 suwanda grappling
i know how effective bjj is, however, every seminar i was at with suwanda, all bjj guys that were there, myself included, could not tap herman, and we would end up tapping. his ground game was different,and included open guard, mount, knee on stomach, crossbody,etc, but with different energy. i have major respect for burton, but as im sure he knows, silat taught here by suwanda was more for amusement,and learning alot at once. the real way its taught is much more strict, and the developement of skills was crazy. if suwandas book is ever published you will see how his father trained him. and dan is the one who said pa tapped some bjj guys. i seen him do wird escapes from triangles,and so on, then i used them and they worked. benjang is a crazy indonesian wrestling, as is ulin baduey. the fact is that dont you think other countries fought on the ground? do you think brazil is the only one? try grappling someone like emin boztepe, or other high level guys in their art, let vuank show some dirty escapes from bjj positions. i have been in a number of scraps, and there wasnt much time to grapple. anyway, the world is huge, 10 yrs ago, you would have laughed at bjj,and said no art is that good,just like the jkd craze and ninja craze, other arts will surface, and you will jump on that bandwagon also. bjj is great at one on one, thats it, and unfortunately, not many one on ones happen these days. ask burton if he heard of benjang,and if he ever saw it. i did a little with pa herman, and it had the pummeling drill,throws,and neck cranks, i only saw a little, but it was effective |