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new to BJJ & forum - q's and introducing myself
Hello all,
I'm new to this forum, BJJ and martial arts in general. I was supposed to take my first BJJ class tonight, however, I am getting ready to graduate from HS and have been bogged with work and other shit so i'm going to have to reschedule. Although i'm really hating that because i'm so eager to start. Anywayz, i'm a 17 year old in Wilmington, Delaware(anyone in the PA, NJ or DE areas?) who has recently become very interested in extreme fitness and martial arts. I tried Kickboxing for awhile, which i enjoyed....especially the workout. oh what a workout! however, when it came time spar and the like i found myself becoming increasingly disconcerted about getting hit in the head a lot, especially those kicks! oh those kicks!
and its not the pain or the actual getting hit that bothers me....its the eventual damage you do to your brain. Especially since my dad was once going out for the Golden Gloves and had excrutiating headaches because of brain swelling.....and he says that he notices the difference now that he's older 
so needless to say i did some more exploring in the martial arts world and came upon BJJ, which really caught my eye. I love the emphasis on submission rather than plain knocking the dude out. lol sorry if most of this is long and superfluous.....just sorta introducing myself and my situation. What is some good advice for a just beginning student of BJJ? Any good tips on conditioning and strength training? oh and has anyone hear heard of or utilize kettlebell training? I am just about to start it ( have the book and am waiting on the backordered bell) and the amounts of praise from very esteemed persons in fitness(and even BJJ) of this training is incredible. It literally is endless. "a whole gym in one piece of wrought iron" as the claim goes. Well, I'll stop boring everyone and get back to being a library aide.
peace,
Will
p.s.- who here knows of good schools for BJJ or JJ in the Seattle area? any heads out there to hang out/train with on this list? this fall I'm going to Evergreen State University in Olympia, WA (about 45 mins away from seattle)...well actually i'm going in mid august to become acquainted with the area and hook up with like - minded people. but i would really like to start looking now to be as thorough as possible.
I'm new to this forum, BJJ and martial arts in general. I was supposed to take my first BJJ class tonight, however, I am getting ready to graduate from HS and have been bogged with work and other shit so i'm going to have to reschedule. Although i'm really hating that because i'm so eager to start. Anywayz, i'm a 17 year old in Wilmington, Delaware(anyone in the PA, NJ or DE areas?) who has recently become very interested in extreme fitness and martial arts. I tried Kickboxing for awhile, which i enjoyed....especially the workout. oh what a workout! however, when it came time spar and the like i found myself becoming increasingly disconcerted about getting hit in the head a lot, especially those kicks! oh those kicks!
and its not the pain or the actual getting hit that bothers me....its the eventual damage you do to your brain. Especially since my dad was once going out for the Golden Gloves and had excrutiating headaches because of brain swelling.....and he says that he notices the difference now that he's older so needless to say i did some more exploring in the martial arts world and came upon BJJ, which really caught my eye. I love the emphasis on submission rather than plain knocking the dude out. lol sorry if most of this is long and superfluous.....just sorta introducing myself and my situation. What is some good advice for a just beginning student of BJJ? Any good tips on conditioning and strength training? oh and has anyone hear heard of or utilize kettlebell training? I am just about to start it ( have the book and am waiting on the backordered bell) and the amounts of praise from very esteemed persons in fitness(and even BJJ) of this training is incredible. It literally is endless. "a whole gym in one piece of wrought iron" as the claim goes. Well, I'll stop boring everyone and get back to being a library aide.peace,
Will
p.s.- who here knows of good schools for BJJ or JJ in the Seattle area? any heads out there to hang out/train with on this list? this fall I'm going to Evergreen State University in Olympia, WA (about 45 mins away from seattle)...well actually i'm going in mid august to become acquainted with the area and hook up with like - minded people. but i would really like to start looking now to be as thorough as possible.
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