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- Jiu-Jitsu is the best self-defense martial art for women
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- Jiu-Jitsu is great for women’s physical and mental health
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- Jiu-Jitsu is a great way to get in shape and weight
Can you imagine a sport that helps you stay in shape while learning self-defense and having countless other benefits? This is jiu-jitsu: a high-intensity exercise that prepares you for real life danger and drastically improves your life’s quality as a woman. Let’s learn how.
WHY JIU-JITSU IS THE BEST MARTIAL ART TO HELP WOMEN DEFEND THEMSELVES?
It’s all about the techniques. Jiu jitsu was designed for the weak individual to have chances to stand out over the stronger one, because the movements are designed to use leverage against limbs and joints, in a way that makes it possible to defeat a difference of strength and size. This martial art provides multiple defensive moves that could actually protect women from real life attacks.
Unlike other martial arts, jiu jitsu enables a woman to defend themselves using submission and escapes when thrown to the ground, grabbed, or choked, with positions such as the guard control, safe disengagement that allows her to control the movement of an opponent that is on top of her while she’s lying down and also apply a submission technique. Increasing reflexes, flexibility and motor progression are also benefits of jiu jitsu for self-defense.
From the moment they start training, it will come out naturally and they will be ready to stand a better chance upon an incident. Also, jiu jitsu teaches you to stay calm in difficult conditions which will give women more confidence to deal with dangerous situations and feel less fear and more confidence in everyday life.
HOW DOES JIU JITSU HELP THE WOMAN’S BODY?
Jiu jitsu has a very high caloric expenditure (500 to 1,000 calories a class), in addition to stimulating various muscles in the body, generating what many women seek: fat loss and body definition. It is an aerobic, anaerobic, muscle training and stretching exercise that works all the muscles in the body, strengthens and defines abdomen and hips.
In running, cycling and some sports you usually stop or decrease the rhythm at some point of tiredness. However, in jiu jitsu, the practice involves you to the point that you don’t realize you are trying so hard. It’s not easy to find a physical exercise capable of stimulating you to this point, so the results are exceptional.
Also, women are very motivated by contentment, and jiu jitsu will help you release endorphin and serotonin, which generates a great feeling of well-being and vitality in them. Also, the results in the body bring satisfaction and increase self-esteem and confidence.
Here in Gracie Barra Thousand Oaks, you can have all these benefits with our Women’s Jiu Jitsu Classes and also meet an incredible group of friends that will help you through this journey! We are waiting for you! Click here to check out our schedule and here to try a free class!