[Sportsandrec] Greetings

Sun Aug 30 07:32:37 UTC 2015

Not a problem Cara, take care. 

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From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly Mihalakis via Sportsandrec
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 11:23 PM
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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 
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>Saturday, August 29, 2015 10:38 PM To: Sports and Recreation for the 
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>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 > know that we have an Oklahoma Sports and >Rec Division. 
>You hopefully saw the > notice >somewhere, but in case you missed it, 
>we are >having a meeting tonight > by Conference call. >The toll free 
>number is 1-877-394-5901 and the >access > code is 9610225. WeÃ¢€™re 
>starting at >7:30. It will probabbably be a small group > since 
>>weÃ¢€™re still getting ng off the ground, but weÃ¢€™d >love for you to 
>get > i> involved. Call in tonight >if you can.
>Hope to talk to you! > > >Regards. > > Audrey T. 
>Farnum > www.nfbok.org >> >On Aug 26, 2015, at
>3:59 PM, LittleDove Cole via >Sportsandrec >> <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> 
>>wrote: >> >> Hi. I just wanted to write in and >say hello. I have just 
>joined the >> mailing >> >list and i cannot wait to meet u all. Im from 
>>oklahoma and i do martial >> arts. I am really >excited to hear about 
>everyone elses sport >passions and >> meet others who r blind. >> >> 
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