OMG! He passed them! I can't believe it! Not. These things are always such a formality. "You've been running a school in my name for another x years so its time for another stripe." I'd love to see one of these high level "tests" where the master says "sorry, not good enough" and flies back to Brazil.
***** Sure, but do those brown belts have their own schools where they kick up to Royce? Doubt it. I don't doubt Relson fails students too, but reckon its pretty rare where they're already a black belt with a name and a school, = they've put in the "requisite time" for another stripe.
OK DUDE, your comments are so helpful. And your insight and writing ability is inspirational. I admire your 1st grade spelling. This is why the country is so great. Free speech even for those who do not do it well. Keep up the good work.
My question is, who is giving Relson degrees on his belt at this point? Rickson? I doubt there are many others who would be anywhere close to his level, I mean he's been studying JJ for 50 years!
+Scott R Very much agreed, Rorian is the only comparable in my instantaneous thoughts. His father Helio before he passed away would be the only one I know of higher knowledge!
King King Relson Gracie earned his Black Belt from Grandmaster Helio Gracie not the IBJJF it was not even an organization at the time. Technically it was given to him materialistically speaking.
King King Yes, his progression of degree per skill capita was based from Helio Gracie and the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy system. I am just trying to clarify the information.
I've learned all of those techniques in JJJ, because that's where it comes from -- same with Judo. JJJ gets a bad rap when it shouldn't. Many of the "high risk" techniques can be practiced at live speed when you have good training partners.
they have known them since then ,but its hardly taught anymore in bjj schools so relson makes a point of ensuring all his teachers can perform and teach it well.
Thank you destructopuppy you are a tool who definitely gets my point; I think BJJ is great and train it 3x a week. We use it to get back to our feet to enable use of weapons mechanical or physical; not as a primary system. After rolling for 7 years I enjoy the workout and challenge of it and my students mostly participate in submission only events because there is no winner without a submission. Thank you for the feedback tool or troll which ever you prefer.
It's true... I met Relson in Hawaii in 1992, and flew back several times just to train with him. He told me that I should go to Los Angeles and practice there since Hawaii was an expensive trip. So I began training at Carson St. with Royce and ended up at UFC 1. At UFC 2 walking to a restaurant with the Gracie group in downtown Denver, I mistakenly began talking and making jokes with a short lady with long hair. It turned out to be Rickson's wife! Relson had showed me several tapes of Rickson fighting on the street, the beach, and arenas, and that he had a record of 300/0! Rickson suddenly appeared and got right in my face, eyeball to eyeball. Everything froze. He asked me who I was. I told him my name and that I was a white belt and trained with Relson and now Royce, and that I loved Gracie Jiu Jitsu. He then became the nicest guy and spent the next hour with his arm around me telling me the whole story of Gracie Jiu Jitsu. He also invited me to begin training with him - I thought I was in heaven! A purple belt there named Steve Maxwell asked me what Rickson said to me for an hour. When I told him Rickson invited me to train with him, he said that wasn't really a good idea because I was likely to get hurt. A few months later at Carson St., not Rickson's gym, a big Nordic Greco-Roman wrestler from somewhere in Europe neck cranked me, making it difficult for me to practice Gracie Jiu-Jitsu anymore.
First I want show all of you much respect for all your accomplishments as Professors in Jiu Jitsu not enough words!!! and also to Master Relson Gracie ( only my opinion ) ! When the rap came on I had to shut it off and the fast motion I so would of prefer normal time . Just my opinion I’ve lived in the world of visual medium as a professional for a very long time Just a comment and my preference.only mine... Side note it would be an honor to visit your Academy and train Very new to Jiu Jitsu white belt Wish I found Jiu Jitsu years earlier Better late then never was in my backyard all the time Torrance CA
This is awesome ive learned some of helios techniques from a rickson bb and ever since ive believed in "preserving the system" helios jiu jitsu makes me addicted to jiu jitsu haha
So they are comeing back after 3 hours of secret instructions. And the first thing we see is the red belt dude is thightening his belt/clothes then wipe both sides of his mouth...wtf where you guys doing?
