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THANKSProbably a little of both, depending on the school. I mean there are some crazy good grapplers out there teaching MMA, but there are also some very poor grapplers teaching it.
Also when you have to mix kickboxing, wrestling and jiu-jitsu together, it's pretty hard to go into an adequate level of detail in each one of them, especially in a single class. You have to train all three of those for MMA, but it's best to train the different styles separately, and to "major" in one while "minoring" in the other two. In an MMA gym there will be a lot of guys who focus on kickboxing or wrestling rather than jiu-jitsu, so you might be able to tap them on the ground pretty easily if you're one of the guys who focuses on jiu-jitsu more.
So you just can't expect all the guys at an MMA gym to be at the same level in their jiu-jitsu as you could expect from the guys at a pure BJJ gym. That might explain why the guy is suddenly tapping people left and right now that he switched from a BJJ to an MMA gym.
THANKSI think he is saying that in an MMA school they are covering different topics...boxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, and BJJ. So you don't spend all you time on just one topic therefore you can't be really good at BJJ if you spend your time on other things.
I think that is what he meant.....:redface:
Maybe.deff agree with that.
although do you think the grappling training in a pure BJJ school is as effective / well suited for MMA compared to a school that trains solely for MMA?
I am of the opinion if you can wrestle or Judo and play BJJ (even defensively) you can be decent at both.
Having take down and control ability AND being able to recognize and resist sweeps (and subs) will serve you well in a fight, MMA or grappling event.
All kinds make good MMA fighters and by proxy prolly good self defense fighters.
You can be GREAT at BJJ, Boxing or Wrestling and be SHIT at self defense or MMA.
The point is being capable in all ranges, which is what OP was talking about from the start IMO.
For instance Andy Wang, BB in BJJ under John Lewis, cannot fight his way out of a paper bag (IMO) and pretty much any hammer house fighter (top level wrestlers) can be submitted at will(IMO)!!!!!!!!!
Either way for fighting or MMA Ithink it is better to have a balance. Specialty is good when you have the chance to be a specialist!