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Whats the difference between BJJ and JJ


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I did private lessons with my BJJ instructor who lived over 1000 kilometers away. I decided I'd go to a TJJ school because that was the closest thing (I thought). I didn't go in there with an attitude of "getting into a fight", I just wanted to work on what I'd been training. I did the class and at the end asked if anyone would do some grappling. When I finished the brown and black belt I was given a lecture from the instructor telling me I needed to learn 300 throws(or something ridiculous) before doing groundwork.

 

I also went to Judo schools with a similar result but they were extremely friendly.

BJJ - Black Belt under John Will (Machado)

Shootfighting - 3rd Degree Black Belt

TKD - Black Belt

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Johnny I guess we look for different things in a martial art. For me it's about being able to defend myself, and a form of exercise both physical and mental. I don't have the need to prove myself constantly.
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It wasn't about proving myself better than anyone else, it was about wanting to continue doing groundwork. These people claimed to do groundwork so I went there to train. It's as simple as that. I was very polite the whole time.

BJJ - Black Belt under John Will (Machado)

Shootfighting - 3rd Degree Black Belt

TKD - Black Belt

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I would say if you want to learn groundwork study BJJ like you are doing. JJ is not focused on the ground only, it's a more complete art that focuses more on getting the attacker to the ground. It has ground work, but not as evolved as BJJ.

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It's an annoying argument, because Rigan Machado was taught by Rolls and Carlos Gracie Jnr, as well as training with Rickson and his brothers. So why would Machado BJJ be any different to what Royce or Rickson is doing? Each fighter will have his own style, for example Rigan Machado's game is very different to Jean-Jacque Machado's style, but it's all still BJJ.

 

The Machado's originally called their art Carlos Gracie Jnr Jiu-Jitsu, but had to change the name after Rorion threatened to sue them, so they called it Machado BJJ. There was actually no such thing as BJJ until the Brazilian's came to America to teach and found out that Rorion would sue them if they used the name Gracie, so they instead called it Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

BJJ - Black Belt under John Will (Machado)

Shootfighting - 3rd Degree Black Belt

TKD - Black Belt

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