Why are they wearing KOREAN DOBAK style gis? That was cool they had to do all the self defense. But it would have been nice if they showed him put the tape on. What is the logic of where the tape goes on the belt? The rap music ruined the video somewhat.
The issue these days, is that there are many Brazilian jiu jitsu schools. However, there are few Gracie bjj schools. So you may not get the self defense aspect of gbjj, and just competition. When most places begin on the ground than standing, you're most likely at a competition school than a self defense school.
Did I just see one of the dudes chewing gum. I practice japanese Jujutsu and Juso. Dedication, Discipline, Respect and the highest form of Physical and mental training. If I chewed gum in the middle of a Grading, I would be out the Dojo that very second.
No..thats PATHETIC:/ Should not take more than two or 3 three years max, if you have any natural athletic ability:/. But this was not 20 years to black, they were well, above that already:/
***** lol, I hear that:/ I spent three years in Thailand doing Muay, and fighting every few weeks, that plus Aikido, San Chi Kai, and Tae Kwon Do, ive extracted the best of each in to my own MMA style, thats very effective, i would take Aikido over BJJ any day:/ BJJ has no use on the street at all:/
TheZacdes Almost anything works on the street because the people you're fighting on the street are completely untrained. The only things that don't work are things that actually make you worse at fighting (flashy jump kicks, etc). The real test of a martial art is in UFC, where BJJ has been proven to be almost essential.
Arceushero What a load of shit:/ Where the fuck do you live,lol. Untrained,lol./ Some may be, but they dont pick fights,lol. Try your bullshit BJJ on the street and see what happens..ESPECIALLY, if its more than ONE opponent.,.YOUR FUCKED,lol./ Its a joke,lol. REAL TEST,lol. In a bloody ring, with rules and a ref??>? Get real!! The hardest fights ive ever had were on the street, and i fought muay in the ring every three weeks for three years in Thailand!! They were not nearly as dangerous, still the toughest ring fighting there is...period:/ Almost anything works on the street,lolha. ITS OBVIOUS, you have NO experience,lol
Honestly, I don't care who the assailant is. My money is on Relson. He'll first attempt diffusion (which is the right thing), then if he's forced into combat, he will finish it. He's a Grand Master. I have no doubt.
Scooby Doo In BJJ you don't learn these things at 'higher ranks'. It really depends on where you train. A lot of newish schools that focus more on sport don't teach these as much. When you get to a school that is a bit closer to the Gracie bloodline on either side, you learn more self defense stuff. i'm a white belt and have learned most of what they just did in my first year.
apocalypse123 $60 is pretty cheap to be taught by a world expert in something. Many world experts in other fields charge thousands or tens of thousands per person for seminars. Not sure how you can complain.
Good stuff... My Grandpa said "if you want to master something? Master the basics." Cool stuff. When I started my BJJ journey 6 years ago I remember all those moves. I train at a different school now and when I am tasked to cover a class? I show all the self defense stuff. Most people like it. Parents like it. One guy even used the head lock take down at NAGA. Just roll baby Jiu jitsu is about life then self defense then competition. Peace to you all & God Bless BTT Florida
+Efrain Lopez If you click on the little gear-looking thing at the bottom right of the video, then go up to whre it says "normal" and change it to 0.25, it will be normal speed. No audio, but at least you can see what's going on. :)
This video shows why the Art is called Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As you can see from the techniques that Maeda did teach them Jiu-Jitsu and not just Judo. I think over all those years of having challenge matches they found out that the ground techniques were more useful and effective in a real fight. So they started to focus on modifying and perfecting the ground techniques. Hence today GJJ/BJJ is looked at as only a grappling art. Very interesting.
