some background about myself, im a martial art conosure. Ive been trying to learn as many diffrent martial arts so i can deal with situations as they arrive on the modern battlefeild which is the streets.im a blackbelt in american kempo, taikquando, and 2 diffrent types of karate. ive won multiple karate competetions and I was planning on mastering Kung Fu this year. i moved to a new city recently due to my parents being in the military.i started looking for a kung fu dojo in my area but i couldnt find any. however i did find a brazilian jiu jitsu dojo just a few blocks down from my house. normally i only study eastern martial arts because of their proven effectiveness in combat through the ages. honestly i never knew that brazil even had a martial art until last week. so i walked into the brazil dojo to sign up for a free class. It was a really hot building with no air condition, and it was worsened by the fact I was also wearing my karate gi. I looked around at the students and instructors and one thing I noticed was the lack of upper ranks... in fact, I was the only blackbelt in the room. A purple belt approched me and introduced himself as the "instructor" for the day and he asked if I was a blackbelt. I said yes and he said that I was welcome to join them today. I was hesitent to train under a lower belt, so I inquired about where the master was and if I can train with him. To my surprise he said the owner of the gym was just a brown belt! and that he was away for the day. The class started off with a long and tedious warmup that lasted a good 10+ minutes. After that the purple belt took the center of the mat and the students gathered around for a teqnique demonstration. He pointed to me and said, "can i use you for a second?". I hesitantly walked over to him. He gestured to me to lie down. Once I was on the ground he put himself inbetween my legs. He said something like "close the garte". I didn't know what he was saying so I just kept still. He repeated again, "close your garte". I didn't know what he was saying, and then he said "you're a blackbelt?". I don't know about what people do in some dojos, but in my dojo a blackbelt is a position of respect. I wasn't going to be made a mockery of so I stood up and sat off the mat while they went over their leg teqniques. The instructor then declared that the students were to spar. Its been awhile scince I martial art sparred, but I was bored and there was a good 20 more minutes until I was getting picked up. So I decided I would show these guys up. The purple belt asked if I wanted to go, and of course I accepted his challange. I took my stance and he said "Start standing then?". I approched him while keeping my horse stance deep. His ribs were volnerable and I quickly switched stances and poped off a spinning round house to the ribs. Instantly like a brute he charged me and pinned me to the ground. he grabbed my collar and sqweezed. He said that I need to go, and him and a few others pushed me out the door. I had to wait outside for 15 minutes until my ride came. In conclusion i rate brazilian jiu jitsu a 4/10 because the people are rude and stop duels after one hit.
