Karate defence against BJJ

[b3n]

Neither would I. If i wanted to learn how to run, i wouldnt be doing karate.

[y2_sub]

Ive been doing kyokushin karate for 8 years and am a shodan, and i would like to think i could defend myself, to a certain extent, against nearly anything. Just by looking at BJJ in action i can tell i'd have problems.

You do not expect to defend against something that you know nothing about it , if you want to beat them then you must learn their ways .

BJJ guys are trained to beat professional strikers , are you trained to beat professional grapplers ??

[AngelaG]

Ive been doing kyokushin karate for 8 years and am a shodan, and i would like to think i could defend myself, to a certain extent, against nearly anything. Just by looking at BJJ in action i can tell i'd have problems.

You do not expect to defend against something that you know nothing about it , if you want to beat them then you must learn their ways .

BJJ guys are trained to beat professional strikers , are you trained to beat professional grapplers ??

Err, at the club I've seen train the BJJ guys are trained to work against other grapplers. I've not seen any one of them ever actually strike, so how can they be trained to deal against strikers?

I think their is a lot of hype about BJJ as it is the current fashionable MA. But you can't believe everything you hear - like that old chestnut of 90% of fights ending up on the ground

[b3n]

are you trained to beat professional grapplers ??

I wish.

like that old chestnut of 90% of fights ending up on the ground

Thank god that isnt true.

[AngelaG]

like that old chestnut of 90% of fights ending up on the ground

Thank god that isnt true.

Nope, and in fact the reality is nowhere near that.

[ravenzoom]

When speaking of trained martial artists, fact is (as it was proven by the UFC) grapplers tend to always get their opponets to the ground, so I believe it is a legitimate question that b3n is asking. After 8 years of hard work taking punches in Kyokushin he should be able to defend himself in pretty much any situation. The problem is if he gets taken to the ground, chances are he will be like a newbie or the average guy that that doesn't know what to do. My opinion would be that if you can't take two martial arts at the same time, take a break from Kyokushin (after all you've taken it for 8 years, just come back to it later if you want) and take a grappling MA for a while such as Judo, Wrestling, BJJ, Sambo, etc. Only then will you know you can defend yourself effectively in any kind of situation. And who knows, you might really enjoy grappling, I know I do.

[b3n]

Thanks for the post ravenzoom.

I think maybe i will look into doing a bit of bjj or judo later on. ATM im training hard for my nidan but definetly a thing for the future.

[Jay]

its a fact that grapling wins every time but i dont know why you can take him out before he gets to grappling distance

[AngelaG]

its a fact that grapling wins every time

How is that a fact? Anyway, if a striker manages to KO their attacker before they get a chance to grapple then there will never be a chance to see if grappling will "win every time". Anyway it's fairly obvious that a trained, skilled grappler will beat an unskilled grappler - when grappling - so that's why you try and work to your own advantages and skills.

[b3n]

Ive read the word "grapple" so many times now its lost meaning