What is it?

The word “Jiu-Jitsu” is derived from the Japanese word “Ju,” meaning gentle and “Jitsu” meaning art; put simply, Jiu-Jitsu is known as the “gentle art.” Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a ground-based martial art, using the principals of leverage, angles, pressure and timing as well as knowledge of the human anatomy. All these components are combined to help achieve a NON VIOLENT submission of one’s opponent. Unlike other martial arts, which may focus on striking and kicking, Jiu-Jitsu focuses on close-contact holds and techniques to achieve the application of joint manipulation and some choke holds.

What makes our style of Jiu-Jitsu, trauma informed?

Feeling safe and comfortable means everything to a survivor. Often times, survivors have a hard time trusting others due to their trust being diminished over and over throughout their experiences. Trauma informed Jiu-Jitsu gives all the control to the survivor to practice at their comfortability level and make decisions to continue when they are ready.

Why We Think It Can Help

Jiu-Jitsu provides the challenge of learning a new activity. Jiu-Jitsu has limitless movements, techniques and submissions and it is a fantastic tool to sharpen your critical thinking skills. Jiu-Jitsu provides the critical thinking skills to force you to think quickly, efficiently and safely in response to your opponents movements, but more importantly, remain calm and controlled while your look for those responses.

Jiu-Jitsu was originally designed so that the smaller and more weak person can defend him/herself against a much larger and stronger opponent. So, regardless of gender, religion, size, age, race, physical limitations, every person can take away the principles of Jiu-Jitsu and apply it to their every day life.