BJJ vs multiple opponents

[Nickalo44]

Does BJJ ever train for multiple opponent fighting or is it strictly one on one?

[Bjjexpertise@be]

Bjj i mainly used for 1on1, for more than one person you're basically screwed

[Szczepankiewicz]

Then perhaps some 2 on 1 training should be instituted?

If you're using BJJ in a 2 on 1 use your clinching skills to stay on your feet.

I believe it was Renzo in the book BJJ Theory and Practice , which I reviewed here, that stated the obvious difficulty in a BJJ stylist dealing with a 2(or more) on 1 encounter. He then stipulates that every other art has similar problems, no GJJ is not unique in this situation.


What is unique is that everyone automatically assumes (and usually with good reason) that every BJJ advocate will always try to take the fight to the ground and "submit" his opponent(s).

In BJJ: Self-Defense Techniques, Royce Gracie, Charles Gracie and Kid Peligro attempt to demonstrate BJJ in "real" street scenarios. Of all the BJJ books, this is by far the weakest of the bunch...

Anywho, back to the topic at hand, anyone with common sense will react differently to each unique situation. Even if you are a wrestler, Judoka, or BJJ Aficionado you're not going to go to the ground in situations where your Gadar(tm) is in overload mode screaming at you that if you do you will get fu.... well, you get the point.

The folks who tell you that all fights go to the ground are just as full of shit as those folks who tell you never to go to the ground.

Ryan and I have had interesting discussions on uses of the words 'always' and 'never'.


Enjoy,

Spankmeister D

[ryanhall]

Ryan and I have had interesting discussions on uses of the words 'always' and 'never'.

What was it? "Beware the favorite words of the fool: always and never?"

Ah, the memories.