https://butterswords.com/tags/bjj/Recent content in BJJ on Butterswords | Where Words >= SwordsHugoenWed, 11 Feb 2026 17:36:27 -0700https://butterswords.com/blog/five-rules-brazilian-jiu-jitsu/Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:36:27 -0700https://butterswords.com/blog/five-rules-brazilian-jiu-jitsu/<div class="bg-tlgray-200/40 border-l-4 border-blue-600 px-6 py-4 mb-8"> <strong>BLUF:</strong> Teach your children to live by simple rules and watch how they adapt them to meet the needs of life. </div> <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Over the fall of 2025 we exposed my son to the competitive side of of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. We did not know at the time if he would show any interest in moving from casual learning to performance-based mastery. After his first informal competition he told us he wanted to try real tournaments. I admired his bravery and realized he did not know enough about competitions to truly grasp how different it would be. So, I tried to to teach him.</p>