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Texarkana Jiu Jitsu is
the leading martial arts
training program in
Texarkana.
We are NOT a
Karate School... We
don't teach Shotokan Karate, Kempo
Karate, or Kenpo
Karate.
We are NOT
involved with Tae Kwon Do (tkd) in any way and we are not a ninja ('ninjitsu') school.
We are a reality based
martial arts school that
teaches Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu (BJJ) and Mixed
Martial Arts (MMA - as
seen in the UFC).
We
weren't a karate or tae
kwon do school that
learned a little bjj or
mma and started teaching
it to capitalize on the arts popularity.
We have classes
taught by 2 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belts,
the only 2 BJJ Black Belts in East TX.
We have a
HIGHLY
successful grappling and MMA competition team,
but really most of our
students aren't fighters
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they are normal
everyday people that
want to get in better
shape, have fun, learn
self defense, while
reducing the stress that
they experience in their
daily lives.
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THE History of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is considered the most
effective form of self-defense in the world. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or Gracie Jiu Jitsu is a
martial art indigenous to Brazil. It was founded and developed by the Gracie
family. The art was derived from Kodokan Judo, western wrestling, and various
combative disciplines.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu utilizes grappling techniques
to control and subdue any opponent utilizing holds, arm locks, chokes, leg
locks, and strikes. This strategy takes away the advantage of a larger, stronger
opponent. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu favors simple techniques that
were tested in numerous challenge matches by the Gracie family and their
students. In Vale Tudo (which means "anything goes") tournaments in Brazil,
Gracie family members and their students have fought in these no-holds barred
fighting matches for over 65 years and have fared very well against a multitude
of combative arts both western and asian. Many traditional martial arts have
lost their combative rationale and ability. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has led the way
in changing traditional martial arts and ‘self defense’ classes.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has proven itself, with real
confrontations being won again and again, as the most effective form of
self-defense in the world. It is now the basis of mixed martial arts or "Vale-Tudo"
tournaments and has a large sport competition following. BJJ has something for
everyone from the competitive athlete to the weekend warrior. Law enforcement
and the military use BJJ as their main self-defense system for hand-to-hand
combat. The sportive aspect of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is
embodied in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournaments. Competitors wear judo "jackets" and
pants just like their Judo counterparts except the rules favor strategies and
techniques that are oriented towards combat effectiveness. Jiu Jitsu tournaments divide competitors by age,
belt rank, class. Time limits are generally five to ten minutes,
depending on belt rank. Matches start with both competitiors standing, on a
floor with a padded mat. A tap out from submission ends the match. If time runs
out without a submission, points determine the winner.
Many Brazilian Jiu Jitsu students are also
interested in open submission grappling tournaments (different points rules,
usually no gi), or Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).
In the mid-1800's in Japan, there were a large
number of styles ("ryu") of jiu-jitsu (sometimes spelled "jujitsu"). Techniques
varied between ryu, but generally included all manner of unarmed combat
(strikes, throws, locks, chokes, wrestling, etc.) and occasionally some weapons
training. One young but skilled master of a number of jiu-jitsu styles, Jigoro
Kano, founded his own ryu and created the martial art Judo (aka Kano-ryu
jiu-jitsu) in the 1880's. One of Kano's primary insights was to include
full-power practice against resisting, competent opponents, rather than solely
rely on the partner practice that was much more common at the time. One of Kano's students was Mitsuo Maeda, who was also known as Count Koma
("Count of Combat". Maeda emigrated to Brazil in 1914. He was helped a great
deal by the Brazilian politician Gastão Gracie, whose father George Gracie had
emigrated to Brazil himself from Scotland. In gratitude for the assistance,
Maeda taught jiu-jitsu to Gastao's son Carlos Gracie. Carlos in turn taught his
brothers Osvaldo, Gastão Jr., Jorge, and Helio.
