If you’re frequently getting injured in BJJ, you’re probably doing something wrong.
BJJ is one of the safest martial arts, although some people are more injury-prone than others.
BJJ comes from Judo, which was itself based on Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. Judo was created by removing dangerous techniques from traditional Jiu-Jitsu to make it safer and more practical for full-resistance training. The goal was to make sure people could train at a high level of resistance to improve their skills.
When Judo spread to Brazil, the Brazilians made it even safer by focusing more on the ground game, where injuries were less common, and reducing the emphasis on standing techniques, which are more injury-prone. This led to the creation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
What sets BJJ apart from other martial arts is that you can spar or “roll” using full resistance, without risking serious injury. This allows you to learn and improve quickly.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is one of the few martial arts where you can practice techniques at full intensity during training without risking injury to your partner. You can apply a chokes and armlocks exactly as you would in a competition or real fight, and your partner will tap out once it’s fully locked in (if they’re smart).
This level of realism isn’t possible in other martial arts with kicks to the head or elbows to the face—no matter how much you practice them, you’ll never fully know what it feels like to land them until you’re in an actual fight. In sparring, you’re always holding back.
This is what makes BJJ so effective: you get to practice techniques for real, against resisting training partners, every day. In contrast, many other martial arts spend a lot of time teaching techniques that are too dangerous to use in sparring with teammates. As a result, the first time you apply them at full intensity might be in an actual fight, which can be risky.
Don’t push too hard too often. If you’re caught in a submission and can’t escape,you should be smart enough to recognize the danger, tap out and ask for feedback, instead of trying to power out of it. Your training partner won’t be impressed by your strength or stubbornness; they’ll appreciate you taking the time to learn proper technique.
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