Relson is a Master as he wears the red belt that means "I could kill you by just looking at you"! Rickson for me is still the best of all the Gracie's. Freakish skill and athleticism.
judoka Masahiko Kimura defeated helio gracie using catch wrestling techniques. although helio never submitted he lost the bout. sakuraba also trained primarily through wrestling then defeated royler gracie which sent shockwaves through mma and nearly the whole gracie clan went on to fight sakuraba. bjj is great to learn but it takes a certain individual to accept a mistake and let the other break your arm if half and you still do not tap. as good as these techniques are I believe a foundation in wrestling should come first and foremost before anything else. the gracies had something more to them then just ju jit su, the true fighting spirit to never give up regardless of your mistakes and if you wanna train in bjj it takes more than just learning techiniques and graduating from belt to belt.
I´m quite interested in BJJ since I quit Karate. But I´m also quite "afraid" of the injuries I might take. Overstretching ancles etc. Since I know from Karate, when you get a "super hyped wannabe pro" as your sparring partner or just as your partner for small exercises you get hurt pretty much instantly :\ and in BJJ with all the grabbling I feel like theres even more potential injuries for me
+Progwale With any contact sport (BJJ, boxing, basketball, soccer, etc.) there will always be an inherent risk of injury. But, I figured I would rather train (and get healthier, less injury prone, more flexible, happier, more confident, etc.) and get injured then, rather than getting into a physical confrontation and risk very serious injuries or death. There will be those guys who roll way too hard, but it normally takes only a couple of rolls for them to realize that strength will not work, at least not all the time. If you're interested in BJJ, call up a local academy or club and ask for an introductory lesson, normally they are free and you can get a taste of it. But the real fun comes when you can roll/spar with your compadres.
+Progwale this is so true; all the injuries I've gotten have been with beginner dumb assess. When you train with someone with rank, you don't get hurt.
Dude don't I'm 43 years and i work in a factory and i train bjj and mma. You get a good instructor and you warm up before and after class you will be fine. Just tap when things start to feel uncomfortable. I have been training about a year and nothing has happen to be that rest and applying ice wouldn't help.
2:45 RELSON DANCING LOL
IriaChan that was amazing. I can watch that part over and over!
+RemyS RemyS I hope you know he wasn't accually dancing
IriaChan looks more like he's rapping lol.
Lol
:D
OMG! He passed them! I can't believe it!
Not. These things are always such a formality. "You've been running a school in my name for another x years so its time for another stripe." I'd love to see one of these high level "tests" where the master says "sorry, not good enough" and flies back to Brazil.
They wouldn't post the video if they failed, lol.
Trust me Relson fails guys all of the time! His is probably the hardest BB to get.
*****
Sure, but do those brown belts have their own schools where they kick up to Royce? Doubt it. I don't doubt Relson fails students too, but reckon its pretty rare where they're already a black belt with a name and a school, = they've put in the "requisite time" for another stripe.
CNCTEMATIC Relson won't even give you a black belt if you have visable tattoo's or certain haricuts! lol He's super strict on giving out BB's!
+Murdoc Rutle A tattoo prevents you from mastering a skill?
I think you have that exactly right. His modesty and generosity in this video are perfectly in keeping with his awesome ability.
OK DUDE, your comments are so helpful. And your insight and writing ability is inspirational. I admire your 1st grade spelling. This is why the country is so great. Free speech even for those who do not do it well. Keep up the good work.
Very nice video with some great technical moves, precise and clear. Great respect to all involved, warriors to a man.
Kron Gracie preserves the technicals of old GJJ alive... if you tell it doesn't work, try to beat him.
Congrats to both of you on your promotion gentlemen :-)
love this so many schools only train tournament stuff- love the self defense aspects! oss!
Am I really supposed to be able to take this video seriously with that music playing in the background?
Im a huge nas fan, but I agree.
Lose the "music"
i like the choice of music, i was not expecting that.
