I truly am a big man six feet 259. Everyday in my life someone comments on my size, “hey big guy, hey big man”, and that is why I named this site Big Man Bjj weblog. I am a big man who does brasilian jiu jitsu (or Gracie Jiu Jitsu). I currently train out of the gym Toronto BJJ in downtown Toronto and my instructor is Jorge Britto who is a black belt under six time world champion Saulo Ribeiro.
I write this blog because I truly believe that big men (guys of 225 lbs) must train differently. We must train intelligently to avoid standard injuries (sore elbows, staph infections and shoulder injuries) but we also must train to avoid injuries of weight and size (lower back, joint injuries). We must also understand that when two giants collide and something goes wrong (something always goes wrong) you have almost six hundred plus pounds of danger ready to damage whatever is brave enough not to yield.
That is why I write this blog.
1 Comment
December 3, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Hey its nice to see some one who has a site for the big guy. I have been doing BJJ in NZ under Douglas Santos out of BTT for three months. I am new but love it. The sport is challenging but i have improved so much it is amazing. my strength is better, indurance much increased from 1 minute rolling to two or three ten minute sessions. There are two guys who are over 300 pounds and we love going at it. Are professor respects our weight and teaches us techniques that utilise both our strength and our flexibility. He makes small guys train with us so they can learn to controll bigger stronger guys and we have to increase our ability to deal with their speed and strength as im sure u can agree most guys doing bjj are very strong and have great endurance. So To all those little guys or regular guys give it a go. make the big guys start on their backs trying to sweep and use your speed to pass and knees to stomach encourage them to not rely on strenght but work their technique. Good luck to all from the eager white belt.