First of all, I think it's interesting to note that many of the basic warm-ups we do right now are the same warm-ups being done at BJJ schools around the world. There are several main purposes for the warm-ups, most obvious being that you get warmed up. This of course reduces the chance of injury and allows you to better move during your practice. It gets the blood pumping as they say.
Another reason I do warm-ups is to get students focused on the training. We all come to class from our lives outside the dojo. It's much more difficult to gain a student's attention while their mind may be on their job or school or whatever else they might have going on.
Another very important reason is to get the students relaxed and try to drain some of their strength and energy. This allows students to be more focused on using the techniques, rather than using their strength.
I also want to see that the students are healthy and prepared to train. During the warm-up, I can see who might be limping or favoring an injured body part. I get to see how certain students are progressing with their coordination as well.
In addition to all of this, I want the training to be challenging. If Jiu-Jitsu were easy, everyone would be doing it. But the reality is that it's not easy, and I want my students to know they have to work hard for the reward. Some of the warm-ups might take some students to the limit and it may suck, but just remember that it sucks for everyone. There's a lot of bonding through this shared pain.
I've come across a ton of videos that I thought were good demonstrations of warm-ups. I found some examples of exercises, some of them that were new to me as well, so I thought I'd share them with you. If you like what you see, let me know and we can start incorporating the exercises in our class. I think it's a good idea to mix things up, challenge your body with new movements, and never stop learning new things.
Alvaro Romano Ginastica
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - The Animals Drill
Arte Suave (Andre Galvao training - from the documentary Arte Suave)
Open Door Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu style of Warm up!
Combat Sports Conditioning: Warm-Up for Grappling Part 1 (Dragon Crawl)
Combat Sports Conditioning: Dynamic Warm-Up Part 2 (Monkey Run)
Combat Sports Conditioning: Dynamic Warm-Up Part 3 (Backward Dolphin)
Combat Sports Conditioning: Dynamic Warm-Up Part 4 (Armadillo)
Yoga For Fighters: Phil Migliarese does Yoga for Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)
GRAPPLING: les Bases. LES DRILLS à 2. PART1
GRAPPLING: Les Bases. DRILLS A DEUX. PART2
BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU - RARE VIDEO (Machado Brothers - 1992)
Gracie Jiujitsu Yoga Breathing Method (Rickson Gracie Warm-up)
10/2/08
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3 comments:
what the heck is rickson doing with his stomach there? kinda gross but cool.
i think we should do the "les Bases" part 1 drills. that looks like good stuff to work on guard recovery movement and guard pass movement.
Ha, I saw that gracie video a while back and was like what in the heck is that? its crazy. It would be cool to do that...but I have to get a 6 pack first. The first video I thought was the best. Is there anyway we can get a rope for the dojo? Climbing a rope is great for grappling. We did it for wrestling to build up our upper body strength. I love the quote "If Jiu-Jitsu were easy, everyone would be doing it." We say that all the time for wrestling. Look at a football team. 60 guys on a team, that is easy stuff though. Jiu jitsu is tough that's why we don't have a ton of people doing it. No disrespect to the karate classes, but they have a ton of people in that class, but you don't get hurt or have to actually "fight" someone in it. In jiu jitsu we spend a half our beating each other up. That is tough.
Sparring class is related to the karate class and I've been out of commision for about a week from an injury. We need more sparring in our regular karate classes. I like judo and jiu-jitsu because you need a partner to train. That helps me to learn what would work against an actual apponent.
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