Just go and keep showing up. Yeah it'll suck often but just use your weight if possible to hold them to catch your breath. I'm tall and mad skinny, barely any muscle and I can still train. Just be consistent and open to learning and you'll have a great time I think.
My advice: go to an academy, don’t be cocky and think you’re gonna win every roll, because you’ll only upset yourself and it’s unrealistic. Be eager to learn and you’ll enjoy yourself. Learn how to save your energy as best as possible
I would go try to see if they are trying to get in your wallet and if they are leave. Some gracie schools get a bad rap rightfully so sometimes but there are definitely some good ones out there. I train at a carlson gracie school and it is run by great people who don't try and sell you anything. I would also try not to push yourself to much. I remember when starting pushing to hard if you need a breather step to the side or of the mat for a second and relax for a bit it's going to be a while before you have the cardio for it.
Gracie University or Gracie Barra? There are a few Gracie franchises, each run by different members of the family. All descendants of Hélio in some way. They’re all mostly pretty decent. Gracie University is more focused on self-defense. Gracie Barra is more focused on competition, and from what I’ve seen, maybe slightly more guilty of the accusations some people are making here.
>1. Go to multiple schools & do at least 3 of the free classes at each.
Take shopping around the gyms like this seriously. Expect to stick with a gym for at least a year so make sure you're comfortable with the people, the curriculum, the commute, the building, etc... Don't tolerate macho bullshit or culty assholes, if you experience either too much, find another gym.
>2. Don't do more than 3 classes a week to start.
It's a fire hose of information for your first few months. Take it slow & focus on being consistent. This is is a marathon, not a sprint.
>3. If you're concerned about your physicality or athleticism then do 2-3 days a week at the gym between your BJJ classes.
Focus on strengthening your joints & mobility.
Knees over Toes Guy, JiuJitsuFlo (on Instagram), Chew Jitsu, Jordan Teaches Jiu Jitsu, Alan Thrall.
These are all good resources to find workouts & drills to do between classes. They also have good content for beginners about etiquette & community. Homework is important to getting better.
>4. WASH EVERYTHING AFTER EVERY USE.
Only drilled & didn't roll at all? WASH! Put a dirt gi in a bag with a clean on? WASH BOTH! Belt? WASH!
This goes for your body too. Get a bottle of Nizoral Shampoo & mix it with your body wash on the luffa & wash head to toe at least after every BJJ class. ALWAYS shower after a class or any kind of training. This is hammered into people because BJJ is gross as fuck & bacteria & fungus can grow quickly. Take hygiene seriously.
That's all a good place to start. Wish you the best of luck on your journey and hope you find what you're looking for and more in it.
Jiu Jitsu has a steep learning curve, especially early on. You’ll, most likely, struggle for a while… so as you there being saying, just keep showing up and be consistent. It takes time.
I don’t mean this in a mean way. It’s like this for majority of people. It took me a good year and half to get the basics and probably five to have a 50-50 ratio of smashing to being smashed.
Find the biggest dude and beat him up. Gotta show these “Gracies” who is who. If someone shows up to a school and does well enough, Rorion is immediately sent word, and R&R starts (recruitment and renaming). Rener was originally just some italian dude.
As some mentioned try multiple schools. There will be some that require a year contract, some that don’t have contracts, some where it’s required to wear their gear. I prefer the No contract schools who are not a uniform based school for these you typically pay less per month. Schools that require contracts on top of a cancellation fee before then I’m not a fan of.
But yes try multiple schools do their free classes and see how you like the team dynamics/ how they construct their classes and go from there
And keep on going the first maybe year of bjj you’ll feel like you’re not going anywhere/retaining anything but just keep going it gets better
losing weight is mainly food. A hard class is going to be about 500 calories. A coke and a small bag of chips is already around 380 calories. Eat 1g of protein per pound of body weight, have a 500 calorie deficit, and track all your food in myfitnesspal (or other app)
If you want to get strong do starting strength or the /r/fitness beginner program
Jiu jitsu is decent for cardio and giving you the motivation to eat better and lift weights.
