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The many disciplines of martial arts are traditionally practiced in studios with other people to train and spar with. With the pandemic forcing the closures of martial arts studios around the country, this makes it challenging to keep up with your training. Rather than hitting pause, and possibly losing some of what you’ve learned and mastered, it’s time to consider how to maintain your training at home with your own studio or dojo.

Interestingly enough, this isn’t a difficult undertaking. For one thing, you can make use of any workable space at home—like your garage or basement. Plus, it’s easy enough to acquire the equipment you’ll need to train. Here are some resources to help you in that process, and then some.

• Know what it takes to DIY a garage remodel.
• Consider all that goes into a basement remodel
• Clean up your garage or basement.
• Install the right flooring for your martial arts studio or dojo.
• Choose the perfect punching bags for your training.
• Have at-home drills you can do regularly to benefit your practice.
• Keep your gym clean and bacteria-free.
• Set yourself up with the right cleaning products. 
• Practicing Brazilain jiu-jitsu builds confidence, relieves stress, and improves critical thinking skills. 
• If you’re a beginner, this book will teach you how to start off right and avoid common mistakes in your jiu-jitsu training. 

In addition to having your own martial arts studio, upgrading or increasing usable living space in your home that can be used for other activities (yoga, home gym, flex room) can significantly affect the value of your home. And this can be a huge bonus if and when the time comes to sell. 

Creating your own at-home martial arts gym is more than doable, as is keeping up your training at home with the right drills. To get the most out of your studio, make sure to keep it clean and that you purchase the appropriate equipment.

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Guest article by Charlene Roth from https://safetykid.info/

Martial arts are both mental and physical.

For you to move smoothly to perform techniques requires great coordination. In particular, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is an excellent example of this.

BJJ is known to many as “soft art” and focuses on ground techniques. In general, the concept is popularized that anyone, doesn’t matter their size can defend themselves from larger and heavier opponents.

This is a martial art that needs not only physical strength but also mental ability to make fast decisions in certain situations. Because practice requires a lot of strategies, some say that BJJ is considered the closest martial art to chess.

Jiu-Jitsu is an excellent physical and mental exercise. Daily practice of the discipline will quickly improve both areas. A good thing is that you don’t need much to start either. Basically, you are good to go with some basic cheap fighting equipment.

There are many benefits you can get from BJJ training and we are going to talk about some of them in this article.

Makes your mind stronger

BJJ deals with the implementation of intelligent and strategic techniques, adaptation to situations, and making changes depending on how your opponents react.

In this sense, the comparison with chess is really justified. Opponents can sometimes trade the advantage in your favor, so your next step must be full of intelligence.

BJJ forces you to think a few steps further, but also encourages you to keep your strategy flexible as anything can happen.

This constant strategic planning and thinking exercise the mind. As we move the mind quickly to cope with the rapidly changing situation it trains our mental strength.

As the mind grows stronger with each passing day, the techniques become easier to practice and we may soon be more creative in how we use them.

Makes your body stronger

Training the mind is one of the most important aspects of Jiu-Jitsu. However, there is no doubt that you also need to train the body. It may not look like it, but BJJ is one of the hardest workouts you can experience.

A prevailing theme in BJJ is that the smallest and weakest person has the ability to defeat the biggest opponent using appropriate techniques and leverage.

However, if two practitioners are equal in skill, it will be a question of who is stronger.

In conclusion, strength is not the most important thing in BJJ, but it is definitely useful. That is why strength training is crucial for the practice of BJJ.

Makes you more flexible

One of the most important ways BJJ can affect a professional’s physical activity is to improve flexibility. Flexibility is of course an important feature in martial arts, especially in the grip where you have to be a link so that the body can adapt to any situation.

Although the games are gradually improving, BJJ lands on the mat most of the time. Although all martial arts require you to be flexible, their success at BJJ depends on it. With a lot of training, stretching, and exercises at BJJ, you can train your body to be more flexible,

In general, the more you can stretch, the more techniques you can perform.So these are 3 of the many benefits that BJJ could give you if you start training. BJJ is a great sport and we suggest you get a BJJ gi and try it.

This article was written by our friends at ThePeacefulWarriors.org

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This week we have a interview with competitor, coach, and cancer survivor Joshua Bacallao. This interview was recorded 3-12-2020.

We talk about:

• His start to marital arts
• BJJ in Kirkland Washington
• Being diagnosed with a leiomyosarcoma
• Noticing signs of something being wrong after hard training sessions
• Training with wrestlers
• Teaching compared with competing
• Jiu-jitsu for everyone
• Learning a simple take down

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• https://www.instagram.com/bacallao5000/?hl=en
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