Have the Gracies Become to Commercailized?

[BlueDragon1981]

I think that they have. Gracie Jui-Jutsu in most parts is just for money. Dont get me wront the gracies are very good practitioners but in most parts of the U.S there qualified Instructors are not that great and the costs are high.

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The Gracie clan itself is somewhat questionable. Just look at the UFC. Every single thing traditional training and discipline stands against is present, and glorified.

 

Money seems to make the world go round, and the Gracies are no exception. Sadly.

 

 

[Taikudo-ka]

I think most martial arts are too commercialized.

 

Certainly TKD, karate, kung-fu, judo, and the like have become much more commercialized than the Gracie's Jujutsu.

 

All martial arts seem to be moving in the direction of sports competition, Olympics, and gross commercialization of every aspect.

 

None of which really interest me all that much.

 

I'm trying to make my practise more "traditional" and more self-defense focused, which I'll continue to do no matter what.

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There will always be traditional schools. Sometimes very few, but they will always be there. Sooner or later, people will see what a joke these commercialized schools are, and they'll seek more traditional study. Commercialism in the martial arts comes and goes. Even Musashi was complaining about it-in the 1600s. It's nothing new.