For everyone who wasted their time with BJJ, would you go back in time and take Sambo if offered?

Oh man,

I know a Cesar Gracie white belt that tapped out a Charles Gracie instructor here in the city of Manteca.

Of course he did not tap out Charles himself…but this Gracie affiliate school is not top shelf instruction.

You can get hem haw instruction or you can get the good stuff.

Honestly, I regret the amount of training I did in general.

I’m in my mid40s now and doing pretty well career wise and financially, so not like I’m full of regret …… but I think back to my 20s and wonder why the fuck I was training 4-5 days a week when I never had any delusion of turning pro. I could have applied that drive to useful long term pursuits instead.

IMO it’s worth getting proficient enough at the basics of striking and grappling, but past that point you should stop and ask yourself why.

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Because it is a worthwhile hobby that gives you real life abilities. I spent 35 years of my life training and I had a full time career (utility manager) that paid me well. I started wrestling at 14 and retired training at 48 yo. My best friends were all met through training and fighting.

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Oh man,

Back then it was thing to do.On here,you were asked “do you even train”

You trained so you could impress the bitches & members on here.

Plus,when you spoke to people at any type of event,you let them know that you are training to be a bad ass or you are already a bad ass.

Plus you could put a Tapout sticker on your ride & wear a skull beanie.

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haha ah the memories.
I was stopped in the street more than once in early 2000s by random guys who had to shake my hand because I was wearing a Brazilian Top Team or Sakuraba tshirt and then ask where I trained.
lol good times.

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For now.

The modern BJJ meta is steroids and wrestling. They’ll be caught up in a decade

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Absolutely.

I would wear stuff like Chute Boxe & PRIDE Bushido.

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Takedowns are what win fights and Khabib and Islam destroy BJJ guys all the time on the ground as well.

Without takedowns and striking BJJ is laughable in street fight or MMA type scenarios.

I too can validate that. Have rolled with world class guys in both. Both great but when you get top of the food chain BJJ guys they are by far the best grapplers

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The most correct statements made in this thread so far.

For some reason, BJJ players assume their opponents will fall to their back or in their guard like they do in “training from their knees”.

90% of BJJ players could not take down an average athletic male.

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Yes but takedowns are part of BJJ, just not as the main focus. Fine for a self defense situation

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Starting from knees? What is this 2001 again lol

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Whoever thinks BJJ guys don’t train takedowns live and with intensity, obviously doesn’t train. Every school I’ve ever seen trains takedowns and I’ve been training for 20 years. Now especially, takedowns are trained hard and with as much emphasis as ground work.

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They probably train at a mcdojo jiu jitsu school that only starts on your knees.

Yup, certainly going in the right direction

So zero striking and pathetically limited takedowns. BJJ may just get you killed in a self defence situation.

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Joe Rogan can be annoying when it comes to jiu jitsu.

Someone could do a mega clip of all the times he predicted the fight was maybe just about to be over because someone touched their own ankle when playing closed guard.

“HE MIGHT BE DOING RUBBER GUARD THIS COULD BE OVER QUICKLY!”

Then, 99% of the time, nothing would happen. He was really bad in that way. for a couple years there. He has gotten better.

But, here too, Kron played Closed Guard with an overwrap… and that’s all he did the entire fight and Joe was super excited that ‘it could end quickly’. Uh no… not with the way Charles was behaving in the guard. He played it just right.

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I disagree. Most untrained people don’t have good TDD. Like example, Im 100% sure I can take you down.

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