My observation is Judo guys and a BJJ guys fighting posture are different. Judo guys like to extend their arms. BJJ guys like to keep their hands next to their body.
My observation is Judo guys and a BJJ guys fighting posture are different. Judo guys like to extend their arms. BJJ guys like to keep their hands next to their body.
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I just call it grappling. Whether I'm beating you up against a wall, standing, in an open field or taking you down for a sub or pound out. I grapple in my standup, my ground and they stages in between.
And greco can be a great asset in a standup fight. Wrestling can be used to dictate where a fight takes place. Whether you want to stay standing or not. It's a lot easier to not get punched than it is to not get thrown, IMO. For me anyways.
BJJ for sport and BJJ for self defence are approached slightly differently. Also JJJ is quite different but still good. Judo is a diff beast, but very effective against multiple opponents.
Personally I have one primary striking style and one primary grappling style and I try to make them work with eachother and supplement with other arts I come across that fascinate me. Like Bak Mei. I would never fight like that. But I would mos def use a lot of it in combination with my more muay thai style. And the rooting and floating are great add ons to both muay thai and wrestling. Wrestling is just natural for me cause I did it all through elementary and high school. Very handy indeed.
I find the bridging is very helpful in transition from striking to grappling while staying free enough to switch between the two on demand, when possible. Chinna, while somewhat counterintuitive to me, I also find quite helpful in learning different grips and such.
BJJ is not a great fighting style just by itself. Until recently even their takedowns and TD prevention sucked! Rather they focused on taking it down to an advantageous position. Not my way. Ultimately, I would rather stand if I can, assuming I'm not getting picked apart on my feet, that is. I would never pull guard unless I fealt I had no choice. I am very glad I did sub grappling No gi instead. Way more focus on striking and wrestling than BJJ for BJJ rulesets.
I love judo, but again, the sport version leaves a lot to be desired. They combat versions are great tho. Well, some are, anyways. Some of the militant Judo is fucking impressive....!!!
Speaking of assumptions, I never spoke a word about multiple attackers or being on your back...
A 17th century Shaolin monk would not see the benefit of BJJ because he'd have his own Shaolin ground fighting strategy that is completely geared toward survival, not scoring points and submissions.
Ask yourself this; how would 17th century Shaolin monks have gone about incorporating it? They would have gone out and found a teacher or invited one to come to them. They still do this today, I've heard stories from my Shaolin coach of hiking for three hours every day just to learn an arcane form from an obscure village master.
If you have a school hire a coach to teach your guys. Either way they're going to have to pay more, either in the inflated prices of your classes to cover the new hire or when they go out to learn at another school.
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