Starting BJJ/Jiu Jitsu Over 40? Here's How To Do It...
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Getting started in anything when you're older can be an intimadting prospect, let alone getting into a combat sport. Here are a few important things to consider if you're over 40 and looking to start your own BJJ/Jiu Jitsu journey!
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Im 42, a disabled military veteran with bad knees and I just started 2 months ago. Thanks for this video
It’s a helluva rewarding journey, and I’m glad you’re along for the ride!
@@invinciblejiujitsu thank you. Im enjoying it. I train at a great gym with great coaches and teammates. Im learning a lot, yet still know so little .
Enjoy it. Its closest environment to being in the military that you'll find in civvy street. Welcome to the brotherhood.
This is so true, 46 year old bloke. I practice traditional jits, only because the club suits me with like minded people. I'm not going to or want to be a mma/bjj compitition fighter, I just enjoy it.
I started at 41 and have been training for going on 5 years. So much of what you say rings true with me. However, I think this advice applies to anyone unfamiliar with athletics and not just those over 40. Because I've been active my whole life, I'm pretty sure I've had an easier time than most of the 20-somethings at my gym. In fact I believe the focus on age was detrimental for me early on, I believed my age was a fundamental limitation. I have been amazed at how my body is able to adapt to training. One piece of advice though, you absolutely need to have a maintenance routine (stretching, strengthening etc.) with some focus on counteracting some of the repetitive movements you'll find yourself doing during training.
Good advice 👌
Agree 💯, maintenance is critical to longevity
Really helpful video, I’m not quite over 40 yet but not far off and have old sports injuries and arthritis so had thought it probably wouldn’t be a good idea to try BJJ/jiu jitsu now
I’m diving in next week, close to 40 as well. Are you going to get after it?
I started jiu jitsu at 52 but each class I would sustain a micro injury e.g. hyper extension. I stopped going but have started to do yoga to stretch up and have switched to private lessons instead. Much better.
I’m glad you found a way in that works for you. Keep going!
I finally took the leap at 40 after being a fan for 20 plus years. I wrestled up to College level before I decided it was not my future. So there is some muscle memory locked in there From 15+ years of that training. I have enjoyed my first two months immensely. Only thing that’s giving me second thoughts about this is the fact that all the blue and Brown belts I am rolling with have a laundry list of bad joints(knees, Shoulders, elbows) makes me really reluctant to fight any submission when I feel it being locked up I tap.
Tap early and tap often. As you gain experience you’ll start to get an idea for where the line between a possible escape and a possible injury lies.
65… three stripes in 6 months.. loving it… getting smashed daily. GB Vancouver is the best!!!
First thing is get in shape! Lose that extra 40 lbs or at least 20 lbs of it. Start walking a lot and start running some as well! Do a lot of squats! Sit ups!
37 after a 2 year break. I only trained for approx 8 months prior. 1 stripe white belt. Barely comfortable with the very basic fundamental positions.
Open mat today, god I loved it. missed it. Signing up at a great school, full of these 20 year old killers but even this ADCC badass had a great roll, super moderate pace, he was so nice, gave off the back take multiple times just to feel things out. It was great. I have no offense so I prefer that higher experienced individuals just attack and get creative with their offense while I try to develop some semblance of a defense. Its great to take it easy and slow but eventually everything needs pressure testing, and thats where these killers come in handy =)
Great advice. I'm 64 and spent most of my teens, twenties, and some of my thirties in the martial arts. Mostly Judo and Isshinryu Karate and dabbled in some other styles and kickboxing. I was also a distance runner in my teens and twenties. I got out of it because...work. Of course, I've racked up a lot of injuries that never really went away and I have carpal tunnel, Dupuytren's Contractures, axial nerve damage in my left shoulder, etc. Even then, I still would consider taking up BJJ now that I'm retired if, as you mentioned, there is a school that caters to older people. But I would not sign up immediately until I spent a few months on my own focusing on regaining flexibility and maybe a little strength training to get past the soreness before enrolling and maybe a little cardio, I think just doing BJJ alone would be enough to establish your cardio. I know from my Judo experience that nothing gets you tired as fast as rolling around on the ground with someone else's body weight attached to yours.
i started jiujitsu at age 62, now 68 year old purple belt. I enjoy the art very much! Go slow at own pace, jiujitsu is one of the best physical exercises for older people who love martial arts!
Jiu jitsu is like any other investment, you gotta do the due diligence. I hope you find the place that’s right for you 🤙🏽✊🏽
I am 50. I started BJJ a bit over 4 years ago and sustained a posterior labral shoulder tear from another white belt, accidentally, as he threw his weight onto me as he applied an Americana, before applying a controlling position. I then went back for about six months and graded a couple of stripes, then the shoulder got too much for me. Now the same gym has adopted a slower pace that isn’t so sports and medals focused. There are others with injuries, so we partner up and announce our injuries before rolling, slower-paced. I also do aikido on Mondays and Fridays. I started aikido because I can do that into my 80s, but at a chronological age of 50, but fitness age of around 42, aikido is not active enough for me, even though there is heaps I am learning, some of which translates across to BJJ in subtle ways. So the combination of aikido and a slower-paced BJJ really seems to fit the bill, such that the aikido gives my body a rest between BJJ sessions, allowing my body more time to heal and adapt and also develop my ukemi.
