BJJ in a real fight

[baronbvp]

It's the ultimate in time-sharing and multitasking!

[bushido_man96]

It's the ultimate in time-sharing and multitasking!

So, is that like saying fighting 3 guys for 1 minute = fighting 3 one minute rounds with one guy each??

On a serious note, I do believe that even fun sparring with rules with multiple opponents can teach you some value lessons in things like strategy and movement.

[NightOwl]

for sure! Just like regular sparring doesn't fully replicate real life but helps you, sparring with multiple people would help. And of course, if you don't do well in the real world, you are in deep trouble, but if you loose a sparring match all it does is give you experience

[Treebranch]

There are strategies for fighting or surviving an attack by multiple people that very few MA's teach. Obviously in a situation like that you can't worry about a fair fight, it's survival. You can use anything you can get your hands on as a weapon. You can also arrange yourself so that they have to attack you one at a time. This is where stand up grappling arts are better suited. Striking and Grappling, but not going to the ground. I think wrestlers are good in these situations, because they are the hardest people to take down.

[straightblast]

I would say do not go to the ground, you may be lucky with some judo throws as long as they land on there neck/head a fire hydrant or oncomming traffic.

[ps1]

I agree! If you get taken to the ground in a multiple attacker situation...you're dead.

It's a very bad situation no matter what. But you can at least move if you're on your feet.

[mmljpp]

not good for multiple attackers but a great art for one fighter that is why u should study stand up and grappling martial art

[yingampyang]

I know tha BJJ is really effective for a real fight, but thats against one person. How would jui jitsu do against multiple attackers. I am not saying 5 but 2 people or 3, then what. Its not like you can take all three down.

But wait you can run away right? Well what if your trapped in, or they have you surrounded? Im just throwing out some random situations that might not ever occur, but what if they did. Would BJJ still be effective as most believe? So im just wondering what you guys think about it.

BJJ would not be usefull in that situation at all. It is great agianst 1 oppoent but its down fall is as soon as an other figure is in the way. My recomendations are to reasearch styles that can deal with many oppoents and mix this into your BJJ.

[Treebranch]

Everyone should do a year of BJJ and see what it has to offer. I recommend No Gi for one year. You will have learned more than enough to defend against almost anyone. You can always roll with people you know to keep up the skills. Learn how to swim you never know when there may be a flood.

[ShoriKid]

Treebranch,

If they didn't charge so much for pushing me into the pool, or if the pool were a little closer to the house, I'd be getting wet today.

Knowing enough ground work to defend a take down and a clinch that intends to take you down is key to survival. Judo and wrestling a supreme here. Know enough ground work to get a good top position or to get up, you choice, here BJJ and, again, wrestling are great.

BJJ will teach you all kinds of things to do on the ground to get in better position or get up. And having solid training and more options is always. Not just the no-gi training, but once you have things down, train drills to improve ground survivability. Move explosively for top position or for an escape and stand up. The largest critism I can level at a lot of BJJ work is that it is low paced. If the focus is on ground survival, you'll train a bit differently than you would for a pure grappling aspect. At least I believe that you should.