How can I beat a seasoned Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner in a street fight?
Hey, first of all, ignore people who say that you’re going to get your ass handled.Anyone saying this is either disrespectful and doesn’t actually care even if their info is accurate or they’re just… well, mean.In short, ignore these people.Now, let’s get back to the main problem. You mention you’re 16 and this kid’s 14.He has a backround of 7 years training in brazilian Ju-Jitsu ( BJJ). That’s cool.You have some info about this person and it’s not like you’re going there empty-handed if you decide to do this even if you think that. Any information about your opponent is of extreme value.You have two options the way I see it:Ignore the prick: He’s 14. Too young and immature even if he trains in this particular art to know what discipline means. The mere fact he challenges other kids and thinks lowly of them only shows that he’s actually weak and insecure.You fight him: Assuming you can’t avoid him, you can’t run away from your problems so you have to do it. Keep your distance and use it to your advantage. You’ve said you don’t have any fighting experience so this might be difficult but know this:In almost all cases, those who come straight-up face to face with their opponent are vulnerable. If he does it, jab him in the jaw swiftly and efficiently.Since you have a considerable weight compared to him, there’s no chance he won’t feel your punch. The least likely occurrence is that he’ll be stunned.Experience is irrelevant here. You’re both kids and you’ll most likely have an advantage over him. And don’t forget that McDojo’s are everywhere and there’s no way he’d be that good unless he’s a prodigy but that’s easy to dismiss because of his cunt attitude.Any person saying it doesn’t matter how old you are and shit like that is also mistaking. It takes years of discipline and experience to develop a certain mindset.For short, that kid’s got a big mouth but nothing more.If you lose, then there’s nothing to be ashamed of. You’ve had dignity and that’s all what it breaks down to.Pro tip: After the incident is consumed no matter the outcome, enroll in Martial Arts. Anything which will make you more confident.The little bully is confident enough to keep on yapping, why shouldn’t you be confident enough to stand up for yourself? ( no offence but if you were confident enough, you wouldn’t have asked us on Quora about your next action)..
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu vs Wrestling?
"1. Do you consider Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or Wrestling more effective in MMA?" I'd consider Western wrestling more effective in that it helps determine where the fight goes. If the guy is a better striker, wrestling can help to take him down. If the guy's a better grappler, the takedown defenses learned in wrestling can keep the other fighter upright. Saying that, I'd consider BJJ more essential. EVERYONE has to know it. "2. What advantages does a Jiu Jitsu practitioner have over a wrestler, vice versa?" Everyone cross-trains these days, so it's sort of a moot point. With that said, before the days of cross-training, BJJ guys were better at submissions and guard work, while wrestlers were better at takedowns and top control. "3. Do you believe that the current scoring system for MMA favors one art over the other?" There are several scoring systems used in MMA. I assume you're talking about the Unified Rules. The rules really don't favor either one. However, most judges have a poor understanding of ground grappling. They see takedowns and top control as winning,and in fairness, many times it is. However, I've seen instances where the top guy did nothing- throwing now punches, not looking to improve his position- while the bottom guy would continually go for submission attempts and continue to strike from the bottom, and despite being the more active fighter, would still lose to the top player. "4. Could you name a successful martial artist with a Jiu Jutsu/Wresling background?" Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez, Rashad Evans, Georges St-Pierre, Jim Miller, Frankie Edgar, and more study both. Again, in modern MMA, it's hard to find "pure" fighters of ANY type. "5. If a martial artist could only chose one of the grappling bases for MMA, which would you suggest and why?" BJJ. The guard work, submissions, escapes, and positional hierarchy that's emphasized in BJJ are more necessary than the clinch work, takedowns, and top control of wrestling. That said, try to get as much wrestling in as possible. Many people who train BJJ also train wrestling, or have in the past. BJJ by itself isn't as useful as BJJ and wrestling combined.
14 year old doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
The point of BJJ is that it attacks the joints and everyones joints are the same strength barring injuries.... This includes a 300lb man or a 100lb women....... My 9yo is a big boy for his age, he weighs about 90lbs competes at state and nationals and he has been doing martial arts all his life. About 3 months ago a friend of mine who doesnt do martial arts was wrestling my son in the yard and was manhandling my son. he could not pin him down and couldnt get a good position before my son escaped, he bidded his time and eventually my son got him with an inverted arm bar from the bottom..... my mate screamed and my son let go but he held on long enough to severly hyper extend my friends arm...... Now the point of this story is that with training even the smallest of people can hurt a much larger opponent and this includes any style not just BJJ. You will do fine i assure you
What are the benefits of learning Brazilian jiu-jitsu?
