How do you practice jujitsu outside class?

Believe it or not, solo practice is the key to your success. If your practice depends on having someone to play with, then you%26#039;re limited in when you can practice, depending on other people%26#039;s schedules, when the school is open, transportation, all that. But if you can find a way to practice effectively by yourself, then you can practice as much as you want.


So how to do it?


1. Visualize. Think through the moves exactly, and make it as real as you possibly can. The more real you make it in your mind, the more effective it is.


2. Work on your agility. Your groundwork depends on hip mobility and a general ability to scramble (among other things). So get on the floor and roll around. Get from one end of the house to the other without ever walking. Roll, somersault, crabwalk, anything you can think of -- be creative and mix it up. Don%26#039;t clear a space -- the more obstacles you have, the better. Find a way around them.


3. If you practice a JuJitsu that does forms, do them. A lot of the art is carried in the basic %26#039;body set%26#039; of the form, so spend time working on it. If, as with lots of JJ forms, it%26#039;s a 2-man form, that%26#039;s fine. Do it anyway, and visualize your partner (where do you think solo forms come from, anyway?). Then do the other half of the form. Play with the movements -- do your form with long movements, short, tight movements, quick, slow, high, low, vayr it every way you can and see what happens. Don%26#039;t think of the form as a series of techniques, but a series of possibly useful movements -- and find other, less obvious, uses for the movements. A good form is a treasure trove if you spend the time and energy to really explore the movements it teaches you (and a complete waste of time if you don%26#039;t.)|||By practising concentration and morality. Think of where it came from.|||carpet|||Use visualization techniques where you picture in your mind exactly how you perform a certain move, which is used by some athletes to supplement physical practice and improve concentration. Also see if you can practice outside of class with someone else who is taking jujitsu to minimize the possibility of them getting hurt.|||Just walk up to your friends or family and practice on them. They%26#039;ll be glad to help.|||I practice BJJ almost EVERYDAY! I practice with my brothers or a friend. I teach along the way. BJJ is easy to practice, you just don%26#039;t incorporate striking and it%26#039;s all fun, no pain. I go out my front door and practice in the grass. Takedowns, clinches, defenses, then positions, sweeping, transitions you can do it all. Usually after I%26#039;ve practiced for a while, we have a grappling match. SO MUCH FUN. Best thing about JJ is even if you lose you learn. Often when I win or lose, I show them how. It makes us all better.





Oh yeah, make sure to tell them about tapping and when applying chokes or locks, apply slow even pressure to allow your opponent to tap. Have fun!|||I made a lifesize practice dummy out of carpet, old clothes, and filled it with small sand bags to bring up the weight. It weighs 180lbs and works good.|||It%26#039;s hard to practice grappling arts like jujitsu, aikido, and wrestling without a partner, that%26#039;s for sure. I practice what I can, mostly the %26quot;gross motor%26quot; movements, like body movement, and hand/arm movements.