Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

[Jiu Jitsu Playa]

Any one else hooked like me? im a purple belt, any one else on this forum take the only martial art worth learning??

whats your belt?

boa soite!!!

[TrichyTrichy]

Is it Capoeira? How did it evolve in that part of the world?

[ninjaboy28]

brown 3 stripes been to rio about 25 times in the last 10 yrs training jiujitsu. whos your favorite teacher?

[Schlossi]

Man been Training for 20 years.Fought and lost to the 3rd best in the world it took to Obtain Purple.Not too many of us around.

[gogoplata420]

blue belt under eddie bravo (pothead and joe rogans butt buddy)

[dubite]

Not into belts but I really love BJJ. Used to train in Judo when I was younger and I always loved rolling with others in the search for submissions.
Really miss training but unfortunately there are only 3 BJJ clubs in the country I am currently in ''''and they are all more than 150km far from where I live..

[gogoplata420]

anybody have any real good core exercises that translate well to rolling?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXfjg-lCCx4&feature=channel_page

ive been doing those religiously and they help out alot, i definately look for the sweep alot more than i use to but ive kinda hit a plateau and im looking to mix it up

[Nortin]

My kid did jujitsu for a year it was really good for him. Jujitsu is a great martial art for kidos now i just need to get my big ass movin.:yoinks:

[RAGGA MON]

anybody have any real good core exercises that translate well to rolling?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXfjg-lCCx4&feature=channel_page

ive been doing those religiously and they help out alot, i definately look for the sweep alot more than i use to but ive kinda hit a plateau and im looking to mix it up

been training in wrestling and judo for almost 17yrs and jitz for about 9yrs.
part of our core training we do a bulgarian bag regiment. look it up on youtube.... some really good core workouts!! And do alot of deadlifts in the gym. good stuff

[daddy fingaz]

any one else on this forum take the only martial art worth learning??
....yep ...and it aint JJ !

[azad]

I have a blk belt in judo,i also practice samuri jiu jitsu(japanese)..i always have a good toke before the gym,helps my grappling,cant tell up from down lol.
All martial arts are benificial to body and mind imo.

Theres a new style the Green art,Taught here by the icmag black belt crew lol

[StrainCollector]

Sorry.. I bumped this from 20 days ago, but now I've gotten paranoid and edited and my own post because it contained too much identifiable information. bah.

[Silver Bullet]

Any one else hooked like me? im a purple belt, any one else on this forum take the only martial art worth learning??

whats your belt?

boa soite!!!

bjj, kickboxing, etc...

I'd take kickboxing over bjj anyday, except that in most areas of the states, BJJ is more plentiful and higher quality than kickboxing. So I go with bjj. Not currently training though. Want to start back soon.

[OGfarmerted]

i love bjj. im an older guy and got into martial arts in the early 80's as a kid with black belt theater sunday afternoons.my mom would take me to the local cinema to see the bruce lee movies they replayed. must have been 82 or 83. the progression was to american ninja and sho kosugi movies. my obsession with this crap led me into bushido classes,american boxing and gymnastics. from there i worked on thai ,kung fu,wing chung, wushu,shotokan and judo. next came bjj under machine lober , an ex mma guy from way back. i ended up rolling with tons of dudes over the years. sciatica put an end to that. lately ive been working out and feeling better, but no way could risk being laid up for a month again. fedor is #1 .

[TheGreenBastard]

bjj, kickboxing, etc...

I'd take kickboxing over bjj anyday, except that in most areas of the states, BJJ is more plentiful and higher quality than kickboxing. So I go with bjj. Not currently training though. Want to start back soon.

Mauy Thai over Kickboxing anyday, BJJ is still #1.

[Weird Jimmy]

If anyone's looking for an awesome gi at a real nice price, check this link out

http://www.matrat.us/

[Weird Jimmy]

Is it Capoeira? How did it evolve in that part of the world?

here's an extremely abbreviated history....

It evolved from judo. A Japanese guy named Mitsuyo Maeda traveled the western part of the world trying to spread the art of judo and he eventually settled in brazil and opened a school. He taught his judo to carlos and helio gracie. Helio was a very small man so he had to refine the techniques to use more leverage and angles. Then he and Carlos taught it to their sons and the rest is history.... something like that...

