Jiu Jitsu Is Destroying Your Body, Here's Why

We all know that when you step on the mat you’re accepting the risk that comes with live combat.

We all signed the waiver.

But Im not talking about the random twists and freak accidents that happen. Although painful, and sometimes life changing, those aren’t the things that ruin your body.

Im talking about negative effects that the innate positions of jiu-jitsu have on your body over months and years.

Ultimately, I believe jiu-jitsu is destroying your body.

Read this article here.

[fhmstudios]

Brown belt here. I started jiu jitsu at 31. I'm now 43. 12 years of nonstop daily training and outside of a couple of pretty terrible knee injuries from takedowns gone wrong, I have no major issues. I have always supplemented my jiu jitsu training with strength and conditioning and have a pretty rigorous mobility regime. As I get older I do need to spend more time stretching outside of class, and I'm certainly not training the same way I did when I was a younger blue belt, but that's just normal wear and tear. I think jiu jitsu practitioners should definitely invest time in resistance and mobility training like athletes in other sports.

[ballshippin]

This is why strength conditioning is important, especially as you get older. Weight training will help compensate any weaknesses you have in your body

[kocyszemaitis]

BJJ saved me from being a cripple. I just turned 60 and needed a cane to walk due to arthritis in hip. Took a year of intense stretching to get off the cane. Then started BJJ and was then diagnosed with bad sciatica from arthritis(low dose NSAIDs manages the serious problem). I am now down to my fighting weight, in great shape and able to beat some blue belts and fellow white belts. I am considered functionally strong by folks in the gym, 2 years experience helps, yet I do not think I can bench 100 lbs. Dude, motion is the lotion.

[codingismyreligion]

I've trained at several schools and I'm almost the only person who stretches after class. It seems to be a common dojo culture (especially for night classes) to clean the mats immediately and go home asap. No time for stretching.

[kazlepek]

Yoga, and other practices that strengthen the sinew & skeletal structure, not just muscle

[BrMg]

here is the thing man, there are risks on everything you do. Someone just died in my city riding their bike on the moutain. You can walk on the sidewalk and a car hits you, airplane crashes, you can fall off the stairs and endless risks out there on your day by day. Want to do JJ? Do it, workout too, stretches and have fun! enjoy your life! BTW, the food you are eating there is a big chance is harming you too if you are not getting directly from your backyard. That's my 2 satoshis.

[hong-enlin]

This is the single biggest topic to discuss about BJJ, Judo and Wrestling. Probably the no.1 reason bluebelts don't continue, almost all the small blackbelts have chronic serious backpain, Judo guys are worried one day a big knee and ankles injury will end their career/hobby. But the standup fighting arts just don't suffer the same issue

[ivancastro]

I’m 35. I already have back pain. But I wanted to start jiu jitsu. It sounds like a bad idea a bit

[Northwestern]

This was excellent! Where do you teach and or train?

[Sunyayana]

What is the podcast that responded to the original video?

[williamfranco]

Holy fuarck... I gotta quit training. 6 years in ... 🙏

[lordsneed]

jiu jitsu over 30 where you trade the long term health of your neck, back, shoulders, ankles, joints and tendons for the ability to beat people up when strikes aren't allowed. If you're a teen or in your twenties then you can get away with it if you're careful and lucky because you have excess joint health and the ability to repair yourself. Above 30 you will accumulate damage that will cause you eventually to move like a 70 year old by the time you're 50. You will be so much less agile and spry and mobile than if you had just been a fitness enthusiast . Or even if you had done kickboxing .
If you want longevity and not to get a messed up body with messed up joints and low agility and spryness while doing bjj over 30? You won't.
But the best you can hope for is if you do 99%. flow rolling. almost every sparring round should be gentle, controlled, like when you're rolling with a girl 50lbs lighter than you where yoou should just match her level of strength. tap instantly to anything that feels even slightly like a neck crank. you'll accumulate skill slower, but you will still accumulate it and can test it maybe one regular sparring round a month.

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