The Gimp - The guy in the video is a black belt too.
What video you watching bud?
What video you watching bud?
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Don't hate the playa, hate the game!!!
I've hit the armbar...not like THAT, but I've hit the armbar.
The arm triangle is a baaaaaaaaaad idea though.
Michael depasquale jr is a strange cat. I used to devour old TMA magazines and one of them, I forget what it was called, was one of his publications.
He had this system of JJJ that he called Drop Zone or something, and there were all these "letters to the editor" with people who tried those moves to beat BJJ students.
He's been around for a LONG time though, I think he's associated with Wally Jay, and his dad Michael Depasquale Sr. is also a high ranked dude in that organisation.
I have spoken with Michael Depasquale Jr on the phone. He is a strange cat. My brother knows him much better than I, and agrees.
His father deserves MAD credit for bringing JJ (and indeed, Martial Arts at ALL) to the East Coast USA when there was NONE.
But with that said, I have watched quite a few clips of the younger Mr. Depasquale, and I am not sold on his instruction or the style he teaches.
The Story of Yoshitsune Jujutsu (taken from here: http://www.depasqualejujitsu.com/yoshitsune.htm)
Sr. was indeed the real deal.
Junji SaitoJunji Saito, founder of the Yoshitsune Jujutsu system, moved to the United States in 1960. He had been a reporter for a Japanese newspaper and was assigned to London, England some years prior to Lloyd George becoming prime minister of England. Saito after being disappointed with Kodokan Judo first trained with an 86 year old Jigen Ryu master who taught him their form of Jujutsu. He later trained with his long time childhood friend, Ryuho Okuyama, the founder of Hakko Ryu and he eventually became the highest rank possible in that system, Shihan Menkyo Kaiden.
Michael DePasquale Sr
Saito Sensei can be described being very small in stature, 5 feet tall and very slender with a full head of white hair. Saito Sensei was not very strong looking, was very soft spoken and wore wire framed glasses. This all added to his appearance and the impression one got when meeting him for the first time. Shihan DePasquale Sr. described Saito Sensei as having ability far superior to anyone he had ever met, and that his ability was to teach was unsurpassed! He had a way about him to make people listen attentively and understand as he passed on his martial arts knowledge.
Soon after arriving in the United States Saito Sensei took all of his favorite techniques from the systems he had studied and combined them into a system that became known as Yoshitsune Jujutsu. His thought was these techniques were more suited to the larger physique and self defense needs of Americans. In addition, Saito Sensei transmitted the Hepi Ryu system of Bo Jutsu at the Yoshitsune Dojo.
Depasquale Ju Jitsu
Michael DePasquale Sr. founded the Yoshitsune Dojo in 1961. He trained in and taught traditional,authentic Japanese Jujutsu for more than half a century, and was commissioned as Shihan ("master instructor") in Hakko Ryu Jujutsu by Soke Ryuho Okuyama of Omiya, Japan. DePasquale's principal instructor for more than 26 years was Junji Saito, a Shihan Menkyo Kaiden (master instructor with all of the style's secrets). In 1964, Shihan DePasquale performed Jujutsu demonstrations at the Japanese Pavilion of the New York World's Fair.
Upon Junji Saito's passing in 1988, Michael DePasquale Sr. became the headmaster of the Yoshitsune Jujutsu system. Shihan DePasquale is regarded by many to be the father of American Jujutsu who started his Jujutsu training in 1944 while a member of the CID Division in the US Army. He received numerous awards and distinctions during his life time including his induction into the Black Belt Hall of Fame, Jujutsu America's Hall of Fame and was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Black Belt Magazine.Michael DePasquale Sr
He remained Yoshitsune Jujutsu's headmaster until his passing in September, 2006. His son, Michael DePasquale Jr. is now the Soke (headmaster) of the Traditional Yoshitsune Ju-Jitsu system passed down by his father Michael DePasquale Sr. He is also Soke of the Yoshitsune Combat Ju-Jistu System. Michael Jr. started his training under his father's guidance at the age of 6 and has been awarded numerous awards and distinctions as well, with over 60 different awards from members of his peers, Jujutsu America's Hall of Fame, Battle of Atlanta Hall of Fame, Blue Grass Grand National Hall of Fame and many others. He has published 3 different magazines, his last one being Karate International Magazine, as well as 8 different books his first one being Simon and Schuster's 1977 Monarch Illustrated Guide to Ju-Jitsu. He is till this day a sought out seminar leader teaching the Combat and Traditional Yoshitsune Ju-Jitsu that was taught to him buy his late father.
that dipasquale stuff is so silly.
the guy tried to jump on the BJJ bandwagan in the 90s and tried to profit off of having 'jujutsu' as the name of his martial art except his 'jujutsu' is like aikido. after that went down the tubes he tried to be an action movie star.
regarding the guy in those vids. he is obviously clueless but he definitely explains things well.
The most amazing thing is tha a lot of the TMA and mcDojo instructors really explain the moves in a very clear, condensed way. The only problem is that the moves themselves - suck.
Daniel/CGJJ - The most amazing thing is tha a lot of the TMA and mcDojo instructors really explain the moves in a very clear, condensed way. The only problem is that the moves themselves - suck.
If by clear and condensed you mean awful and full of fail, then, yes..