Freestyler777
Blue Belt
I used to play judo and now I train BJJ and love it. Judo happens to be an olympic sport, and the focus is on competition and following the mind-boggling rules and regulations of the sport.
BJJ has a more flexible approach, being both sport, self-defense, athletics, and character development all at the same time. You take what you want to get from it.
But the initial reason I wrote this thread was to ask the others on this website, where does spirituality fit into competitive grappling arts? To me it seems that many are only concerned with winning matches or with self-defense.
The question is, how can competiyive fighting and the development of the character go together? BJJ is a martial art, MMA is a martial art, Sombo is a martial art. How can we develop minds as well as bodies?
BJJ has a more flexible approach, being both sport, self-defense, athletics, and character development all at the same time. You take what you want to get from it.
But the initial reason I wrote this thread was to ask the others on this website, where does spirituality fit into competitive grappling arts? To me it seems that many are only concerned with winning matches or with self-defense.
The question is, how can competiyive fighting and the development of the character go together? BJJ is a martial art, MMA is a martial art, Sombo is a martial art. How can we develop minds as well as bodies?