Which Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Style is the Best? - Coach Firas Zahabi

I often get asked which BJJ style I prefer best. I wanted to hear from you all and thought it would make a great video.

[@adrianmonk7878]

"Increase the intensity as you and your partner develop trust."

[@gonfreecss7215]

Adrian Monk 🤣 look like sexual instructions 🤣

[@gonfreecss7215]

@@SpiderAlgo it was just a joke a**hole 😘

[@CamerasWATCHme]

@@SpiderAlgo le fuuxe peu le must be American

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

*and skill (!)

[@ajaxSAF]

"Once I put you in complex positions like 50/50, you're dead." Firas is a true BJJ representative. Great video. I completely agree that BJJ should be the CORE focus of your martial arts training. Especially loved the line about "If you can't handle one guy, training for multiple opponents is just crazy."

[@elrith1]

If you don't feel like watching the whole video then just listen to 20:50 to 22:32 What he says there is very important... VERY important.

[@SzuesS]

went from a bjj gym to an mma gym and feeling this rn

[@alantaylor6691]

lol

[@UserName-ii1ce]

Yeah for real BJJ should not be chill

[@thaboshikwambane5578]

thanks for this!

[@onixz100]

16:38 "Don't worry about that video. We're gonna redo it; we're gonna make it really nice." -Donald Zahabi. And then, "We're gonna have a lot more FIRASity in the next one."

[@CoachZahabi]

+Veritas lol

[@nathanmunoz5857]

If you train Jiu-Jitsu and decide to use it in a street fight scenario just use the fundamentals and keep it simple. That’s why I like Gracie style Jiu-Jitsu.

[@Jeffro5564]

Yeah man it’s what makes Gracie awesome, it’s design for self defence and has no rules

[@chaosreborn46]

We love you Firas. Thanks for the video!

[@danielduong6149]

I don't claim that I am an expert, but here is what I understood about Luta Livre. Outside Brazil, it's not uncommon to train Gi and No-Gi in a Jiu-Jitsu gym. But in Brazil, I think that Jiu-Jitsu means mainly training with the Gi. I think that, not until recently, there was no such thing as "No-Gi" (or "sem kimono") in Brazil. There was Jiu-Jitsu, and there was Luta Livre. I moved to Brazil, and since I want to train both Gi and No-Gi, I train Gi at Carlson Gracie and No-Gi at RFT in Rio. Some techniques are categorized as "Luta-Livre techniques": the guillotine, the anaconda, the leg locks. Even though, outside Brazil, it's just common Jiu-Jitsu techniques. Also, there is a different culture in a Luta-Livre gym. I think there tend to be more MMA fighters. Also, people don't fight with IBJJF rules, so you can be leg locked/calf sliced by white belts. They don't really care about knee reaping neither.

[@sotiriskordas1072]

White belt Luta Livre in Greece here! It's exaclty as you said on your comment! BJJ has borrowed many techniques from LL and embedded it in their style and it's really good for them. But some of those where known to be originating from LL. Both styles have influenced each other so much that actually No Gi Bjj and Luta Livre look almost identical

[@jims512]

Thank you...Especially for the answer to question 2!!!

[@Triception]

Love how in-depth every episode is, keep it up.

[@mikehayward7921]

great subject to talk about, Firas :) thank you

[@ZlGZ4G]

You're one of my favorite content creators, coach. Keep it up!

[@vincetodarello7132]

Eddie bravo said anyone can be as flexible as they want they just have to work on it like everything else

[@supernalbjj]

+Vince Todarello he also belives there is a 10th planet covered in aliens, and in chem trails

[@supernalbjj]

Troy Yang he hates you as well

[@yangtroy1]

u got problems kid

[@supernalbjj]

Troy Yang did you delete your other comment? looks like you are the one with problems

[@yangtroy1]

supernalbjj yes so i dont get notifications of your crazyness lol

[@christoph.d.w]

Love your content, this stuff is very insightful!

[@BadMofoTraining]

Great video. I do not practice BJJ, but I feel like the concepts you talk about are very much applicable in my field (s&c for sports). Thank you for taking the time to create content, much love from Sherbrooke!

