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What is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and what is the difference between Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu, BJJ and Japanese Ju Jitsu?
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What are the benefits of practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and does it work
for women?
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Do
I need to be fit, young and very athletic to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
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What is a general group lesson like? what is a general private lesson
like? Do you offer seminars to other martial arts schools?
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How does the belt ranking system work in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
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How to became a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor?
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Why Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is so different from other traditional martial
arts?
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I
studied Muay Thai for several years, and I feel confident about my fight
skills why should I learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
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Why do you say that Brazilian Jiu JItsu is a proven fighting system?
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Does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu teaches how to fly like shaolin monks, disappear
like ninjas or win a fight against multiple aggressor attacking me with
machineguns?
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Why do I need to wear a Kimono/Gi/Uniform to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
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Where can I buy a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Kimono/Gi in
Bangkok
or Thailand?
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What is the difference between GRACIE Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and general
SPORT Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? Which one is better?
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What is the difference between Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other ground
fighting systems like Judo, Submission wrestling or general grappling?
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What is the
difference between Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other ground fighting systems
like Judo, Submission wrestling or general grappling?
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Who are you? How do I know I can trust
you?
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Where can I learn
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Thailand? Are there any schools or clubs you can
suggest?
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How much do you charge for private lesson or small groups?
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Where do you teach?
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How long do I need to learn the basic and be able to easily defend
myself in a street fight?
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When can I start?
ANSWERS:
- What is Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu and what is the difference between Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and
Japanese Ju Jitsu?
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was created by Grand Masters
Carlos and Helio Gracie from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It focuses on real
street fighting situations and self defense.
BJJ stands for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Japanese Ju Jitsu comes from Japan, of course. Like many old and traditional
martial arts, it is full of beautiful and artistic techniques. unfortunately
it does not work very well when used in
a real fight.
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- What are the benefits
of practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? Does it work for women?
Apart from learning how to defend yourself
effectively against any aggressor no matter the size, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is an
excellent activity as it builds and/or increases self confidence. When you
train in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you are exercising every muscle of your
body including your brain.
As for WOMEN, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is considered the best form
of real self defense against a rape attack. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu work because of BODY MECHANICS
not strength. During most attacks on women a victim will end up in a
bottom position. But in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu this is considered a very
favorable position to effectively attack and finish the aggressor from . In fact the
Gracie Academy developed a system called RAPESAFE especially tailored to
women.
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- Do I need to be fit,
young and very athletic to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
No you don't. Because the key to correct Gracie
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Self Defense is to learn how to use BODY MECHANICS and
leverage. You do not need strength or agility to execute a technique.
There is a saying in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: If you are using strength to
apply a technique that means you do not know that technique.
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What is a general
group lesson like? What is a general private lesson like? Do you offer seminars to
other martial arts schools?
Usually private lessons are about
60 minutes per session. Group lessons are about 90 minutes.
During a group lesson, students will warm up for about 5 to 10 minutes,
then they will learn and try out 3 to 4 techniques. Later they will
spar for about 20 minutes focusing on applying what was taught
during that lesson.
During a private lesson a student will warm up for about 5
minutes, if the student is new to Jiu Jitsu I will first teach him the basics
and later progress into the Helio Gracie Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu self defense and ground fighting. If a
student already knows some grappling, ground fighting or Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu, I will spare with him 3 or 5 minutes right away to
understand what he needs to work on most. If
a student already has something in mind he wants to learn or work on, I will
try to accomodate him. At the end of each lesson I will spar about 10
minutes with the student, stopping several time to show him openings to
finishing techniques he may not have seen, and/or correct mistakes.
Yes, we are available for seminars in many countries, please
click here for more information. BJJ seminars
are a good way for other martial schools to improve their ground fighting game. A seminar
usually last 2 days, for a total of 8 hours. We will show different
techniques depending on the group's knowledge of ground fighting and
grappling.
