I'd imagine Judo is better for a young one. Opportune time to learn balance-based martial arts without as much risk of injury.
Judo is good also if she wants to get into BJJ later as it will help with grappling.
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Yep, it's relatively compatible. When I trained BJJ, we spent a few weeks of the year doing takedowns most of which were Judo-based.
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Nice. How long did you train BJJ for?
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Only 18 months 2-3 days/week. I'd still do it if I could stop myself from obsessing about it to the detriment of other things or if I found it more natural so maybe I wouldn't need to obsess about it. I saw an appreciable difference going from 2 days/week to 3 days/week, so I'd recommend a minimum of 3 days/week.
It's a great sport on a number of levels. Met one my best friends training. He got his brown belt last year.
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My best friend has been doing BJJ for years. I used to take kickboxing lessons with him and he moved on to BJJ. He has competed a couple times at tournaments. He loves it. I think he is also a brown belt. He hopes to get to black belt eventually but is only training a couple times a week so it will take some time.
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One of my favorite things about BJJ is how long the road to mastery is and how viscerally obvious it is when you aren't a master. It weeds out high time preference people fast.
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