[@dannyhall8241]

Thanks for addressing my comment Coach Zahabi. Looking forward to more videos and learning from you. Keep the vids coming

[@villakuyt]

Excellent work Firas this channel is growing into something really special .

[@Pablohoma]

Hi Firas, I will like to you make a video on what you need to be a good coach, I know many fighters that are confused... they think that the coach has to be a world champion in experience ... in Argentina one of the best boxing coaches was an amateur boxer ( Amilcar Brusa) as a coach he formed 14 world champions!

[@robertstrong7813]

awesome insight on training bjj as well as teaching kids in any type of martial arts.

[@yybr85712]

Firas. I love your musings, discussions, and demonstrations. I appreciated the guard vs ground and pound experiment.

[@CoachZahabi]

thank you sir

[@zippsingh7934]

great videos and advice Firas !!!

[@roycoronadorc]

very good helps to know im on the good track i appreciate your opinion what you do for martial arts is priceless and thank you

[@danielo3233]

Hey Firas big fan of your work from italy. And also bjj player and lover!!!

[@LordKing]

Your videos are phenomenal

[@damien9883]

Firas very amazing stuff. Thank you for all the work you put into this stuff. I know that jiu jitsu is practiced by people in order to improve their self defense and MMA. I do agree that we should develop our jiu jitsu so that it will help in the street or in mma. But for some people we don't practice jiu jitsu for those reasons. Especially sport guys who train primarily gi. Some of us love being deep in the fantasy of sport gi jiu jitsu. I don't know that this should be discouraged unless one is particularly set on doing mma or being a bad ass street fighter. But most of us just love rolling in a gi because its fun, you get an great workout so it improves overall strength and health in a safe productive way.

[@m.arifkaser4990]

Too much of rules & regulations will water down the effectiveness of martial art. See what happened to TKD and Karate

[@aych131]

@Doctor Drywell that doesn't mean they actively use it in the cage.

[@khonyeleaglefergumedov9175]

@@aych131 shut up unknowledge moron

[@imawarrior313]

Learn the raw true form for life and use the cut down one for competition. Be water my friend

[@grsimpson3957]

@Skrt Skrt I remember looking into and researching other martial arts when I trained TKD. I started to love Muay Thai and boxing. I told my instructor (My instructor started with Karate, then started teaching TKD, he wrestled in high school, and his brother was a boxer) that I had an interest in other styles and he said it was great. So one day he asked if I wanted to do a kickboxing rules round. I got beat up. He asked what I thought and I loved it. You know in the 50s TKD used to allow clinch fighting. When the supreme grandmaster said all TKD schools in the US should the Olympic TKD a lot of people didn't like that. It disappoints me to see what happened. TKD has been watered down to the point where it's just not practical. TKD the sport can make you a great athlete, it makes you flexible and gives you good legs. But it just doesn't work anymore

[@studyeye]

and nowadays judo, too

[@chrisgrizzly1805]

Hey Firas love your videos. Could you make a video about injury prevention in bjj and when to go with the pain and when you should stay at home. Thank you :D

[@CoachZahabi]

+Chris Grizzly yes sir will do in the future

[@chrisgrizzly1805]

+Tristar Gym thank you very much :D

[@PeterJames143]

Thanks for great videos

[@sanadayukimura1615]

this is an excellent channel ! excellent content ! A+

[@dannyworters8479]

Pressure, smash, pass, submit. I like it all though. Love the channel, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@darrenstettner5381]

I had initially perceived Firas as being too relaxed about training. He just has a very non-aggressive ambience and I stupidly mistook that for a guy who wouldn’t know about fighting/training. Now that I’ve heard him out a few times, the guy has completely changed my perspective about how to pursue training. I know the elites already know how fking intelligent Firas is about this stuff but amateur hobbyists like me tend not to know who he is and how incredibly lucky we are to have access to this guy’s ideas.

