r/brazilianjiujitsu

Hello!!!!! It is a major dream of mine to kick and punch people and have fun while doing it. I LOVED jiu jitsu when I was a kid, it was fun and structured and gave me a way to get all of my energy out. Helped me be less afraid of my own power. Unfortunately, I am hypermobile. On bad days, I have hEDS/Fibro symptoms, but as of right now I've only been diagnosed with Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder. My doctor has told me it is NOT recommended I do this kind of sport because of that, but my drive to kick the hell out of people wants to just say FUCK my knees! Fuck the dislocation risk! And I'm wondering, does anyone here know any way I could...Lessen that risk? I don't want to dislocate any of my joints, but they have the hold of a toddler. It's not great. I know about braces and k-tape*, they're amazing for joint stability, but is there anything better? Or any specific recommended brands? I ask this to you because my doctor isn't positive about what can be done. He's a doctor, not a kickboxer. And I was 13 when i did BJJ, I was doing a lot better in my joints way back when :( If it matters, I am canadian! I guess youd have to keep that in mind for brands to recommend, esp if online! Some websites hate shipping here. too expensive

* unfortunately i am allergic to adhesives! Pretty badly! I would be spending the whole jiu jitsu session scratching myself. Not a good fight if the idiot wont stop itchinf their bandages LMAOO

Hello everyone, I just started training a few month ago and I was wondering if anyone knows any free sources of illustrated material I can use to observe and practice structurally. Like a curriculum. That would help me find my footing and know what I'm doing.

Hi everyone,

I'm an Exercise Science student and Jiu Jitsu practitioner conducting a study on injuries in Jiu Jitsu and how they relate to strength training and sleep habits.

The goal is to better understand the influence of these factors on injury risk in the sport.

If you've been training Jiu Jitsu for more than 6 months and are 18+, I'd really appreciate your help. The survey takes about 5 minutes and is completely anonymous.

I'll share the results here once the study is done if people are interested.

Link: https://qualtricsxmj868tgkbt.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e8q2rWERetl6FXE

Huge thanks to anyone who takes the time! I really appreciate it!

Hi so this is a weird story. I’ve been doing bjj for almost around a year now on and off. My gym had mma class and judo class and wrestling class once a week but a good amount of bjj classes. The thing is the bjj classes were kind of against my schedule at the time so I mainly went to the three I mentioned above. Sometimes I’d go to bjj. Obviously I was getting smashed which I’m okay too, but everywhere I asked online and people in the gym I’d roll with said never give up and be consistent and this phase is normal. And I’m okay with it I have no ego. So recently we relocated and they removed majority of the classes and only kept it to bjj which is fine for me since I need to do more bjj anyways. So there’s a couple of teachers, but I’m gonna talk about the main ones. The main one wouldn’t really give a lot of feedback to people messing up, one time even I heard someone ask him for guidance and to come around him and show him the technique respectively and he said no. I also saw him seeing people messing up on techniques and he would stay silent, including myself messing up. The co professor since we relocated has been teaching classes as well. They changed each bjj class to 45 mins. Theres a fundamental class and an all around levels class. I stay for the two classes since they’re back to back. But I notice sometimes when I stay he says to me oh you did double class to me when it’s done. I thought he was proud of me but he would say it a lot more. Then one day he mentioned how frequent I was coming to bjj. I told him it works more with my schedule. He would say this once in a while. Last week I went 6 days and he mentioned it again and saying sometimes you come twice a day right? I said yes. There was a day time class and evening class and I went to both. The truth is I have a lot more time in my hands than the average adult due to having Asperger’s and I don’t work much. They don’t know that though. But I got the feeling he didn’t like me. I noticed all the people my classmates follow him on Instagram but he doesn’t accept my follow request. And one time I asked him if he taught the daytime class on Wednesday and he hesitatingly said yes. I don’t do anything wrong either, I roll properly, have never did any of the mistakes like pulling fingers or scratching people etc. nothing like that. I thought coming as much as you can was a good thing. It’s made me feel insecure that he brings up my frequency. Is this normal?