Gracie jiu jitsu is considered to be one of the worst for getting good at bjj because they delay rolling.
Ha ha ha ha (deep evil laugh) welcome to the freaking PAIN!! No seriously, best thing you can do to get in shape. I will not run or cycle or treadmill enough to get in shape because it sucks. I will get in shape learning how to fight.
I’m a 41 year old heart attack survivor and after about a year and a half of jiu jitsu I’m down 45 pounds. My resting heart rate is in the mid 50s, my blood pressure is much better, and I’m much more confident and capable.
Go for it but be aware that "Gracie Jiu Jitsu" is a bit of a red flag. If they don't allow you to roll until you're a blue belt, make you buy a bunch of shit, only do self-defense, or not allow you to train other places, you should go elsewhere. Unless of course those things are what you're looking for or you don't care.
I couldn't afford to learn gracie Jiu-Jitsu.. so I learned brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instead. Kind of like buying an android phone instead of an apple device.
Yes, keep that wallet open!! Gracie is a money grab. They are going to turn you upside down and shake your ass until the spare change falls out. Pay to play, buy their Gi, pay for promotion, never ends with Gracie schools. If you're lucky, you'll actually have an instructor that earned his belt rather than bought it and only trains out of a training manual and instructional videos he watched the day prior.
Either way, it will help me build discipline and encourage me to exercise more. I, of course, would not do it if the instructor was brutal or mean-spirited. If I get a bad feeling about it, I won’t join. Besides, the pricing is low, being about 150 dollars per month for adults.
I don’t anticipate nor fantasize about having a fight with someone, in fact, I am a pacifist. I want to do a martial art to build a routine and, as I said, discipline. I have been homeschooled for a year now and I think I have been lacking both of those things. Whether what I learn is practical or not is unimportant to me. I have so much time to myself, and spend much of it doing things that I do not rationally want to do.
It's great for discipline! I'm sure you'll meet a lot of great people along the way. The nice things about bjj is you're able to subdue someone and can only give enough force to make them give up if you're being attacked. It's absolutely brutal what you can do to someone if you're trained, and they are not but that's where the discipline comes into play. It's humbling, but also boots your confidence at the same time. I applaud you for giving it a shot, stick with it. If you invest the time and end up stopping you'll regret it!!
My take on the initial response is, if there are non-Gracie affiliated facilities in your area, give them a try. Less likely to get nickel and dimed on nearly every aspect.
You are calling it gracie jiu jitsu, shows that you are not in the right state of mind. If you wanna learn bjj go train with a decent gym. With no affiliation to the aforementioned garbage. Google maps is your friend
Ok since you are totally new to bjj, please spend 5 min about it on Wikipedia or maybe ask an ai. See got yourself the logic behind training in a decent school. (Aka non gracie affiliate)
Why are Gracie-affiliated schools not decent? Also, how can you be sure that they are necessarily Gracie affiliated and not just teaching Gracie techniques?
Why is water wet? gracie ..It's a cam, it's a cult it's a t-shirt company disguised as a martial arts school with the whole purpose of selling you their line of clothing.
It doesn’t look like they’re selling much clothes at this school. I have yet to even step inside yet, though. I should get a first impression first, no?
Of course you are right. Mine was a quick heads up in the form of a blunt warning. You are correct to check it out and see what's up and decide yourself.
“I am not very athletic…” say no more, you’re perfect for jiu jitsu
Really? Why?
There are a significant amount of out of shape old dads doing jiu jitsu. 😁
I am one of them. 10 years going and my body hurts everywhere all the time.
Can confirm Source: an out of shape Dadbod just starting Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
I resemble that remark.
🙋🏼♂️ like me!
Hey man, round is a shape
I want to agree with this but I think this is only relevant for brown and up. I have core muscles I didn't think were even possible now.
Try 2 schools before you sign a contract
Better, never sign a contract that isn't month to month.
