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Simple Trip Takedown For Judo and Jiu Jitsu

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Oct 2, 2017 ·

How To Do A Inside Trip/Reap Variation (A Modified O Uchi Gari) for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ). Texarkana Martial Arts.

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu head coach, Marc Hagebusch demonstrating how to do a simple takedown.

How To Do An Inside Trip Variation (Modified O Uchi Gari (Judo)) for Jiu Jitsu.

Head Coach Marc Hagebusch demonstrates a trip that can be used to put an opponent on their back followed by a positioning in the guard to minimize your opponent’s attacks. Discover more free videos on our YouTube channel.

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What is Ju Jitsu (vs Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)?

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Oct 1, 2017 ·

Japanese JuJutsu, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), and it’s Evolution As A Combat Sport. Texarkana Martial Arts

Jujutsu is a traditional martial arts style which originated in Japan.

We often think of Japanese Jujitsu visualizing a little guy dancing around throwing attackers effortlessly as they come at him with choreographed attacks (similar to karate kata).

This was partially a function of the practices. The reality is though that in the old days of Japanese JuJitsu, it was not taught in a safe manner. Often severe injuries and even deaths occurred in training.

This is in contrast to the way many Japanese JuJitsu practices are run today. Most emphasize the kata-like movements and others integrate resistance sparring in an intelligent way. It really varies widely from school to school.

Pre-Organized Katas and Forms

These were often practiced relentlessly without resistance in Feudal Japan.

In the olden days these choreographed katas and ‘forms’ allowed masters to pass the movements down to their students in a time when so many couldn’t read and they weren’t filming everything to put up on their Facebook page.

Many styles of Japanese Ju Jitsu were modified and consolidated into the style of Judo by Jigoro Kano.

Kano organized techniques from various Ju Jitsu styles into a logical system and developed a way of training that allowed practitioners to practice safely so that they could continue training over longer periods of time in order to develop higher levels of skill.

Several other styles continued on as individual styles of Japanese Ju Jitsu and Aikido (which also grew out of the style).

Ju Jitsu was the martial arts style originally developed as a foundational martial art of samurai combat fighting techniques.

The samurais used the style as a method of close combat for defeating an armed and armored opponent. This was used against armored opponents that had no weapon or a short weapon.

Judo and JuJitsu / Jiu Jitsu Spreads Throughout the World

Many styles of Ju Jitsu were taught in Japan. Some of these styles made their way out and to the rest of the world as Japanese practitioners migrated to other countries.

Brazil was on of the locations that attracted many Japanese settlers. It still has a fairly large Japanese population today.

Old school Judo was a fighting style that spread to the world including Brazil where it ultimately gave rise to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

It happened when one of Jigoro Kano’s students migrated to Brazil and spread Judo/Jiu Jitsu to the local Brazilians, including a young man with the now well known last name of Gracie.

The most well known Jiu Jitsu style today is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu because of it’s rapid spread throughout the world since giving birth to the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) in 1993, where the style proved it’s effectiveness in combat.

All styles of Ju Jitsu and Judo focuses on using the opponent’s aggressiveness, energy, and momentum against him.

This concept is essential in both Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

This type of re-direction and use of opponent’s energy allows a smaller person to defeat a much larger one in combat or self defense.

JuJutsu focused it’s techniques primarily on throws, chokes, and joint locks. This was because of several factors. The samurais were often wearing armor, making most striking less effective.

The samurai also discovered that grappling allowed smaller fighters to defeat larger ones by placing the opponent in a position where they would no longer be a threat and could easily be defeated.

Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu have kept much of these emphasis as the styles evolved into both systems of martial arts and very popular sports.

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Chuck Norris, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Sep 12, 2017 ·

What Would Chuck Norris Do?

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). Coach Marc Hagebusch with Carlos Machado BJJ 2000

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!

The Truth About Martial Arts

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Sep 7, 2017 ·

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…

Martial Arts, Realistic Application, Self Defense, and Honesty

Check out the news video below that shows a reporter going to a pressure point school and then taking the pressure point advocates to a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school.

I think you’ll come away with a better understanding of what I was describing above, plus you’ll get to see…

The power of placebo.
A pressure point attack on the female news reporter, “You just hit me in the head.” LOL
A lot of confused Brazilian Jiu Jitsu students… “Are you feeling dizzy?” “No, not really.”
A pressure point attack against a UFC fighter.
Plus, you get to hear the Master himself answer the question, “What went wrong?” You’ll be surprised to hear his answer.

“Special” Self Defense Martial Arts Video…

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.

I really believe that there are a lot of things that people can get out of various martial arts.

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).

All of these can be good reasons to train in a martial art.

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.

I could tell you so many stories about students that have some in from other martial arts and attempted to use pressure point attacks during training with me and my students.

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.

The truth is found in martial arts techniques when the techniques are used against an opponent that is using his/her skills and techniques to try to defeat you.

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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What is the Best Martial Art for Girls in Texarkana?

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Sep 7, 2017 ·

Are You The Parent Of A Daughter and Concerned About Her Ability To Defend Herself Against A Bigger, Stronger Boy?

Many martial arts talk about self defense and how a particular style like karate, tae kwon do, kung fu, or other striking based combat sport can allow a smaller individual to defeat a larger opponent.

It can happen. It’s possible for a smaller person to knock out a larger one, but it is much more difficult than you would imagine though.

The problem is that a strike from a larger opponent is much more likely to cause significant damage to the smaller one AND the smaller person is much less likely to land the perfect punch or kick to knock out a larger opponent.

This is why combat sports like boxing and kickboxing have weight classes.

It doesn’t matter how good Floyd Mayweather is (and he’s exceptional), he will not knock out Anthony Joshua (a heavyweight) whereas Joshua probably only needs to land once to end the fight. Adding even greater challenges to the smaller striker in a fight or self defense scenario…

If the larger opponent is being out struck or if the larger opponent wants to control the fight, they will close the distance and clinch.

Now it is in the grappling range, a range foreign to most people in a fight. It’s also extremely common. The close distance denies most of the chances to land a powerful strike.

The larger person has a greater chance of taking the smaller one to the ground where the smaller person will be in the bottom position.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is the undisputed champion on the ground, particularly when having to fight from the bottom position.

If you watch the matches above, you’ll see the girl use her legs to control, turn over, and even submit her opponents. I am a parent of a daughter. The worst possible situation for me to imagine is a male taking her down and going into her guard (between her legs).

We don’t want this to happen, but far too many girls find themselves in this exact situation at some point in their life.

A gun may offer excellent self defense. It is generally not a good idea to pull a gun at close range though unless you are very good at grappling and controlling the gun because your attacker may gain control of the weapon.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gives your daughter the ability to not only defend herself in the bottom position, but to be offensive and end the assault quickly before the aggressor ever even knew what was going on.

It’s why my daughter trains Jiu Jitsu.

She has since before she turned 4 years old and she will continue through high school.

No sport will give your daughter these types of tools to defend herself in the worst situations, no martial art will really be helpful here with one exception, Jiu Jitsu.

Self Defense is only one benefit of many though… she will get in shape, develop real self confidence, learn how to overcome adversity, set and accomplish goals (plus a lot more)!

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