[@Crest28]

Firas completely agree with your take on how you should be able to use jiu-jitsu in multiple scenarios

[@jsl8461]

Just a clarification on Marcelo's philosophy. He uses and teaches the kimura, head-and-arm, and ashi-garami (aka, single leg X guard) extensively as controls. He's dedicated entire classes on head-and-arm chokes (ie, kata gatame, brabo choke with the lapel, anaconda choke, etc). In terms of his own game, he mainly uses the kimura to do the straight armbar or take the back, which is inline with most other professional BJJ athletes views on the matter (ie, even kimura-specialists will probably agree that finishing the kimura as a submission is very hard against top level competition). He uses head and arm mostly as a way to pass the guard, or set up a straight armbar or triangle. He is *very* high percentage with that sequence, and has submitted in competition too. So for these attacks, I don't think he has a "hole" per se. He does attack both the kimura grip and head-and-arm control, and can finish a reasonably high percentage of the time -- just not with the kimura sub / kata-gatame choke. For ashi-garami, without question MG is incomplete in that area by modern standards. He only uses and teaches it as a sweeping position, rather than as a door to the massive world of leglocks. His own leg lock game is primarily the cross-body straight ankle lock. While he's finished Ricco Rodriguez with an outside heel hook in comp , but the world of grappling has innovated massive improvements to heel hooks since then. It's not so much that it's because he believes they are ineffective or are "strong guy moves," but more due to the fact that his school focuses mostly on IBJJF comps, his strong preference for upper-body submissions from the back or side control, and also because he has inflexible ankles and hates getting involved with the counter-leglock game (which is an inevitable part of attacking with leg locks; Palhares, Tonon, and Cummings regularly have to fend off counter leglocks).

[@octdave]

I'm glad you are planning to redo the experiment video of strikers vs grapplers. Those guys were just too outclassed on the ground to offer any realistic striking on the ground. Looking forward to it.

[@babilonex]

Great as usual! 👊

[@hibye736]

Your point is understandable, just feels like it is more applicable to the overall game, or to like you said yourself "Fight to the death", which is not the case in this matter, in the overtime you must simply complete the objective. At this particular stage of competition conditions are the same for both guys and you both are free to blow out all your energy getting out, you both simply operate on equal conditions. So in the end it's kinda fair, who gets out faster in this matter, because your objective is just to get out. Thanks for the great videos!

[@TheRealTheonimus]

Great video!

[@kenichi1132]

I have been training judo for a while now wirth the intention to eventually move to no gi bjj. But this video just made me decide to make the move to no GI bjj now!. Wasting my time if its not where I want to eventually be. Started judo originally because they start standing as opposed to a lot of bjj schools. But found one that starts standing in no GI. Thanks for this video man.

[@tronthadon1]

Thank you firas. You are an important leader in our community, and I am glad you are willing to question the conventional wisdom.

[@deaddead7600]

Thanks for the answer

[@Lockersss]

Thanks Coach

[@DxPxful]

Great to see that someone heavilly involved in BJJ is humble enough to say that it is best but for 1 on 1. I am annoyed when people whom I respect chooses to turn blind eye to that issue. Possible apliance of the art in the context of self-defense is also a reason why I personally would prioritise chokes over armbars and leg locks.

[@oresank444]

I'm little bummed about not getting answer to my question but still love this video man. So helpful!

[@CoachZahabi]

+yi chris will try next time

[@MoonLight-zd3sb]

The Self Defense Style is the Best Strike-Based Jiu-Jitsu Under the One an Only Javier Vasquez!!!!

[@AZTigerMMA]

We had an amazing kids program and we would train positional control guard/ mount / side control / gift wrap/ back/ then mma style kessagatame and arm pins

[@bigdaddybrooms]

Firas, Excellent video. I heard you mention the "K guard" and also the advantages of 50/50. i've not managed to find any instruction on the k guard and its not something i've encountered in normal bjj class, any chance in the future of any instructionals from yourself on this position and its advantages? keep up the good work!

[@holierthan]

An admirer here, sir. Around @26:45, why rule out spinal locks and neck cranks as illegal? EB's twister was quite a game changer and it doesn't seem to have had any severe injury on its record of triumphant applications. Thanks for coming down from mars to mere mortals who enjoy combat science!

[@PoorManChef]

Your the Man Firas. Oss.