[grow1620]

the only martial art worth learning??

If you think that any martial art is superior to all others, then you have alot to learn. I've spent about 15 years practicing a certain martial art that I used to consider the best and only after really studying theory and being able to have a more philosophical view on martial arts did I realize that there is no "best style". To think so closes your mind to all the others and puts huge limits on what you're able to learn.

I have a lifelong love for the martial art that I practice, the name or style doesn't matter to anyone but me. I used to be of the opinion that all other martial artists were wasting their time by learning other forms, but it was just me being arrogant. To me, it would be the equivalent of saying a certain strain of weed is the best ever and growing/smoking all others is a complete waste of time and anyone who does so is a moron.

Don't mean to rant, or imply that the OP is narrowminded in that sense. In my experience though, a very high percentage of martial artists are arrogant like that and it's sad to see. I'm just trying to relay what I feel is the most important thing I've learned, and that's respect for all other martial artists. (even the ones that think they're learning a better style)

Don't get me wrong though there's nothing wrong with loving and supporting what ever style you take with all your heart. To limit yourself into thinking that you're better then a "karate guy" or whatever can really hold you back, and segregates the martial arts community as a whole.

on the flipside though, there are alot of watered down styles emerging...everyone trying to be like bruce and start their own shit, trying to make their mark on the world or w/e. The evolution of martial arts is a great thing, but to whore a bunch of styles together and call it something new.....well.....if anyone out there is looking for a style, then watch out for the "fakers" that are teaching their "new and improved version" which is composed of every 6 month introductory self-defense class they've ever taken.

hahah martial arts- the only other thing I'm passionate about besides weed :biggrin:

[elwaponino]

Anybody here ever hear of Kung Fu San Soo. It's based on five families. It's considered to be 1000's of years old.

Tsoi Ga- Striking

Loi Ga- Balance

Hoi Ga- Accuracy

Fut Ga- Psychology

Hung Ga- Physical

I am also trying to make a Makiwara, which is a tapered 4x4 that you strike, it's been proven for hundreds of years to strengthen the bones, ligaments, joints, and to develop focus, which to me is part of Fut Ga family. I also want to start sparring for reflexes and to refine my blocking techniques. Also, I hope to get a book a Col. Rex Applegate, who wrote a book Kill or Get Killed for WWII Commandos. I do want to get into BJJ, but for Self Defense.

[Moldy Dreads]

boa soite!!!Boa Noite not soite hehehe.


Trained before UFC was around, man I'm old, I can't handle these youngsters nowadays all roided out, fuck man, they are ruthless sometimes, even in practice, hard to find a gym in socal without young dudes trying to rip your armsockets out MMA style. BJJ is the best man! You going to the Panams?

[mugenbao]

any one else on this forum take the only martial art worth learning??
Ahhh... Thanks for the laugh, it was exactly what I needed this afternoon!

Got my popcorn ready, 'cause you know sure as hell this thread is going to be a lot of fun.

[harpocrates]

I trained Straight Blast Gym style MMA for a couple of years. http://www.straightblastgym.com/

Huge emphasis on BJJ but no belt system which I liked a lot actually. Can't wait to start training again. :)

[Moldy Dreads]

Ahhh... Thanks for the laugh, it was exactly what I needed this afternoon!

Got my popcorn ready, 'cause you know sure as hell this thread is going to be a lot of fun.


Yeah I'd love to see you take on Lioto Machida and tell him Shotokan sucks. That was a lame comment I agree..:moon:


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[cobcoop]

Anyone study Arnis?

[vaped]

I signed up for a taekwondo class in college but dropped the class after the first day. The first position they taught was the riding horse stance. I automaticaly figured out if I ever tried to use that unbalanced stance in a fight I would get taken off my feet quick. It is so unbalanced side to side your good but front to back no stability. The punches they taught had no power. It was all snapping back one first as you struck with the other. My years of boxing in the army taught me you want to put your whole shoulder into a punch while protecting yourself with the other hand. So when the first thing they had me do was stand feet shoulder distance appart with fists up side down at my hips I new asian martial arts were not for me. All of my fights have been over within a minute or two. Hay makers jabs slams kicks and bites. Throwin down is 90 percent drive and only about 10 percent of fighting can be taught. asskickers are mainly born that way.