Doing BJJ for 12 years and just got my black belt recently. Have to disagree on the "higher intensity without getting hurt", because grappling is very demanding. I do agree that BJJ has a lot of parallels with life.
Our gyms opened already, but the situation is still unstable... I hope it normalizes soon.
Thanks for sharing and congrats on your black belt!
Thats a great point, "higher intensity without getting hurt" is definitely relative but i think if you pick the right training partners, once your body gets used to it, it becomes much less demanding than striking sports. It also depends on training style etc. (I shouldve been more clear about what I meant)
Again thanks for reading and congrats on your black belt!
I've spoken about this with other wrestlers and strikers, we've all concluded that grappling is by far the most injury-prone sports. Anyone who's done years of striking didn't experience even 1/10th of the nagging pains and injuries that a grappler has. Most common things in striking: nose, head, legs. In BJJ, you get stacked, choked, slammed, thrown, your fingers give out, your elbows hurt, shoulders get popped, too tight armbars and kimuras, and what not.
I used to believe BJJ is the safer option until I actually went and did striking for a year or two. Only thing hurt was my shin from a sparring match once.
So then we get the choice of partner: this is crucial and the very reason people get injured :D They go too hard. I believe though, if all things considered equal, grappling will be the more injury-prone sport.
Yet, it's very cool that BJJ has this "availability" around itself. Because where have you seen people of over 40 and 50 join and train? :)
But in any case, it's good that you're on the journey :)
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Doing BJJ for 12 years and just got my black belt recently. Have to disagree on the "higher intensity without getting hurt", because grappling is very demanding. I do agree that BJJ has a lot of parallels with life.
Our gyms opened already, but the situation is still unstable... I hope it normalizes soon.
Thanks for sharing and congrats on your black belt!
Thats a great point, "higher intensity without getting hurt" is definitely relative but i think if you pick the right training partners, once your body gets used to it, it becomes much less demanding than striking sports. It also depends on training style etc. (I shouldve been more clear about what I meant)
Again thanks for reading and congrats on your black belt!
Thanks, Scott!
I've spoken about this with other wrestlers and strikers, we've all concluded that grappling is by far the most injury-prone sports. Anyone who's done years of striking didn't experience even 1/10th of the nagging pains and injuries that a grappler has. Most common things in striking: nose, head, legs. In BJJ, you get stacked, choked, slammed, thrown, your fingers give out, your elbows hurt, shoulders get popped, too tight armbars and kimuras, and what not.
I used to believe BJJ is the safer option until I actually went and did striking for a year or two. Only thing hurt was my shin from a sparring match once.
So then we get the choice of partner: this is crucial and the very reason people get injured :D They go too hard. I believe though, if all things considered equal, grappling will be the more injury-prone sport.
Yet, it's very cool that BJJ has this "availability" around itself. Because where have you seen people of over 40 and 50 join and train? :)
But in any case, it's good that you're on the journey :)