[@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners]

One of the class acts of MMA. 🙏🤝

[@grumpyae86]

Once again a great video and you've basically touched on a lot of subjects I've had questions in my head about my own developments in jiu jitsu and martial arts in general. I like to see more jiu jitsu people working on more striking and understand some striking just so that all the hard work on the matt doesn't fade away by a punch. I stress that most Gi jiu jitsu players don't train on their feet enough that they always pull guard rather than work on takedowns or throws. I do have a question and its more of a technical one.. Im a short ass and I have trouble with big taller guys while rolling.. Especially guys who play full closed guard. Ive seen Marcelo having the same issue as well with guys like roger gracie, braulio Estima, jacare etc.. What are your take on fighting taller (flexible) guys? My biggest concern is getting stuck in full closed guard and spending too much time and energy to open the guard to pass etc

[@DCFGJP123]

Great Stuff!

[@tone203v]

u should have a podcast!! if u do whats the name? love you breakdowns , ur very knowledgeable ...

[@kylechu4115]

Dude I could listen to this guy read the dictionary and he would have my attention. Awesome content.

[@FrankDracula_]

I had no idea 50-50 was that good, thank you coach @5:11

[@sandiegolife1293]

First off, your videos are great I learn a lot from them. I also prefer the EBI rules and it should be mentioned that the competitors do not get paid if there is a draw. This means people who plan on stalling or being defensive (Ryron vs Andre G) will find another a different platform to compete in. The rules and pay structure attract players with aggressive styles. It is also fun to watch someone get over aggressive and pay the price. What is your opinion/advice on being over aggressive because you only have a few minutes to go for a sub?

[@CoachZahabi]

Excellent point!

[@philipdru4782]

its definitely possible to cause injury reaping when wearing the gi, if the knee wants to turn inward but the foot is held stationary in the armpit like in ashi garami then something might pop... ive never seen it though

[@kubikiribasara3499]

Coach you have great insight. I love your thoughts on things.

[@dalroache]

exellent video with exellent points

[@orestisnalmpantis]

Everyone is talking bad about training with GI. Think about it. 9 out of 12 we have cold months per year.People are wearing clothes. Coats, jackets, hoodies. If you are training with GI is more possible to be able to defend yourself on the street. You are not going to make a collar tie or an ezekiel choke but with using grips you ll be able to defend yourself better. That s just my point of view.

[@aqdjbcr]

I live in Texas. 11/12 months we wear t-shirts and shorts

[@jamaratchison4521]

William Wright lapel chokes work with T-shirts too.

[@bigmember5908]

that's fine but I for example got into bjj to help me in MMA.....I'm unlikely to be accosted on the street as I am like 280 pounds lol

[@bigmember5908]

jamar Atchison some lapel chokes not all. and even then not nearly as well you can't account for how well the other guys' shirt is going to be made...

[@kieronhoswell2722]

NoGi for MMA. Gi is optional IMHO.

[@thaitran3985]

hey Firas, about the IBE rules the person who gets out quicker, the rule may be also there because it makes for a more enjoyable viewer seeing. Anyway I understand your point and you make a good point since that is a philosophy of BJJ

[@CoachZahabi]

+Thai Tran thats true. make sense

[@jordanlyall6664]

Hey Firas ive been watching a lot of your videos on Training and philosophy i keep writing down a lot of books you recommend. Just wondering could you give a list of books you recommend for training, life and philosophy would be much appreciated. keep up the vids

[@damienholland8103]

I don't know which Brazilian style is the best but I spent months going to different martial arts schools when I was 18 in 1995. Taekwondo, Jeet Kune Do, Ninjutsu, Hapkido, Aikido, et al. Found my home in Brazilian Jujitsu for 10 years. But I didn't think about what style it was it was generally MMA (Ketsugo Jujitsu).

[@AitoNitram]

EBI and Quintet are easily the most fun matches to watch because they have to push constantly, however there are problems without points. Having your guard passed or getting taken to the ground is not a good idea. In that regard the point system makes a lot of sense. But I would prefer removing advantages, penaltys are great to remove stalling. Sudden death if there is a draw.