In 1925, Carlos and his brothers opened their first jiu-jitsu academy, and
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was born in Brazil. At this point, the base of techniques in BJJ was similar to those in Kano's Judo
academy in Japan. As the years progressed, however, the brothers (notably Carlos
and Helio) and their students refined their art via brutal no-rules fights, both
in public challenges and on the street. Particularly notable was their
willingness to fight outside of weight categories, permitting a skilled small
fighter to attempt to defeat a much larger opponent. They began to concentrate more and more on submission ground fighting,
especially utilizing the guard position. This allowed a weaker man to defend
against a stronger one, bide his time, and eventually emerge victorious.
In the 1970's, the undisputed jiu-jitsu champion in Brazil was Rolls Gracie. He
had taken the techniques of jiu-jitsu to a new level. Although he was not a
large man, his ability to apply leverage using all of his limbs was
unprecedented. At this time the techniques of the open guard and its variants
(spider guard, butterfly guard) became a part of BJJ. Rolls also developed the
first point system for jiu-jitsu only competition. The competitions required
wearing a gi, awarded points (but not total victories) for throws and takedowns,
and awarded other points for achieving different ground positions (such as
passing an opponent's guard). After Rolls' death in a hang-gliding accident,
Rickson Gracie became the undisputed (and undefeated!) champion, a legend
throughout Brazil and much of the world. He has been the exemplar of Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu technique for the last two decades, since the early 1980's, in both
jiu-jitsu competition and no-rules MMA competition.
Jiu-jitsu techniques have continued to evolve as the art is constantly tested in
both arenas. For example, in the 1990's Roberto "Gordo" Correa, a BJJ black
belt, injured one of his knees, and to protect his leg he spent a lot of
practice time in the half-guard position. When he returned to high-level
jiu-jitsu competition, he had the best half-guard technique in the world. A
position that had been thought of as a temporary stopping point, or perhaps a
defensive-only position, suddenly acquired a new complexity that rapidly spread
throughout the art.
In the early 1990's, Rorion Gracie moved from Brazil to Los Angeles. He wished
to show the world how well the Gracie art of jiu-jitsu worked. In Brazil,
no-rules Mixed Martial Art (MMA) contests (known as "vale tudo") had been
popular since Carlos Gracie first opened his academy in 1925, but in the world
at large most martial arts competition was internal to a single style, using the
specialized rules of that style's practice.
Rorion and Art Davie conceived of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. This was a
series of pay-per-view television events in the United States that began in
1993. They pitted experts of different martial arts styles against each other in
an environment with very few rules, in an attempt to see what techniques "really
worked" when put under pressure. Rorion also entered his brother Royce Gracie,
an expert in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, as one of the contestants. Royce dominated the first years of the UFC against all comers, amassing eleven
victories with no fighting losses. At one event he defeated four different
fighters in one night. This, from a fighter that was smaller than most of the
others (at 170 lbs, in an event with no weight classes), looked thin and
scrawny, and used techniques that most observers, even experienced martial
artists, didn't understand.
In hindsight, much of Royce's success was due to the fact that he understood
very well (and had trained to defend against) the techniques that his opponents
would use, whereas they often had no idea what he was doing to them. In
addition, the ground fighting strategy and techniques of BJJ are among the most
sophisticated in the world. Besides the immediate impact of an explosion of
interest in BJJ across the world (particularly in the US and Japan), the lasting
impact of Royce's early UFC dominance is that almost every successful MMA
fighter now includes BJJ as a significant portion of their training.
Tae Kwon Do and karate martial arts classes
have long been offered in the area, but now for the first time, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ, also known as Gracie
Jiu Jitsu) is now offered in Texarkana, TX (on Stateline Ave, across the street
from Arkansas (AR)). These BJJ martial arts classes are markedly different from
Tae Kwon Do and karate martial arts classes, the techniques actually work in
real life and you (or your child) won't have to kick someone in the head!
Submission Grappling (aka Submission
Wrestling - as seen in ADCC matches in Abu Dhabi) is derived from BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu), Freestyle Wrestling, Greco
Roman Wrestling, Judo, Sambo, and other Grappling Arts. Submission Grappling (aka
Submission Wrestling) is offered at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu located in Texarkana, TX
(on Stateline Ave, across the street from Arkansas). Again, these aren't Tae
Kwon Do and karate martial arts classes.
