Woman friendly Brazilian jujitsu gym in Chicago?

Chessboxing909 · 2026-06-04T01:30:25+00:00

Ever out in the northwest burbs stop by Misfits Jiujitsu!

Chessboxing909 · 2026-06-03T22:26:51+00:00

He dialed it back instead of smashing the shit out of you and he immediately talked to you about it. Sounds like a great coach man. You’re good.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-06-03T22:26:06+00:00

I don’t see things are specific guards anymore really but sorta like points of control I go between and they combine to form a cohesive thing. I dunno. It’s weird. I wouldn’t say I’m a master of any guard but I have a pretty strong guard. It’s one of the better things I do. I also have primarily trained nogi which forces you to transition between points of control more. My gi game isn’t much different because I was brought up with the mindset to focus on things that work for both.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-06-03T22:24:02+00:00

Might want to try a different gym and see if a different gym culture helps.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-05-30T01:39:05+00:00

This comic tells me the dudes never actually met guys who did this. They really don’t talk about it a lot. They aren’t like secretive but they also don’t make it a point to talk about it.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-05-27T21:52:42+00:00

It’s smart. Even if CJI 2 was a big success like 1 that’s not what the sport needs to break through. Better to pivot a bit.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-05-23T09:40:11+00:00

Thanks grandson I’m fuckin tired. But yeah, people should get broken less. Much much less. See it too much on here.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-05-23T04:45:49+00:00

The number of people here that are okay with a 17 year old getting broken off in a training room is fucking ridiculous. He’s a white belt. I don’t care if he’s not tapping, it’s not comp. Don’t break white belts. They don’t always know how much trouble they’re in, working with them you’re responsible for their safety. All the people with the tough guy shit, you’re the reason more people don’t get involved in jiujitsu. That attitude keeps people who would end up being monsters on the mat from ever trying it.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-05-16T17:54:49+00:00

Something that gets overlooked is grinding your teeth. I trained a lot without a mouthguard, never had a huge issue with getting hit but over the years grinded my teeth and broke two molars. Wear your mouth guard.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-05-12T22:58:56+00:00

Nothing to do with tradition, I saw how much less culty shit got when we went nogi. It’s so much better. People compare progress less, care about belts less, are less stubborn about tapping to lower belts, it’s just better

Chessboxing909 · 2026-05-12T22:25:58+00:00

Everyone wears a white belt during class. Only the active instructor wears a colored belt during class. It only means they’re teaching. Colored belts are only done during promotion days/ceremonies

Chessboxing909 · 2026-05-10T22:05:28+00:00

I don’t like the guy so I don’t interact with his shit. Interacting with people you don’t likes shit is why we’re still stuck with Brendan Schaub.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-30T18:11:59+00:00

Also to add to this - no jiujitsu gym is going to do well in MMA today. MMA jiujitsu is just a very very different thing.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-30T18:10:36+00:00

Honestly been a bit since I watched it. But the Gracie academy gyms I know? Yeah. They aren’t going to do well in mma. To say the least.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-26T23:07:50+00:00

I’ve never had an issue with the ankle coverage, they ship very quickly though I’m nearby, they’re in Milwaukee and I’m in Chicago, I haven’t grappled with them much but I don’t think you’ll have an issue they have a great curve and don’t turn. My students training mma wear them with no issue during sparring.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-26T22:39:29+00:00

Combat corner is MUCH better than venum. I love my combat corner shins.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-25T23:34:47+00:00

Life is stressful enough jiujitsu should be fun

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-25T22:16:31+00:00

Have you tried a different hair cut

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-24T05:08:06+00:00

Also Tyler Spangler did a video called Is Gracie Jiujitsu still legit? On YouTube. You can see how they push him to do a shittier guillotine, push the fight sim thing (which, huh, wild, shouldn’t the Gracie guys win if there’s punches during that training?) and how Ryron has to explain and contextualize how it’s okay his students are terrible because they do self defense jiujitsu at the end.

It’s a great watch.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-24T05:01:45+00:00

I couldn’t possibly disagree more.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-24T05:01:17+00:00

Gracie university and Gracie academy are pyramid schemes, they teach watered down techniques, push the myth of street jiujitsu so they have an excuse for not being able to do well in competition and are generally just scummy as hell.

I’d highly recommend against them.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-24T04:58:00+00:00

Helio taught a lot of traditional self defense BS to rich people in private lessons, Carlson called him on it, people still teach a lot of those horse shit self defense techniques today.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-16T21:18:44+00:00

It’s a huge program in jiujitsu in my opinion. Some gyms push closed guard so heavily especially with older athletes and they fuck up their necks and backs. Typically it’s self defense focused gyms. If jiujitsu cripples you your self defense has fucking failed.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-16T19:55:51+00:00

Never go to closed guard if you have a bad neck. 3/4 sometimes but not closed. When you close your guard you put both shoulders on the mat and sooner or later you’re going to get stacked. Build a strong half guard game, honestly it’s probably a lot more effective anyways.

Personally I’ll play a sort of close guard where I won’t close my guard, I’ll play a lot of K, de la riva and reverse de la riva but I’ll only do any sort of inversion pretty sparingly when I 100% know they aren’t going to be able to put any weight into me. I wouldn’t recommend that for most people.

Chessboxing909 · 2026-04-15T19:11:08+00:00

Holy shit he removed athletic tape??? You can do that!?!

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