Another great kid-jitsu Martial arts class happened last night at Crossroads BJJ. As these young martial artists continue to show up to class and learn Jiu-Jitsu we continue to see them get stronger, more confidant and more coordinated. Through performing several drills designed help develop balance, and coordination all of our students are really beginning […]
Every Monday and Wednesday night the dedicated students at Crossroads BJJ step on the Mat and look to hone their skills. As a martial artist and a grappler we should all seek to have well rounded skills, in the beginning this means understanding the five major positions both on top and on the bottom, knowing […]
This mornings 6am Jiu-Jitsu class covered attacking during transitions, attacking sweeps and then before landing in the dominant position attacking a submission. This mornings Jiu-Jitsu class focused on the windmill sweep and a variation of the windmill sweep where we control the opposite leg. By controlling the leg of the Jiu-Jitsu player on top we […]
This week we will be starting a new topic in our Jiu-Jitsu class, the spider guard! The guard is what made Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu famous in the 90’s when Royce Gracie won the first UFC defeating many of his opponents off of his back, Prior to Royce shocking the world with the effectiveness of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu […]
This week at Crossroads BJJ has been Omoplata week. The omoplata is a shoulder lock using our legs. This Jiu-Jitsu submission hold represents what Jiu-Jitsu is, using the strong part of your body (the legs) to attack the smaller weaker part of your opponents body (the shoulder). Over several classes we have drilled multiple […]
Our 6am Jiu-Jitsu class is growing! After just a few months of offering this new bjj class in CT students are already setting thier alarm clocks early to wake up and get some martial arts training in before they head off to work! Our 6am crew is a group of people truely dedicated to achieving […]
Over the past week several of our kid-Jitsu Students were promoted to first degree white belt. This promotion marks the first of many for these young martial artists and shows that they have the ability focus on the Mat and be disciplined during practice. At the Crossroads BJJ kids program our focus at this […]
Another great Compitition class went down at Crossroads Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu last night during our No-Gi grappling class. Since all Jiu-Jitsu and submission grappling classes start in the standing position we started class in on the feet drilling our double and single leg takedowns before transitioning to groundwork where we covered several set ups to the […]
There’s no better way to start the day then getting a great work out and learning some Jiu-Jitsu. Our Fundamentals of bjj class started bright and early at 6am so all of the Jiu-Jitsu practitioners at Crossroads BJJ who have responsibilities at night can get a solid hour and fifteen minutes of training in before […]
Our Noon Jiu-Jitsu class at Crossroads bjj takes a particular theme and trains it until you know the Jiu-Jitsu technique and all of the techniques surrounding it. This training philosophy allows you to immerse yourself in series of moves so that you can create a “game” and once you have somebody in your game you […]