Does BJJ Work For Street Self Defense? • Ft. Paul Sharp

[@sbgipdx]

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[@rvfree1]

Wonderful podcast. Paul is always enlightening. Matt always has great questions. Thanks

[@sbgipdx]

Our pleasure!

[@dragonballjiujitsu]

1:30 this is what I have been saying for over 10 years now and catching hell for it. I do not and will not align myself or the martial art of Gracie Jiu-jitsu with the sport of IBJJF grappling. It is NOT the same and training for the sport is maybe the worst thing you can do if you ever plan to use it for real. I'm not saying don't compete, just don't train for sport if you are wanting to be training a REAL martial art. Punches, kicks, slams etc. It ain't the same thing. I can't tell you how many guys I've seen knocked out from a slam because they had trained under IBJJF rules. Blue belts that couldn't escape a simple head lock or mount but had an amazing spider guard. Guys who had zero takedowns but a great de la riva guard. Purple belts that jump to guard 10,000 times and think "on the streets" they will suddenly change their behavior. Jiu-jitsu is real IF trained correctly, same as boxing, wrestling, judo or muay thai. 10:28 THIS 100% if you train enough to be worth a damn in competition you are highly neglecting the things you need for your grappling to be functional in a fight and creating training scars. 13:10 REAL jiu-jitsu has ALWAYS incorporated striking and takedowns. There seems to be only a small handful of guys old enough to actually remember that. The Jiu-jitsu we did in the late 90's is NOT the BJJ you see in 95% of schools these days. These days people actually think Jiu-jitsu doesn't work because its so ineffective now due to the way its trained. Back in the early 2000's if you were a blue belt you were piratically invincible. This is not due to everyone training BJJ all of a sudden but a complete failure of training methodology. These days you have black belts who don't know how to escape simple positions or defend punches. This should NEVER happen! Side note: Paul and I are friends on facebook and I've had him on my podcast and he argued with me about sport BJJ. Nice to see he has since woken up.

[@JSMinstantcoaching]

Awesome comment, thank you for sharing this :-)

[@khanhminhnguyen7274]

I plan to take Jiu jitsu at a dojo called Ralph Gracie Jiu Jitsu in Walnut Creek, California. The head instructor shows his lineage : Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Armando Wridt > Ataíde Junior > Vini Nunes. Do you think this school is close to what you trained in the 90's ? Thank you.

[@dragonballjiujitsu]

@@khanhminhnguyen7274 I don't know the instructor personally so its hard to say. If you go in working simple mount escapes, headlock escapes and punch defenses its likely a good school. If they seem to really emphasize points or competition, run.

[@khanhminhnguyen7274]

@@dragonballjiujitsu In your school, did the instructors show their lineage ? Are teachers who were directly or indirectly trained by the Gracie family more reliable in their methodology ?

[@dragonballjiujitsu]

@@khanhminhnguyen7274 I run my own school. My instructor was the late Keith Owen, his instructor was Pedro Sauer, and his was Helio Gracie.

[@ynotlearn4190]

Should you learn striking first or BJJ, if training both isn’t feasible?

[@sbgipdx]

There is no reason you can't do both to some extent. I would start with BJJ classses and just doing practice shadowboxing with minimal expectations. #1 keeping your base as you move, #2 keeping your hands up, #3 a jab. If you can do that you are well ahead of the untrained.