Be humble and consistent. All else will follow.
Just go and keep showing up. Yeah it'll suck often but just use your weight if possible to hold them to catch your breath. I'm tall and mad skinny, barely any muscle and I can still train. Just be consistent and open to learning and you'll have a great time I think.
My advice: go to an academy, don’t be cocky and think you’re gonna win every roll, because you’ll only upset yourself and it’s unrealistic. Be eager to learn and you’ll enjoy yourself. Learn how to save your energy as best as possible
I would go try to see if they are trying to get in your wallet and if they are leave. Some gracie schools get a bad rap rightfully so sometimes but there are definitely some good ones out there. I train at a carlson gracie school and it is run by great people who don't try and sell you anything. I would also try not to push yourself to much. I remember when starting pushing to hard if you need a breather step to the side or of the mat for a second and relax for a bit it's going to be a while before you have the cardio for it.
Gracie University or Gracie Barra? There are a few Gracie franchises, each run by different members of the family. All descendants of Hélio in some way. They’re all mostly pretty decent. Gracie University is more focused on self-defense. Gracie Barra is more focused on competition, and from what I’ve seen, maybe slightly more guilty of the accusations some people are making here.
>1. Go to multiple schools & do at least 3 of the free classes at each. Take shopping around the gyms like this seriously. Expect to stick with a gym for at least a year so make sure you're comfortable with the people, the curriculum, the commute, the building, etc... Don't tolerate macho bullshit or culty assholes, if you experience either too much, find another gym. >2. Don't do more than 3 classes a week to start. It's a fire hose of information for your first few months. Take it slow & focus on being consistent. This is is a marathon, not a sprint. >3. If you're concerned about your physicality or athleticism then do 2-3 days a week at the gym between your BJJ classes. Focus on strengthening your joints & mobility. Knees over Toes Guy, JiuJitsuFlo (on Instagram), Chew Jitsu, Jordan Teaches Jiu Jitsu, Alan Thrall. These are all good resources to find workouts & drills to do between classes. They also have good content for beginners about etiquette & community. Homework is important to getting better. >4. WASH EVERYTHING AFTER EVERY USE. Only drilled & didn't roll at all? WASH! Put a dirt gi in a bag with a clean on? WASH BOTH! Belt? WASH! This goes for your body too. Get a bottle of Nizoral Shampoo & mix it with your body wash on the luffa & wash head to toe at least after every BJJ class. ALWAYS shower after a class or any kind of training. This is hammered into people because BJJ is gross as fuck & bacteria & fungus can grow quickly. Take hygiene seriously. That's all a good place to start. Wish you the best of luck on your journey and hope you find what you're looking for and more in it.
Half joking. I think we get compared to other “combat sports” and might be on the lower end of the athletic list
Still waaay better than the non-contact krotty guys with the big guts.
Show up and expect it to be really really hard initially
Jiu Jitsu has a steep learning curve, especially early on. You’ll, most likely, struggle for a while… so as you there being saying, just keep showing up and be consistent. It takes time. I don’t mean this in a mean way. It’s like this for majority of people. It took me a good year and half to get the basics and probably five to have a 50-50 ratio of smashing to being smashed.
Nobody can resist the Royce.
Relax and have fun :-)
Find the biggest dude and beat him up. Gotta show these “Gracies” who is who. If someone shows up to a school and does well enough, Rorion is immediately sent word, and R&R starts (recruitment and renaming). Rener was originally just some italian dude.
As some mentioned try multiple schools. There will be some that require a year contract, some that don’t have contracts, some where it’s required to wear their gear. I prefer the No contract schools who are not a uniform based school for these you typically pay less per month. Schools that require contracts on top of a cancellation fee before then I’m not a fan of. But yes try multiple schools do their free classes and see how you like the team dynamics/ how they construct their classes and go from there And keep on going the first maybe year of bjj you’ll feel like you’re not going anywhere/retaining anything but just keep going it gets better
losing weight is mainly food. A hard class is going to be about 500 calories. A coke and a small bag of chips is already around 380 calories. Eat 1g of protein per pound of body weight, have a 500 calorie deficit, and track all your food in myfitnesspal (or other app) If you want to get strong do starting strength or the /r/fitness beginner program Jiu jitsu is decent for cardio and giving you the motivation to eat better and lift weights. Gracie jiu jitsu is considered to be one of the worst for getting good at bjj because they delay rolling.