[@hellbow1851]

I'm from Germany and training striking in an mma gym. My coach is a luta livre black belt and was submission wrestling champ. Also my gym teaches luta livre, wrestling and a bit of bjj

[@wjamyers]

1:44 discussion of when should kids start to train and compete in Jiu Jitsu and Wrestling. Please do that video soon.

[@alantaylor6691]

I'm guessing the answer might be start easing them into it after they start puberty but don't reach full commitment until they're 16/17.

[@jsl8461]

EBI is fun to watch in part because they have a lot of non-competitive matches. In a bracket of 16 people, there will generally only be 2-4 competitors who have any chance of winning the tournament. The rest are usually very low level (by professional grappling standards). In the first two rounds, there are submissions all over the place, simply because of the massive difference in skill levels. By the time it gets to semi-finals and finals, substantially all of the matches are won in Overtime. OT is a bit like Penalty Kicks for soccer, in that OT and PK's only rely on a very small part of the overall sport. For example, one commonly used strategy for EBI OT is to lock the opponent in a body triangle to make the escape time as long as possible. People with thick, short legs don't have that option, and are at a disadvantage in that regard.

[@omarraymundo3369]

Best video ever !!! 👍😝

[@arrond720]

I think if competitions/shows brought in an inactivity rule I.e. no stalling/holding for more than 10-20secs and have a penalty in place e.g. a point deduction or a restart from standing etc. might resolve some problems 😊

[@88hyperman]

Combat Jiu-Jitsu is the best!

[@iamalpharius9483]

Straight up.

[@danmcguire5386]

I would enjoy seeing you roll at EBI. maybe a superfight?

[@Triptoons]

Agreed! Him vs edddie bravo

[@FireFun63]

Ebi? Huh? He's not a pro bjj athlete, hes a coach...

[@NAKMUAYACADEMY]

Your top 3 best bjj teachers for MMA application/ street self defense

[@diabolic42090]

i agree 100% about the fastest escape rule in EBI, but unfortunately I think it's necessary to avoid draws

[@death4127]

Lmao firas you probably dint realise but to me i was dying 😂 at some of the stuff you were saying lmao need to also do stand up awesome video

[@dimecanal]

very nice video

[@YouAreNotThisBody]

if coach Zahabi is recommending and loves jiujisu himself and u if you are into bjj then you are doing the right shit.I am learning bjj.yipee.

[@Willifordwav]

I’m a big fan of the ADCC ruleset. However, I think they should get rid of the “no points” period. Like Bernardo, I believe that grapplers should be encouraged to pass guard and secure dominant positions.

[@michaelsanchez7798]

It's difficult to say which rule set is better. They all have advantages and disadvantages. It may be helpful to change ones perspective of the contest. Ultimately, winning or loosing in a combat sport is not as important as getting more experience in that form of combat. The rules or judges may skew it one way or the other, but learning to be calm under the high pressure situation of the contest is more valuable to the real fight you may one day face than your win loss record is. Winning in sport is fun. but winning in a fight is critical. the experience matters more than the record.

[@dee5363]

From what I was aware luta livre was just the original submission grappling without the gi - its basically no gi BJJ. You could describe what Eddie Bravo 10th Planet teaches as Luta Livre because he is against the gi hence the animosity towards him from the Gracies similar to their animosity towards Luta Livre back in Brazil. Please feel free to correct me if im wrong. Btw love the videos Firas

[@profd65]

+DE E You're wrong. Luta livre is a mix of catch wrestling and judo.

[@waldomarek]

Hey, Mr. Zahabi, first of all, thanks for all the great vids. They are really useful and inspiring, please keep them coming :) I have got a question for you: What are your thoughts on traditional/japanese jujutsu, especially from a self defense perspective?

[@bobshanty455]

I do japanese an i find it cery dumb. Everythin is fone by your partner so you end up in a perfect position for a throw/wristlock/armlock. We even do a right hand punch and step forward with the right leg so we are in an optimal position to get thrown. One time a boxer cam to visit our training and all she could do was laugh at how we were made to do punches. Also no sparring

[@waldomarek]

Bob Shanty thanks for the answer. what if the dojo teaches defenses against less "textbook" attacks and also has sparring? what are your thoughts then?

