The Importance of Learning by Brian Michelino

Recently at D’Arce Brazilian Jiu Jitsu I’ve gotten to discussions with
some of my training partners about the importance of learning new
moves. One of the best things about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is the sport
and the techniques are always evolving or changing, because of this
you must make sure you’re on top of the latest new moves.
       One of my training partners was making the argument to me that it’s
important to learn the basics before you start learning and
incorporating the newer more complicated systems in your game. He
believes in order to fully understand and be able to use these
complicated moves you must understand the basics. To a certain point I
agree, but I also believe that you got to learn these new techniques
in order to be able to defend them properly. My outlook on learning
the new moves is: if you start learning these moves early on in your
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu career by the time you reach a higher rank you’ll
be on your way to mastering these new moves.
       Jiu Jitsu is always evolving, at D’Arce Jiu Jitsu in Long island our
instructors are always open to these new advancements in the Jiu Jitsu
community, so you can be sure when you’re training with us your always
getting the most up to date moves. It’s important as a Jiu Jitsu
practitioner to keep your mind open in order to grow a BJJ player.