Please let me know about any BJJ events in Korea – I’d love to promote them on my blog!
You are also welcome to submit articles for me to publish on my blog. However, as of now I am only accepting a very limited type of articles, and I would like them to be original material:
- Reviews/Information about Jiu Jitsu academies/seminars in Asia (potentially in former soviet countries)
- Reviews/Information about Korean BJJ products/books/sites
- Reviews/Information about women’s Jiu Jitsu classes/programs/clubs/seminars
For me, if you are writing about your home jiu jitsu academy, I’d like it to include information that would be helpful for foreigners who may be visiting that gym. If it is your HOME gym, you will be able to provide extra information that would be helpful – more so than if you had only visited that academy once. Because of that, I would like you to include as much of the following as you can:
- Format of your classes – do you all line up/circle up/form a group pyramid at the beginning of class? Do you stand in order of belts? This sort of thing.
- Unwritten rules – if you are late, can you just join class or do you do pushups? Should you call the instructor sabumnim/coach/first name/”Hey You”?
- Class makeup – how many women/foreigners/belt distribution/class size.
Please also include an interview with your coach! Introduce him/her to everyone! If your coach is Korean and you don’t speak Korean, here’s what you can do:
- Copy the interview questions in Korean from this article.
- Email them to your coach.
- When your coach emails them back to you, cut and paste his responses at the end of your article – no need to translate!
- After you send it to me, I will have my staff add Korean translations of your English, and English translations of the Korean! (okay, not my staff, but my fellow BJJ-in-arms DK!)
- Please keep the style similar to these three articles: the Isami page, my academy reviews, or Daniel’s academy review.
I also take submissions for blog post ideas! Or for how to improve my site! Feel free to send me an email!
I don´t know if i can put something here like a congrats reply but anyway … nice job with your blog ;D keep up that good work and that funny/serious/”true story” part of bjj ^^
Thanks very much!
Have you seen this article? http://www.bjpenn.com/texas-bjj-gym-owner-arrested-for-sexual-assault-of-underage-student/
I am looking for a gsp sunburst gi made my hayabusa. Can you tell me if you guys sell them or knows who does?
Your search has come to an end – it was a one off by Hayabusa that will never be made again. Why?
Korean Zombie wrote that the symbol of the rising sun is equivalent to wearing a nazi swastika. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1579767-korean-zombie-georges-st-pierre-rising-sun-gi-equal-to-wearing-nazi-mark
The symbol of the rising sun was worn by a conquering Japan, and countries like Korea are very sensitive to it. Hayabusa issued an apology: http://mmajunkie.com/2013/03/hayabusa-apologizes-for-st-pierre-rising-sun-gi-in-wake-of-jung-complaint and because of that they are not making it:
Thank You!
Hey, iam a survivor of domestic violence living in a town where 1in4 are affected by this. I was sick and tired of being scared so in my desperation i jumped on the net to find something to defend a psyco bitch who knew moo ti and was living next to me threatening to take my car if i didn’t pay her vet bill. She was rather scary as she was a drug user and associated with bikies, had done a stint in the pen for stabbing a guy to death. Anyhooo i did a test on line and it said to try bjj…. so found a club and walked in shitting myself. It’s been two months and i HAVEN’T GIVEN UP YET. I LOVE IT. It’s taking me on a journey that is life changing. I’m struggling with having a coach that doesnt like me a lot cause i said that i was struggling in a class that was doing advanced stuff and i with his wife who was impatient and rushing me,i couldn’t quite get it. I wasn’t rude or anything and tried to talk to him after class and was quickly given an excuse and than he was a bit stroppy and didn’t want to know about it. Next lesson was crap because I was put with a guy who kept grabbing my ass wen he needed to put his hand beside my hip. I politely told him 3 times to put his hand beside me and then he rolled over onto his back andgave out this big grunt. I got up and walked away and felt realy orkward and then had no one to train with for the next 15mins till the end of class. At the end we all shake hands an he did everyone except me. I left and didn’t stay for the next class of mma because i think this is fuken wrong. I feel like they don’t give a rats arse, but i do because i want to progress. I really want this. I love helping other people achieve something that can be tricky, it’s an amazimg thing for me to see people grow. WTfuk is wrong with this situation. Can you shine some light on this for me as i don’t want to leave. What am i missing here. There aren’t many girls in this club. How can i deal with this so i can survive this boys club and get my purple belt one day, or higher.?
Hey, I’m so sorry you’re struggling!! I hope you are okay. Congratulations on finding jiu jitsu and sticking to it, despite your obstacles!
A few thoughts:
1. This gym MIGHT not be a good fit for you. If you’re struggling with the instructions, the instructor, training partners, etc, it really might not be “your gym.” Not every gym is great for every person, and many gyms are not female friendly. If it’s POSSIBLE, I would recommend looking into another gym. If you go this route, talk to the instructor and say, “Hey, I don’t think this gym is a great fit for me, do you have another you can recommend?”
2. Remember that you don’t know what your coach or teammates are thinking unless they directly tell you. What I mean is – it’s very possible your coach hates your guts. It’s also possible he was just in a bad mood that day and you got the brunt of it.
3. You didn’t sign up to be sexually assaulted or touched in inappropriate ways. Is it POSSIBLE that the guy actually HAD learned whatever move you mentioned, but when he learned it, you were supposed to put hand-on-butt? Maybe. It’s also completely possible he’s a letch. However, his actions after you said something, and his actions at the end were not okay. It is NOT inappropriate for you to talk to the coach about the hand-on-butt incident.
4. It’s possible they don’t give a rats ass because you’re a beginner and beginners often wash out, and if you’re a female beginner in a place with very few women, even more likely. They very likely don’t want to invest in you because they don’t know if you’ll stay. Many clubs have this feeling.
5. A bad gym is like a bad boyfriend. How can you tell? Do you feel the need to defend your gym’s/coach’s actions? Do you feel like you have to apologize for your gym/coach? Do you feel ashamed to talk about what happened in class? etc. My first gym was bad, and I felt all of the above.
6. Perhaps confront? Talk to dude and say “Dude, fucking shake my hand. Don’t disrespect me that way.” Maybe? It’s so hard to say.
7. Stick with it. Eventually they will come around or they won’t, but you’ll have put in the time. Mat time is something that everyone respects, so eventually you’ll get some respect, but not now, unfortunately.
Overall I get the feeling that even if the place is female friendly, it’s not Hayley friendly. Big hugs and chokes, lady.
Hi, great blog, Im at SBGi in Portland OR, Im the second oldest in the gym..just got my blue belt after 3.5 years of 4 days a week about 9 hours of class time a week. Its now my routine.This year Ill be 58. I dont feel that age except when the gas tank is empty, the reserves arent there anymore. Ive never been an ultra quick learner. Perseverance and passion and the desire to learn takes me through the time i dont want to be there because of xyz. I spoke with John Frankl when he was here, im doing everything correct, so it just takes the time it does to learn. Im lucky to have such great teachers, and so many folks who are teaching me and I them. As I get I gain in BJJ I see more of me, and thats worth all the frustrating moments.