[@waldomarek]

esimidobarr 172 personally i am looking for something practical... i've tried bjj for several months but the class is only focused on sports bjj which i'm not interested in at all...

[@kaikkimoi]

Firas you should do video about grappling nogi against much taller opponent, who plays on top and passes guard standing up, what kind of guard you would play against someone who is much taller than you? Im in trouble against taller opponents who passes standing up toreando style, and who dont let me close the cap, i feel that they can just throw my legs aside and smash all their weight before i can reguard, or i can reguard but its super energy consuming...

[@FinanzamtBlashyrk]

Hey, to give you an answer on your question on Luta Livre: Luta Livre was carried from Brazil to Germany by Daniel D'Dane in 1995, who started to teach in the city of Cologne. To this day, Luta Livre is most popular in Germany, Brazil is dominated by BJJ of course. There are relatively many LL black belts in the german grappling scene, although it is still pretty hard to achieve that rank (more than in BJJ as I was told, speaking of your concerns about BJJ being washed out like Karate). That's what I was told by my coach. I myself train in a german facility under a brown belt, our best guys from 17 years of age to 50 + reach top positions at international european (BJJ) tournaments regularly. We had a seminar with Reilly Bodycomb recently and he was impressed by the knowledge of lecklogs. Jose Aldo is a Luta Livre black belt. A bit long for an answer, but I hope I could help!

[@thaitran3985]

+FinanzamtBlashyrk really? Its popular in Germany? Jose Aldo and Pedro Riazzo are the only ever UFC fighters ever out of the thousands to compete for the UFC to do that martial art. Jose Aldo did it cause he was poor and the poor kids back in the day did that while the rich kids did BJJ

[@FinanzamtBlashyrk]

+Thai Tran All true. What I meant to say though is that Germany is the only country where it is as popular as BJJ.

[@topbloke8827]

In regards to the sport bjj I feel it is fun to play the game. If you train jiu jitsu every day it gets monotonous sometimes a little worm guard or berimbolo is fun. Obviously wouldn’t use it in a self defense situation but I enjoy the extra weapons

[@regocyrus]

Greetings I am a novice is the gracie "master cycle" a good place to learn a real school.ofcourse. Thanx!👍

[@jacksonmcvey2085]

Do you think doing all Leg Locks in the Gi is a good idea to help with making a more effective BJJ, Self Defense, and MMA?

[@nz4510]

Can you cover Carlson Gracie BJJ as it is somewhat a gym that has disintegrated, and if it is effective

[@rajjoshi8022]

Firas, what is your view on jacura de Souza? He has an excellent bjj career and I love his aggressive style in mma. I almost think he is a wrestler, just continually pressing forward

[@chetfreeland1920]

I'm 145lbs and love the kimura against anyone not only to finish with but using it to transition to arm bars back takes whatever

[@marcobala9284]

I like traditional old school Super affective basics

[@BB-qf1ns]

EBI rules with judges yes, but with points that are only worth money and sub before overtime is bonus money too

[@whenpigsfly860]

Firas, how do you see the future of BJJ? I see it splitting three ways in the coming years: Helio-based purists sticking to the self-defense curriculum and eschewing competition/MMA completely, Gi BJJ going in the direction of IBJJF rules and getting weirder and weirder with all the strange grips and playing to the rules, and finally, ironically, no-gi becoming the most pure and popular variation. Just a guess, but I'd be interested in knowing your thoughts on the future of what we do.

[@hasanc1526]

The helio side has always supported MMA

[@daniel213141]

@@hasanc1526 I thought they where critical of the evolution of the original no rules fighting to the MMA we see today with it's labyrinth rule changes and striking restrictions.

[@hasanc1526]

@@daniel213141 true but they still support MMA. It's not like helio and carlos gracie never fought under bs rules😂

[@daniel213141]

@@hasanc1526 Absolutely, there's money in it and MMA increases interest in BJJ which obviously they benefit from. However they've been quite vocal about the changes made in the sport.

[@HtheKing]

did what you say pan out to be true after 5 years lol?

