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Great instructor and students I highly recommended this school.
Had a great time with the folks at crossroads BJJ gym. I'm a visitor from out of town and the welcomed me in. No attitudes nothing but friendly folks! Their professor Dustin Rhodes is very knowledgeable and inviting. I got a chance to roll with him and even though he could shut me down with every move you was light and respectful of my abilities. This is reflected in his students. Not one meathead in the bunch �. Any way, top notch. Thanks for letting me train with you all!
Cool men and women that enjoy learning and helping one another get better. Quality of instruction is very good, and it’s obvious that a lot of care is put into the development of the trainees. Nothing is free so you’ll have to put in the time on the mats to progress. Be prepared to discover the many stages of white belt. Great exercise and a lot of fun learning a useable skill that not many people out there know.
Instructor is wonderful with kids. Very patient and has them engaged throughout the whole class time.
Crossroads BJJ is an excellent place for anyone with zero experience to more advanced. The classes are thought by people who are willing to help you out throughout the learning process and understand the importance of the basics in other to develop cohesive and fundamental grappling skills. Also, the classes vary from a larger group to more intimate sessions. So, there is really nothing to be afraid of; Crossroads BJJ in CT has you covered.
Dustin’s instruction is high level and detailed, everyone is extremely welcoming, and the gym is beautiful. It was an excellent visit and I definitely recommend Crossroads!
All four of my children love it. Top notch instruction, warm and welcoming staff.
Lesson 20 of the Crossroads Martial Arts Curriculum covers one method of getting into the Belly Pin position and how to escape it. The Belly Pin is a variation of the Back Mount, which is the strongest position in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and the Belly Pin variation makes it even stronger by trapping your opponent between […]
In lesson 14 of the Crossroads Martial Arts Curriculium we start with learning how to defend somebody grabs you from behind. This is a very dangerous position to find yourself in because the attacker has the ability to lift you off your feet and throw you to the ground. In this position it is imperative […]
If you want to keep your opponent reacting to you in bjj, you need to know what your options are from each position and what the most common reactions to those options. The more ways your opponent has to react to your options or movements the harder it is to stay ahead simply because it […]
Last night during our no gi team Training we covered how grappling without the kimono changes need to adjust your hand positioning inorder to break the closed guard from the standing position. Without the jiu-jitsu gi for grips we can not use the same hand positions to control our training partners movements. Once we are […]
In Lesson 13 of the Crossroads Martial Arts Curriculium we cover bjj techniques from the guard! The guard position is what has made Jiu-jitsu famous and changed how we view a fight. In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu the guard gives you the ability to defend yourself on your back, so just because somebody is on top of […]
When you have spend enough time training Brazilian jiu-jitsu you learn to anticipate the most common reactions your sparring will have to your techniques and this ability allows you to think ahead. By training a move so much that you understand the most common ways people will try to stop or counter your techniques you […]
Being comfortable in uncomfortable positions is another way of saying you must stay relaxed even when nothing is going your way. When you are grappling in BJJ and you find yourself in a tough position you must keep calm, if you panic you will begin to make fear based decisions and movements. These fear based […]
The more you drill a technique the more details you will feel, the better you will be able to position your body to apply pressure and the more seamlessly you will be able to move through the individual steps of that technique. This is why each class in our BJJ Team Training program builds off […]
Details matter! In BJJ if you want to excel you must learn and then use as many of the small details you have learned against a resisting opponent. If you neglect the second part of that sentence, if you fail to use the small details you have learned in the technique portion of class during […]
The hardest attack to defend is the one you don’t see coming. In jiu-jitsu this applies to every position, if we can position ourselves in such a way where we have multiple attack options depending on how our opponent reacts. In BJJ an attack not only refers to submissions but also positional advancement like guard […]
