How I Used BJJ in a Street Fight and Why I like the Belt Gauntlet
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The 2 main questions I answered in this video are:
Have I ever been in a Steet Fight? / Have I ever used my BJJ in a Street Fight?
What's my opinion on the Belt Gauntlet in BJJ?...
I Learned How to Fight Effectively ( Without Learning How to Fight)
How do I balance training people for Self-Defense and for Sport Brazilian Jiu-jitsu?
This is the question that I received one of my students who is a newer White Belt.
He's been training in our BJJ classes at our gym in Louisville, KY. And he's wondering about the way we approach balancing the training.
In this video I talk about how Brazilian Jiujitsu, Wrestling, Judo and the other combat sports teach people how to fight without always explicitly doing so.
I share a story from my own e...
2 Basic BJJ Chokes that Are Effective in Competition or a Fight
What submissions can you use in a BJJ competition or a street fight or self defense situation? This is the question for today's video.
The question comes from our buddy Bart who is curious about what kind of submissions cross over from the competition realm in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu to a street fight.
In this video I start by sharing that if I am going to use a submission on the street. I'm going to focus on chokes instead of joint locks.
This is a two fold function. 1 most people don't kn...
The BJJ Gi is Too Unrealistic , But What About a T Shirt ?
I recently went to do some BJJ training with Eli Knight. During our training session we shared techniques and stories.
1 story that I thought was really interesting in regards to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in a street fight situation involved a man using a t shirt to choke someone out.
The choke is the basic X choke. Something you maybe learned in one of your 1st beginner BJJ classes.
In this video Eli and I talk about the realism of the Brazilian Jiujitsu gi and BJJ training itself.
And Eli...
How to Use Takedowns and Half Guard in a Fight with Strikes
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How do you adjust Takedowns and Half Guard when strikes are involved? This is the question I received from my buddy Fisk.
And this is a question a lot of people have. How does Brazilian Jiu-jitsu translate into a fight situation. Whether a street fight or self defense situation or an MMA fight.
In this video I go over the basics of how to use a take down from Wrestling or Brazil...
I Feel Weak for NOT Punching this Guy (Combat Sports Discipline)
BJJ, Boxing, Judo, Sambo, Wrestling and all of the Combat Sports commonly used in MMA are incredible for creating inner discipline.
But not in a direct way. Rather, it's often in an indirect way.
During the stress of hard training you're often faced with the darker sides of your personality. The sides of your personality that often don't show up in a day to day basis.
For instance if you get angry. You will learn in hard training session that you cannot train with anger. And so when the...
Friend Said BJJ Is Useless for a Street Fight (Boxing is Realistic)
Is Boxing better than Brazilian Jiu-jitsu for self-defense or fighting situations? Is BJJ unrealistic compared to the sweet science of stand up martial arts?
This is the question for todays video which comes from our friend who says his friend has told him that Brazilian Jiujitsu is not an effective martial art and is useless for a street fight.
I obviously disagree with this viewpoint as someone who has used BJJ in fighting situations and has taught students who have as well. I do not bel...
Avoiding Street Fights Is A Powerful Part of BJJ Training
Today's BJJ related question comes from a viewer who got into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training because he backed down in a street fight situation because of fear. Well recently he had a situation where someone was verbally aggressive with him. This leads into his question of whether or not all the BJJ training he is doing is a waste. Because while no fight happened, he's wondering if he should have been more physical or verbally aggressive back at this other man.
In the video I describe the sit...
3 BJJ Mount Positions For Self Defense / Fight (Advantage of High Mounts)
I recently got a question about using the BJJ Mount position in a street fight situation. So in this video I cover 3 different Mount position variations and some useful tips for being in position.
I chose 3 different Mount positions that are common to run into during an average BJJ training session. And then I show how they could work for a fight situation against an untrained person.
I base the ideas in this video from my experience of MMA, out of the gym fights and self-defense Jiu-jits...
Eye-Rollingly Dumb Thing People Say About Sport Jiu-Jitsu & BJJ
Recently one of my newer White Belts competed in a BJJ competition. And while he was competing he made a few blunders with his guard pulling. Par for the course when it comes to a newer competitor trying to hit a technique in the intensity of sport Jiu-Jitsu. What was funny though is as he won the match the people on the other team criticized his techniques because "it wouldn't work on the streets."
And this my friend is one of the most annoying things I hear people in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu s...
Why Even Train Sport BJJ if Jiu-jitsu is for Self-Defense?
Recently I got a question regarding Sport BJJ and Self-Defense. The question was from someone who doesn't train Brazilian Jiu-jitsu yet. And they said that they didn't understand why you practice a sport BJJ style technique for an art that prides itself on self-defense.
In this video I share some ideas on why people in Jiu-jitsu practice sport style techniques even though it may not be the best option for self-defense.
I also share why in a lot of cases what keeps people training is not t...
How My BJJ Student Used Jiu-Jitsu Against Multiple Attackers
Today's video is a reply in regards to a comment I get all the time on my channel whenever I mention BJJ and self defense in the same breath. That comment being, "Jiu-jitsu is useless in a street fight situation because it doesn't work against multiple opponents."
But in this video I'll share how 1 of my police officers used Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in a situation where he was attacked by multiple people and in fact did use BJJ to get himself out of harms way.
That said, I'll tell you why what ...
