Jujitsu And Yoga

Jujitsu and Yoga emphasizes on groundwork

For Brazilian Jujitsu practitioners, the most critical physical linkage between the Brazilian Jujitsu and yoga is the emphasis on groundwork. All poses of yoga such as the handstands, and the seated and standing poses emphasize the relationship of the body to the ground. All yoga exercises that are strength-related make the practitioner to put direct resistance to the gravity pull. It may seem an easy situation. Of course, if you just stand on your two legs, gravity is an easy force to deal with. Now let's use how you can stand on the your feet's balls, then squat up to where your thighs and the ground are parallel, and try holding that pose for 10 counts. This is what yoga is all about.

The mechanics for many of the yoga poses somehow is directly similar to the body movements found in the Brazilian Jujitsu. Likewise, yoga helps in preparing you for the mental rigors of Brazilian Jujitsu sparring, grappling and competition because yoga trains on you on how to relax mentally while trying to hold physically compromising poses and positions. Indeed, there are many yoga poses that are intended to arouse various emotional responses such as fear, frustration and anger.

Benefits of Yoga on Jujitsu

Regardless of the emotions that you might have, and how intensely and seriously you feel them, the practice of yoga trains you to not only endure and tolerate such emotions, but it also encourages you to really experience them. When you are able to experience your mental and physical limits at their extreme, yet you respond with a clear and calm attitude, getting attacked and mounted upon by a 250 pound competitor or sparring partner at a Jujitsu game should not be as fearsome as the early games used to be. This is one of the true benefit and advantage of yoga. Each pose as well as practice session is a chance for you to deal with your resisting opponent. Your every breath and moment is actually a personal challenge that we can really experience, tolerate and overcome.

It is quite wrong, that for the bulk of the population, when the word or phrase yoga practice are mentioned in conversations, one easily imagines a half-naked native chief, dressed scantily with the use of loin cloth, chanting the world ohm, and smiling on of the widest grin imaginable. Or, even worse, one envisions a group of individuals, seated in full-lotus position, trying to get in touch with their inner dolphin.

Try dropping your weights, leaving the sneakers or running shoes and the nice gloves at home for just some sensible training from a professional yoga practitioner. There is actually much more to yoga than you can imagine, especially as an able partner to Jujitsu. You may find more information on Jujitsu at jujitsufightingstyle.com jujitsufightingstyle.com website.

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