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Originally posted by mjohnson
I take hapkido, it sucks. Why do I take it then? My friend teaches it for free and gives me full access to his dojo. There is no BJJ here and I moved here recently, nearest bjj is 130 miles away. Another hapkido student wanted to roll with me, see what BJJ is all about. He's been doing TKD, HKD, and Judo for about 4 years. I've done almost 2 years of BJJ. First time we roll I get the take down and the submission. Now he wants bjj lessons from me. Judo sucks, a black belt in judo is a blue belt in BJJ. I'm a blue belt.. IF you do vale tudo style BJJ, the original BJJ the gracies used in the old days, you could elbow, kick, knee, and use small joint manipulations. BJJ is the ultimate martial art in my opinion. If someone wants to prove me wrong, thats fine I can take an ass kicking. |
the only problem with BJJ for self-defense is that it's aggressive and made for one-on-one. In self-defense, if you are in the mount, it's hard to explain to the police you were just defending yourself. Also, if he has buddies with baseball bats you are in trouble. BJJ is the BEST for one on one fighting. But other than that, it can't really do much for you. Boxing on the other hand could get you a quick knockdown and then you could run away. I don't think it's that complicated to see why BJJ isn't great for self-defense although it is beneficial.