[Sportsandrec] Greetings

Sun Aug 30 14:00:02 UTC 2015

When I was training BJJ my instructor once told me that when possible it is best to run. If you can't run knowing BJJ is helpful because size does not put you at a huge disadvantage. If someone does not have their hands on me I am going to try to get away and not fight. Since BJJ is a contact primarily ground sport it is great for the attack situation.

As a blind person I loved doing BJJ because there were basically no rule modifications with the exception of how we started. 

Best Wishes

Jess

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> On Aug 30, 2015, at 7:46 AM, "marana Weber via Sportsandrec" <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Papa is right, BJJ was known as Gracie Jiu Jitsu when it was first
> introduced to America, but as others started teaching and opening
> their own academies it became known as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. As a
> woman, I would have to disagree with the claim that it's not effective
> as self defense, primarily because many of the positions that we learn
> to  defend are those where we we would find ourselves during a sexual
> assault. SERE and a large portion of Special Forces training involves
> BJJ and a lot of them use the Gracie Combatives technique. One of my
> good friends recently went through a test for a local police
> department where he had to enter a house with 4 assailants, pretend of
> course, and his job was to subdo them as best as he could. They
> stopped the test after he put the first guy to sleep using a choke and
> dislocated another's shoulder. I don't know about the Army Ranger, but
> I have several UFC fighters on my team, and they all have won using
> one art or another, be it BJJ, striking, or whatever. If you are
> stepping into the octogon, it's best to have training both standing
> and on the ground.
> 
>> On 8/30/15, Poppa Bear via Sportsandrec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Not a problem Cara, take care.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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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>> Cc: Carly Mihalakis
>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Greetings
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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
>>> 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. > >
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