Ees normal
I counted 9 people that received their black belt at the same time. That is a great achievement for any school.
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We did it in Danzan Ryu Ju jitsu and I have seen it Hapkido too. Pretty āuniversalā move, I would say.
Canāt imagine telling students, āYeah, hereās what you should do.ā
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They truly believe it with all of their hearts and souls
Holy shit, you posted something on reddit? Guy said something similar like 4 years ago.
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As always, there are exceptions --and there is some really dumb stuff sometimes in sport-BJJ-- but generally IME students from heavy sport schools are better and TOUGHER than people from more self-defense oriented schools.
Very similar to the difference between a legit kickboxing school and a Krav Maga School. The Krav Students ātrain for the streetā but the Kickboxing Students are more skilled at actual fighting and MUCH tougher.
I think this has to do as much with the personalities of people who are attracted to each kind of school, as it does the actual training itself.
You definitely get a little bit of a softer crowd at both self-defense oriented BJJ schools and Krav Maga Schools. You get a lot more people who are COMPLETELY clueless when it comes to fighting. People who are blank slates. Whereas at more āsport-orientedā BJJ schools you will more commonly get people who have done other combat sports. Also, because of the tournament element, people tend to train harder and more frequently at āsportā schools.
Just watch the Valente Brothers in-house tournament if you donāt believe me. Pick any random school in that same area and I would wager that the average number of hours the students put in at the random school is higher than at the Valente Brothers. I also would bet that the students of the randomly picked school would beat the Valente Brothers school if they held a head-to-head tournament and fare better in a street fight. I think any advantage of street specific tactics are negligible when the students donāt train hard.
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I never posted anything on reddit in my life. Not even once.
I certainly wrote that, but I didnāt post it there, I posted it on this forum.
People have reposed things I have written --particularly about self-defense and BJJ-- on redditt. But Iāve never done it. Last year a student told me he watched an old match of mine someone put on redditt. I have no idea why. But, I really donāt spend any time there. Never had an account or whatever.
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Off topic butā¦in conversation i have used your ābrown belt is the sloth beltā several times.
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Master Shen if often quoted. He is the most prolific writer in Martial Arts.
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True.
I am widely credited with creating the now common BJJ instructional greeting, āHey guys.ā
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What about Osu, professor and acai?
Youāre gonna think Iām lying, but when I started BJJ, Americans were just into regular blueberries. It was embarrassing.
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Iāve seen videos where bjjers, Boxers, wrestlers, Thai, judoā¦ use their style in self defense. Proof that sport styles work on the street all over YouTube.
Never saw a knife defense like this work. Really ANY knife defense.
And Iāve seen several stabbing videos.
I watch this Krav Maga show on a local tv channel with this effeminate Israeli guy tosses around willing students with wristlocks, lever takedowns & upward palm strikes to the jaw.
Never once seen a video of any of that working in self defense.
Trying to standing jointlock anyone in a grappling match is very hard and thatās why you almost never see it.
Trying to standing jointlock someone in the true life/death situation of a knife attack, is crazy. Anyone teaching that needs to re-evaluate.
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Yet itās taught all the time. I was taught it on kenpo as a kid. I was taught if someone punches at meā¦ I grab his wrist and spin around and he falls down neutralized.
Then I saw Gracieās in action. Once I saw reality I just accepted it.
Baffling that these people can honestly think u can defend Vs a knife using that nonsense.
I refuse to accept that on some level they donāt know that itās cosplay. No one could be that dumb. I admit that I sensed it was bullshit when I trained Kenpo. Seeing mma just convinced me what I already accepted,
My teacher kinda lost me when he said that he would easily ko mike Tyson in a real fight just by kicking him once.
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This is indisputable. Outside of fight-sequence choreography, that shit has no credibility for real life application.
There would be a video of it by now. Weāve seen arm bars in street fights, RNC, etc. But weāve never seen a Steven Seagal-esque Aikido knife disarm.
Maybe, just MAYBE itās a fun way of learning basic joint locks from standing but no instructor should ever insist that itās a real defense for someone with a blade trying to kill you.
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In the 90ās I had a Karate instuctor that taught a self defense technique where you catch the punching fist (at the meaty part of the thumb) before it hits your face, shift your feet a little, then wrist lock him all the way til the cops arrive. And boom! Youāre a front page newspaper hero!
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Lol we prolly had the same teacher! I was typing my reply while you beat me to the punch! So it kinda looks like i stole your story!
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I mean, they shoot at kids throwing rocks.
In their defense. Kids are mostly assholes
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I steal shenās material all the time. I just donāt post it anywhere. I say it in real life to make myself sound more witty than I actually am.
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