My question is, who is giving Relson degrees on his belt at this point? Rickson? I doubt there are many others who would be anywhere close to his level, I mean he's been studying JJ for 50 years!
+Scott R Very much agreed, Rorian is the only comparable in my instantaneous thoughts. His father Helio before he passed away would be the only one I know of higher knowledge!
+Scott R
No one is "giving it" to him, it is achieved by the time trained and is given out by the IBJJF.
King King Relson Gracie earned his Black Belt from Grandmaster Helio Gracie not the IBJJF it was not even an organization at the time. Technically it was given to him materialistically speaking.
CONOR MCGREGOR IS THE MOST DOMINATING FIGHTER EVER!
I am talking about DEGREES, not the black belt itself.
King King Yes, his progression of degree per skill capita was based from Helio Gracie and the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy system. I am just trying to clarify the information.
I've learned all of those techniques in JJJ, because that's where it comes from -- same with Judo. JJJ gets a bad rap when it shouldn't. Many of the "high risk" techniques can be practiced at live speed when you have good training partners.
I love that you guys and Relson feel the self defense aspect is most important!
thanks for the fast motion which makes learning anything futile
Nas + Jiu Jitsu + Master Relson = Amazing.
More like perfection!!!
Grande mestre Relson! Uma lenda viva!
they have known them since then ,but its hardly taught anymore in bjj schools so relson makes a point of ensuring all his teachers can perform and teach it well.
what's the name of the song playing during the video
Thank you destructopuppy you are a tool who definitely gets my point; I think BJJ is great and train it 3x a week. We use it to get back to our feet to enable use of weapons mechanical or physical; not as a primary system. After rolling for 7 years I enjoy the workout and challenge of it and my students mostly participate in submission only events because there is no winner without a submission. Thank you for the feedback tool or troll which ever you prefer.
change speed to 0.25
its interesting to see how different schools do things
Wow! I totally remember you guys from when we all trained under Steve Maxwell @ Maxercise!! been Sooo long. - Tino from Toronto Canada :)
KirbyinTherapy that was a great gym!
It's true...
I met Relson in Hawaii in 1992, and flew back several times just to train with him. He told me that I should go to Los Angeles and practice there since Hawaii was an expensive trip. So I began training at Carson St. with Royce and ended up at UFC 1. At UFC 2 walking to a restaurant with the Gracie group in downtown Denver, I mistakenly began talking and making jokes with a short lady with long hair. It turned out to be Rickson's wife! Relson had showed me several tapes of Rickson fighting on the street, the beach, and arenas, and that he had a record of 300/0! Rickson suddenly appeared and got right in my face, eyeball to eyeball. Everything froze. He asked me who I was. I told him my name and that I was a white belt and trained with Relson and now Royce, and that I loved Gracie Jiu Jitsu. He then became the nicest guy and spent the next hour with his arm around me telling me the whole story of Gracie Jiu Jitsu. He also invited me to begin training with him - I thought I was in heaven! A purple belt there named Steve Maxwell asked me what Rickson said to me for an hour. When I told him Rickson invited me to train with him, he said that wasn't really a good idea because I was likely to get hurt. A few months later at Carson St., not Rickson's gym, a big Nordic Greco-Roman wrestler from somewhere in Europe neck cranked me, making it difficult for me to practice Gracie Jiu-Jitsu anymore.
Relson has that look... just that look that he knows he could just dominate anyone. that aura. It's sick.
The Relson Block dance at 2:49 the best! Congrats Migliarese Brothers.
First I want show all of you much respect for all your accomplishments as Professors in Jiu Jitsu not enough words!!! and also to Master Relson Gracie
( only my opinion ) ! When the rap came on I had to shut it off and the fast motion I so would of prefer normal time .
Just my opinion
I’ve lived in the world of visual medium as a professional for a very long time
Just a comment and my preference.only mine...
