An American Martial Arts instructor is here in Belize to teach the basics of that most elegant martial art called jujitsu. Matt Salinas has been training for 12 to 13 years as part of the Prevail Combat Club in the US.
He's here to host a seminar this weekend at Body 2000. Salinas told us today that anyone can learn this fighting art form.
Matthew Salinas, Martial Arts Instructor
"Jui Jitsu is basically the art and science of controlling another person with only using your body. We are not going to do any striking or anything so no punches, kicks or biting or anything like that just think about wrestling with chokes or joint locks and using your body weight to control the other person if you ever seen MMA - mixed martial arts or UFC the stuff they do on the ground, controlling the person is pretty much it."
"Everyone is welcomed, back home I teach kids, male, female all ages so everyone is welcomed size it doesn't matter, disability it doesn't matter it is all about technique."
"And basically what we are going to do is show some self -defense some very practical things that I teach my students, I do myself, I teach law enforcement and military back home so everything that I show them I am going to be showing here it is very practical, it will be easy to understand things that you can practice on your own time."
"For myself and seeing the transformation in my students back home it is really important to put yourself in uncomfortable situations and know how to get comfortable in those situations and just have more confidence within yourself, more self-assurance that you're going to be okay walking into any situation, you know what I mean."
The first seminar session is on Saturday morning at 9:00 at Body 2000 and then on Monday and Tuesday night at 7:00 . Salinas will be heading over to Orange Walk and San Pedro as well.
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