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Practical guides to choosing a class, planning around work, comparing costs and preparing for your first visit. Check the timetable and booking details before you come.
How to choose a BJJ gym in Singapore
The best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym in Singapore is the one whose class times, coaching style and training format fit you well enough to attend every week.
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What actually happens in your first BJJ class
A first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class runs about an hour.
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What to wear to your first BJJ class
Wear clean, close fitting athletic clothing you can move in: a rash guard or fitted t-shirt and shorts or leggings without zips, pockets or buttons.
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The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu belt system, explained
The adult Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu belt order is white, blue, purple, brown, then black, with up to four stripes marking progress within each belt.
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Gi vs no gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is trained in a heavy cotton jacket and trousers, which can be gripped, so the game is slower and more control based.
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Is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu good for self defence?
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practises grappling, including ground positions, escapes and submissions, against a partner.
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How much does BJJ cost in Singapore?
At Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Singapore the one-off trial class is $30.
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Starting BJJ at 30, 40 or older
No.
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How long does it take to get good at BJJ?
There is no reliable timetable, because progress depends on how often you train, your starting point, your body, your injuries and who you train with.
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BJJ vs Muay Thai
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu focuses on grappling, positional control and submissions.
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Which martial art should an adult start in Singapore?
Choose the training format you enjoy: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for grappling and submissions, Muay Thai or boxing for striking, and judo for throws and groundwork.
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BJJ for working adults in Singapore
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Singapore runs one-hour adult no-gi classes at Selegie on both sides of the working day and at the weekend.
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BJJ terminology for beginners
Most Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu vocabulary names one of two things: a position, meaning who is where, or an action, meaning what someone is trying to do about it.
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BJJ points explained
Under the IBJJF rules a submission ends the match outright.
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BJJ vs wrestling
They want different things.
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BJJ etiquette for beginners
Most of it reduces to three habits.
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Starting BJJ as a woman: questions to ask before your first class
Ask three kinds of question.
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BJJ versus judo: rules, training emphasis and choosing a first class
Both are jacket-grappling sports from the same root, and the clearest difference is where each one puts its scoring weight.
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What is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a grappling sport for two people, with no striking in it at all.
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BJJ versus boxing: choosing between grappling and striking
The two sports are built around different problems, and the published rules say so plainly.
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BJJ versus MMA: a specialist sport and a combined one
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a grappling sport, with no striking in it, competed under several different rule sets: the IBJJF and ADCC are two, and they score the same positions differently.
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BJJ versus Japanese jujutsu: names, schools and what to ask
Start with the name, because most of the confusion is in it.
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ADCC versus IBJJF no-gi rules, for someone watching
They are two rule sets with different clocks and different numbers, so the same exchange can be scored differently at the two events.
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BJJ weight classes explained: how to read an event chart
There is no single table of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu weight classes, which is the first thing worth knowing.
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