- How does the belt
ranking system work in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
For adults learning
studying regularly under an instructor's supervision - about 6 to 8 hours a week let's say:
White to
Blue, about 1 to 2 years
Blue to
Purple, about 2 to 3 years
Purple to
Brown, about 2 to 3 years
Brown to
Black, about 2 to 3 years
It is possible however to speed up the process by training more often
and/or taking many private lessons.
Between belts there are 4 sublevels, these are white stripes that are usually applied
by the instructor or trainer on your belt end.
Belts in Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu are different from belts in Judo, Karate or other martial arts.
The color is different and they have a black 10 cm tip on it where
usually stripes will be applied.
Usually a black belt is never issued to a student under 18; often,
even if the student qualifies for it, he may need to wait until he is 21
to receive his black belt.
A good example of this is the Gracie Family. Grand Master Helio
Gracie's own sons, who had been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu every
day since birth had to wait to be old enough before receiving their black belt.
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- How to became a
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor?
Once you are a black belt, let's
say in about 8 to 10 years of training regularly within a Brazilian Jiu
JItsu academy, you can consider yourself a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
instructor.
However, you can start teaching a class and/or opening your own club once
you are a blue belt. At this level you are not an instructor
but a trainer/coacher. Only from purple belt and up can
you issue your student's belts promotion.
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- Why Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu is so different from other traditional martial arts?
Easy answer: because it works.
Mixed Martial Arts fighting events started in Brazil many years ago
(called Vale Tudo there). It was later copied and reproduced in USA under the name of UFC
(Ultimate Fighting Championship), and after that in Japan (called Pride).
Now
many others popping up everywhere. The competions clearly showed the world that you need
to know some ground fighting system if you want to be effective in a
real fight.
When these kind of competitions, started it was very interesting to watch
pure martial art one-style fighters, example karate fighter vs. a wing chun fighter, Taekwondo vs. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu etc.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu always won so everybody
realized the importance of knowing how to fight on the ground. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu always won.
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- I studied several
years of Muay Thai and I feel confident about my fight skills why should
I learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
I consider Muay Thai to be the
most effective stand up fighting system... however statistics say
that 80% of street fights end up on the ground... if you end up on the
ground during a street fight, with your opponent mounting you and
unloading punches on your face , what are you going to do? Do you know
how to get out of such a situation?
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- Why do you say that
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a proven fighting system?
Decades of Mixed martial arts, no rules fighting
events, and everything goes fighting competitions have proven it.
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- Does Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu teach how to fly like shaolin monks, disappear like ninjas or win
a fight against multiple aggressors attacking me with gun machines?
No, it does not. I personally
believe that this kind of techniques are possible only on a movie set.
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- Why do I need to wear
a Kimono/Gi/Uniform to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was created by
Grand Masters Carlos and Helio Gracie as a scientific self defense system to work in
real street fight situations not in sport a competition. In a realistic
street fight attack your aggressor will wear some kind of clothing. Gracie
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu teaches you how to use your opponent clothing and
turn it into a lethal weapon. To train these techniques hundreds
of times we need to wear strong clothing that wont break/rip after 1
week.
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- Where can I buy a
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Kimono/Gi in Bangkok or Thailand?
I never saw a shop in Thailand
selling Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gi or Kimono. If you want a real one
you can order it from Brazil, there are many online shops who ship
international. However it is my suggestion you start training with a
normal judo kimono. You can buy one at FBT in Bangkok, prices start at
700 bath. From time to time we have both new and used Brazilian made kimonos
for sale.
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- What is the
difference between GRACIE Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and general SPORT
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? Which one is better?
Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was
created for self defense, as it works using BODY MECHANICS and leverage
and
not strength to really allow even a small person to be able to win
against a much bigger or heavier aggressor.
SPORT Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is an evolution from its traditional and
original version. As many Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academies opened all over
Brazil, there was a need for competitions. Unfortunately these
competitions were originally created with weight categories and time limits allowing
competitors to win by points. Because of
these rules, athletes only training for SPORT competition developed a
game based on gaining points stall the round wait for the time to
end and win by points instead of submitting.
So there is a big difference between the 2 ways of training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Which one is better? The answer is up to you, if you want to
compete in a sporting event then you need to train the SPORT version. If
you care about street fighting and self defense then you need to train the
original version.
