Jiu Jitsu discussion / complete beginner!

[biggbn]

How does a Judo skillset help with BJJ? I have been thinking about dropping down to my local club for a while now, and may have the time to do so now.

[AJB88]

Quite a few of the young black belts you see are judo as well! My tutor is Black in Judo and BJJ, Fion Davies for example as well.

Certainly doesn't hinder training.

[ben5575]

I'm back kickboxing on Monday next week.

The usual 1hr sessions are now 45mins with the 15mins spent cleaning up and making sure people are mingling in the reception area (because presumably that's more dangerous than slinging sweat at them during the session!).

The bjj is continuing in a similar manner.

No stand up sparring though!

That said, I'll take what I can at the moment. Jeez it's going to hurt though

[AJB88]

Our BJJ gym is open on 27th for conditioning training only. 10 people per class.

[biggbn]

AJB88 said:

Quite a few of the young black belts you see are judo as well! My tutor is Black in Judo and BJJ, Fion Davies for example as well.

Certainly doesn't hinder training.

thanks man, I trained judo a lot when I was younger and did a no Gi inter club grappling contest in my forties having not been on a mat for about 15 years!! Still had the balance required if not the fitness!!

[MC Bodge]

I can't see how amateur sparring, grappling, rugby etc. is going to be allowed unless the government/country accepts that the CV19 can just spread without any efforts made to prevent it.

[Tony Angelino]

Our club goes back Saturday with fitness sessions only, we have a pro MMA fighter coach who has a fight coming up so some of the lads will be training with him.

We were going to allow grappling with a 'buddy' system but they've had a rethink and this is currently on hold.

[Tony Angelino]

First BJJ session due Sunday at long last.

Anybody else back yet?

[AJB88]

Nope, All the local clubs are back apart from mine. I had a 1 2 1 session with a mate a few weeks ago but thats it.

[MC Bodge]

AJB88 said:

Nope, All the local clubs are back apart from mine. I had a 1 2 1 session with a mate a few weeks ago but thats it.

How are they squaring it with "social distancing" and meeting friends indoors?

[AJB88]

really not sure.

[lemmingjames]

Just seen a photo of my old club rolling/sparring, taken today.

Think its limited numbers, no spectators, temp check etc

[MC Bodge]

lemmingjames said:

no spectators

Beacause those spectators are sneaky spreaders, passing it to those people grappling together on the floor?

[lemmingjames]

MC Bodge said:

Beacause those spectators are sneaky spreaders, passing it to those people grappling together on the floor?

Nah, spectators end up joining in for the tag team, when they see a tap

[Tony Angelino]

Garry Tonon fighting MMA on One FC in an hour or so, live on Youtube if anybody is interested.

[Tony Angelino]

Anybody been back this week for 'socially distanced' BJJ?

[AJB88]

Not trained for well over a year, some BJJ schools never stopped.

[MC Bodge]

Tony Angelino said:

Anybody been back this week for 'socially distanced' BJJ?

How does that work, then?

[Tony Angelino]

MC Bodge said:

Tony Angelino said:

Anybody been back this week for 'socially distanced' BJJ?

How does that work, then?

Solo drills. Stuff like rolls, technical stand up, bridging, break falls, sit outs and what have you. Other clubs (not ours) have grappling dummies we tried using punchbags but it didn't really work, I know GB went all the way through since last year with online classes but no idea of the content and as someone mentioned above plenty of clubs kept training behind closed doors.

From a personal point of view, both me and my son train so we did a bit between ourselves as well as the body movement.

[Pete102]

Tony Angelino said:

Anybody been back this week for 'socially distanced' BJJ?

Yes, 'Socially distanced'....

Feeling very sore this week.