The place where Ive been recently training bjj is damn awesome , and the guy is even a 2nd degree black belt from brazil , what more could I want .
First few lessons when I came , he always showed some complex situation to the other guys ( which there is only about 6 , which is great since I hate it when theres lots of people ) , and then came to me and learned me the basics , like if it was some private lesson wow .
Besides this hes like really nice, and always reminds that its all about fun . He teaches in a way that he shows what mistakes could be done , and why you dont go into this or this position .
If I was to compare it ... its like if someone is teaching you chess openings , and know how to do it if the other guy plays it the best way it can be played , but if he does a mistake , you dont even know how to use it against him . This guy , he shows how to react on mistakes of the enemy , hes not teaching in a way like " your always gonna do the lock right " , hes teaching it , so that even if you make a mistake you know how to get out of it .
More precise to your question , I was quite suprised how we greet each other at the beggining , at the end of the lesson the trainer has a 30 second speech " hope you enjoyed it etc " and we all shake hands , thats all...
Theres no tough guys who dont listen . Sure theyve got muscles and deep voices , but theyr very humble from my experience .
I must admit from my experience the mma gym I used to go to ... there were quite a few of those tough guys , who just used to much power when practising something where you shouldnt use it , etc . But most of them were new to it , guys who arent humble and take it more technicaly ussualy dont get far .
But like I said , from my experience , bjj ( especially with gi , no gi ... well the no-gi I went to , there were mainly mma guys , but it was still fine , better then mma lessons ) is like some judo or something , an art with some formalities , and with the tendency to like discipline , but it is also based that it is your free will to go there and that its mainly fun
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