Brazilan JiuJitsu & Japanese Jiujitsu ...?

[bodleyhenley]

Hi all!,

Ive been looking to take up JiuJitsu in one form or another.

What are the main differences between Brazilan JiuJitsu and the Japanese style as there is one brazilian jujitsu school around here buts its pretty far away and would be a pain in the arse to get to.

On the other hand there are 3 really close normal Jiujitsu schools around here, one of these teaches mixed martial arts too in the form of traditional jujitsu, freestyle karate & muay thai aswell as submission fighting.

Im currently leaning towards the mixed one but I always hear everyone banging on about brazilian jujitsu as the be all and end all of jujitsu.

Thanks in advance!

jmc.

[Great Sage]

Well... I tend to believe that BJJ is the same as any effective martial art you learn – no better, no worse. I think most people have this preconceived idea that since the Gracies have won numerous fighting events, that they too are just as prolific if they study BJJ... Not true. The Gracies have been training hard each day since they could walk. This is how the whole Kung-fu mysticism began. The founder defeated many tough opponents, then every student wanted to learn the art and began preaching about how great it was.

I would lean towards learning a variety of effective arts. Although, BJJ is a very effective art once you get someone down. It really depends on what you’re looking to gain from this experience. Fighting prowess, health and fitness or just hobby, sport, etc... I took BJJ because I had already trained in many standing arts. With a wrestling background, BJJ was a good complement.

[jules]

From what i hear the japanese style is more "stand up" like hapkido and Aikido. But then again "street BJJ" is mostly stand up also.

[akja]

It really depends on what you want to get from your training. I put in a few years in BJJ and now I'm practicing Trad. Ju Jitsu.

The reasoning. I did a lot of groundwork in BJJ. In reality thats the last place you want to be but now I'm profient in the dangerous range that we all Know at any given time we may end up in.

But with Trad. Ju Jitsu I'm adding a new twist to my grappling. Submissions that I modify for me and are not generally seen in BJJ because they concentrate heavily on sport. BJJ does have self defense but the tournaments is their best resource if they have "game" or not. Nothing wrong there at all you have to be damn good to give "game."

It depends wholly on what you expect to gain.

[bodleyhenley]

Does the japanese style still have all the grappling in it like chokes and strangles etc?

or is it more standing up like karate?

sorry for sounding dumb!

[akja]

Originally posted by bodleyhenley
Does the japanese style still have all the grappling in it like chokes and strangles etc?

or is it more standing up like karate?

sorry for sounding dumb!

The submissions are the same except its not a heavy concentration on the ground. BJJ has more "ground" submissions that they created but once you "understand" the ground fighter and you "go back" to the Trad. Ju Jitsu it gives us another way of seeing things. They go well tohether.

In theory, we should be able to pull off our submissions from any position that we may be in (falling forward, backward, standing up or whatever).