Gay jiu jitsu
Written by Christophe &#;Pank&#; Levy, BJJ and Luta Livre jet belt and brain instructor of Raca Luta Academy in Paris, France.
For those who do not know me, in my life I have two interests, the psyche of the human organism and martial arts. These two things have the edge of quickly demonstrating you what hides behind the speeches, attitudes or expectations of each practitioner. I will refund to this later.
Today I want to highlight a conversation that I had recently with a Brazilian female companion about the homophobia that is show in Brazil. After a general conversation, we came to the subject of homosexuality in sports and especially in Jiu-Jitsu.
Since the many years that I&#;ve been training Jiu-Jitsu, I thought that I had heard it all. I remember when traveling to Brazil, I was told that Jiu-Jitsu &#;Pitboys&#; would beat up gays and transvestites , because they were &#;disgusting&#; (I&#;ll spare you the words).
So what about at home, in France, in our dojos? I like the idea of the neutrality of dojos. We wear the Gi to escape highlighting our political beliefs, m
Forward from Professor Mikal:
When I started Aces Jiu Jitsu Club one of my goals was to make a place that welcomed people of all walks of life and enable them through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. That&#;s why when one of our LGBTQ members wrote this blog, I thought it was important to share. Not just because it highlights the open community at Aces, but because it highlights the transformation that takes place once a person realizes they can defend themself any concrete world, self-defense scenario.
As the head coach and founder at Aces Jiu Jitsu club, reading these words for the first period filled me with happiness and hope. I would like to extend my most heartfelt invitation to the LGBTQ community in and around the Austin area. If you are looking for a place to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, you are most definitly welcome here. I&#;ll see you on the mats!
&#; Professor Mikal
There’s no easy way to initiate this, but if you’re LGBTQ, you’re in depend on of self-defense. Just last year, on June 12th, , a man walked into an LGBTQ exclude in Orlando, Florida and shot 49 members of our community
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Grappling with Hegemonic Masculinity: Masculinity and Heteronormativity in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
A SCHOLARLY PAPER FROM THE GRIEVANCE STUDIES PROJECT
Summary:
In the call of Richard Baldwin, Ph.D. (borrowed identity), professor emeritus of history at Gulf Coast State College (and professional bodybuilder) by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.
Summary: This paper was the first hoax paper we conceived of and wrote in the Grievance Studies Affair proper (therefore, not including &#;The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct,&#; which preceded the official project). The premise, building off various &#;studies&#; of sports, was that the real reason men are attracted to participate in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) is so they can enact homosexual erotic fantasies in a mode of action that&#;s &#;coded&#; as masculine and heteronormative. This plan was building off a surprising body of literature that argued similar things for other sports. In that this was our first hoax paper, it was written as a true hoax: we cited at random, did
In Jiu Jitsu, I love stirring trouble by challenging dogmas and absolutes and ushering everyone to challenge things that make no sense. Then, I smile with joy as I see people’s expressions when they start thinking and stop simply accepting. I will attempt to do the same today on a subject just as important as any technique or concept in the sport – homosexuality in Jiu Jitsu.
“It’s Only Gay if You Make Eye Contact”
This is a sentence most people involved in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu have heard and possibly said themselves. I have as well, repeated it as part of the tradition. Somehow, just like many other “stereotypical” BJJ things, this one never made much sense to me, and I don’t appreciate things that make no sense.
Even people outside Jiu Jitsu apply this phrase, commenting on the fact that two people of the same gender roll around on the ground in weird positions and in such complete proximity.
As a straight man, comments of this nature never got to me if they were intended to be insulting. If it was a joke, it failed miserably in that department.
Homosexuality in Ji