different styles of bjj?

[snowolf17]

So I was just wondering if different schools/affiliations emphasize different aspects of jiujitsu for example my school is a flavio behring school and the top game is heavily emphasized with us, like applying good pressure from the top etc do other schools for example emphasize working from the guard or is it all basically the same?

 

[Ryo]

Invisible Jiu-Jitsu is the best.

 

[Zankou]

My school emphasizes massive heelhooks from every angle, and really not much else.

 

[machadojj]

De La Riva guys will focus on guard. Hilton Le

 

[7foot8foot]

flying guillotines

 

[[Tycho?]]

Pretty much every school will have a unique style. Just certain techniques that several of the guys get good at, and also good at defending, and also good at beating the defense, and so on.

This can be a position, a sub, a sweep, a sequence, a counter attack, or whatever. And the higher level you are, the more unique your style is going to be. Every black belt is going to have a different game, even those that train together a lot.

 

[Commissar]

In my area, our Machado gym has a dangerous guard, or Cobra Kai affiliate is very aggressive and good wrestlers, our Carlson Gracie Team gym has oppressive top control, and our Gracie Barra gym are just very well rounded.

 

[lechien]

I am a rebel and prefer guard.

 

[Mike Wilson Jr.]

Takedown -> Standing pass -> smash.

Oh, and I do inverted guard.

 

[AnOddParadigm]

From what I have seen, there is much more variation within a gym then there is from gym to gym.

 

[silverD**]

guard player
top player
agressive
passive

 

[kyat303TC]

I think the only convincing arguement for the differentiation of seperate BJJ "styles" is the split between the Franca and Gracie lines. Being that they both learned Judo from Meada, developed seperately, but ultimately came together to become BJJ.

I think anything else just becomes "focus" or "emphasis".

 

[SuperSuperRambo]

I think the only convincing arguement for the differentiation of seperate BJJ "styles" is the split between the Franca and Gracie lines.

I think that's painting with a very broad brush. Compare what is taught at the Gracie Academy in Torrance to what a sport team like Atos does. Both Gracie lineage but very different. The fact is that in the grand scheme of things, the number of guys today coming from straight Franca lineage is very small, if you're going by numbers. GFT is pretty much it aside from some smaller associations.

 

[codemonkey76]

Good instructors will generally produce a diverse range of styles. Others will produce carbon copies of themselves.

 

[lechien]

I train with a GFT Brown belt (he is now BB). nothing different to report.

 

[BJJ Coffee Drinker]

the number of guys today coming from straight Franca lineage is very small, if you're going by numbers. GFT is pretty much it aside from some smaller associations.

GFT and about half the Nova Uniao team comes from the Franca lineage. Franca lineage was known for having good takedowns/judo and leglocks. If I'm not mistaken, some of Lotus CLub is also from Franca/non-Gracie lineage

 

[gocubs1815]

See this is what instructor lineage is so important, because every instructor places emphasis on different things and make little tweaks and inovations to the game.

Like my head instructor is a machado black belt and likes to emphasise leg locks. But my other instructor trained with Saulo and before that wrestled in college. So marry those two styles is what you get with my game.

 

[fourfif**]

Takedowns, aggressive top game, active guard.

 

[eembach]

I focus mainly on slams and various methods of forearm grinding.

 

[OMjitsu316]

I think styles depend much more on the individual than the school/instructor. Unless you're getting a lot of attention from the instructor or tons of privates. I guess my instructors and all the affiliates like to emphasize pressure on the hips for control, and shoulder pressure in the neck when passing, along with passing pretty low. But, they teach a ton of techniques, and cater to different styles/interests when questions are asked about details. We've got wrestlers, flexible guard players, unorthodox twisty turny guys obsessed with inverted moves, crazy army guys that try to choke you to death from anywhere in less than 30 seconds, passive guys, etc etc.

Really, while you're rolling, you decide how to do the techniques, and what techniques to do. Style is (should be) the individual's choice, not the school's. I think most schools have a healthy variety.