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How dangerous should training BJJ be?
I trained for 4 months at a BJJ school here in New Zealand. The amount of injuries I saw was really quite concerning. I personally had two injuries (neck crank and throat crushed by forearm) before I gave it up. The instructors were two blue belts, both with 6-7 years experience and trained under Roger Gracie. Sadly theres simply not enough black belts (probably 5-6 in the country) for every school to be instructed by them. Do you think this is a problem? Should only black belts be instructing?
I know that BJJ is full contact and has to be hard on you, but how often do injuries occur? Does it sound unusual to be epidemic in the school, or is it just the nature of joint locks and rolling that injuries are gauranteed?
Okay to clarify I got neck cranked hard and fast, no time to tap and left needing physio for the damage done. The forearm to my throat was a white belt I was rolling with who was on top and decided the best way to keep me down was to land his weight on my neck. I had a crushed windpipe and of course no way to tap to stop the damage.
Those are my personal injuries, but both instructors had time off with knee or ankle injuries, one guy had his arm in a sling from a hard and fast arm bar, one lady had ongoing physio for wrist and shoulder injuries, one guy suffered severe neck injuries from a bad take down. The list is large. I'm wondering whether its that schools style thats resulting in it, or is it just the norm due to the full contact nature?
4 Answers
- D DLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
class shouldn't be like that and im surprised roger gracie students would run it like that.neck cranks are usually not legal and rarely in tourney's. your certainly not going to hurt some ones neck or throat when rolling. and crush chokes are usually banned too. blue belt can sometimes instruct, and it often doesn't matter the belt vs quality of instruction. try a different school though.
EDIT: seriously...thats wrong!
- 1 decade ago
My instructor is a blue belt, he should be a purple belt though, so no you don't need a black belt for an instructor. Big plus if you have a legitimate black belt as an instructor though.
Where I'm from we stay away from neck cranks and pressure to the throat . Maybe you should talk to your instructors/ training partners to set up some rules for rolling, because we have rules at my club to prevent the injuries you mentioned.
- NedLv 61 decade ago
First a neck crank is not an injury. Second the people who injured you throat applied the technique wrong and you didn't tap fast enough.
Rolling is a 50/50 drill not all out but many white belts go balls to the wall and get hurt. Every injury I have had has been my fault not my opponent's.
Now if you can't hang, well BJJ ain't for you. You have to roll safe and make damn sure who you roll with understand that.
- Anonymous5 years ago
IMHO a wrestler can dictate where the fight goes most of the time (not all) A wrestler interested in MMA should defiantly cross into BJJ to learn sub defense and some subs. Likewise a BJJ practitioner should learn to wrestle to help learn take downs and take down defense.
