Wrestling vs. Shuai Chiao - pros/cons

[SevenStar]

That's exactly what I was talking about... jujutsu isn't verifiably traced back to china. several people have theories, but nothing concrete. several people also have theories on how jujutsu was developed completely on it's own - we'll never really know, I guess. The set ups you see in sumo though - like crashing into people it very similar to shuai chiao.

 

I've been training it for about two years - nothing real concrete though - the guys I train with are about 8 hours away from me, so I try to work the forms that I know and apply it to my judo and bjj and thai boxing when we randori/spar. I only get to actually see the shuai chiao guys a few times a year.

[judoguy]

Let me ask you a question. Since you train in both judo and shuai chiao do you think that you could abandon your judo in favor of shuai chiao and combine it with your BJJ or is your judo training more intergal. This question is based on the premise that some people seem to think that judo is all about throwing and nothing else.

[SevenStar]

I think that judo works fine with bjj. judo and sc both have strikes, but the strength of them both is standing grappling. judo has locks, strikes, groundwork, etc. IMO, it's great for self defense. SC has nastier versions of the throws though. The blackhands sc throws involve breaks either before or during the throw.

[InsaneTigerCrane]

sevenstar is right, shuai chiao doesn't train a lot of ground fighting.

lots of focus on throwing, which is odd if your objective is to throw your opponent to the ground.