one some pro 
>MMA matches. As far as a self defense martial 
>art sport, many argue that it is the least 
>geared towards self defense, but at the same 
>time, I think that when it comes down to a 
>student who knows BJJ versus a person who has no 
>formal martial art training, the odds are in the 
>trained persons favor. I have a client who is an 
>Army Ranger graduate and he went to the local 
>BJJ gym for a while and when it came to the 
>octagon he said that he got his butt kicked. As 
>a Ranger, I doubt that the BJJ students would be 
>as successful in a street fight though, but you 
>never know. Also, depending on the gym the 
>physical training can be very intense and 
>extremely competitive. The Graceies were a rough 
>and tumble family and they were also surfers in 
>Brazil. As with many surfers there is a kind of 
>brotherhood, lingo and even dress code and a lot 
>of the time it translates into BJJ. Even when it 
>comes to the BJJ clothing and gear it is more 
>fashionable, bad boyish and more spendier than 
>other martial arts. I know that I wasn't asked 
>the question, but as on most boards the 
>allowance is given to answer a little out of 
>order, I hope I didn't cause any offence. 
>-----Original Message----- From: Sportsandrec 
>[mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of Carly Mihalakis via Sportsandrec Sent: 
>Saturday, August 29, 2015 10:38 PM To: Sports 
>and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List Cc: 
>Carly Mihalakis Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] 
>Greetings Evening, Marana, What does Brazilian 
>Jiu Jitsu look like? What identifies that this 
>martial art derives from Brazil?, At 03:33 PM 
>8/26/2015, you wrote: >Hello and Welcome. What 
>type of martial arts do >you do? I'm in 
>California and train Brazilian >Jiu Jitsu, which 
>is the best thing I've ever >done in my life. 
>Looking forward to having you >along. On 
>8/26/15, Audrey Farnum via >Sportsandrec 
><sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote: > >Hi Little 
>Dove. > > Welcome to the list. IÃ¢€™m a >rower 
>from Oklahomaoma City. Just wanted to let >you > 
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>Farnum > www.nfbok.org >> >On Aug 26, 2015, at 
>3:59 PM, LittleDove Cole via >Sportsandrec >> 
><sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> >wrote: >> >> Hi. I 
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