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Posted on November 16, 2011 - by Doug
Gracie Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Jim Hughes in Glastonbury 11/22 @ 7:15 p.m.
Royce Gracie black belt Jim Hughes will be at the Glastonbury school on Tuesday 11/22 at 7:15 p.m.
Jim has a long history with Royce, and its always a treat to have him come to Glastonbury. His insight to Gracie Jiu Jitsu is amazing, and its an opportunity you shouldn’t miss.
Bring a friend, bring your kimono, bring your questions, and most of all bring a willingness to learn.
Jim will help you bring your game to a different place.
All of our students should feel welcome, and I encourage you to bring a friend. If you know someone that has been saying they would like to try it, but they never show up, what better opportunity than this as an introduction to the gentle art?
Jim has taught many students and introduced many people to the beauty of Gracie Jiu Jitsu. He is one of the best instructors around.
November 22, next Tuesday, at 7:15. Be there, it won’t cost you anything, and you have everything to gain.
Posted on November 16, 2011 - by paul
Next Tuesday Gracie Black Belt Jim Hughes will be teaching in Glastonbury.
Next Tuesday Royce Gracie Black Belt Jim Hughes will be teaching in Glastonbury. We are excited to have him come down, and it should be some great training! Bring your kimono, your questions, and your eagerness to learn. 7:15 pm, Tuesday 11/22… Don’t miss it!
Doug
Message from Paul
There will be no West Hartford class on that Tuesday, come and join Jim and Doug and all of our friends at the Glastonbury location for fun on the mat. If you have a friend that always wanted to do Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu or Martial Arts, bring them to the seminar.
Posted on September 1, 2011 - by Doug
Power is back at the Glastonbury location!
Power is back at the Glastonbury location. Friday night we begin our normal schedule. In Glastonbury we are starting training with gi on Saturday mornings, and Tuesday nights. Fridays will remain no gi (actually when winter comes you can wear the gi on Friday nights if you like).
For those that have no power still or have had to endure hardship because of Irene, come get your frustration out on the mat. Bring a friend, introduce them to Jiu Jitsu, and we can all comiserate together.
Posted on July 27, 2011 - by Doug
Good Uke
Why good uke? The more I learn about Gracie
Jiu Jitsu, the more I understand why I need to be a good uke. I find myself
telling students frequently, “you need to be a good uke”.
How can I be a good uke, if I don’t
know what uke is? Essentially for our purposes we’ll say uke is a training
partner or the one “receiving” the technique (or we could say
the one on the receiving end of the technique).
In Gracie Jiu Jitsu, it is important
to understand the technique and the leverage required to execute the technique.
This understanding is acquired through repetition. The best way to learn
the technique is to drill it, over and over. The best way to master
it, is to continue to drill it over and over. Resistance is important
too. When we learn the technique, we drill the technique. Then we introduce
resistance. This is the reality of Jiu Jitsu. The technique must work against
a resisting opponent otherwise it is useless.
To further break this down, we learn
the technique, and drill the technique with NO resistance. This does not
mean absolutely no resistance, what this means is, as the uke you need
to react in a natural way, and provide enough resistance for your partner
to execute the technique. How many times have you trained with someone,
and he/she just flops around like a dead fish when you try to execute the
technique or he/she resists so much it turns into a sparing match? Jiu
Jitsu is what I like to call, an art of opportunity. In other words, we
train and drill a technique as an answer for a particular situation.
Lets look at the oopa escape from the
mount. When learning and practicing the uke needs to provide the means
to trap the arm and leg that will allow you to execute the oopa (hip bump).
If the uke, does not allow you to trap the leg/arm, perhaps a different
technique should be used (hip escape?), but this defeats the purpose of
this particular drill. We are supposed to be practicing the oopa. As the
uke, it is your job to allow your partner to practice the drill, and he/she
is expected to allow you to practice the drill when he/she is uke.
When resistance is added, it is gradual.
We begin by providing some additional resistance, and start to look at
what we think we can do to defeat the technique. Full resistance is eventually
added in drills and sparing. This is not to be confused with drilling for
technique. If the drill is for technique the goal is repetition and resistance
is just enough to allow the person to execute the technique. If the drill
is a “live” drill, a higher degree of resistance is expected.
When drilling for technique, or “live”
drills, both people should be getting something out of it. As with everything
else in life, you get out of it, what you put into it. If my partner is
drilling the oopa technique, as a good uke, I am helping him by giving
feedback on the execution of the technique and by trying to examine the
finer points of what is happening when the technique is executed. If I
fully understand the technique from both sides, it will help me to defeat
or counter it, so I need to pay attention to the details.
There is a time and a place for everything.
An uke that resists all the time forcing you to use different techniques
than what you are supposed to be drilling is not doing you a favor. We
all like to bust chops, and at one time or another we have all been a “bad
uke”. As we mature in our Jiu Jitsu practice, the value of the drills
becomes clear. The more you drill the technique, the better your timing
will become. Both technique and resistance have a place in the training
and development of your expression of Gracie Jiu Jitsu. So be a good uke,
and I’ll see you on the mat.
Posted on May 22, 2011 - by Doug
Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Jim Hughes in Glastonbury May 31
Jim Hughes will be teaching class on May 31st. This will be a great opportunity to learn from one of people promoted to Black Belt by Royce Gracie.
