Wax On, Wax Off

I haven’t found the time to do a nice lengthy blog post in quite some time now. The main reason of this is because I’ve finally started practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu which I’ve wanted to try for over a year at least. My brother-in-law, Rob has been practising it for almost 4 years and I’ve always taken interest in it but I was dreadfully afraid of receiving some serious injuries after listening to a few horror stories and obviously a few clips of UFC. This summer, I finally decided I was going to at least try it. I kept putting off going by 1) Forgetting to actually go and 2) Not having a clue what to wear to training as I was without a gi. Just over two weeks ago, Rob offered to give me his old gi and also lent me a handful of the early UFC Tournaments on DVD. In the days before my first session, I watched some of the UFC DVD’s and managed to glimpse how technical BJJ is on its own. Currently, every fighter in the UFC will use a collection of martial arts, making it harder to spot the BJJ impact on an opponent. Royce Gracie, son of the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (Now known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) introduced the world to BJJ by winning the early tournaments with ease. Two weeks later and I’ve gone to nearly every session, walked away easier and held my head up that little bit higher each time.