An intersting Article on BJJ

[Adonis]

This is an article written by Roy Dean (BJJ Black Belt, under Roy Harris)

THis talks about what he trained in before and while he was doing BJJ. As well as how he discovered BJJ training. I found it very informative.

http://www.roydeanacademy.com/articles/an_uchideshi_experience_chapter_seven

[ps1]

You're right! Great article. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Adonis]

Hey no prob, I have been reading his other articles. I find it very intersting. Roy Dean defiently has an intersting perspective on the styles he has trained and on the Martial Arts in general.

[ps1]

The fact that he lived as an Uchi Deshi is awesome. I had an instructor who was an uchi deshi in Japan. They eat, sleep, and breathe training. Plus everything else he's done. He would be great to work with.

[Adonis]

Absolutely brother, I would love to train with him. I really want to train with his instructor Roy Harris. I like his teaching methods and training approaches.

[bushido_man96]

A very nice article, indeed. I would love to have had the experiences that he has had.

I particularly liked this quote: "But I’m into breaking tradition. So this will be an experiment and we’ll see how it goes."

I would also agree with the remarks that he made in regards to humility in the Martial Arts.

[Adonis]

I definetly enjoyed that quote about tradition as well.

[cross]

Took a look around his site, watched a few of the clips including "womens ground defense". Not sure how guillotines and armbars are going help a woman survive an attack. But interesting article non the less.

[Adonis]

Well...where does rape eventually end up? on the ground!

[ps1]

Took a look around his site, watched a few of the clips including "womens ground defense". Not sure how guillotines and armbars are going help a woman survive an attack. But interesting article non the less.

Did you happen to notice that to be raped (a woman's top concern in physical self defense) ...the opponent is in your guard? Try to rape Kyra Gracie and see what happens to you. It's all fair game. Guillotines, sit-over sweeps, knee in belly (scissor) sweeps, arm bars, triangle choke, cross choke (depending on what the opponent is wearing), omoplata, elevators...the list goes on. I would say that of all the possible scenarios for self defense...Rape is best combated by Brazilian Jiujitsu! Again, just talking about physical self defense (not situational avoidance and such) the other things they need are boxing strikes, probably just jab, cross, and maybe the hook, and the low line round house. Once the attacker gets you to the ground, which is highly likely, it's all jiujitsu.

Also, keep in mind that you're just seeing clips. Which, by definition, are portions of a whole. You could watch clips of boxing and assume it's not effective...same goes for any other martial art. Of course, these assumptions would not necessarily be true.

Lastly, as I've seen you post before, self defense is best learned by using training methods that are realistic. Brazilian Jiujitsu is one of the arts that offers 100% resistance and very intense training. That is one of the reason that it, Muay Thai, Boxing, and wrestling tend to dominate the MMA scene.