This has almost surely been already brought up, but for any newbies like me, how much sparring is in JJJ generally?
I have spoken with a blackbelt in JJJ who was on the Canadian team, and he obviously trains at a school with alot of sparring.
THe sparring was along the lines of how the competition rules went. There was point sparring on the feet, takedowns and groundwork (with submissions). There is time restrictions on the amount of time one has on the ground and in the clinch(looking for a takedown) and the training reflects this. More focus is on the stand up portion in training, but they do train and spar in takedowns and groundwork.
Are most JJJ schools like this? I am interested in knowing.