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Just my personal opinion but:
BJJ is for everyone.
When I hurt my back, I couldn't bridge, shrimp, change levels etc. That made me realize that "BJJ is for everyone unless you have X injury or disorder". I was able to do easier, less athletic martial arts until I healed enough to get back to BJJ. But some people never heal from certain injuries so that made me think that BJJ definitely isn't for some people.
Plus we have a dude who 40+ year old dude who is almost 500 lbs. He honestly can't do anything in class. He joined with the goal of losing weight, which I support. But technique wise there's very little he is ever able to really do. He would honestly lose weight faster doing something like wing chun (if we are talking techniques of the art and not warm up exercises before class).
BJJ is for everyone.
When I hurt my back, I couldn't bridge, shrimp, change levels etc. That made me realize that "BJJ is for everyone unless you have X injury or disorder". I was able to do easier, less athletic martial arts until I healed enough to get back to BJJ. But some people never heal from certain injuries so that made me think that BJJ definitely isn't for some people.
Plus we have a dude who 40+ year old dude who is almost 500 lbs. He honestly can't do anything in class. He joined with the goal of losing weight, which I support. But technique wise there's very little he is ever able to really do. He would honestly lose weight faster doing something like wing chun (if we are talking techniques of the art and not warm up exercises before class).