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#brazilianjujitsu #jujitsu #brazilianjiujitsu #bjj What i learned the first month of Brazilian jujitsu. Starting as a white belt. Blue belt, purple belt, brown belt, white belt. #jiujitsu jiu jitsu

From the leg-breaking Muay Thai kicks of Buakaw to the earth-shattering strikes of Mike Tyson, there are over 180 martial arts in the world, each with thousands of variations and unique coaches and teachers. But there's one martial art that stands out as very different from the rest: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Ever since i was a kid I have always been fascinated with martial arts

From fight club, the last samurai, rocky, karate kid and creed

Fighting has been depicted in many ways and many forms

while writing this script I was trying to find fight, real life or Hollywood the depicted Brazilian jujitsu

And after hours of searching there was one clip that keep coming to my mind

Let me show it to you

Now this obviously isn’t Brazilian jujitsu

but there’s something about this strike right here that has stuck in my memory for over twenty years

I want to pose a question to you

What can you see in this single strike that reflects itself in jujitsu

We’ll come back to this in a bit

Unlike other martial arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is not flashy. You'll never see a dramatic win, and to the untrained eye, it just looks like two people rolling around. But in a world where almost every martial art focuses on speed, strength, and size and beating your opponent with your hands or feet, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu requires none of that.

I weigh 200lbs of mostly muscle, and I was submitted multiple times by a man 20 years older and 50lbs lighter than me.

This video is for anyone who is thinking about getting into jujitsu or any martial art.

In this video, I'll show you everything I learned in my first month of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

I remember my first day walking into the jujitsu gym

Now I’m definitely not foreign to gyms. I’m currently sitting at 200 pounds and prepping for a bodybuilding competition in 11 weeks. I have been strength training and lifting for 10 years and playing sports since I was four.

But I’m not gonna lie walking into the jujitsu gym for the first time felt a lot like being 10 years old and walking into elementary school for the first time as the new kid.

You have all those ridiculous anxieties like what is the kids don’t like me? What if they’re mean to me?

Or even worse, what if you get beaten up by a girl

There’s a lot of reasons to be nervous when joining a new gym. I can assure you though, all those reasons are ridiculous

I found nothing but nice and welcoming people and had an absolute blast my first day.

I knew by the end of the first class that I was hooked in to doing this for a while. And I have had absolutely zero issues or incidents with anyone. I haven’t even seen other people have any kind of issue with one another. There’s a tremendous amount of respect shown in my gym and if you ever join a gym that doesn’t have a high degree of respect between members, find a new gym.

Now, if you’re thinking about getting into jujitsu, you can usually walk into any gym and they’ll let you roll for free for a class or two just so you get a feel for it.

Now I can only speak for my gym but I’m assuming most gyms are ran similarly.

The first classes are very low energy. Basically just practicing technique. There’s no sparring or competition style rolling. So you absolutely do not have to worry about your skill level or not knowing anything. All the drills are very slow and methodical to train technique and form

Class two is where you learn submissions and chokes

and class three is open roll where I get to be tapped out 5 times and headlocked for 3 of the 6 minute rounds

It’s a blast

Cardio, weighted carriers & front Squats

Now if there are two sports that don’t go together it’s definitely bodybuilding and jujitsu

They could not be more polar opposites on the spectrum of what is required for their competition.

Immediately, I realized that my cardio is trash in the style of strength training and lifting I was doing was not adequate for jujitsu

Bodybuilding focuses on size, extremely low body fat, and overall symmetry of the body. It cares nothing about your endurance, mobility your flexibility.

On the other hand, jujitsu requires extreme endurance and cardio, as well as high mobility and flexibility.

So here’s a few of the things I switched in my fitness routines so that I can compete in bodybuilding and jujitsu

Cardio

20 pound plate vest mile walk in the morning

One hour on the stair stepper or treadmill with a 15% incline with a 20 pound weight vest