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- What is the
difference between Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other ground fighting systems
like Judo, Submission wrestling or general grappling?
Judo is an Olympic sport created by Jigoro Kano, a
Japanese Ju Jitsu expert, around 1900 and 1905.
Submission Wrestling / Grappling is a sport usually practiced on the
ground, where you can win by points or submission. It is very similar to
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu except it is practiced without a kimono and therefore
limited to much fewer techniques.
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- Who are you? How do I know I can trust
you?
You can see my lineage of Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu on the best BJJ database in the world:
http://onthemat.com/wiki/index.php/Gionata_Bellagamba_(Helio_Soneca)
I started
training GRACIE Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Miami at a real Gracie academy,
so real that during my first visit to that school Helio Gracie himself
was there doing a class. I am one of the few persons in Thailand, if not the only one, who learnt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu directly from the Gracie family and
I keep traveling to Spain and Brazil to continue learning from the Gracie family (Royce Gracie, Royler Gracie, Robin Gracie,
Gracie Barra, Helio Soneca, Calson Gracie, etc..).
I now train and represent here in
Thailand, Helio "SONECA" Moreira, one of
the top instructors in Gracie Barra, Rio de Janeiro.
I am a purple belt in
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Helio 'SONECA' Moreira also often comes to
Thailand and uses it as a base for seminars all over Asia. If you are
interested in arranging seminars or private lessons please
email me.
To read more about me, please go to the instructor page or
click here.
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Where can I learn
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Thailand? Are there any schools or clubs you can
suggest?
We only service
students with private lessons in Patong PHUKET and in BANGKOK Thailand.
For private classes and open mat session in PHUKET please
contact me by email or msn at:
bkkjedi@gmail.com
For Group classes in Bangkok area please contact our Bangkok training
center at:
EMAC, Executive
Martial Arts Center
410/3 Executive Building. 3rd Floor
Surawong Rd., Bangkok 10500
Tel: (+66)-02-631-4606
Click here to view MAP
Email: tor2560@hotmail.com
Click here to visit EMAC website
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- How much do you
charge for private lesson or small groups?
Rates depends on how
many hours,
location and student level. Please contact us by email at:
bkkjedi@gmail.com
For sparring/rolling/open mats session at this
time we charge in PHUKET just for the use of the space and air
conditioning, which is 200 baht per hour.
Remember that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is not like another traditional
martial arts. Because it works for real, it is difficult to find
qualified trainers and/or instructors, and so it is more expensive.
Our rates in South East Asia are
half of what we charge in Europe, and half or what is the standard around the world. You can visit Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu academy websites around the world and compare their rates for
private lessons with ours. Even in Brazil, a country very similar to Thailand
salaries wise, and where you can find a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy on
every street corner, (only in Rio 20,000 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu students), rates
start at about 30 usd per 1 hour going up to even 200 usd per 1
hour!
If
you want to dress Armani or wear Versace shirt the price is the same
everywhere you go.
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- Where do you teach?
In Phuket (Thailand): in Patong, send an email to book training time.
bkkjedi@gmail.com
In Bangkok (Thailand):
EMAC, Executive
Martial Arts Center
410/3 Executive Building. 3rd Floor
Surawong Rd., Bangkok 10500
Tel: (+66)-02-631-4606
Click here to view MAP
Email: tor2560@hotmail.com
Click here to visit EMAC website
- How long do I need to
learn the basic and be able to easily defense myself in street fight?
To complete the Helio Gracie
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu self defense system you need about 30 hours. This
covers the basic aspects of street fighting and self defense.
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- When can
I start?
What about tomorow?
Contact us:
in PHUKET at
bkkjedi@gmail.com
in BANGKOK:
EMAC, Executive
Martial Arts Center
410/3 Executive Building. 3rd Floor
Surawong Rd., Bangkok 10500
Tel: (+66)-02-631-4606
Click here to view MAP
Email: tor2560@hotmail.com
Click here to visit EMAC website
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