Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu In Singapore

There are many benefits to learning Jiu-Jitsu in Singapore, as BJJ is commonly known for its combination of movements, which helps develop endurance and cardiovascular strength.

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No-Gi BJJ is a variant of BJJ without wearing the traditional Gi uniform. Students will wear clothing such as rash guard, etc. No-Gi BJJ also requires much more precision in the movements.

Beginner students should always start with the traditional Gi to build upon their basic techniques and footwork first. However, there are no strict conditions on which you should build upon first.

We will always spend more time building up a foundation for students who are joining us as fresh new beginners.

Training without the Gi or No-Gi BJJ focuses extensively on leveraging your balance to overcome opponents of different body sizes. It also heavily emphasizes robust grip techniques, joint locks, and wrestling techniques.

While there is no right or answer, which is more demanding, No-Gi requires more precision in the movements.

Complete beginners will be taught through the basics of self-defence and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fundamentals, we adhere to the standards of how BJJ should be taught.

Students will start with white belts and progress towards blue, purple, brown and finally black belts through their journey with us.

Intermediate and expert fighters in Singapore BJJ or No-Gi BJJ, we have an all-level class whereby the sole focus is on building upon the skill set.

There is also a daily pro practice match that is invite-only for the advanced practitioners.

Taking your opponent down to the ground and keeping them there will allow you to attack for submission.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ SG) or No-Gi BJJ enables anyone to leverage, grip, and positional movements to overcome a bigger and stronger opponent.

Most people have heard the story about some Japanese guy (Mitsuyo Maeda) going over to Brazil in the early 1900's and teaching jiu-jitsu to some rich guy's kid (Carlos Gracie). They think that's how Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was born. That's not incorrect, but it is an oversimplification of history.

Traditional Jiu-jitsu styles date back hundreds (some say thousands) of years before Maeda was ever born. Usually designed for war, there was little emphasis on hand-to-hand combat until there was peace. During peacetime, these warriors would challenge each other's jiu-jitsu schools in brutal hand to hand combat matches. This, of course, put a bad taste in the mouth of public opinion, so jiu Jitsu nearly died off.

Until one student (Jigoro Kano) of several styles of jujitsu decided to rebrand it as something that was meant to enhance the quality of people's lives. He created a uniform (known as a gi). He also borrowed the colour ranking system from his university swimming program (black for advanced, white for beginners). Thus the mystical black belt we know today in many styles was born. This style was called Judo.

Part of his popularising his new martial art strategy was to do away with the brutal challenge matches and instead focus on the more aesthetically pleasing throws. He sent his Judo missionaries worldwide, most of them coming from a traditional jujitsu background.

When these traditional jujitsu trained Judo missionaries reached Brazil, it wasn't as easy as simply saying, "Join us and be a happier, healthier person" Brazilians had their own martial arts and wanted proof of the effectiveness of Judo. Since challenge matches were banned in Judo, the practitioners competed under the Jiu-Jitsu banner. With great success, jiu-jitsu started to spread like wildfire in Brazil and all but died off in Japan, being replaced by Judo and its pretty little throws.

The Brazilian incarnation of Jiu-Jitsu continued the tradition of challenge matches, and the art continued to evolve. And while the Gracie family were not the first or only Brazilians to learn this art from the Judo Missionaries, they certainly are the most notable for popularising it. In 1993, the son of Helio Gracie, and Nephew of Carlos Gracie, Rorian Gracie, co-founded The Ultimate Fighting Championship, basically as an infomercial for their brand of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

This event was a televised contest of style vs style with no modern rules we see today in MMA. Jiu-Jitsu dominated all competition for the first 3 out of 4 tournaments.

And Jiu-Jitsu began to spread across America and eventually to the rest of the world.

For the sake of simplicity, we can call No-Gi "jiu-jitsu without the uniform". While it would be convenient to have a story like "Nogi was invented when Grandmaster Porrada's washing machine broke down and had no clean uniforms to wear to class.

So he just told everyone to show up in shorts and a rashguard" (a completely made-up story by the way) there isn't really a linear story for No-Gi.

Its history is more of a web as people have been trying to make each other give up without wearing 1800's Japanese sports attires for the majority of history.