My little brother got into a street fight last week...

Hi everyone,

I often see threads on here about BJJ and it "working" or "Not working" in a street fight situation...

Well a little background on my little brother:

3/4 years ago started Gi Jiu Jitsu under Telles and Terere jiu jitsu, did it for 4 months
2 years ago started greco roman wrestling, and nogi, did it for 6 months at a MMA gym.

In between we are fortunate enough to have a matted room in our house, so rolled occasionally when we were in london at the same time...we did little except very aggressive sparring...

Anyway he was at university, minding his own business outside his halls of residence, when two larger men approached him, shouting "Whats the time you fucking pussy"...and then the larger guy got right in his face saying again "whats the time you pussy"

My brother felt that these guys were looking to beat the shit out of someone, and he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He double legged the guy onto the pavement, landing in side mount...applied a kimura, then stepped over his head to tighten it, the guy screamed in pain as his shoulder was about to be wrecked, and with the submission still applied, my brother asked for an apology, which the guy provided. My brother let him back up, and the attackers hurried off. The fight lasted not more than 20 seconds.

My brother was lucky the other guy didnt stamp on his head, but he had no choice but to fight.

This is proof to me, that even low levels of jiu jitsu can make an enormous difference in a street situation. I guess its a matter of believing in ones ability! My brother feels that the greco roman wrestling, and sparring jiu jitsu aggressively at home helped him win the fight.

 

roflmao, that's not a street fight.

your brother assaulted a tourette's patient who wanted to know the time.

 

No choice to fight! Hum..


He is lucky he did not get stab..hear so many stories of knife attacks in the UK.

 

Not surprising. The only ones who think you can't use jiu-jitsu on the street are morons, trolls, or hardcore TMA nuts. It's common sense that jiu-jitsu isn't the answer for every scenario, but neither is striking or judo or anything. There is probably even a time when running isn't the right answer.

Anyhow, always good to hear someone's jiu-jitsu/wrestling/grappling training helped them.

 

It was just tea time.

 

:d:d:d rotflmao !!

 

was there a guy yelling he wanted a burger at a fast food restaurant involved?

 

Holy shit I laughed hard, thanks

 

greco doesn't have double legs

 

which means he can't go for double legs...?

 

The only people who don't believe bjj works in the streets are people who don't train bjj. Every MA has its benefits for streets. Just keep an open mind and know it may not always be the best option

 

no, but his brother thanked greco roman wrestling for his victory... as the fight was described there was no greco roman wrestling involved

 

the difference between shooting (yup, shooting) for a duckunder in greco and a double in f/s or folk is not as big as you think.

 

Hahahaha well done sir.

 

Jesus, this response was awesome. Well done sir, well done.

 

1-0 to EternalRag3 :icon_lol:

 

I thought the scenario sounded similar. :icon_chee

 

I hope your brother goes to jail for that.

 

I for one would like to congratulate your brother for doing that.

If left unchecked those guys will hurt others.

Even if it looks like assault he made them morons think about bullying somebody.

And I hate political correctness bullshit.

 

Did your brother say "here we go" when the guy asked for the time?