Side note it would be an honor to visit your Academy and train
Very new to Jiu Jitsu white belt
Wish I found Jiu Jitsu years earlier
Better late then never was in my backyard all the time
Torrance CA
This is awesome ive learned some of helios techniques from a rickson bb and ever since ive believed in "preserving the system" helios jiu jitsu makes me addicted to jiu jitsu haha
I'm just curious as to why your wearing TAEKWONDO gi's in a RGJJ dojo?
+David Lee 80% of martial arts is the cute outfit.
+David Lee
It's not a Tae Kwon Do gi
The other 20% is sponsors.
what's up with the background music???
Did you teach the old man anything?
I love this skill so much.
Grande Mestre Relson, grande lenda no Brasil, o cara é sinistro muito sinistro.
Parabéns aos irmãos, vocês estão muito bem assessorados.
Relson doing the robot LMFAOOOO
So they are comeing back after 3 hours of secret instructions. And the first thing we see is the red belt dude is thightening his belt/clothes then wipe both sides of his mouth...wtf where you guys doing?
Muno Unom red belt dude lol hahahahha
Fuck you
That’s Relson Gracie
Have some respect 👊
*hespect
Congratulations... well-deserved.
I thought Ralph was intense, but Relson is super intense! Even the way he staightens up his gi is intense.
There is a lot of knowledge going on in this clip
You can really see the Judo roots of GJJ during this testing. Nice!
Surprised to see it was all standing.. how come?
I think the main reason is that all fights start standing.
all fights start standing up and once a jiu jitsu artist has took someone to the ground he will most likely win
Why are they wearing KOREAN DOBAK style gis?
That was cool they had to do all the self defense. But it would have been nice if they showed him put the tape on. What is the logic of where the tape goes on the belt?
The rap music ruined the video somewhat.
There really cant be many people that have kept the purity of GJJ like Relson Gracie... He preaches the teachings of GM Helio Gracie to the book.
The issue these days, is that there are many Brazilian jiu jitsu schools. However, there are few Gracie bjj schools. So you may not get the self defense aspect of gbjj, and just competition. When most places begin on the ground than standing, you're most likely at a competition school than a self defense school.
I know this is a 9 yr old comment...but yes, self defense GJJ is losing out to sport BJJ.
I'd be interested to see how these black belts do in a few competitions.
+leshark
Relson was champion in Brazil for 25 years, he can win a competition.
Congrats Bruddahz !!!!!!!!!!!
Do u know tracie Hopkins well if you do he is my sensei and Helson lives in Columbus Ohio and I know the secret moves but I don't tell so
Did I just see one of the dudes chewing gum. I practice japanese Jujutsu and Juso. Dedication, Discipline, Respect and the highest form of Physical and mental training. If I chewed gum in the middle of a Grading, I would be out the Dojo that very second.
The crazy thing about martial arts is if you saw Relson in everyday life you'd have NO CLUE that he was an octopus in a human body.
wow you guys should already know these techniques after finishing blue belt its been on vhs tapes and youtube since the 90's
2:45 to 3:00 is gold xD
+chris kempton I had to laugh at the same part, Relson busting some moves :)
That is .gif material right there xD
relson was dancing and shit lol
those were the sickest moves i've ever seen. no wonder how he got that red belt
master relson is fucking dat shit str8 up dawg
what the hell did I just watch...?
Relson Gracie black belt test
A video.
the fast-motion and Nas song -- why?
What's up with the secret instruction?
I am glad to see most people are keeping up the RUclips tradition of being perpetually hostile in the comments.
are you implying gracie jui juitsu is different from bjj? its the same thing... and its mostly a competition sport.
We go through all those moves in the Valente Brothers Academy (Miami) often!!! Ooss!
The BJJ in this video looks more like its roots than any I have seen.
...not to mention he was a 26 time undefeated national champion in Brazil.
20 years plus to make black belt.. that's dedication.