Classes also in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA, a
combination of Muay Thai Boxing, Kickboxing, Wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu;
with elements of karate (like shotokan karate and other japanese karate styles, tae kwon do (TKD),
hapkido (and other korean martial arts), Jeet Kun Do (JKD), Judo, Sambo, and
other martial arts) which have become extremely popular with the rise of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and its reality show, the Ultimate Fighter
(TUF). These MMA classes are now offered in Texarkana, Texas. MMA classes do not
utilize kata like Tae Kwon Do and karate martial arts classes.
Kettlebell fitness and conditioning classes
and bootcamps (and our new cardio kickboxing bootcamp - UBC, Ultimate
Bodyshaping Course) are now offered in
Texarkana, TX (on Stateline Ave, across the street from Arkansas (AR)).
Kettlebells are a workout tool that can provide strong cardio benefits, improve
muscle tone, reduce body fat, improve health, and strengthen the core.
Kettlebells have been used for years in Russia for getting in shape, losing
weight, developing athletic power,
endurance, strength, and core stability that is so important for sports and your
daily life. They can help reduce the likelihood of injury while improving cardio
dramatically.
Dr. Marc Hagebusch and his first BJJ black belt, Kevin Lewis, are the only Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) black belts in East Texas. We also offer local (Texarkana on the TX side,
but literally across the street from Arkansas (AR)) kids martial arts classes in Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) that replace the traditional martial arts classes like kids karate
martial arts classes and kids tae kwon do (TKD) martial arts classes that have been popular in the past.
You should know
that the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is more commonly referred to as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
(BJJ). Muay Thai is often referred to as Thai Boxing or kickboxing. Mixed
Martial Arts (made popular by The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) tv show and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (aka UFC) is
more often referred to as MMA.
BJJ (Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu) and MMA ((Mixed Martial Arts) composed of Muay Thai Kickboxing,
Submission Grappling (made popular by Abu Dhabi, ADCC), Boxing, BJJ (Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu), Karate, TKD (tae kwon do), Judo, Sambo, Wrestling, and other Martial
Arts) is now offered in Texarkana, TX (on Stateline Ave, across the street from
Arkansas (AR)).
These classes
provide a cardio workout that is more effective than cardio kickboxing classes,
bootcamp classes, circuit training bootcamps, karate classes, and tae kwon do classes. The martial arts
classes and cardio kickboxing bootcamps offered at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu (Texarkana, TX (on Stateline Ave, across
the street from Arkansas (AR)) in MMA and BJJ (these are not Tae Kwon Do and
karate martial arts classes) provide an exceptional cardio
workout that literally blows away traditional cardio kickboxing classes – you
will lose body fat, get in shape, reduce stress, develop better focus, improve
attention (ADD), improve discipline, and have fun. Cardio kickboxing classes and
bootcamps are
often more limited in the scope of exercises and do not develop the postural or core
strength and stability of our BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or Gracie Jiu Jitsu), MMA
(Mixed Martial Arts – popularized by the UFC), or OUR (Texarkana Jiu Jitsu)
Cardio Kickboxing Bootcamps and Fitness classes- like kettlebell fitness and
weight loss classes.
Our martial arts
classes provide a better workout than cardio kickboxing or traditional bootcamp and provide you with
real self defense skills that could save your life one day. The martial arts and
fitness classes and bootcamps will
cause you to reduce fat, lose weight, gain strength and endurance, improve
cardio, improve self defense, improve self confidence and discipline, and reduce
stress. We have martial
arts students
that are successful amateur and professional MMA (Mixed Martial Arts – made
popular by the UFC or Ultimate Fighting Championship) fighters. Fighters that
have competed and won in kickboxing / muay thai kickboxing, submission grappling
/ submission wrestling, and BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu aka Gracie Jiu Jitsu, not
Tae Kwon Do and karate martial arts classes).
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