Brazilian Ju-Jitsu the best?

The Best? Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

 

Yes - and to be honest there is a bit of a gulf

Using a JKD analogy there are the "Concepts Catch" people - Barnett, Newaza, Paulson, Schalles, Shannon, Harry et al...

and then there are the "Original catch" people - (e.g. Mountford, Curran etc)

There is a a HUGE ****ing match between the groups about what is and isn't "True Catch" (which is alughable anyway since it was an open ruleset) and the recent spat between Curran Jacobs and Travis Newaza was a great example of how silly things get (I was on Travis side by a wide margin!)

Curran challenged Travis to a Catch match for a title Travis won in an OPEN TOURNAMENT, but said "no chokes because that is BJJ not Catch"

Idiot

 

In my opinion it doesn't matter what style a technique comes from, as long as it works against a real opponent. So I am more one of the 'concepts' people.

 

I don't agree. Bjj gets an edge because its so comprehensive. Almost every Bjj school I've been in actively practices no-gi grappling, wrestling, and some even offer Judo classes. I even attended a class a few nights ago that taught a bit of catch wrestling. The style really does absorb everything to improve itself, something that simply doesn't apply to Judo or Wrestling.

The last Judo class I attended I got chided for doing a double leg takedown. :bang: Judo purposely shoots itself in the foot with all the limitations it puts on itself.

Well, that's what Bjj does; combines Judo, Wrestling and Jujitsu together. As a Bjj student, that gives you an advantage over practitioners of other grappling styles.

 

not in a knife fight. i'd try judo, wing chun, or judo for a knife fight you were never ever planning to have that just got up all in your face real hard by surprise before you could do anything about it. that's really been my experience in the real world when it counts. the guy surprising you is gonna bust out with something he knows you can't win against.

i like the four or five arts i've trained in : judo, jiu-jitsu, brazilian jiu-jitsu, aikido, thai kickboxing kicks, an overhand right, and any move i saw in all that time that stuck out in my mind that i liked to try and used a few times in the dojo or maybe even in the bar. in my first judo competition, i just tackled my opponent and slapped an armbar on him and won. it took like five seconds. i played rugby briefly and i was using that instead of the judo throws i had learned and it worked.

 

have you ever lived through a knife fight ?

 

Oooh, I have! Pick me pick me!

 

Yes I have

Your advice is terrible

 

Phew! good thing you know BJJ then or that could have been really bad!

 

I know how you feel, i cut my lip once eating cheese from a knife.

 

I have fought in MMA, grappling competitions, bounced in bars and fought in the street. BJJ helped me each time.