Category: confidence

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a great way to get fit, stay fit and healthy – for people of all ages. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) for fitness, self defense, confidence, stress relief, and more! Martial arts training improves cardiovascular health, making it an excellent complement to regular exercise. In addition to being a great aerobic workout, […]

The question comes up so often in regards to BJJ and self defense… “Why is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu so effective in a fight?” BJJ can be very effective in a fight for many reasons including… Most people do not have basic competence in the grappling range of combat although most do have at least limited […]

It feels awesome to set challenging goals and nail them! You know how good it feels to set your sights on a goal and then achieve it. It’s empowering and invigorating. Hitting goals and overcoming challenges is not just a matter of chance. Goal-setting is an important life skill that serves everyone and is especially […]

Often we watch an athlete perform at the highest level on ‘game’ day. We don’t see or think about the massive effort that’s occurred behind the scenes day after day for so many years. No success in anything happens without persistent effort over long periods of time. Everyone… every man, woman, and child have incredible potential within […]

Jiu Jitsu is more than a type of fighting. It’s an art the teaches you that you can overcome challenges that others find insurmountable. It does this through experience not reading about positive mindsets. As you conquer each new challenge you develop a new confidence that allows you to tackle harder things on and off […]

This is a great story about overcoming tragedy through martial arts and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training offers so many benefits for people beyond self defense. Training helps people improve their lives by helping them become more confident, developing positive habits, getting in shape, and getting to hang out with great people. This […]

A question asked in a martial arts group… “The legend says BJJ was created for the feeble in order to give them “a powerful” tool to defend themselves. In today’s world is this still relevant to hold such a claim?” Texarkana Jiu Jitsu’s answer… Yes, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is relevant, even more so in modern […]

Martial Arts Mindset and Achievement It’s said that a picture is worth a thousand words. This one is really worth far more. The elephant is tied with a piece of rope that it could easily break. It has been conditioned since he was young to think that he’s stuck and can’t get away… so he […]

How To Develop Mental Toughness and Confidence In Kids. It’s time to talk about another core tenet of martial arts. In many ways, this tenet brings all the other tenets together – and it explains why kids who study martial arts like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu achieve more at home, in school, in other sports, and […]

Does Your Child Need A Supportive, Educational, and Fun Activity? Learning Martial Arts Teaches Young Kids Life Skills, Confidence, Discipline, Focus and More While They Get In Shape and Have A Lot Of Fun! Young children are curious and active with a lot of energy.   Martial arts are a great way to harness their […]

Kids Self Defense, Anti-Bullying, and Self Confidence Boosting Classes in Texarkana! Kids Working Standup Judo Techniques at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and it’s mother art, Judo, are exceptionally effective for kids to develop self defense that they can use without getting injured or even having to hurt the other child with punching and […]

A Brief History Of Texarkana Jiu Jitsu. Texarkana Jiu Jitsu is proud to have brought so many different types of martial arts and fitness training to Texarkana for the first time. In 1999, we brought Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, MMA, and Judo to Texarkana. This was at a time when Texarkana had 2 choices for martial […]

Why All Parents Should Put Their Son Or Daughter In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  All sports have benefits for kids generally including fitness, socialization, and mental toughness. Jiu Jitsu offers these benefits plus many unique to training in this martial art.  Jiu Jitsu helps kids develop real confidence by overcoming challenges daily on the mat proving […]

Solving Bullying To A Large Degree Comes Down To Just ONE Thing… Helping A Child Develop Confidence In Themselves… And That Changes Everything! “I found confidence,  strength, and courage.” Previously bullied girl find Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and doesn’t only stop bullying but transforms her life. Confidence must be earned. It can’t be given. It’s through […]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a very powerful way to help kids develop confidence, fitness, and ability to overcome obstacles both on and off the mat. Often we think about Jiu Jitsu martial arts training as It’s not simply about fighting or learning to protect ourselves even though that’s part of it, there’s much more to […]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gives Girls Confidence, Fitness, The Ability To Defend Themselves, Plus So Much More! Learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a very important skill for a daughter to develop in today’s world where your daughter may very likely be put into a bad situation where she needs it. Here are a few stats that […]

We Are Built To Learn and Adapt To Our Obstacles Each Time Becoming A Little Better. Getting past each challenge makes us a little better at the next thing life throws at us. It’s really remarkable how we can always improve. Seneca, the stoic philosopher, on how overcoming challenges is a requirement for happiness. In […]

How To Prevent Your Child From Being Mental or Physical Bullied.     We have to start looking at what typically happens to cause another child to become a bully. Bullying occurs to a large degree as a response to poor self image and poor self confidence in the bully. This is important to understand […]

Jiu Jitsu and Martial Arts may be the “cure” to so many modern problems including fitness, confidence, stress, socialization, and more but what is also true is that the benefits of training carry over into every other part of your life whether you’re a child, teen, man, or woman.  Don’t just go workout at the […]

Martial Arts Are A Fun Activity For All Kids! Our kids aren’t getting enough exercise and this dramatically reduces their ability to deal with stress and causes so many problems for them. Their poor diets, heavy media use, and lack of exercise not only damages their physical health, but also devastates their self image often […]

Martial Arts As A Vehicle For Self Improvement. The value of challenging yourself and overcoming what you face is the path to becoming stronger mentally and physically. Unfortunately, growth doesn’t happen sitting on the couch eating chips and watching Netflix. Wait, this does cause growth, just of your waistline! Instead spend a little time every […]

