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Integrating Japanese Ju Jitsu to my training. Advice?

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#1 ·
Is it wise to incorporate traditional Ju Jitsu into my current training regime. I'm getting a bit bored of just doing Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and I've no need for wrestling seeing as I'm quite puny.

I want to do Japanese Ju Jitsu too, not looking forward to the Kata though, it's just the gayest thing in the world. Do you think it's worth me doing?
 
#2 ·
Why do you want to learn JJJ? I would suggest Judo or ***** instead. JJJ is pretty useless if you already know bjj and muay thai. Also, how long have you been training bjj? It seems weird that you're getting "tired of it" as it's such a complex martial art that takes years and years to master/understand
 
#3 ·
I'm getting bored of only doing Muay Thai every day and I can only do BJJ 3 days a week. I want to do more of it but there's nowhere else near to me that does it. I just want something else to do as well that will be good for my fighting training instead of sitting on my ass
 
#4 ·
obscura1560 said:
I'm getting bored of only doing Muay Thai every day and I can only do BJJ 3 days a week. I want to do more of it but there's nowhere else near to me that does it. I just want something else to do as well that will be good for my fighting training instead of sitting on my ass
MT every day + bjj 3 times a week is a lot man..
 
#14 ·
First, if you're "quite puny" then there's alot of need for wrestling. Both the conditioning and the skills will help you handle larger opponents.

That said, I wouldn't take JJJ if you already have BJJ in your training regimen. While I won't say BJJ is just straight out better, it's definitely more appilcable the JJ in mixed martial arts.

There are alot of ways to go from where you are now, the first one I suggest is taking up wrestling, catch wrestling is probably the best if you can find a place that does it. Submission grappling would also be really helpful, as it incorporates alot of wrestling skills.

The other way to go is to do Krav Maga, which will help you with your speed and get you thinking outside the box.

***** can also do that.
 
#15 ·
Alright well fair enough I need to do wrestling, but the gym I'm at that does catch wrestling does it on a tuesday morning when I work, so I can't do that. There's not many other gyms that do it that I can get to, so I guess I'll have to get a few privates on the weekends.
 
#16 ·
obscura1560 said:
Alright well fair enough I need to do wrestling, but the gym I'm at that does catch wrestling does it on a tuesday morning when I work, so I can't do that. There's not many other gyms that do it that I can get to, so I guess I'll have to get a few privates on the weekends.
It'll also be good to that that private instruction time with an instructor. Group classes are good because it gives you a chance to work with a bunch of training partners and see what other people are doing wrong or right, but I definitely think that having an instructor work with you alone every once in a while is a good thing, especially when you're leading up to a fight.
 
#17 ·
Well seeing as I only know the basics of wrestling, e.g. the single and double leg takedown, the clinch and a basic sprawl, so I could ask my trainer to elaborate on these and just practice them with me. Cheers :)
 
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