My experience with Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) - Samuel Tristan Claro
For those who are unaware Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is an martial
art that involves the use of your body to control someone else's without the
use of strikes. The techniques of BJJ mainly consist of various chokes, joint
locks and cranks to force the opponent to submit aka the “tapout”. What is a
tapout you might ask? When a opponent puts you in a submission, that is either
a choke or a joint lock and when the pain becomes too unbearable you will have
to give up by tapping out, resulting in the opponent releasing the hold and
achieving victory therefore losing the fight.
Back in our one-week APEC break, my mom and I decided to go
to Singapore to visit my brother that studies there. I have made it a personal
goal that at this vacation I wasn’t going to gain weight, I would actually do
something productive. Since my brother was already really into BJJ (Brazilian
Jiu JItsu) I had an upper hand because I wasn’t going in blindly because my brother has been training in a gym called BJJSin (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Singapore)
This whole time while we were
just sight seeing the back of my mind I knew that I was going to my first BJJ
class and I was terrified. The reason I was so scared is because first timers
have to roll, rolling is the BJJ term for sparring and my brother told me early
on that I would have to drop my ego because I would get tapped… a lot. By the
end of that session I did get tapped… a lot. Obviously I’m exaggerating, but
rolling for me anyways was actually really fun! I got tapped thrice out of the
rolls I did. I did successfully tap one guy and almost another but the timer
ran out. I didn't know much but each time I rolled I use the techniques that I learned I learn even more.This gave me a confidence boost and I wasn't scared to roll anymore even if the person was bigger than me.
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In BJJ Technique beats size.
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-Samuel Tristan Claro (future black belt)
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