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Gracie have nice techniques. Saw him at UFC.
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Eubsatz, since you are new here I’m going to give you some big brotherly advice.
** Smack noob on back of head and yells ***
Get your ass in newbietown, post an introduction and read the stickies. Stupid dumbass noob.
See, in newbietown people will say things like welcome, and glad your here and ask how your day was. In the rest of the forums you will be verbally raped. So go to newbietown and get your shit together.
tard.
They don’t teach reading where you come from do they?
How could anyone think that the Renzo/Kukuk tapes came out in the “late 90’s”? This series was the Bible in the mid-90’s before the Sperry set was released. It may seem trivial, but if these tapes had been unavailable until the late 90’s, a whole generation of self taught fighters from the early underground shows would have been much, much more limited in their BJJ knowledge, and the sport would be years behind where it is today.
I know I’m old, but history does matter.
Its really interesting to hear about the disparity between the GJJ boys and the rest of the BJJ community.
The school I go to is actually a branch off of Mario Roberto’s organization. It’s not huge deal like a lot of the schools in Florida or California, but in reasonably small town its not bad. We spend nearly equal time in no gi as we do in gi, so we get a good feel for both. My coach has always emphasized using martial arts for SD so we tend to get more practical lessons. Its also interesting because many times he’ll carry things from his mma classes into the bjj class and vice versa. We also spend a lot of time drilling wrestling techniques and judo. I could be wrong since I’ve yet to experience any of the larger schools in the US, but it does seem like we get a good mix of learning. Mario’s got a good system set up.
My academy in Austin had a simple workaround. They taught Relson Gracie Jiujitsu.
I’ve been lucky enough to do both GJJ & BJJ, and talking from personal experience, Ryron & Rener Gracie are the best instructors I’ve had. No, you won’t find them teaching a omoplata counter-reverse helicopter-mounted triangle combo, but then that’s not what wins. They teach the basics to an incredibly detailed level because that’s more useful than throwing 6 sexy techniques at you & hoping you get them.
At the end of the day, guys like Rickson and Royce would win with armbars and RNC’s, not rubberguard/gogoplata transitions. But the art continues to develop & IMO it’s great for clubs to keep a balance between doing the basics well (including self defense), and having fun with some of the more sportive moves (which I also love).
Just my tuppence worth…
At my club now, in the beginners class, we spend about 15 minutes each class on SD, 30 on matwork and 15 rolling. The Advanced class is 15 standup (throws/wrestling) 15-30 min technique, the rest rolling.
I think it’s a good mix.
So basically its not really Brazilian as it comes from Kodokan Judo (Japanese) and the ‘Jiu Jitsu’ part isnt true either.
It’s a good thing i train Submission Grappling 
[quote=Kambei Shimada;2135051]So basically its not really Brazilian as it comes from Kodokan Judo (Japanese) and the ‘Jiu Jitsu’ part isnt true either.
It’s a good thing i train Submission Grappling ;)[/quote]
“Brazilian Jiu Jitsu” is called “Brazilian” because it is an off-shoot of judo and JJJ developed in BRAZIL. At the time that Maeda was sent to Brazil to help establish the japanese embassy, judo was still sometimes referred to as “juijitsu”.
But you’re right. The name is totally bogus…:rolleyes: