One Of The Beauties Of Jiu Jitsu Culture
February 3, 2011
Previous Article | Next ArticleCompetitive sports are...well...competitive. You match your skill against someone else's skill to see the outcome, this can be very intense and it's part of sports in general. One thing I love about sport Jiu Jitsu, and actually the whole culture of Jiu Jitsu is the camaraderie. Your team feels like family, if someone does Jiu Jitsu they are your brother or your sister instantly without really even knowing them. What's great is this feeling even carries over into competition.
Recently our team made the trip to RI to compete in the NAGA New England Championship and I saw many examples of this displayed. In one instance two girls were fighting in a very close match, it was a battle for sure, suddenly one of the females started to have an asthma attack. The girl who was seconds ago trying to smash her opponent, jumped up and ran off the mat to get her own inhaler (she had asthma as well) only to come back and give it to her opponent that desperately needed it. This act could have saved that girls life. She ended up having to be carried out on a stretcher and I hope she is ok. I also saw in several different instances someone choking their opponent unconscious and immediately jumping up and helping the referee revive and wake them up. These kinds of things are what make the Jiu Jitsu culture a beautiful thing.
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February 3, 2011 at 10:58 AM
the Brazilian
Most of the people that compete at grappling tournaments are martial artists who want to test their skills and to compete they are not out to hurt people or prove how badass they are. It's interesting to me especially how many of my past opponents I am friendly with when I see them on the circuit. You share something special in those minutes.
Every match should begin with a bow and a handshake and end in a handshake or more often after a hug after a hard fought war.
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February 3, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Joshua The Inner Fire
I agree I tried myself in the last competition I was a part of. Ya I was dissapointed when I lost my last match but I still walked up to the guy and gave me a big huge and congradulated him for the coming out on top. I see that in alot of other matches from my foundry brothers and sisters and I believe it is one our greatest virtues as a school.