BJJ Training Camp

[highfivesandstagedives]

Hi All,

I'm a 27 yo guy from the UK. I'm planning on heading over to Thailand in October to escape some of the UK winter and train BJJ at a camp.

So I have attended a couple of BJJ classes before and I know that I enjoy it. But I have zero experience.

My question is, would you recommend for a complete begginer to attend a training camp, where I could be training up to 4 times a week? I'm aware that it could be a bit over whelming but I'm fully willing to completely emerse myself in BJJ.


My strength and fitness are pretty good. Before I arrive in Thailand I am travelling around Asia for a bit and I will make sure that I keep my fitness and strength up by doing a lot of bodyweight training and keeping active.

I've done a bit of research and see that there is a good camp in Chiang Mai. Anyone know of any others in Thailand?

And any general advice / tips / suggestions welcome.

Thanks

 

[monsieur_jj]

No I dont recommend it. But who am i to stop you, if I were you I would try the first week for 2 hours daily then increase after the first week or second see how your body responds, it will be really hard to absorb that much if you have no at least 8 months to a year experience.

Also to me the meaning of training camp is just sharpening the fine details of your game for a competition, if you don't have a game yet what is there to sharpen?

 

[LivingSnakeOil]

It's very difficult to be apart of a training camp when you don't have a clear, solid foundation of BJJ to build upon yet. I'm not saying that you absolutely cannot go, and you will benefit from the camp undoubtedly, but the issue is that if you're a beginner in a training camp, you'll only be learning how to do basic stuff and starting up your BJJ arsenal whereas normally camps are for the purpose of really refining and perfecting some key maneuvers.

Example: I attended a couple different "training camps" with Robert Drysdale in Las Vegas. The guy is an amazing teacher and a great guy inside the gym, but I got two completely different feels from his camps depending on where I was in my game. When I was newer, the camp served as less beneficial in the "technique" department and more beneficial in the "sharpened by iron" department because everyone there was training hard - competition style.

The next time I attended a camp at Drysdales, my game skyrocketed. I learned an abundance of new techniques that I knew how to apply, and simultaneously refined my reflexes and instincts against top notch, competition-grade guys of all belts from white to black. It was incredible, but much of that usefulness I got out of the camp was due to the fact that I was prepared to built ON TOP of an established style I already have. The first time around, I was newer and still trying to grasp BJJ.

 

[jcandoitbig]

my advice: if you want to escape the UK winter, come to SoCal to train

 

[loyalyolayal]

my advice: if you want to escape the UK winter, come to SoCal to train

Thailand is cheaper.

Just go there TS, you dont have to force yourself to train. Just attend the classes when you need/want to. Bjj is not a punishment. Have fun down there in thailand.

 

[LivingSnakeOil]

Mind the aids.

 

[highfivesandstagedives]

my advice: if you want to escape the UK winter, come to SoCal to train

Ha I'd love to man but it's much cheaper in Asia.

 

[highfivesandstagedives]

Thailand is cheaper.

Just go there TS, you dont have to force yourself to train. Just attend the classes when you need/want to. Bjj is not a punishment. Have fun down there in thailand.

Great advice man.

You're right, the best thing to do is just go and try and if I'm enjoying it then it's right and if I'm not then it's obviously wrong.