[@lbcmatt1]

@Tristar Gym what is your opinion on training in the gi with predominantly 'no gi' control (underhooks, wrist control, controlling the posture via the neck/head as opposed to collar grips, etc...) I train at a self defense based school where our gi training follows this philosophy.

[@lbcmatt1]

That's a great question. It's not that we're doing a completely 'no gi' style but our use of gi grips is limited. My academy is more self defense oriented which is the reasoning behind the limited use of gi grips. Don't get me wrong, we definitely do practice chokes with the gi but we're not relying on sleeve or pant grips nearly as much as more sport-oriented schools do. IMO the use of the gi allows more technical, slower application of the techniques. There are less scrambles than there are in no gi and athleticism can be less of a factor. Not sure if that answers your question. I'm not sure of the exact timeline or evolution of the technique but prior to more sport oriented techniques that employ gi grips the Gracies were using the kimono for training without over reliance on grips. I realize that the majority of top level competitors train sport oriented BJJ but is this a detriment to the actual realistic application of the art as a means of self defense and conversely, can self defense oriented BJJ sufficiently compete against sport competitors?

[@kingkilltech]

One day I will train with you 💪🏾🙏

[@deliberatedreamer]

Great video as always :) Would love to hear your thoughts on Gi vs No-Gi. I've recently started training Gi after 3 years of No-Gi and MMA mostly because I've moved to a new gym where they offer GI classes. I feel it closes the skill gap between me and my opponents that I may have had an easier time with if it were No-Gi. This may be because of all the new grips, choke options and not being able to move as freely. But I'm still more geared towards MMA, although believe that training in the Gi will help by slowing things down and forcing me to use technique etc, I also feel there's a huge amount of techniques that simply do not crossover. I want to keep training Gi maybe twice a week, should I continue just focusing on techniques that work in both styles and just accept my Gi game will never be as good as someone that just focuses on sport Jiu Jitsu?

[@alantaylor6691]

What did you end up deciding?

[@arturjacinto4147]

that view on youngsters keeping it playfull... what u think of 12 year old blackbelts does it happen in Jiu-Jitsu? sometimes I see some demonstrations where there a lot of pre-teen black belts is it a bad sign or does it means the coaches are that good?

[@adidasteve]

Ultimately, I believe to be a complete grappler, you need to be able to compete in any tournament under any rules/scoring system. Submission only has its merits as does points. I generally believe submission only should be left to the high brown and black belts that have a very good understanding of BJJ and combative effectiveness. I would rather beginner and intermediate students train for points style because I think that is a great training modality that helps you learn when you are and when you are not being combatively effective. That is the whole purpose of points, when you get points for getting mount you are being credited for being the more combatively effective grappler. Submission only can create a certain complacency and non urgency to get out of a bad position. I have seen too many times grapplers just not trying to escape bad positions all because its ok as long as they arent getting submitted. If we are training bjj to learn how to fight and defend ourselves which is why we study any martial arts. We need to recognize hey if he wants he can pummel myself from mount I should get out of here.

[@bobshanty455]

Very true

[@calinative5302]

Behring is one of the closest schools. Any opinions or can you explain their style?

[@JonasUllenius]

The one that works.

[@hassounx1751]

Firas who is the best jiu-jitsu fighter in your opinion?

[@joehill4945]

You got me excited about 50/50!

[@simo-dv5xk]

Hey Firas, what's your opinion on Judo in general, in street self defense, in MMA, and vs BJJ/Wrestling standup?

[@DELL0015]

+simo134 judo is great for self defense.

[@rade1809]

EBI can also be prone to stalling if a guy comes with that gameplan. He can avoid action for most of the match, then be good at escapes and controlling the back to get the win. I understand there's more money if you sub, but if you want to game the system with a more passive style, you most certainly could.

[@armcollector1580]

It's not just more money u don't get any money if it goes to overtime and they've been paying really good compared to other events and it keeps going up every event. So far it seems to be working cuz they've had a ton of amazing matches. Also they're not gonna invite u back if they see u stalling cuz eddies whole reason for starting ebi is to make it more exciting to watch in hopes that it makes on tv one day.