jiu jitsu is like chess, while you may be thinking 1-2-3-4 moves your opponent may be thinking 5-6-7 moves ahead. with boxing (or any striking art IMO, or even judo if you take away the dieing art of newaza or grappling) there is a limit to how far ahead you can plan/look.

its all good though. all i can say is stick to the training, jiu jitsu is the most fun i have had with MAs and it will surely change the wya you look at most situations. when you walk in a place you tend to look at things differently thats for sure. it doesnt mater if you train for sport or self defense (i suggest both really) it is the best cardio workout you will find. differnt for sure.

yes you adapt to fit your body type in most any sport/ma. i dont think this is the point. the point would be that as a style bjj is more “relaxed” i guess you could say. there is no governing body, there are no “requirements” that are universal, and there are no “set ways” of doing things.

let me put it this way, while we both can do an armbar, and no mater how you do it it is still an armbar but we may have different ways of doing them. now this COULD be due to body type, OR it COULD be due to the way we where shown. now if you studied TKD, it doesnt mater your body type or where you learn or who from you will still ultimately throw a round house kick the same way.

i prefer to do an armbar from the guard by hooking behind the elbow with my cross arm, reaching up and grabbing the back of the head/neck/gi lapel with my other arm, foot in hip to push and turn and slide leg over head. we NEVER cross ankles on an armbar as well.
some people rather lock the arm down with the same side arm, then “swim” under the leg with teh other arm to creat the turn for bringing the leg over and creating the angle for the lock. same result different path. you will not find multiple ways to do things in many or any other MAs

I’m in Hertfordshire in England.

in bjj, you and i both can do an armbar from the guard, but that deosnt mean we can both do them the same. in other words, the way your teacher teaches you to do one may be (more then likely is) different then the way my teacher taught me. in judo/tkd,boxing and so on the technique will always be almost identicle no mater who is teaching it. as a mater of fact most of those styles have a governing body that REQUIRES things to be done a certain way. this is what i am talking about mostly. this is another part of bjj i like. we had a guy move down from denver colorado where his instructor had giving him a black belt. (not all bjj schools test like we do some just promote as they see fit day to day. this is not always bad dont get me wrong) when he started training with our purples and browns (we only had 2 blacks at the time) he was getting schooled. the quality of instruction he recieved was not up to par. he asked our teacher the “re rank him” and he tested like the rest of us. he was givin a 4 stripe purple. you see a lot of schools focus on just technique other focus on applying technique. as our instructor (eric williams) says, “your belt is your own and nobody elses, it is between you and me.” he also says “a man can know 500 submissions and techniques but what good is it if he cant apply them to a resisting opponent”

where are you located coop?

Anderson Silva would be a good example of what I’m referring to.

can’t you guys just exchange emails so the rest of us don’t have to read this shit?

LMAO..