Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu The Martial Art
Learning a Martial Art or style of Martial Art takes time. Sometimes students spend a lifetime practicing one Martial Art. Today I was speaking with a friend of mine and student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We were starting a private lesson. At the beginning, he felt it was important for him to learn the Jiu-Jitsu for street self-defense combatives verses learning techniques and strategies for sportive applications. He has already been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with me for over a one year and has experience in kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts and Krav Maga self-defense; therefore, this student is coming from a deep pool of background knowledge and understanding for Self-Defense.
I expressed the ideas that how I learned Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was through self-defense for the first 6 months to 10 months. I learned about different escapes standing and on the guard. I learned about using Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for defending myself in a realistic street fight standing and on the ground.
Through this process I learned the different philosophies of the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, strategies and through sparring at the end of classes gained realistic insight into the techniques & their effectiveness for me.
We continued our lesson and towards the end, I let him experience the basic knowledge in a technique and show through more knowledge that he would understand combatives, self-defense and sport in this order. Nonetheless, he would gain a solid education in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. And with a handshake and smile we agreed to meet next week at this same time and place to continue the journey to gether at Elite Training Center in Redondo Beach, CA.
My best,
Prof. Tony PacenskI
2nd Degree Black Belt
BJJ Revolution Team
Elite Training Center
1628 South Pacific Coast Highway,
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 543-1600
www.elitetrainingcenter.net
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