Is Brazilian Ju-Jitsu the fastest growing MA in the world?

[yodsaenkla]

I mentioned this to my friend the other day who disagreed with me saying that it was past it's boom and is going to stay at its level of popularity.

What do you guys think?

I see it cropping up more and more in everyday life although I only have anecdotal evidence.

[lechien]

Define fastest growing MA. By the numbers of registered members. Amount of school.

[Grapplingwizard**]

Worldwide, judo and wrestling are much more popular. The reason Bjj is not an olympic sport is because it's not "international" enough, aka the brazilians would dominate, so it hasn't reached other countries on a serious level. It may be growing fast, but wrestling and judo and many other sports are already well established worldwide.

[lechien]

Ts did not ask if Bjj is the biggest MA. He asked if it was the fastest growing MA

[MadSquabbles500]

Every viable market in the States has probably been saturated. But you still have many untapped places. China, India, Russia, and the rest of Latin America dont have that many schools.

Whether BJJ breaks into those markets successfully will depend on how effective people in those places think BJJ is. Like in Russia, if people think sambo will suffice, then why even try BJJ. Latin America has judo, and I guess BJJ will be competing with them, since they have common technique, or at least share certain tactics.

China's martial arts school industry is wide open. If BJJ can market itself right, they can probably hook the populace, like basketball has. India I do not know. But I imagine they are wide open too.

[Funkoar]

Since my first ever class up until my most recent, there has been a huge increase of people. Like, 200% more.

[esteven]

Originally Posted by MadSquabbles500

Every viable market in the States has probably been saturated. But you still have many untapped places. China, India, Russia, and the rest of Latin America dont have that many schools.

Whether BJJ breaks into those markets successfully will depend on how effective people in those places think BJJ is. Like in Russia, if people think sambo will suffice, then why even try BJJ. Latin America has judo, and I guess BJJ will be competing with them, since they have common technique, or at least share certain tactics.

China's martial arts school industry is wide open. If BJJ can market itself right, they can probably hook the populace, like basketball has. India I do not know. But I imagine they are wide open too.

It might be saturated on the coasts, but there's PLENTY of market left here in the middle! Most towns in my state have no BJJ at all.

[esteven]

Of course, with all of this rural area, opening more schools may or may not be a good idea.

[Forceof1]

I would think that MMA as a style is growing at a faster rate than pure BJJ.

[freakroor]

Definitely BJJ is the fastest growing martial art. i dont see how this can be a debate.

if you count MMA as a martial art then maybe that too.