Jiu-flex: have you experienced it? Please share.

[Slick Rick]

I have always had moments like that even before Jiu Jitsu, But I always called it my inner Ninja. Like if a glass falls off a counter and I reach out to catch it before it breaks or something along those lines.

Bryan, you are the chosen one. Jiu jitsu was always with you.

[Slick Rick]

It's pronounced De La "Hiva" guard - that's how the guy who invented it says his name.

I find that when friends push me, or jokingly try to kick my feet out, I automatically shift my hips as if I were on top trying to stop a sweep. Often, without knowing what I'm doing, I end up shifting the momentum into them, dropping them to the floor.

Now, if I drop my wallet, and use a BJJ move to catch it before it falls, would that be Jew-flex? (I'm Jewish, this joke is ok, don't worry)

awesome Harry! Good joke too. I had said de la hiva too until watching Braulio Estima's invisible jiu jitsu and he calls it de la riva. Braulio, being Brazilian, had me thrown off. Now what do you do. I guess in the end we gotta be consistent with one of the other... And so I am now switching back to de la hiva.

[Dustin C.]

Yes, I believe I have experienced jiu-flex just a few weeks ago. I was at a BBQ and one of the guys was throwing a tennis ball for his German Shepard, after it was nice and soaking wet with dog saliva he threw it at my head, out of reaction I smacked the ball with the palm of my hand out of mid flight, directly back at the guy that threw it, (I did not even conciously see it if you know what I mean) everyone that saw it freaked out about how fast my reaction was. Needless to say no saliva ball was thrown at me again haha.

[Slick Rick]

Yes, I believe I have experienced jiu-flex just a few weeks ago. I was at a BBQ and one of the guys was throwing a tennis ball for his German Shepard, after it was nice and soaking wet with dog saliva he threw it at my head, out of reaction I smacked the ball with the palm of my hand out of mid flight, directly back at the guy that threw it, (I did not even conciously see it if you know what I mean) everyone that saw it freaked out about how fast my reaction was. Needless to say no saliva ball was thrown at me again haha.

Dustin.. Exactly.. That's that jiu-flex! Just the other day a guy was in half guy(I didn't know it but he was about to attempt a rolling toe hold). He postured up to hand fight then barely turned his hip. I reacted so quickly that I started laughing... "ah ha! I know what your trying to do"... We both started cracking up because it was just a small, sudden twitch and my jiu-flex knew what the heck was about to happen.

[Riccosantana]

my mom was tripping and i put her in a headlock
S@m
i miss u my nigga

[Karim Graham]

damn i was thinking this the other day man.
some girl pulled out some pepper spray on me last week but i reacted so fast, slapped the bitches arm and that spray flew like a released pidgeon exploring it's newly found freedom. then she felt the power of my no-hand pass.
Jiu-rape all day baby

[Slick Rick]

my mom was tripping and i put her in a headlock
S@m
i miss u my nigga

Yo Ricco! Hope that training's going well. Last I heard, you were in Phoenix. Botello territory!!

[Slick Rick]

damn i was thinking this the other day man.
some girl pulled out some pepper spray on me last week but i reacted so fast, slapped the bitches arm and that spray flew like a released pidgeon exploring it's newly found freedom. then she felt the power of my no-hand pass.
Jiu-rape all day baby

Hahhaha! Karim.. Jiu-rape! I love it! But for real, that jiu-flex acts quick. cell phone drops and you catch that in mid-air. Pepper spray gets sprayed and you duck, or you smack that out of their hand.. Jiu-flex.. the phenomena..

[Harry Evans]

Flying new york - jiu-do!

[AJ Camacho]

Skateboarding made me practically slip proof. When I slip on something my body instantly drops a level, distributes my weight evenly on both feet, and I ride out the slide. I did this once on a sloped driveway and ended up having to slide all the way down the driveway while standing, just naturally reacting to the slide so I wouldn't fall.

But yes, with jiu jitsu my sense of awareness is heightened. For example, I'm clumsy as hell but if someone throws something at me without warning I can catch it perfectly. If they tell me they are throwing it, I always drop it. The same thing goes for throwing accuracy.. but I only see the jiujitsu gains when it's automated responses.