
Reflect on Your Game #1: Breathing for Jiu Jitsu
Reflect on Your Game #1: Breathing for Jiu Jitsu
I have been considering how we can best progress our Martial Arts through reflection. The purpose of the series is to have the Martial Arts practitioner look critically on an aspect of their current game so that when you do come to train you have some clarity and focus that will hopefully accelerate our progress. It is critical to control one’s breathing when starting Jiu Jitsu in order to both think clearly and to increase endurance. Well controlled breathing will be metered and metronome like with a general maintenance of rhythm. Oftentimes, the new practitioner will hold their breath to increase their flex and ....