Strength & Conditioning: The Missing Piece of Your Jiu Jitsu Puzzle At Karma Jiu Jitsu , we believe great jiu jitsu isn’t built from one thing, it’s built from ALL the pieces working together. Technique matters. Consistency matters. Mindset matters, but there’s one piece athletes routinely underestimate, and it’s holding them back more than they realize: Strength & Conditioning. Technique Alone Isn’t Enough Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is often sold as a “technique-over-strength” art

I have been thinking about how blessed I am to be part of Karma Jiu Jitsu Colorado and the BJJ community as a whole. Why does this community mean so much to me? Well, let me share a bit of my story. I started Brazilian jiu jitsu in 2019. Shortly after starting BJJ the world was hit with a pandemic. After taking a little over a month off I realized, as many others did as well, the importance of social contact with friends and family. So, like many others, we got back to tra

Today marks 1 full year since I’ve been doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I joined because I’d put my Son into it back when he was 9 years old. I never did martial arts as a kid, I was the ball & stick kid. To one honest, I still am. I still wear Jordans because of it! But now, at the ripe old age of 47 I sit here at 6am, preparing for a 7am “jits” class, as they call it, writing about my experiences. Jiu Jitsu is hard. The learning curve… steep. Being a man and starting at the e

For the last two years, most of my training partners have been white and blue belts. That’s not something I hide or apologize for, it’s simply the reality of being a coach, building a gym and being a consistent presence on the mats. On Sundays, at open mats, I get my rounds in with black and brown belts. Monday through Saturday? I’m training mostly with white belts and some blues. And yet, over the past two years, I’ve improved  significantly .  I would actually say the bigge

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Let us say it so it is clear, at Karma Jiu Jitsu we believe children should NEVER cut weight to compete. What does it mean to cut weight? AI describes it as “the dangerous rapid loss of water, fat, and MUSCLE to meet the weight limit for a lower competitive category in sports like wrestling and MMA.” Cutting weight, along with discussing weight, should not be a topic of conversation with children, in front of children, or with others. We gather their weight to ensure they are

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