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Karate25 is absolutely correct. Learning the moves from the book only gets you 10% of the way to the finish line. The other 90% is learning to use the move against a resisting opponent. Crosstrain at another school. Learning with friends from a book is problematic because they won't have the technical skill to notice and capitalize on mistakes that you're making. You'll end up learning bad habits unless you roll with skilled partners.

I was actually asking about this school recently myself. My understanding is that (I could be a year or so out of date) the teacher is only a BJJ white belt. He teaches his own style of jujitsu, not jiujitsu. This is not to denigrate the teacher, who by all accounts is a great guy teaching some great stuff, just clarifying that this is not a Brazilian jiu jitsu school, despite what the demos may lead some to believe. The demos are pretty sweet, though.

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