sats

alright i have been watching ufc and recently i want to join. i just signed up for a trial at a dojo. i wanted to know if i should get out because it is for jiu-jitsu. They said if i sign up there will be 3 classes a week. 2 jiu-jitsu and 1 mma class. i just wanted 2 kno if that is a good start. also i have to wear a gee or w/e its called. i didnt think that was the stuff ufc did. if you can please help me find where to begin.

gabester76

i think that would be a good place to start

Zapatista

that would be an excellent place to start, as long as that is how the dojo spells "jiu-jitsu". If it is "jujutsu" you could have some problems. The reason being that "jiu-jitsu" is usually referred to as Brazilian Jiu-jitsu while "jujutsu" is known as Japanese Jujutsu or Traditional Jujutsu and they teach many things not allowed in MMA competitions, whereas BJJ teach more competition friendly style.

But ya, that is exactly the stuff that the fighters in the UFC do (without the gi, but I'm sure as you progress you'll lose it). Good luck with your training.

sats

alright thanks..i just thought that wearing a gee was totally diff. thanks alot.

sats

also. think the place is called american jiu-jitsu its a self defense school. they have a website American JuJitsu Deer Park Dojo - HOME

americanfighter

It takes at least 6 months of traing in bjj wrestling and kickboxing to be on a beginer mma levle. then star local fights try to move up the ranks form there. but it sounds like your off to a good start

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Zapatista

I looked at the website of that dojo and I think you'd be better off trying to find some place else to train. From what they say in their website it seems that they only train for self defense and not sport (which is only what you want, according to your first post). I'd suggest going there and see if you can take a free lesson or two (a good school should allow you to take at least one free lesson to see if the school is for you) and see if they are training the way you want. Although, I'd suggest trying to find another school that teaches BJJ with more of the sport aspect rather than self-defense.

LV 2 H8 U

What is your background? Wrestling...boxing or anything like that?

LV 2 H8 U

Yeah, I checked out the website too. I also think that is a more self defense training organization.
It's not the GI that makes it non-mma. It's the style. You want to get involved with a local wrestling team, start training at a Mui Thai Boxing gym and then once you start to get the feel for the ground game "wrestling" ie; setups, takedowns and throws then break into some BJJ. Thats Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have been to the "buy a belt" dojos too. They like to tout themselves as MMA training, but generally they don't train to fight they train to defend. A real MMA gym will train you in all the disciplines, get you into fighting shape (lotsa work)and physically beat on you until your ready to fight at the beginner level.
Take it slow, stay healthy and don't overtrain at first.

NICK C

Alot of guys get worried about training with the GI. But it can help in training. The GI keeps you from slipping off of your sweaty opponents therefore giving you more opputunity to fine tune your submissions, excapes, passes, sweeps and so forth. I don't know if anyone ever noticed but that's why most guys grapple with the long sleeve spandex shirts. They try to simulate the effects of the GI to avoid slipping off their training partners