May 2018 | Bellingham BJJ

I just want everybody to train jiu-jitsu. Everybody, everywhere.

That’s unrealistic, right? Sure, but every goal should start out unreasonable. If you start by telling yourself you’ll be happy with a 30 percent successful outcome, you’ll hit a lot of targets, but you’ll also shortchange your potential a fair bit.

Sure, it’s impossible to convince every single person I meet to train jiu-jitsu with a 100 percent success rate. Let’s talk about a tinier success rate, then — let’s say that rate is one percent.

Imagine your community is a mid–size city, somewhere between the average American town population of 20,000 and, say, 100,000. Think of between 2,000 and 10,000 people actively doing jiu-jitsu just in the town where you live. How many gyms could that support? How many Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament competitions, MMA fights, superfight events, seminars? How many fun community events that also inspire people to train?

If you’re reading this, you’re already interested in trying Brazilian jiu-jitsu. But maybe you’re on the fence, for whatever reason. This post is designed to inspire you to take the plunge and walk in the door for the first time.

Jiu-jitsu is tremendous for self defense, provides an opportunity to test yourself in a competitive format, and is one of the most effective activities you can pursue for personal empowerment.

These are just some of the benefits you’ll get from training. It’s also one of the most important martial arts to focus on if you plan to train or compete in MMA. Even if you never step in a mixed martial arts cage or on a competition mat, though, there are almost too many benefits from jiu-jitsu to list. Still, let’s try!

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