They were testing for third and fourth degree black belts, not first degrees. Still takes a lot of dedication though.
No..thats PATHETIC:/ Should not take more than two or 3 three years max, if you have any natural athletic ability:/. But this was not 20 years to black, they were well, above that already:/
***** lol, I hear that:/ I spent three years in Thailand doing Muay, and fighting every few weeks, that plus Aikido, San Chi Kai, and Tae Kwon Do, ive extracted the best of each in to my own MMA style, thats very effective, i would take Aikido over BJJ any day:/ BJJ has no use on the street at all:/
TheZacdes Almost anything works on the street because the people you're fighting on the street are completely untrained. The only things that don't work are things that actually make you worse at fighting (flashy jump kicks, etc). The real test of a martial art is in UFC, where BJJ has been proven to be almost essential.
Arceushero What a load of shit:/ Where the fuck do you live,lol. Untrained,lol./ Some may be, but they dont pick fights,lol. Try your bullshit BJJ on the street and see what happens..ESPECIALLY, if its more than ONE opponent.,.YOUR FUCKED,lol./ Its a joke,lol. REAL TEST,lol. In a bloody ring, with rules and a ref??>? Get real!! The hardest fights ive ever had were on the street, and i fought muay in the ring every three weeks for three years in Thailand!! They were not nearly as dangerous, still the toughest ring fighting there is...period:/ Almost anything works on the street,lolha. ITS OBVIOUS, you have NO experience,lol
how exactly?
These guys are so fast!
it really is amazing to see how much of the Judo roots are shown in this test. say what you will about the Gracies but they know what works.
I guess they didn't see their master's video about the white gi's....i guess that's why we are all students...keep up the good work!
This is cool man
When you want to watch an Jiu- Jitsu video than debate to hop on My Park.
This isn't fast forwarded... Everyone knows when you get awarded a degree on your black belt by a Gracie you start to defy the laws of physics.
Honestly, I don't care who the assailant is.
My money is on Relson.
He'll first attempt diffusion (which is the right thing), then if he's forced into combat, he will finish it.
He's a Grand Master. I have no doubt.
I had to thumbs up and share for nas and Bjj
Super cool.
it jijutsu or bjj?
Scooby Doo
thanks for your explaination
Scooby Doo In BJJ you don't learn these things at 'higher ranks'. It really depends on where you train. A lot of newish schools that focus more on sport don't teach these as much. When you get to a school that is a bit closer to the Gracie bloodline on either side, you learn more self defense stuff. i'm a white belt and have learned most of what they just did in my first year.
paid 60 bucks for a relson gracie seminar. all i learned was a quick guard pass and a double armbar.
apocalypse123 $60 is pretty cheap to be taught by a world expert in something. Many world experts in other fields charge thousands or tens of thousands per person for seminars. Not sure how you can complain.
2:47 look at Relson with the music. Jiu-Jitsu master and crazy dancer
Good stuff... My Grandpa said "if you want to master something? Master the basics." Cool stuff. When I started my BJJ journey 6 years ago I remember all those moves. I train at a different school now and when I am tasked to cover a class? I show all the self defense stuff. Most people like it. Parents like it. One guy even used the head lock take down at NAGA. Just roll baby Jiu jitsu is about life then self defense then competition. Peace to you all & God Bless BTT Florida
Love the art btw.
That was dope
This sucks it's all in fast motion
+Efrain Lopez How else would they hide how bad they are?
you got a point there.Spirit Splice
+Efrain Lopez If you click on the little gear-looking thing at the bottom right of the video, then go up to whre it says "normal" and change it to 0.25, it will be normal speed. No audio, but at least you can see what's going on. :)
+Spirit Splice
If Relson approved it - it's as good as it gets.
He'd probably fail some of the other Gracies.
did you earn your knotch?
if it was a pure jiu jitsu situation then I think Relson would still win
I train in combat jjj and this is the same as ours, I never have seen a difference between bjj and jjj. It's Jujitsu. JUJUTSU FOR LIFE!!!
