Blue Mountains Jiu Jitsu Academy Promotions & Award Ceremony 2025 Thanks to everyone who came. Students, families, friends — you made it what it was. This year’s event landed in the middle of school holidays and a busy patch for […]
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Update: Kids Classes Now at Our 2nd Location Starting this week, all Tuesday and Wednesday kids classes will be held at our second location: Mat 2 (Basement)7/214 Macquarie RdSpringwood NSW 2777 Class times stay the same—only the location changes on
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Jiu-jitsu isn’t just a set of moves. It’s a way of learning how to deal with pressure, uncertainty, and conflict. The practice doesn’t end when class finishes. It’s carried in how you walk, how you think, how you respond when no one is watching.
Outside the academy, things change. There’s no mat, no coach, no structure. When students try to “test” their skills in that kind of environment, it’s usually ego leading the way. Not the ego that protects you or helps you commit to a goal, but the part that reacts without awareness. That kind of ego wants proof, wants to be right, wants to be seen. That kind of ego doesn’t help you train. It pulls you out of the practice.
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Training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a neurodivergent person means stepping into a space that’s physical, unpredictable, and built on assumptions about how people learn, respond, and communicate. For some students, those assumptions don’t hold. Instructions might take longer to process. Eye contact might not come naturally. Touch, sound, or pressure can trigger strong responses. This isn’t defiance. It’s how some nervous systems respond to stimulus.
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Ego, Shadow, and Play: The Real Work of Jiu-Jitsu “Leave your ego at the door.” It’s a phrase you’ll hear in almost every Jiu-Jitsu gym. But it’s often misunderstood, and even more often misused. What people usually mean is: don’t
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There is a limit to what techniques, instructionals, systems, and structured models can provide. Beyond a certain point, progress in Jiu-Jitsu does not come from collecting more techniques. It comes from how practitioners relate to the knowledge they already have.
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Wishing you a peaceful and restorative break with time for family, movement, and reflection. We’ll be closed from Friday 18th April to Monday 21st April. Open Mat – Saturday 19th April at the basement:Kids: 9:30amAdults: 10:30am View To Click ⮞ ×
New Feature for Members: Class Notes You can now write and save your class notes directly on our website — anytime, from your phone or computer. Write a new note after every session Saved with exact date and time Search,
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BMJJA School Holiday Kids Camp Blue Mountains Jiu Jitsu Academy is running a Kids Camp during the school holidays from 14–18 July. The camp runs Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 11:30 am, and includes Jiu Jitsu training alongside games
There is tension on the mats these days. Some say they do not want to hear about politics in the academy. Others say everything is political. Both sides have a point, but one gets closer to the root of what is really going on.
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