Lunch class BJJ at 12:15 with Andrew is continuing the theme of fundamentals revision.

Tonight BJJ at 6pm is the final stages of blue and purple belt grading practice loops. Introduction to 2nd loop for your belt level. Finishing with flow rolling. No partner changes etc.

BJJ Curriculum Practice Redfern

Grading techniques today.
We’ll cover all questions and pick 4 techniques form each grade to refine.

See you on the mat.

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Some Background on BJJ

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art and combative sport predicated on ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. It focuses on the artfulness of taking an adversary to the ground, containing one’s opponent, obtaining a dominant position, and applying a number of ways to compel them into submission via joint locks or chokeholds.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was developed around 1920 by Brazilian siblings Carlos, Oswaldo, GastãoJr., George, and Hélio Gracie, after Carlos was tutored traditional Kodokan judo by a travelling Japanese judoka, Mitsuyo Maeda, in 1917. Afterward they developed their own self- defense system along with their cousins the Machado family.

BJJ ultimately became to be its own delineated combat sport through the coinages, practices, and adaption of “Gracie” Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo, and became an integral martial art for contemporary MMA. Controlling bodies resemblant as the IBJJF work worldwide, and set the rules and norms to be held in sport BJJ competitions.

BJJ revolves around the notion that a lesser, weaker person can successfully uphold him/ herself against a larger, stronger, hefty opponent by using leverage and weight distribution, taking the fight to the floor and using a opus of holds and submissions to defeat them. BJJ practice can be used for sport grappling and self- defense situations. (4) Sparring, generally referred to as” rolling”within the BJJ circles, and real-time drilling plays a large part in training and the exponent’s development. BJJ can also be used as a system of promoting physical fitness, nurturing character, and as a way of life.

BJJ Sydney on a Thursday Night

Today’s 6PM Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Class:

Chain attacks and chain sweeps
3 chokes from guard and
3 sweeps from guard
Flow rolling

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BJJ Chokes and Closed Guard

Chokes from closed guard are among the introductory submissions for tapping out any opponent, indeed against towering and heavier exponents. Else, the closed guard chokes are far more effective than even in the most esteemed jiu-jitsu and MMA bouts. The closed guard is one of the most elementary and tricky guards in BJJ wrestling. It’s an excellent position, particularly for newcomers, in which they will learn a wide variety of generalities, strategies, and sensibilities. Else, the closed guard opens for its players a broad pasture of effective submissions, sweeps, and transitions in both jiu-jitsu gi, no-gi, and MMA. Choke attacks are again and again used in BJJ martial arts, combative sports, self- defense, and martial combat. It’s among the most essential finishers that can put an adversary to sleep. Therefore, a fighter should know numerous choke options from his first days on the mat.

Also, there’s a broad list of chokes in BJJ martial arts, for example as the triangle choke, cross choke, and clock choke, only to name some. So, join us and discover a list of the some Brazilian jiu-jitsu chokes from the closed guard.

See you on the mat!