BJJ self defense?

[11Ben]

Hi I'm interested in grappling but I don't want to do the sport. Is there a form of BJJ that concentrates on self defense. Like what Helio created. I'm not against the sport aspect I don't just don't want to do it myself. If I end liking it I'm thinking I could jump into some form of standup fighting to go along with it.

 

This link seems more sport oriented. I assume he would be very good though?

 

Thanks

 

http://www.teammegaton.net/

[username9]

The original Gracie schools should still teach it as self-defence. SChools such asGracie Academy and Gracie Barra!

[Gumbi]

Megaton is a well respected BJJ practitioner, you wont go wrong training with him.

 

That being said, most BJJ academies nowadays concentrate mostly on the sportive aspect of the fight (which is still fighting) but in terms of self defense (such as learning how to escape from common holds, closing the distance to a clinch, and protecting yourself from punches on the bottom) most teach very little, if anything at all.

 

He trained directly under the Gracies who probably had the most self defense oriented schools in BJJ- theres no way he wont have experience in self defense techniques. (as a matter of fact, in the old days of the Gracie school, you werent even allowed to train with the normal class until you learned the self defense of BJJ).

 

People like you (interested in self defense) are actually the minority in BJJ in that most people just want to train the typical class. If you decide to go there, simply ask him how often he teaches self defense in his classes (some schools will have seperate classes for that) and tell him thats your interest.

[Treebranch]

Self Defense against what kinds of attacks. One on one, multiple attackers, knife attack, baseball bat or crobar? Really think about what kind of self defense your seeking for yourself.

[username9]

Gumbi - you have backed up what I was saying in a different topic on this forum - but some of the BJJ guys on there were picking on me for saying it was very sport oriented!! hehe

[Gumbi]

Well Jax, just because something is sport oriented doesnt mean its not self defense.

 

For instance, there are many people who ONLY care for the self defense aspect of jiu jitsu. They want to know how to escape basic headlocks, get up if they get put on the ground, and basic things like that. What they are not interested in is learning how to sweep from the butterfly guard and such.

 

That being said, someone who's regularly a sport jiu jitsu fighter will have no problem with the self defense aspect of fighting. Basically, self defense is just escapes against common moves often applied by inexperienced people. A sport jiu jitsu fighter sees this same thing everytime he goes against a white belt.

[11Ben]

Thanks for the posts I will give him a try I'm interested in the one on one weaponless self defense for starters. I'd like to start from the ground up. Anyway I will give him a call. I know he's pretty expensive. Oh well.