Martial arts is a diverse world full of disciplines as exciting as they are demanding, which require perseverance and effort in the face of the hard work that practicing them entails, but always leaving lessons both inside and outside the sport.
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Within this range, ju-jutsu or also known as Jiu-jitsu is a martial art from Japan that has certain variables, but is considered to be a precursor to arts such as judo and aikido.
For today’s instructor, Juan Pedro Isiordia, beginning to practice this martial art marked a before and after in his life, to the extent that today he has his own school where he teaches despite not being a teacher (that is, not being a belt black), but thanks to his passion and desire to learn, he started a project in Puerto Peñasco that continues to grow.
“I came to jiujitsu four years ago at the invitation of a friend, I knew absolutely nothing, I had never trained in martial arts and it was very frustrating for me because you work under a lot of pressure at the beginning.”
“The first years of jiujitsu are the most complicated, you are with an opponent on top of you and you have to find a way to escape and for me it was like a challenge. Many people don’t like it in the first years and quit,” he commented for The Sun of Hermosillo.
apprentice and instructor
Juan Pedro is still in constant learning, taking courses and doing his jobs to be able to continue advancing in this discipline that causes him so much passion.
However, he embarked with a friend on the initiation of his own school, as he saw that ju-jutsu did not have the same degree of places to practice as other martial arts in Puerto Peñasco.
“We started as a hobby here in Puerto Peñasco, but after a while I thought ‘I have my formal job in the morning, here in Peñasco there is no jiujitsu school like there are many taekwondo schools and I started with this”.
“I am a starting belt, there are five main belts in jiujitsu (white, blue, purple, brown and black) and to reach black belt, it takes at least ten years and I am four years old, in November they just gave me my blue belt” he explained.
In addition, he assured that the “7 Ronin Jiujitsu” school has been growing in these two years since its opening, since it is being remodeled for more comfort for its students (currently 18 members) and not only that, but they are affiliated with a school in Phoenix, Arizona, being the first in Puerto Peñasco.
“Currently at our school we had many blessings last year, thank God, because they invited us to join a school in Phoenix, Arizona, which has more than 25 years in ju-jutsu and I think we are the first affiliated school here. ”.
The affiliation arrived in the month of November 2021, where they received talks and support to improve teaching and that they can continue to grow as a school.
“A tourist person came to train here, Roberto Martin, and in the meantime he was training here (he is a more advanced belt, coffee) and he taught him classes and he began to make harmony with us, lasting about three or four months, he told us that he liked it. how we worked and invited us to join”, he clarified.
In the same way, he spoke about his feeling of going from being a simple student to having to adapt to teaching, because he knows that he is still learning, but he wants to leave a little of what he has learned to others.
“Arriving as an instructor was a mission of its own, knowing that there is no jiujitsu in Puerto Peñasco and that little by little we have undertaken this in the city.”
Currently the school has classes for children 5 years and older, mixed and for adults.
The school has been open for two years and currently has 18 affiliated students.
“Taking that step to be able to transmit what they study and that the students understand you or be explicit and be patient and constant, I think that the great difficulty right now is to lose the fear of teaching the class,” he explained.
“This martial art is very beautiful, I recommend everyone to experience it, it will leave a good taste in their mouths when they are in a school that really shelters them and removes those egos as a person and really wants to help them as a family,” he added. .
Invitation to young people
In turn, the instructor invited anyone who wants to learn about ju-jutsu, can turn around in his school, because like any other martial art, it brings various mental and physical benefits.
“If someone is interested in practicing it, we give them a free trial week so they can learn what jiujitsu is and feel it for themselves. They call this martial human chess, because it is totally mental, “he explained.
“Jiujitsu is developed so that a person of smaller complexion and height can subdue a larger one, so it has many benefits both in sports and in self-defense.”
“Practicing it physically and mentally is very complementary, the first months are the most pressured, but the formula here is to train and practice every day to get results,” he mentioned.
Finally, he announced that his school hopes to compete in some national and international events with the aim of continuing to grow.
“This year there are many competitions in Mexico and we plan to attend the tournaments that take place in Phoenix.”
“We hope to train and be with the best measures against Covid, we coordinate a lot so that in any case they may have any symptoms that they do not come to train”, training is from Monday to Friday and from Saturday to Sunday it is so optional.
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“We have all the energy to serve people who are interested in coming and trying,” he concluded, noting that the monthly payments are 500 pesos per month, there is no extra cost for registration and they are given a free week to try.
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