Comments on: What Do I Want From Jiu-Jitsu, Sport vs Street?

By: Control is The Essence of Jiu-Jitsu | JiuJitsuMap.com

Control is The Essence of Jiu-Jitsu | JiuJitsuMap.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:43:12 +0000

[...] while back I posted "What Do I Want from Jiu-Jitsu, Sport vs Street". I was concerned that my Jiu-Jitsu was too focused on the sport part of BJJ. I [...]

By: thekillerj

thekillerj — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:09:17 +0000

I think one of the only things missing from the type of jiu jitsu we train is closing the distance. The positioning alone that we learn is more than enough against most untrained opponents.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:09:23 +0000

Points well made! Control is very important. I also agree that being stuck between a rock and a hard palace really does help prepare you for a fight.

By: Miles Vigil

Miles Vigil — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:09:00 +0000

Although a lot of BJJ is for sport it can be applied for self defense as well. The fact that we spar live every day makes it unique from anything else. Also more than anything else it teaches you how to control someone, and in a street fight control is everything. What I don’t like about traditional martial arts is it never puts you in a bad position. BJJ you get in bad positions all the time, and with training if needed you know you can get out. As far as multiple people at the same time? well common sense comes into play, but I often ask myself what would Chuck Norris do?

By: Meerkatsu

Meerkatsu — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:23:25 +0000

I quit traditional jiu-jitsu because I was not satisfied with the sparring content of the style (there was very little, if any grappling sparring). BJJ satisfies my need to spar. I don’t think of it as a martial art or self defence, but I guess I do have ten years of traditional JJ as back-up in case I ever needed to defend my family for real. Who knows if it would be useful. I hope I never find out.
John Will’s ebook sounds interesting, I might check it out. Thanks for the post.