Sounds like you’ve figured out a great system that works for you 🤙🏽
3 years in white belt will be 45 soon. I really love the idea of a curriculum but wouldn't it be different for different types and ages goals and skill levels? Thanks
Good question. The curriculum would generally be aimed at beginner students who need to get a handle on the basics. After that their learning can be more creative/experimental. Of course you can develop a curriculum for all kinds of demographics-I’m just suggesting the biggest bang for your buck as a beginner of any age or goal. The fundamentals are always going to be the fundamentals 🤙🏽
I’m 42 and train at the gym with the most young killers. Mostly just defence until they give me an opening and then surprise.
Thanks any suggestions on what to eat drink before class. Usually try to drink 2bottles during the day and stop eating at least 2-3 hours before class.
Generally I try to train only earlier in the day, so I’ll go into class fasted with only a bit of coffee/water in me. If I’m training later I won’t eat a couple hours before class.
So I train fasted, I don't eat at least 4 to 5 hours before training. If I want to carb load to have enough sugar in my muscle, I drink liquid sugar, an hour before. I eat my souper after the training, mostly protein from real animal food. I also drink about 2 liters of very cold water with ice and electrolytes (minerals) during the 2hours training session,
Eat a donut before class 😂
Good perspectives, but I feel you kind of held back telling the truth about just how much pain, suffering and frustration will be involved for those who are older and in poor physical shape.
I would even contend that there is a floor of physical strength and resilience below which, nobody should start BJJ. We can argue what it is, but it's definitely higher than most people want to admit - If you actually want to stick with it and not get injured within a few months.
I believe that you’re talking primarily about the sparring aspect of the sport. But that’s only one aspect. My perspective is that there is almost nobody who is unsuitable for Jiu Jitsu training. Not everyone needs to spar to enjoy the health and cognitive benefits of learning/drilling the techniques, delving into the culture, and enjoying the camaraderie of a friendly club.
It's deep. But even realising all this knowledge before my first class when I was 38 it would not help me at all. Back than and even right now we don't have such options to train in such ideal schools like you described. There are no such schools in Kyiv this days even though there are tens of black belts has raised. Ten years ago there were only purple in a whole country.
At my first class I was thrown right in a lions cage. Nobody taught me basic staff ever. An instructor would not correct anybody ever because he was a competitor and rolled himself all the time and didn't watch students. He only explained techniques at the beginning of a class. And it was the best instructor in a country who first brought and started bjj in Ukraine.
Somehow I'd survived for a couple of years and rolled even with European champions almost every day. Now I'm 47 and would like to start the journey again after years of breaking period and different injuries. But from what I can see nothing has changed. It looks like bjj in Ukraine is only for youngsters who must to become competitors in any case. The attitude is like go hard 100% all the time. Otherwise you would have the feeling of not belonging. And I'm afraid because I don't like to be damaged completely.
I empathise with your situation. In an environment where your options are extremely limited, your only choice is to get creative… really creative. I’m sure there are other people in Kyiv who feel the same as you. You have the internet, that means you have access to these people. Start a group on Facebook, reach out to friends, find a way to grow a small community of people just like you who want to train Jiu Jitsu for enjoyment and not for competition. Even if there are only two of you, and you meet once a month, that’s better than nothing at all.
As for finding a good instructor, the internet is, again, your friend. Through it you have access to some of the best instructors in the world! For anyone who says you can’t learn Jiu Jitsu online, tell them to go back to bed… everything is online these days, including learning Jiu Jitsu. In terms of coaches who I rate as exceptional online resources, check out The Gracie Academy or Henry Akins.
Also, join my group Invincible Jiu Jitsu - BJJ beyond 40 (link in the video description). There you’ll find a community of people who are all on a similar journey to yourself in terms of age, physical capacity, etc. it will encourage you to read their stories and learn from their experiences.
Good luck from London 🤙🏽
i am at my mid 30s. I used to practice kick boxing. I got an hamstring injury (tear)... can I get into BJJ ?
Absolutely. Just make sure you’re all healed up, go slow with the BJJ, and don’t be too eager to get right into heavy sparring until you understand some basic positions/principles
They should just grab their GI and go to class 🙄 not very difficult.
Appreciate your attitude and willingness to just get after it. Wish we were all built that way! I'm not, and am grateful for the advice given in this video. I'm in my 50s and it's a conscious effort for me to turn to each and every class that I can. More power to people like yourself who can keep jiu jitsu training so simple and can keep your mind out of it! 👍
@@noragardino9715 I’m no spring chicken myself. The goal of training is just to get better from where you start from. It’s silly to try and kill yourself in class by training like an 18 year old. Just go to class, eat well and get rest. No need to go everyday either. Three times a week is just fine with other workouts on other days. The younger guys who go balls to the wall won’t last till they’re 50. They’ll be out riddled with injuries by then. Bjj will beat your body down if you train too much. That goes for anyone.