I'm curious, what makes you start BJJ,when you know nothing about it?
I'm curious, what makes you start BJJ,when you know nothing about it?
Its hard to judge, but I feel that I realize more and more as time passes how little people really know what to do in a fight on the ground. I get this impression from when new people join our academy and I roll with them. I'm hardly that good but I'm surprised how easy they are to just sweep and mount, etc. Not sure how this would translate if that same person was throwing punches to my face, so take that with a grain of salt.
I know what you mean. I'm not a big guy or this bad ass or anything but I feel the same way. It's ridiculously easy to beat/submit someone who has no training whatsoever in a grappling match.
Knowing what I know now I would avoid street fights like the plague(not that I ever gotten into street fights anyway). It's no match with someone with some training vs someone relying solely on adrenaline/aggression assuming both people are no world beaters. The guy with training will probably win 9 /10 times
Not sure I understand, why would you avoid street fights more now (when you have some training)?
I'm not really sure how punches being thrown into the mix would affect things. I still have my doubts abotu effectivness of BJJ (unless you are a REALLY good black or brown belt), because we never really train to defend against strikes aside from rudimentary hand positions, etc
I think when it comes to defending yourself in a street fight, a lot of common sense is involved. You have to avoid fighting a guy if he has a gun/large knife, obviously, and if he is with a large group of friends. I would avoid these situations at all cost.
I trained MT for a couple of months so I understand very very basic striking principles. I know its important to cover your face/head with your hands first, and then get into a striking posture. If I could beat the guy with a couple of punches standing up, great. If I can't, I would at least fake that I'm trying to strike/square up with him first, then when possible go for a takedown, like a football tackle or something and start grappling from there. That would be my strategy(in theory anyway).
I would avoid fighting now even though I have intermediate experience in BJJ because you never know who your dealing with. The other guy could be a brown/black belt level grappler, which then he will definitely kick my butt and negate my grappling or he could be an experienced striker that could just KO me.
I know its so obvious to us, but I have friends who don't train any martial arts at all that if they ever get into a fight at a bar or in a parking lot with even a low level trained person they don't realize how at a disadvantage they are in getting a beat down.
Hope that makes better sense.
I'm curious, what makes you start BJJ,when you know nothing about it?