BJJ Training - Floor Surfaces

[AdamTKD]

Hello There.

I was just wondering, what floor surfaces do those of you who practice/study BJJ train on?

The reason I ask is that I went to see a BJJ lesson on saturday purely out of interest and one of the things I picked up on was the use of a reasonably thick crashmat for the students to practice on.

I can see why this is done as it lowers the risk of injury but does anyone out there practice on just a standard floor surface?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Adam.

[Sean Dempsey]

I sure hope not, rolling on anything but wrestling/judo mats would lead to some serious wear and tear. I've never heard of people training on anything but mats designed for grappling.

[falcon3624]

We roll on the Judo mats in class, don't remember the brand. I went to a tourn. a couple months ago and they were using regular martial arts mats and that was tough. The have more grip for stand up but when you hit the mat in that gi you couldn't move anywhere. It was not good at all.

[M@T]

"Oi you ya [Censored Censored], gimme all ya fackin money or i'll kick ya fackin head in"

"Excuse me Mr Mugger, would you mind stepping onto this grappling mat and putting this Gi on so I can take you down to the floor and out you in an armbar"

"NO. BANG"

*starts crying* "He's nicked mi wallet, he's nicked mi wallet"



[Edited by Szczepankiewicz]

[falcon3624]

It is hard rolling on anything besides Judo an wrestling mats. Not impossible. If I had to roll on the street I could do it without a problem although I would much prefer to only go to the ground when necessary.

[falcon3624]

That is some pretty serious language for this early in the morning by the way. I think this is suppose to be some kind of forum for family at least from what Ryanhall says.

[eXcessiveForce]

I've rolled on a carpeted floor. The carpet burns were unreal.

I also have done it outside on the ground. You have to limit the thows a bit as break falls only do so much.

I never tried concrete just because I can't see getting all tore up for practice.

[Thai Bri]

I trained Shoot Wrestling on a very thin mat, covered with rough cavass. In the end we all had to wear serious elbow and knee pads, because we were ripped to shreds.

But it toughens you up!

[Szczepankiewicz]

we all had to wear serious elbow and knee pads

and nothing else....

[Thai Bri]

Smiles.

[Szczepankiewicz]

And now we know the TRUTH of why you're feared across the internet.

[Apoth]

In my Kempo/Ju jitsu class, we rolled on those nice thick blue matts. In my current MT class, where we do BJJ ground work, we have no pads so we roll on a thinly carpeted floor. Its a bit rough because you can get carpet burns like nothing else, but I toss on my old Gi pants any time we do it and the worst I get is a couple of scrapes on the tops of my feet and on my elbows.

[falcon3624]

I could maybe see rolling on carpet or grass fully clothed with shoes on and everything to get the "real fight" feel, but I don't know about doing it in fight shorts and a short sleeve rash guard.

[adacas]

I hate it when the mats get full of dirt from dirty skanky cheerleaders who don't want to take off their shoes during practice and when we wrestled on it all of the dirt and sand would dig itself into our skin and the mat burns would be twice as bad. Mats suck if your a hairy dude like me. Its like rubber catching the hair and the unbearable sting that came with it. I would rather take a punch to the gut.

[Apoth]

Shoes are a very good thing to have on carpet. What my instructor suggests are neoprene braces like you'd find at walmart. They're tight, not very constrictive, and will keep those raspberries off.