Sport BJJ is a team sport

Sport BJJ is a team sport. No matter what anyone thinks, it takes a village to raise one to our highest levels. One of the greatest things about our sport is that it’s a team/Academy sport where the best athletes in the game work out daily alongside regular members of the Academy. In most sports, elite athletes are carefully shielded away from every day people, in basketball, you won’t see Lebron James working out with average Joe players. You won’t see Tom Brady working out w/ the local plumber. In grappling and Jiu-Jitsu, there is no separation between the elite and the recreational player. The result is that many recreational practitioners and every day people with every day jobs develop a shocking high level of skill over their years of training. Literally just by constantly working out with world class competitors and being exposed to the same techniques and tactics as them. I have seen many cases of every day people give a very hard time to visiting world champions. And, I don’t think you would see that in many sports. This is a wonderful thing. In addition, a great rule of thumb is “THE STRONGER THE ROOM OVERALL – THE BETTER THE BEST MEMBERS OF THAT ROOM WILL BECOME.” Remember, the rising tide that lifts all boats, some may float higher than others but all rise to some degree. Just as they say it takes a village to raise a child, so it takes a room to raise a champion. We believe this at Savarese BJJ (www.njbjj.com) and believe the better that room overall, the better the champions who come out of it.