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Rocian Gracie Jr.

OWNER OF ROCIAN GRACIE JIU JITSU

What is Rocian Gracie Jiu Jitsu

​The Jiu-Jitsu is usually translated as "the gentle art". A less poetic translation, but possibly more descriptive would be "the art of flexible adaptation." The Jiu-Jitsu requires the ability to assign or dodge an attack, provide resistance to momentary break the balance or the momentum of the attacker, and thus control, immobilize or incapacitate the opponent. The real Jiu-Jitsu is to achieve the maximum effect with minimum effort. So, good Jiu-Jitsu has its basis not in size and strength, but on balance, timing, subtlety and flexibility.

Thus, Jiu-Jitsu is a system of fighting and self defense for all people, regardless of their physical condition, sex, age or size. It is also an excellent form of exercise, especially when one considers the importance of each to maintain or increase your flexibility, endurance and strength.

It is also good practice for children because it increases self-confidence and coordination, and teaches them respect, discipline and social interaction. The Jiu-Jitsu uses strokes of joint as arm and ankle sprains, and bottlenecks, to immobilize the opponent. It also includes falls, strikes and personal defenses, as outputs tie, elusive, counter-coups.

Another striking feature differentiates the BJJ ​​other arts: its advanced ground fighting techniques, with which you can finish an opponent with a takedown and using twists with both lying. The characteristics of a fighter fighting enable even smaller that the opponent can win.

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a style constantly evolving; once a technique is developed and used in a competition, other practitioners begin to develop defenses and attacks her, and defenses against attacks and to the latter, which allows evolves freely.

The Philosophy of Rocian Gracie Jiu Jitsu

More than a sport, a fight, Jiu-Jitsu brings with it a philosophy aimed at balancing body and soul and, like all philosophy guides us to practice everyday.

The objective of Jiu-Jitsu is to develop reflexes physical, emotional and spiritual, detecting fears and limitations, seeking positive ways. The personal confrontation requires the gathering of balance, being a winner of yourself first, winning its limits.

The greater harmony and tune you with yourself, the more self-confidence, self-control, self-esteem, faith that everything will work out. The discipline that requires jiu-jitsu is part of the philosophy of life that must always be focused on the development, confidence and power. Self-control and self-confidence are stimulated through the involvement of physical and mental exercises.

The best way to overcome your limits is standing by your side with your mind focused on the positive potential. Just being on your side with positive thinking is that you will be able to overcome their difficulties. The Jiu-Jitsu philosophy is to make the individual more secure and self-confident.

To their defense techniques that always forces based levers, allowing the practitioner to overcome stronger opponents and heavy, bringing a sense of invincibility, which extends to various sectors of life, doing well with the energy of the student is always channeled for good, putting it in a healthy environment, where there are strong ties of friendship and companionship, just the taking of life unproductive and drugs, problems that affect much of the youth today. The jiu-jitsu not only works the body and mind. Not to be buying shirts for jiu-jitsu, shaving his head and mocking out there wanting to fight everyone! "Violence does not, Jiu-Jitsu yes."

The teaching methods of Rocian Gracie Jiu Jitsu

Part of body culture, struggles today represent an effective means of education and a set of highly valuable content to be worked on a daily and Athletic Training.

The educational objective must be consistent with the student's reality, where this is taken to experience the diverse manifestations of culture critically and body conscious, establishing relationships with the society in which he lives. Thus the role of the educator is to bring the student to a knowledge of himself and the world through the practice of various activities.

Under this assumption, the fights should be placed in context of people's lives, it provides besides the body work, the acquisition of values ​​and principles essential to the formation of the human being in a more expanded. Our philosophy is totally based on respect, because respect is honor. It is not to act negatively interfere in any way in my life or in my neighbor's. In this way, besides the point, we find humility, self confidence, self-knowledge and persistence.

The Jiu Jitsu

It is the most complete martial art that exists. Improves fitness, increase strength, increase flexibility, lose weight, increase your breath, increases cardiovascular and muscular endurance. Improves reflexes. Improves reasoning. Decreases or almost always eliminates the negative effects of stress. Increases concentration. Increases willpower. Increases claw.

On the Mat

Always when entering and exiting a mat you should greet him, revere him, lowering the torso and head in respect. This compliance has the following meaning: I WOULD RESPECT AND RESPECT MY FELLOW.

The mat is sacred to the martial artist. Inside it never utter words of low-level and / or make disparaging comments to others.

In it, a fight jiu-jitsu is never personal for the other person.

In it, not only practiced jiu-jitsu but, solidarity, friendship, philosophy itself. We learn from higher ranks, teach the less graduates. We seek to learn from our failures, striving to improve self-knowledge.

When can a student start learning how to fight?

The beginning student or one who is not practicing physical activity for longer than 3 months should only participate in a fight after the 3rd class, to avoid bruising.

The student can not hurt yourself by doing more force than necessary in any position. Patience, persistence, the initial contact with the jiu-jitsu to know him a little at this stage is very important.

Warming up

Heating is essential for those who train jiu-jitsu, it prepares the body for the workout and prevent more serious injuries. The heating of the whole body prepares for work together. For example, it raises the heart rate and respiratory rate, blood pressure, increases body temperature to let the muscles making it more heated, which provides higher amplitudes in the stretch. Additionally, the muscles get better "nourished" because of the activation of blood circulation. Upon heating, the body temperature rises by increasing metabolism, which makes the system more flexible musculoskeletal injury preventing. The joints are also protected since it increases the fluid which is inside the joints making them more resistant to pressure. Furthermore, the heating helps increase and improve fitness. Therefore, before starting classes there warming.

Promotion exams and graduating

Student Training Center Rocian Gracie Jr., will know which way to go from white belt to black belt. Here, there is a method where graduation, every four months, the student will do an exam and receive a degree in your band. Every four degrees, the student will examine to change lanes. The student will trace his goal with his dedication and performance. It is important to know that Master Rocian Gracie Jr. is the one who shows the student to take exams.

The Master Rocian Gracie Jr. put the whole method of graduation in a book, and it contains ALL the positions of Jiu-Jitsu that students need to know to go from white belt to black belt.

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