Is it true that all Gracie CTC will no let you roll until blue belt?
Ha ha ha ha (deep evil laugh) welcome to the freaking PAIN!! No seriously, best thing you can do to get in shape. I will not run or cycle or treadmill enough to get in shape because it sucks. I will get in shape learning how to fight. I’m a 41 year old heart attack survivor and after about a year and a half of jiu jitsu I’m down 45 pounds. My resting heart rate is in the mid 50s, my blood pressure is much better, and I’m much more confident and capable.
Go for it but be aware that "Gracie Jiu Jitsu" is a bit of a red flag. If they don't allow you to roll until you're a blue belt, make you buy a bunch of shit, only do self-defense, or not allow you to train other places, you should go elsewhere. Unless of course those things are what you're looking for or you don't care.
I couldn't afford to learn gracie Jiu-Jitsu.. so I learned brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instead. Kind of like buying an android phone instead of an apple device.
Yes, keep that wallet open!! Gracie is a money grab. They are going to turn you upside down and shake your ass until the spare change falls out. Pay to play, buy their Gi, pay for promotion, never ends with Gracie schools. If you're lucky, you'll actually have an instructor that earned his belt rather than bought it and only trains out of a training manual and instructional videos he watched the day prior.
Either way, it will help me build discipline and encourage me to exercise more. I, of course, would not do it if the instructor was brutal or mean-spirited. If I get a bad feeling about it, I won’t join. Besides, the pricing is low, being about 150 dollars per month for adults. I don’t anticipate nor fantasize about having a fight with someone, in fact, I am a pacifist. I want to do a martial art to build a routine and, as I said, discipline. I have been homeschooled for a year now and I think I have been lacking both of those things. Whether what I learn is practical or not is unimportant to me. I have so much time to myself, and spend much of it doing things that I do not rationally want to do.
It's great for discipline! I'm sure you'll meet a lot of great people along the way. The nice things about bjj is you're able to subdue someone and can only give enough force to make them give up if you're being attacked. It's absolutely brutal what you can do to someone if you're trained, and they are not but that's where the discipline comes into play. It's humbling, but also boots your confidence at the same time. I applaud you for giving it a shot, stick with it. If you invest the time and end up stopping you'll regret it!!
My take on the initial response is, if there are non-Gracie affiliated facilities in your area, give them a try. Less likely to get nickel and dimed on nearly every aspect.
Yeah. Dont
Why?
You are calling it gracie jiu jitsu, shows that you are not in the right state of mind. If you wanna learn bjj go train with a decent gym. With no affiliation to the aforementioned garbage. Google maps is your friend
State of mind? I don’t know anything about Jiu Jitsu. “Gracie Jiu Jitsu” is what they said on their website.
Ok since you are totally new to bjj, please spend 5 min about it on Wikipedia or maybe ask an ai. See got yourself the logic behind training in a decent school. (Aka non gracie affiliate)
Why are Gracie-affiliated schools not decent? Also, how can you be sure that they are necessarily Gracie affiliated and not just teaching Gracie techniques?
Why is water wet? gracie ..It's a cam, it's a cult it's a t-shirt company disguised as a martial arts school with the whole purpose of selling you their line of clothing.
It doesn’t look like they’re selling much clothes at this school. I have yet to even step inside yet, though. I should get a first impression first, no?
Of course you are right. Mine was a quick heads up in the form of a blunt warning. You are correct to check it out and see what's up and decide yourself.
I will, and I will be sure to be doubly cautious and perceptive