Here is one that I haven’t seen mentioned yet: it helps to maintain or improve mental health. I have written an article about that, if you are interested in more details: Exercise and depression: how Brazilian Jiu-jitsu helps with depressionIn 1999, the Archives of Internal Medicine published a study, which suggested that regular exercise could be a sufficient substitute for antidepressants (although, the study showed that antidepressants acted faster than exercise). Researchers, however, found that it can be difficult to motivate yourself to exercise when you are depressed. This, nevertheless, is doable and, as discussed previously, the way to motivate to exercise lies in building habits (you can read how to do it here).HOW DOES BJJ HELP WITH DEPRESSION?Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, as regular exercise, has both physiological and psychological effects.Anyone who has done any BJJ training knows how addictive it is and how great you feel after training (find out why it is so addictive here). Research suggests that one of the possible reasons for this is because, during training, your central nervous system and the pituitary gland produce endorphins, which are responsible for the feeling of euphoria.Alternatively, and most convincingly, it is suggested that exercise releases neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine, which naturally lift the mood. These neurotransmitters are chemicals that transmit signals from one neurone to another neurone or a cell. People afflicted with depression have diminished availability of these neurotransmitters. In other words, training releases the body’s very own natural antidepressants. This means that every time you roll, you make your brain release chemicals that actually cure your depression.In addition to physiological benefits, there are also many psychological benefits, which BJJ has that may help with depression.I hope this helps! If you have any furthet questions, click on the link above or send me a message!
Krav Maga, Escrima, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Wing Chun, Parkour, RBSD and Muay Thai. Is this good enough a combination?
Hehe. I remember the sage advice given to me by the first master I trained under, around fifty years ago: "You only need ten moves to win fights".This was because I and and a couple of fellow students in a group who trained together knew over 1,000 separate techniques - we knew it came to that total because we wrote them out. It was a matter of pride for us since, at that time, we thought prowess equalled knowing a lot of moves.He looked at the result and took me aside, giving me the advice above. Of course, I didn't know what he meant, and likely resented his comment, considering the trouble it had taken to learn all that stuff.It took a very long time before I knew exactly what he meant. His guidance was simple: learn a few moves very, very well, and that will do the trick most of the time. And when you can do that, OK, well, that is the time to learn a few more and make sure you can do them well otherwise they aren't much use.The version I taught in my gym was, "If it isn't easy to use and very effective when you have just been hit hard in the face and had that total vision whiteout and the battery acid taste in your mouth, then it's too complicated. Leave it in the books or use it for demos only, just for fun."You can make things a lot harder than they need to be. Master a few moves - which takes some time - then think about adding more stuff. 93 different methods of fighting sounds good until you fight someone who can just punch very hard, very accurately, and is all over you like a rash. On that day, 93 x 100 moves will not help you.
Why do TMA practitioners dislike BJJ?
@ ISDS, yes the Gracies were cocky but a lot of the time they had the right to be. True Heilos lost that fight but everyone loses fights. I never said that BJJ was unbeatable and I have never heard of BJJ getting dominated by catch wrestling and sambo. @ Shihan J, many BJJ places have street fighting lessons as well as competition lessons. By the way, if a fighter is restricted to use certain moves and still wins, then without rules he'll have no restrictions at all and he'll fight a lot differently. I have done BJJ and I can tell you that if I was being mugged, I would fight a heck of a lot more brutally than I would in a tournament.
I won a fight, and feel bad about it?
Okay, well first off, I am in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have been for 3 years. I also do kickboxing. I have for only like 6 months so far. I'm not trying to brag or anything either. I'm 18 years old and well, I have done competitions and stuff and don't feel bad if I win, obviously I know, because I won, but I mean, I saw this guy picking on someone and I just went over and said "Look, leave this guy alone, there is no need for this kind of acting" and he told me to **** off and he did shove me a little and i don't know, I just lost it and beat his ***. I wish I would of at least warned him before I did something. But my question is, have any of you felt bad after a fight?
Who wins in a fight, a black belt or an athlete twice the black belt’s size?
This is so broad - it depends which sport or sports the athlete plays. For example, a pro golfer wouldn’t seem as likely to win as a pro football player. Especially if it was an older golfer. But then again, what if the martial artist is a 90 year old instructor against tiger woods? Tiger Woods would have no trouble with him, but that same golfer would still stand no chance against an experienced, competitive martial artist in their prime. This is sort of like asking “Could a marvel hero beat a dc hero?”, or “Who would win: An American or a Canadian?” in a way. It really, really, really depends on which American and Canadian, or which DC and Marvel hero.Another thing to consider is that fighting in real life isn’t like fighting in a video game. You don’t have a health bar that slowly trickles down when you get hit, and even if it starts as a fistfight there’s no in-game mechanic preventing your opponent from pulling out a weapon. Even if it stays a fistfight, if you get hit by the right punch you’ll go down just as if a bullet had hit you. Dead is dead, injured is injured.