{"id":113,"date":"2026-09-29T16:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/jiu-jitsu-despues-de-los-35\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T12:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:01:47","slug":"jiu-jitsu-despues-de-los-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/jiu-jitsu-despues-de-los-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Jiu-jitsu after 35: it's never too late to start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI'm too old for this.\u201d We hear it a lot and always give the same answer: <strong>jiu-jitsu is one of the few contact sports you can start at 35, 45 or 55<\/strong>. In fact, our team leader, Cristiano Siman, is a two-time IBJJF European Master champion.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it works after 35<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It doesn't depend on strength<\/strong>: technique and leverage count for more than power.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It improves mobility<\/strong> in your back, hips and shoulders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It's addictive<\/strong>: there's always something new to learn, which helps you stay consistent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It helps you switch off<\/strong>: an hour on the mat and you forget about work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to avoid injuries<\/h2>\n<p>Warm up properly, listen to your body and train with partners at your stage of life. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/clases\/bjj-masters\/\">BJJ Masters +30<\/a> classes the intensity is controlled and the instructor adapts the exercises if you have any niggles. Mention it before you start.<\/p>\n<h2>Timetables designed for you<\/h2>\n<p>Mondays and Wednesdays at 14:30, Tuesdays at 8:00 (BJJ) and Thursdays at 8:00 (No-Gi). Before work or during your lunch break.<\/p>\n<p>Book your free trial class and find out why so many masters stay with us.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of our students started after 40. This is what training jiu-jitsu as a master is like: injury-free and at your own pace.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-masters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jiujitsuvalencia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}