Does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu work in self-defense or street fight? Today I compete in a Jiujitsu tournament to see what happens if you don't go to the ground. Because that's the last place you wanna be in real life.
Does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu work in self-defense or street fight? Today I compete in a Jiujitsu tournament to see what happens if you don't go to the ground. Because that's the last place you wanna be in real life.
everything wrote:I guess if you didn't live through the mid 90s - mid 00s, things just don't exist?
geez people can't really learn from history (hahahaha get off my lawn )
origami_itto wrote:Does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu work in self-defense or street fight? Today I compete in a Jiujitsu tournament to see what happens if you don't go to the ground. Because that's the last place you wanna be in real life.
GrahamB wrote:BJJ is "new"? People have some really strange ideas on the age of marital arts, or confuse "new" with "popular".
There was Jiujitsu in Brazil before there was Karate in Japan.
BJJ is older than Aikido or Taekwondo
Muay Thai is way older than Tai Chi.
Steve James wrote:I'd argue that "martial arts" don't improve, they evolve. Athletes have improved over time. Nowadays, there are more people practicing martial arts than there were when these arts were invented. One reason is that now martial arts are more sports than martial. For ex., when it comes to swords, I wouldn't dare to say that people who practice today are better, at all, or that sword-fighting has improved. People who fence don't generally worry about being killed. When it comes to combat sports, damn, it'd be great to see Randy Couture v Farmer Burns or Lou Thesz.
The Brits and US had plenty of submission wrestling, too. Anyway, imo, the idea that "Bjj only works if you play along," is like saying catch wrestling only works if you play along. It depends entirely on who one is playing with. And, in the end, it doesn't matter because there's always someone else.
everything wrote:it's good to all beat up on the same strawman for a change. instead of everyone beating up everyone else's supposed misconstrued strawman.
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