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How to Use A Simple Modified Judo Sacrifice Throw for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (Texarkana Jiu Jitsu)
Texarkana Jiu Jitsu’s Head Coach, Marc Hagebusch, demonstrating how to use Judo throws for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
It’s a low risk easy throw for BJJ practitioners.
Great sacrifice throw for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu using a modified Judo throw. Illegal with current Judo rules, but definitely legal for BJJ.
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Please take 2 minutes and watch this youtube video about 8 year old Tye. It’s critically important that you make yourself aware of potentially deadly circumstances that occur every day in our schools.
Bullying among our youth is a significant problem–and it is steadily increasing. Many experts fear bullying has become so widespread and common, adults are blinded to its extensive harm.
The effects of these incidents can scar them for a lifetime and, as seen in the video above, sometimes that lifetime is MUCH shorter than it should have been.
The best way to help children not become victims of bullies is by teaching them bully-proofing skills that enable them to have the CONFIDENCE they need to assertively and confidently stand up to bullying and teasing.
If we only changed one child’s life for the better, then our program would be a success… but we are changing hundred’s of children’s lives for the better through our programs.
If you have a child (ages 4-6 or 7-12), then you owe it to yourself to call us and find out how our program can eliminate bullying, improve self confidence, and give your child the tools to be a Leader… positively influencing others.
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Please don’t let your child suffer any longer being bullied.
It can have devastating effects as seen with Tye in the video above.
I’m sure his parents never believed that they would lose their son from bullying.
You may know that I started my training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 1995 with Carlos Machado, a cousin to the Gracies (his mother was a Gracie).
Carlos’ first studio was on the set of Walker, Texas Ranger.
I started my training there, on the set of Walker as one of Carlos’ first students in Texas.
We used to have to walk through the set to the back room through the little gym area that is often shown on Walker to a relatively small matted room.
It was amazing to be able to train there with such an amazing instructor and I did have the great fortune to meet and speak with Chuck Norris there.
Chuck has been a lifelong martial artist and began training in BJJ when it became obvious that the style was so effective as a form of self defense and critical to becoming a well rounded martial artist.
Chuck choose one of the best in the world to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under, Carlos Machado.
Chuck is a black belt in BJJ under the Machados.
He also requires Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training in order to become a black belt in his style of martial arts.
What would Chuck Norris Do?
Train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, of course!
News Team takes a group of Martial Artists to a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school so that they can demonstrate the effectiveness of their art. The results are shocking, but not in the way you might imagine…
I think you’ll come away with a better understanding of what I was describing above, plus you’ll get to see…
I was talking with a couple of Texarkana Jiu Jitsu students recently.
One of them mentioned that an acquaintance of his keeps asking him to go to a seminar so he can learn pressure point knockouts.
Most martial arts, regardless of style offer something of value to the people taking them.
Some of the benefits will be physical like exercising and getting into shape, other benefits might revolve around mental benefits like reducing stress, improving discipline, joining a group of positive individuals, creating new positive habits, setting (and accomplishing goals), etc…
Other people enjoy learning about another culture (some traditional martial arts emphasize history and the culture from which the art originated, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tends to place a little less emphasis on this).
Really there are many different reasons to train in martial arts and if someone finds something that they really enjoy doing that provides them with the benefits that they want, then they should keep training in it.
Having said all that, some martial artists are frauds.
I’m sorry, it’s the truth.
You can’t claim that something works and then completely fail to back up your claim when it’s tested… Just be honest about what your teaching.
Never once has this resulted in anything but a quick loss to the person attempting to use this tactic.
On one occasion a pressure point expert was grappling with James, who was a blue belt at the time. He kept reaching up with one arm from the guard attempting to use a pressure point attack on James’ neck… with the intention of knocking him out, I guess.
Who knows, maybe he was trying to kill him.
It’s really hard to say, but what I can tell you is that he was armbarred over and over again.
It’s often not really the students fault as they were taught and sold something that did not work and would likely get them seriously hurt in a real confrontation.
In some cases, who knows… maybe even their instructor may have believed what he was teaching.
This is the problem in untested martial arts.
It may be done in sparring and it may be done in a ‘real life‘ situation.
Combat Sports like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Wrestling, Sambo, MMA (mixed martial arts), Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Boxing all train techniques that can be used against a resisting opponent. If it doesn’t work, then it won’t exist in these combat based martial arts.
Other martial arts may not adopt this same philosophy.
Often techniques are trained as part of tradition or because of speculation that the techniques may work. There is no problem with tradition, the only thing I would like to see in arts like that shown above is honesty.
It’s ok if you’re training something that doesn’t work. It might be fun to do so or maybe there is some other type of benefit… just be honest about it. If someone enjoys the training, then they should continue doing what they enjoy.
At Texarkana Jiu Jitsu, we do not train techniques that will not work against a resisting opponent. We do it in a safe way, so that everyone can enjoy the training and constantly improve.
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Judo for Jiu Jitsu Seminar with 5th Degree Kodokan Black Belt, Robin Tidwell.
Mr Tidwell is coming out for his 3rd Judo Seminar at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu on Saturday, September 30th. Cost is only $35 for Texarkana Jiu Jitsu students.
This is a very important aspect of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and his last two seminars were great. This is a short clip of Mr. Tidwell demonstrating a simple off balancing movement to set up a shoulder throw.
Robin and I trained together for several years under the late Judo Grandmaster, Vince Tamura.
Mr. Tamura was one of the greatest people that I have ever met and was an absolute master of Judo and Grappling.
He had a little dojo in the ghetto in Dallas off Harry Hine Blvd.
We always used to joke about how someone would get the surprise of their life when they attempted to mug this old, short Japanese man.
That would’ve been an excellent real world demonstration of self defense.
I saw Mr. Tamura toss highly competitive athletes in their 20’s and 30’s around without hardly breaking a sweat. He was in his early 70’s at the time. It was incredible to watch.
We had people from all over the world coming to train with us all the time – world champions, Japanese national champions, US champions, Sambo world champions, and many early MMA pioneers.
Training was awesome at Dallas Judo, great times!
Judo is most well known for it’s dynamic throws. It also teaches ground work with quick transitions into submission holds and has at it’s roots the elements of self defense.
Judo was the style that gave birth to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and then ultimately to MMA/UFC style fighting.
Robin Tidwell was one of Mr. Tamura’s most advanced students.
I learned a lot from Mr. Tamura and from Mr. Tidwell and now so can you, taking advantage of his more than 40 years of high level Judo Competition experience.
Coach Marc Hagebusch