The quick and easy way to turn your bedroom into a Jiu Jitsu studio

Notice the cargo bar holding up the mat

I just finished shooting a short YouTube tutorial on basic Brazilian Jiu Jitsu positions.  I needed quick and easy way to create the illusion of a jiu jitsu gym.  I chose our bedroom as the shooting location because the carpet would act as sound proofing, the rest of the house is tile which would cause a lot of echo.  My wife Jen made me promise to move all of the furniture back to its original position right after the video shoot.  We have two 4 x 10 gymnastics mats which we were going to use for the tutorial.  I got the idea to use only one on the ground and mount the other against the bedroom wall like they do a BJJ schools.  I held the mats flat against the wall with the help of two ratcheting cargo bars that I picked up at Harbor Freight for under 30 dollars.  I covered the adjacent wall with my chroma pop instant green/blue screen.  This actually conceled my closet door.  There was a little space in the corner of the room that was showing the exposed white wall.  As a solution, my daughter Logan just placed our jiu jitsu dummy in the corner and posed him upright.  Instant BJJ studio set up.  I placed my camera on the tripod and set up two unbrella lights....Quiet on the set!  Action!!!!  Check out the video on our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blog at  http://www.jiujitsufamily.com/



The Finished BJJ set