3 hour private lesson? Dammmm
Is it me, or does Ricardo look like a young Tony Robbins? I can't be the first person who has noticed this.
was there any purpose in this clip, filmed like Benny Hill show
nice to see that the original bjj still shows the 60% of japanese jujutsu..compared to the grappling only style of many bjj schools nowadays
they have to show ALL of the techniques
Great display of Hapkido
+TraneUFC Great display of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
+TraneUFC yeah, its Japanese jujitsu. which the guy from Korea that started hapkido also learned. these are all basic escapes that I saw here
+Benjamin Britt Jujitsu actually.. (Japanese)
Watch Relson for the entire video. its fucking hilarious.
I like gracie jiujitsu cause they teach brawling jiujitsu and self defense jiujitsu
ha yeah I know right I think I just may add it to my hip hop dance.
This video shows why the Art is called Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As you can see from the techniques that Maeda did teach them Jiu-Jitsu and not just Judo. I think over all those years of having challenge matches they found out that the ground techniques were more useful and effective in a real fight. So they started to focus on modifying and perfecting the ground techniques. Hence today GJJ/BJJ is looked at as only a grappling art. Very interesting.
that music makes it almost unwatchable.
put it in slow mo.
20 years to get moved up 1 degree on a belt..that's commitment..much respect that's inspiring
Good video dude love bjj and love weed the fast forward tripd me out lol
Relson is a Master as he wears the red belt that means "I could kill you by just looking at you"!
Rickson for me is still the best of all the Gracie's. Freakish skill and athleticism.
The Migliarese Bros. even look Brasilian. lol!
2:47 check out Relsons slick dance moves... not bad...
All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
The best BJJ school in Philly.
great vid:D
PRICELESS
judoka Masahiko Kimura defeated helio gracie using catch wrestling techniques. although helio never submitted he lost the bout. sakuraba also trained primarily through wrestling then defeated royler gracie which sent shockwaves through mma and nearly the whole gracie clan went on to fight sakuraba. bjj is great to learn but it takes a certain individual to accept a mistake and let the other break your arm if half and you still do not tap. as good as these techniques are I believe a foundation in wrestling should come first and foremost before anything else. the gracies had something more to them then just ju jit su, the true fighting spirit to never give up regardless of your mistakes and if you wanna train in bjj it takes more than just learning techiniques and graduating from belt to belt.
I´m quite interested in BJJ since I quit Karate. But I´m also quite "afraid" of the injuries I might take. Overstretching ancles etc.
Since I know from Karate, when you get a "super hyped wannabe pro" as your sparring partner or just as your partner for small exercises you get hurt pretty much instantly :\ and in BJJ with all the grabbling I feel like theres even more potential injuries for me
+Progwale With any contact sport (BJJ, boxing, basketball, soccer, etc.) there will always be an inherent risk of injury. But, I figured I would rather train (and get healthier, less injury prone, more flexible, happier, more confident, etc.) and get injured then, rather than getting into a physical confrontation and risk very serious injuries or death. There will be those guys who roll way too hard, but it normally takes only a couple of rolls for them to realize that strength will not work, at least not all the time. If you're interested in BJJ, call up a local academy or club and ask for an introductory lesson, normally they are free and you can get a taste of it. But the real fun comes when you can roll/spar with your compadres.
+Progwale As the great Nick Diaz once said. "Don't be scared homie."
+Progwale this is so true; all the injuries I've gotten have been with beginner dumb assess. When you train with someone with rank, you don't get hurt.
Dude don't I'm 43 years and i work in a factory and i train bjj and mma. You get a good instructor and you warm up before and after class you will be fine. Just tap when things start to feel uncomfortable. I have been training about a year and nothing has happen to be that rest and applying ice wouldn't help.