Why Jiu-Jitsu?

The mainstream team sports available locally offer a lot to kids, but Jiu-Jitsu occupies a different place. It contains aspects of fighting (wrestling/grappling), but without any strikes in its sporting form. It is a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, yet practitioners always feel they need to improve. It is largely an individual sport, but we act as a team every training session to develop our skills via the challenges we give each other on the mats.

Jiu-Jitsu offers a physical and mental challenge which is difficult in a way many sports are not. There are personal and primal aspects to being taken down, pinned (often for a long time) and submitted by others. All such tough situations are to be seen not as daunting challenges to be overcome through sheer strength and will, but as physical puzzles to solve via leverage, movement and the gaining of advantageous angles. In this way, a smaller, weaker person may overcome great odds: the path to true self-confidence begins here.

As such, Jiu-Jitsu has proven itself in self-defence, law enforcement and the military as a highly effective way to provide a measured response to violence due to its focus on immobilisation of an opponent. Kids can learn how to stop violence without necessarily causing great injury to an attacker.

At Buffalo Jiu-Jitsu, we understand that every child has his/her unique personality, physicality and growth journey. The majority of time in our sessions will be spent live training with a partner, so any child can feel the fun of play when grappling, but also develop creativity in movement, style and self-expression.