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01 / 03Rolling Open this photo in the viewer Jiu on Spot — photographs from inside a class at Boran Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu J I U ON S P O T Warm-Ups Open photo: Cartwheels across the mat. Balance and coordination, disguised as the best part of the hour. Rolling Open photo: Side control, held properly — the position every beginner underestimates. 22 frames from real classes at the academy — the warm-up, the lesson, the rounds.
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An hour on the mat,frame by frame. This is what you would walk into on your first day. Filter by the part of the class you want to see, or open any photo to go through them full screen.
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01 Warm-Ups Every class opens the same way — the whole room moving before anyone learns a thing. 02 Rolling Passing the guard, live, against a partner trying very hard to stop it. 03 Coaching Corrections happen on the mat, pair by pair, not shouted across the room. 04 Rolling Top position is earned and then defended. Both halves are the lesson. 05 Coaching One-on-one, in the middle of a full class. Nobody gets left behind the group. 06 Takedowns Grip fighting from the feet. Nothing happens in this sport until someone wins the collar. 07 Rolling Two children solving the same problem from opposite sides of it. 08 Coaching The rounds run. Professor Boran watches everything and steps in for about ten seconds at a time. 09 Warm-Ups Fifteen students, one drill, two coaches walking the line. 10 Coaching The technique is shown slowly, twice, before a single pair is allowed to try it. 11 Takedowns The clinch: the closest thing Jiu-Jitsu has to a standing stalemate, and never one for long. 12 Warm-Ups Cartwheels across the mat. Balance and coordination, disguised as the best part of the hour. 13 Rolling Side control, held properly — the position every beginner underestimates. 14 Rolling Under both flags, which is roughly the whole history of the art in one wall. 15 Rolling Legs up, weight forward. Passing the guard is mostly refusing to be kicked away. 16 Takedowns One on the feet, one on the mat, both fighting for the same grip. 17 Takedowns A takedown from the knees: head tight, arms around the legs, drive. 18 Rolling The older students roll with the younger ones, and keep an eye on them between rounds. 19 Rolling The scramble, frame one: upside down, and fully committed to it. 20 Rolling Frame two: landed. Nobody taught that exact roll — the class teaches you to keep moving. 21 Coaching Close enough to see every grip, far enough to let them work it out. 22 Rolling The last ten minutes. The whole mat goes live at once. Next frame
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