Linggo, Enero 31, 2016

My Experience withBrazilian Jiu jitsu by Sam Claro

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.


In BJJ Technique beats size.

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The people there were really nice from the coaches to the people I was drilling with, you don’t feel out of place and this is why BJJ people are one of the best people to be friends with because in BJJ especially you need to have an healthy ego because you will get tapped in a regular basis and if you have an ego you will not last. Its just a place where different people: students, businessmen etc. all go to this one place and everyone is the same no matter where you come from BJJ is universal. Without dragging this blog too long I will have one final message, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a martial art that I recommend to everyone I know, and this is coming from someone who just took his first first class two months ago. Just try and stick to it for a while and you will see the changes in all aspects of your life





BJJ Legend Marcelo Garcia
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-Samuel Tristan Claro (future black belt)










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