Jiu Jitsu Dojos in Petawawa

Petawawa, ON - K8H 2 |

Details: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu emphasizes getting an opponent to the ground in order to utilize ground fighting techniques and submission holds involving joint-locks and chokeholds. The premise is that most of the advantage of a larger, stronger opponent comes from superior reach and more powerful strikes, both of which are somewhat negated when grappling on the ground. A more precise way of describing this would be to say that on the ground, physical strength can be offset or enhanced by an experienced grappler who knows how to maximize force using mechanical strength instead of pure physical strength. BJJ is most strongly differentiated from other grappling arts by its greater emphasis on groundwork. Commonly, striking-based styles spend almost no time on groundwork. Even other grappling arts tend to spend much more time on the standing phase of a fight. Sport BJJ’s focus on submissions without the use of strikes while training allows practitioners to practice at full speed and with full power, resembling the effort used in a real fight or competition. Training methods include technique drills in which techniques are practiced against a non-resisting partner; isolation sparring, commonly referred to as positional drilling, where only a certain technique or sets of techniques are used, and full sparring in which each opponent tries to submit their opponent using any legal technique. As a result, BJJ practitioners’ physical conditioning is also a very important part of their daily training regime.