Five Health Benefits of Jiu Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) has many fantastic health and fitness benefits. If you have been looking for a new workout routine, here are five reasons to try Jiu Jitsu!
Learn How to Protect and Defend Yourself
Knowing what to do in a bad situation takes time and practice. At its core, Jiu Jitsu is a self-defense martial art. Becoming a student of Jiu Jitsu will help you better protect yourself by teaching you how to fend off an attacker.
During classes, you will learn how to defend yourself when someone is choking you, mounting you, or from whatever angle they may attack. You will also learn how to restrain opponents and develop ground survival techniques and submissions designed to render somebody unconscious or immobilized should you feel threatened. Over time, you develop skills to better prepare you for a possible attack.
2. Improve Body Strength and Endurance
Ready to reach your potential regarding body strength and better cardio? Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) is the answer! Your overall physical endurance improves over time while you learn the practice of Jiu Jitsu. The sparring and grappling performed in classes require the strength of your entire body as you practice takedowns, escape submissions, and launch your defense.
Additionally, since grappling arts require movement of your entire body, your cardiovascular system will become stronger. You'll have more energy during the day to do what you need! Your body will continue growing stronger as you continue training.
You'll constantly be challenged in Jiu Jitsu because of all the techniques to learn and because you are consistently working on things like balance, leverage, framing, and more.
3. Drop the Extra Pounds While Improving Flexibility and Mobility
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) is an excellent form of exercise for weight loss. The practice involves the constant movement of multiple muscle groups. Warmups and sparring will get your heart rate up, which helps with weight loss. Thirty minutes of hard sparring could burn approximately 500 calories, a great form of aerobic and anaerobic endurance.
A natural benefit of learning Jiu Jitsu is improving overall flexibility and mobility. Practicing Jiu Jitsu teaches you how to move your body more efficiently through warmups, sparring, and drills that improve your range of motion and flexibility.
4. Establish a Healthy Mental Outlook and Other Life Skills
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) has obvious physical benefits, as listed above. It also has great mental benefits to help improve your day-to-day life. First of all, your self-confidence will significantly improve. Once you start losing weight and improve your grappling skills, you will gain self-love and self-esteem.
Adding a life skill to your list of talents can come from something that starts as a hobby. And, as all healthy hobbies do, practicing Jiu Jitsu will help you feel less stressed and more patient with yourself. It will also help you establish a healthy outlook on life.
Also, Jiu Jitsu teaches patience and problem-solving skills. While sparring, you must often wait for the perfect opportunity to execute a technique. As a student of Jiu Jitsu, you will come across guards and game styles you don't recognize. You must listen to your body and improvise to pass the guards and overcome your opponent’s defenses.
Jiu Jitsu is mentally and physically challenging, which helps build discipline. From making the time to go each week to losing in sparring rounds, both are essential for individual growth and building discipline. A good session can help clear your mind of any negative feelings you may have. Returning to do something challenging builds discipline!
5. Community Dedicated to Fitness and Growth
Lastly, nothing is quite like the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) community! Our group is ready to greet you with open arms. One of our main rules is "leave your ego at the door," as we are all here for fitness and learning opportunities. Everyone is more than happy and willing to help you when you need it. You'll be a part of a new community! Not only will you join our local gym community but also the wider international BJJ community.
So, what are you waiting for? Give us a call today to get started!
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