BJJ Question

[jimi_lives]

hello everyone

i was just wondering, does BJJ have a lot of standing grappling techniques, or is the whole thing ground based?

cheers
Jim

[Andrew Green]

Mostly ground, but yes it does involve standup work. How much depends on who's teaching.

Remember, it has its origins in Judo.

[TheMachine]

more on ground but they have a few takedowns

[TigerGrishkin]

I'm in my early thirties, lift weights somewhat regularly, and wrestled in high school.

I'm thinking of taking up Brazilian Jiujitsu, but I'm wondering if maybe I'm past my grappling prime. Any advice?

[totality]

go for it. i mean, do you have anything better to do? grappling is fun.

[Andrew Green]

Helio Gracie did ok at 90 ;)

[Cyph]

Certainly not past your prime. Grappling is more technique-based than strength-based anyway.

[Thorstein]

Here are some BJJ-Techniques.. You will see that most are on the ground, but you will also find some standing techniques, and takedowns... :D
http://bjj.org/techniques/
Hope you like it! :)