BJJ (Brazilian Jujitsu) - 2

做左大約一個多月嘅Brazilian Jujitsu (BJJ), 由最開頭每次做完對腳, 會由星期一晚開始酸痛到星期四, 到依家開始習慣多在, 而且好似痛少左, 終於有少少進步喇 !!

今個星期, 我仲挑戰自己, 由每個星期去一日 (星期一晚), 加到去兩日 (再去埋星期三)。但去多日嘅結果係, 我每次返到屋企都倦到扒係度, 好眼瞓添...直到想即刻上牀瞓呀!!!

我覺得玩BJJ最變態嘅地方係: 佢地唔開冷氣呀!!  真係熱到我痴孖根呀! 我一個鐘頭之內流汗流到係滴晒水, 我見在場每位仁兄都如此, 我曾經問過instructor可唔可以開冷氣, 因為我熱到就黎焗死咁滯 (事關個gym裡係冇窗架!!), 點知當然係唔開啦。有一次我打左好多個前同後關斗後, 暈暈地仲有d想嘔, instructor見到走左入洗手間一輪, 我出來之後, 佢就問我: "Anita, are you ok?", 我話 :"No, I'm not ok.  I feel so dizzy and I wanna throw up becoz there's not enough fresh air here.".  終於佢就開左冷氣, 但那時距離完堂只有大約15分鐘, 我都就黎虛脫啦!!

雖然有d辛苦, 仲曾經諗過自己頂唔頂得順, 應該唔應該放棄呢, 但最後我都決定盡量去試, 繼續去練。BJJ係一種好好鍛煉自我、毅力嘅運動, 除左流一身大汗有益身體之外, 我仲可以藉呢個時間暫時忘記煩惱, 減壓, 幾好!! 

下面呢個technique就係我尋晚學, 我瞓響地同對手, 左面同埋各做左10次之外, 仲要掉轉, 被我對手扭番轉頭!! 倦到嘔!!

Ok, let me try to describe it again in English...

I have done Brazilian Jujitsu (BJJ) for more than a month now.  From the beginning when my legs would be totally sore for four days (from Monday night after the training to usually Thursday) after the class, to now that I have got more used to the exercise and I have less muscular pain each time afterwards.  I think there's at least some improvement!!

This week I have been challenging myself, becoz I am trying to do BJJ from once a week (Monday night only) to twice a week (adding Wednesday night) as well.  The result of going to BJJ twice a week is -- I'm dead tired after the exercise and the first thing I wanna do is -- to go straight to bed when I got home!!!  

I think the most horrible thing  from doing BJJ at my gym is that they DON'T switch on the air-conditioner!!!  I'm dead hot each time doing BJJ there.  My sweat simply stream over my face, over the body!  Each one of the us is the same, without exception.  Once I asked the instructor if he could switch on the air-conditioner becoz it's really damn hot but he said, "No.".  Mamma mia!!  No air-con plus there's no window in the gym, so there's simply no fresh air at all in an hour's practice.  I know why, actually, becoz they want us to sweat and get used to the heat and so on, I guess.

Once I felt really bad after doing some forward and backward sommersaults, and I had to calm down myself in the toilet. When I came out of the toilet, my instructor asked if I was fine, and I said, "No, I'm not ok.  I feel dizzy and I wanna throw up becoz there's not enough fresh air here." Finally, he agreed to switch on the air-con, but there's only 15 mins left before the class was dismissed.  [How come all the others are so strong and they're so energetic EXCEPT me?]

It's hard and tough doing BJJ and honestly I have thought about giving it up before, but no, I try not to.  I want to be more persistent, and not easily giving up things.  After all, this is a really good sport and it trains me to be tough and strong.  Besides sweating mad which is good for my health, it also allows me the time to throw away worries and unhappiness and concentrate myself into doing something.  Well, it teaches me some good self-defense skills too (although I always say that when a woman is confronted by a man, the best strategy is to scream and run away as quickly as possible becoz we shall never think we can beat a man.  It's physically very hard to do so). 

Below is a video clip that demonstrates one of the techniques that I learned last night in class.  I laid down and did 10 times from the left, 10 times from the right; and then my partner and I switched position and did once again.  Damn tired but good fun.