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗔 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆   This is a message from a parent of a past student. Kross trained Jiu Jitsu with us for some time before moving out of town. His son was recently attacked by a larger kid who was trying to intimidate him. Kross took him down and controlled him without hurting […]

Developing Resilience and The Ability To Overcome Challenges Through The Martial Arts. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.“ Helen Keller The only way to grow stronger is to push your boundaries whether we are a child […]

Texarkana Martial Arts Classes In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Are Fun For The Kids…   Which Makes It Easier To Get Them Involved In A Sport That Will Improve Their Fitness, Focus, and Confidence While They Learn How To Defend Themselves and How To Stop Bullies!   “Play is often talked about as if it were […]

Are You Concerned About Your Daughter’s Safety? Every parent of a girl should seriously consider getting them started training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu because we live in a crazy world and it’s likely that at some point your daughter will very likely have to defend herself against a bigger, stronger, more aggressive attacker. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu […]

Faith In Ourselves, Self Confidence. A lack of confidence is why many people don’t achieve as much as they could, both on and off the mat in life. We are capable of achieving far more than we believe we can achieve. This limiting belief holds so many people back from seeing real success in everything […]

What We Achieve Is Largely Dependent On What We Believe About Ourselves. I realize this sounds like an abstract concept that doesn’t apply in our own lives, but bear with me for a moment as I explain. It’s an interesting thing where basically our confidence translates into taking bigger actions that lead to having greater […]

Kids often get bullied and fairly often get in physical fights. Discover how to ensure your child can protect themselves with the secret of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to prevent your son or daughter from being bullied or beaten up. They really need the confidence that they can defend themselves… and often that’s all it takes […]

When can my son or daughter start training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? This is one of the most common questions that we get. In our martial arts program at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu, we start the kids at age 4. We offer different classes based on the child’s age so that each group gets the right instruction […]

What’s Best, Judo or BJJ for Self Defense?   Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) are both very closely associated grappling based martial arts that can be highly effective in self defense. There are some differences based on the rules of sport competition as to how training focuses on different things. There’s also a significant […]

What Our Kids Martial Arts Classes Can Do For Your Son Or Daughter.. Our kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu martial arts classes in Texarkana offer a wide variety of benefits for you and your child including… self confidence, physical fitness, anti-bullying, self discipline, and self defense. Here’s another often overlooked benefit of training Jiu Jitsu… If […]

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu builds confident, fit champions that aren’t just great martial artists but they learn how to win in the sport of life! Kids develop the skills that they need to succeed both on the mat and off. The physical skills that the kids learn in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Class help them get in […]

Parents put Kids in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu martial arts classes for different reasons… Some because their child is being picked on or bullied, others because they want their child to be more active (and have discovered that it’s hard to get them to do other sports), others because they want to increase their child’s confidence, […]

Are you concerned that many kids today lack drive and ability to overcome challenges? From Texarkana Jiu Jitsu: Kids learn how to deal with tough challenges in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. They are often put in positions that force them to work, so that things don’t continue to worsen… just like life and that’s why we […]

Taking A Stand For Yourself. The Mental Game Of Achievement. Developing Perseverance for Success On and Off The Mats. I recently watched was an old classic, Rocky. In Rocky, Rocky was fighting Apollo Creed and getting beat up for the first several rounds. After a round, Rocky wobbles back to his corner and is getting […]

Can you imagine how different our world would be if all kids learned the values and skills taught in martial arts? Martial artists develop discipline, respect, confidence, focus, fitness, and perseverance. These are characteristics that help everyone succeed at anything that they do in life whether it be in school, at work, in relationships, and […]

Has your child been bullied, gotten into fights, or lacks self confidence? Kids often experience both bullying and physical attacks. One of the greatest reasons is that the bullied child, like the bullying child, lacks self confidence. This is perceived as weakness by the bullier and so makes them more likely to pick on the […]

Attention Texarkana Area Parents! Would you like to give your child an edge in school and life? Our Kids Martial Arts Program develop Fitness, Focus, Confidence, Respect, Goal Setting, Discipline, and more! Our Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Martial Arts Program is designed to give your child exactly that… Our Martial Arts Program teaches kids self […]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo are excellent compliments to one another which is why we train many Judo throws (as well as wrestling) at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu. Jiu Jitsu is an open system of martial arts that continues to evolve over time. The art is ‘alive‘ in that it changes and adapts. It has to […]

One-legged Wrestler, Anthony Robles, Wins NCAA Wrestling National Title, matches. This is an old story from 2011, but one that is well worth re-visiting and telling again. Achievement Starts With Having The Right Mindset. Individual Sports have a unique advantage over team sports like football, basketball, soccer, etc. Even though those sports offer many benefits […]

Kids working on controlling their opponent in the mount during Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Class. Jiu Jitsu is a great activity for kids that helps kids be more active, develop mental toughness, and self confidence. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu teaches them… ✅Not just how to control the other child so they’re no longer a threat, but… ✅Also […]

The new school year is here in Texarkana! Kids are getting back to school leaving kids and parents both trying to get used to the new schedule. Many parents look at various activities and sports to get their kids involved in during this time. It’s important to do so as there are many benefits to […]

Jiu Jitsu is the fastest growing martial art in the US. Here’s Why… Kids, Teens, Adult Men & Women are discovering that they can get involved in a martial art (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) that helps them quickly develop confidence, self defense, fitness, mental toughness, and a lot more! Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Is A Highly Effective […]