First openly gay uple Brazilian jiu-jsu lnch Boynton Beach school, urg change sport | WLRN

Contents:

• OPENLY GAY JIU-JSU PRACTNER FDS SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY
• THREAD: BRAZIIAN JIU JSU IS GAY
• AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY GUY BJJ PRACTNER!
• FIRST OPENLY GAY UPLE BRAZILIAN JIU-JSU LNCH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL, URG CHANGE SPORT
• A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER
• EDDIE BRAVO: MMA IS ‘STILL IN J TIM’ WH GAY MEN
• STRADDLG THE REDLE: THE MIC AND JIU JSU OF TY GAY
• KEEP JIUJITSU GAY TYE DYE T-SHIRT
• THE BATE: HOW GAY IS MMA?

OPENLY GAY JIU-JSU PRACTNER FDS SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY

Nicholas “Rh” Rotas is one of the few openly gay martial artists the Uned Stat.

Not a sgle man on the team r that they’re sparrg and trag wh a gay man, and Rotas tak pri that fact. “It sadns me that many gay people may not ever experience the amazg support and skill offered by the sports bee of fear: fear that they won’t be accepted, or that they might get kicked out or shunned for beg who they are.

THREAD: BRAZIIAN JIU JSU IS GAY

There is a dishearteng storyof a man who was kicked out of his gym after beg outed South Carola a few years back, and I thk that reputatn has stuck among the gay muny spe of clear progrs over the years. “At the end of the day, to them I’m jt Rh: their teammate, iend and I jt happen to be gay. An openly gay martial artist fdg support group fellow fighters is an credible velopment.

Not all sports are so acmodatg to gay athlet, though. Today I want to highlight a nversatn that I had recently wh a Brazilian female iend about the homophobia that is prent Brazil. After a general nversatn, we me to the subject of homosexualy sports and pecially Jiu-Jsu.

I remember when travelg to Brazil, I was told that Jiu-Jsu ‘Pboys’ would beat up gays and transvt, bee they were ‘disgtg’ (I’ll spare you the words). When I ask a practner, if they would md rollg wh a gay person? As if the fact that sce the person was gay, they would take advantage of the suatn … Is that what also happens when a man rolls wh a woman?

AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY GUY BJJ PRACTNER!

Knowg that many gays do not make their g out and even ls the ultra macho world of bat sports, do you hontly thk that a guy or girl, would e to BJJ jt to ‘p a feel’ of a trag partner? A few years back, I was talkg wh a gay iend, who trag Judo. It is te that the dojo, is not a nightclub, is not Tr, ’s still very rare that there have to have people flirtg on the mats Wether be men or women, straight or gay when you’re at the amy, your goal should be to advance and evolve.

If tomorrow, a iend that you tra wh for years, told you they were gay, what would you?

Still, you have to face , there are gay BJJ practners, you have surely e across some, you may have even rolled wh them. Also, n’t gays also be warrrs?

FIRST OPENLY GAY UPLE BRAZILIAN JIU-JSU LNCH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL, URG CHANGE SPORT

I'm Gay and do BJJ. I am gay, a mted monogamo relatnship wh another man, and have been practisg brazilian jiujsu at a lol gym for jt over two years now (not too far off blue belt, if I traed more regularly, maybe I'd already have one, who knows).

On other webs dited to jiujsu and grapplg arts, there is fely a noted stigma agast homosexual mal practisg jiujsu on the basis that eher they're dog for sexual reasons and tryg to "get off" om , or the basis that if a gay man rolls wh them class, they'll all sudnly ntract HIV. It's rare to hear a nversatn about gay people om the people the gym, but sometim DOES happen, and mak me very glad that I have kept my classmat the dark about my sexualy (I am very much "out" every other aspect of my life). If you knew I was gay, and YOUR amy, would you roll wh me?

I'm cur about the views based not jt on the strange fear of gay men rryg around fe STDs, but also potentially on the ia that a sgle gay man would be a "sexual threat").

A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER

If you were to fd out that I go to your amy, or have BEEN to your amy, and you have rolled wh me, or any other gay man whout your knowledge (Consirg the gyms I have vised, and that me is a rather large one, there's probably at least a few guys on here I have rolled wh), what would your thoughts on the subject be? This qutn is for anyone, but particularly aimed at those who feel unfortable rollg wh gay mal. What are your thoughts on Gay men jiujsu as a whole?

Braziian Jiu Jsu is gay.

Gay. there is gayer ways to do then bjj. Recently we had a gay our gym.

EDDIE BRAVO: MMA IS ‘STILL IN J TIM’ WH GAY MEN

The first qutn is do you fd the word Gay ? Bee I noticed that you ll yourself Gay and I ll you gay all the time ?. It’s a short word and I fd easier to say than Homosexual ? I don’t have any problems wh the word “gay”.

And y, I’m Gay for whole my life and I’m not sick ?.

Tell what do mean to be gay BJJ gym.

STRADDLG THE REDLE: THE MIC AND JIU JSU OF TY GAY

I wasn’t Gay-only BJJ gym I was gay every sport I traed till now and there were a lot of them. What is weird is that, for stance, Soccer I had more problems beg gay than others. Guys martial arts ll soccer players gays so maybe that was the reason hahaha.

When we were talkg you mentned ps BJJ bee of beg gay? I ma mistak wh lettg people know that I’m gay. If you are gay and ci to speak loud about you need to know you will have to rry some nsequenc.

KEEP JIUJITSU GAY TYE DYE T-SHIRT

Every time I admted to someone that I’m gay I would notice a difference their behavr towards me. They would start to thk about what they will say, how to behave and stuff and that’s not somethg you want to achieve when you’re gay.

Dcribe to some problems you had wh people the gym once they knew you’re gay! I n remember one qutn of another BJJ practner when he serly asked me: “Do you hate straight people like most straight people hate gays?

If they don’t know I’m gay there is no problems but if they do, y, there are some problems. If I know that guy i’m rollg wh knows I’m gay I have some swch my bra that tells me to watch my every move.

THE BATE: HOW GAY IS MMA?

Was that bee you’re gay or there are some other reasons?