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Rigan Machado Designs Jiu-Jitsu System without Sparring for Celebrities
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My guess is they all take private classes with him.
None of them will be in a group class.
It means they never get to roll with anyone apart him.
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Yikes, the American TKDation of BJJ is upon us.
You'd have to be naive to not see that eventually non-celebs will want some of that no-sparring BJJ training, with belt ranking, action.
You'd have to be naive to not see that eventually non-celebs will want some of that no-sparring BJJ training, with belt ranking, action.
Formalized BJJ kata (solo) is coming. Mark my words.
100 years from now, at a strip mall, you will have lines of 11 year olds with 2nd degree black belts, laying on their backs and practicing triangle chokes, arm bars, and scissor sweeps in the air against imaginary opponents. Meanwhile, people will be arguing about the true application of these kata moves. Are they just grappling techniques or are there strikes hidden in there? Or maybe they're something more, like no touch chi knockouts. You'll have some guy named Jorge Dillmao claiming to be able to choke people out from 20 feet away.
Fuck.
100 years from now, at a strip mall, you will have lines of 11 year olds with 2nd degree black belts, laying on their backs and practicing triangle chokes, arm bars, and scissor sweeps in the air against imaginary opponents. Meanwhile, people will be arguing about the true application of these kata moves. Are they just grappling techniques or are there strikes hidden in there? Or maybe they're something more, like no touch chi knockouts. You'll have some guy named Jorge Dillmao claiming to be able to choke people out from 20 feet away.
Fuck.
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It is 2 decades I hear saying that Jiu Jitsu has to be tested on the street. Now even the mat is too much.
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No. But some of us care about the direction of the art in general. And bullshit like this dilutes the credibility of the art.
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Exactly
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If someone discredits the art... invite them to the gym to try sparring.
Speak by action, not by words.
Speak by action, not by words.
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Maybe "the art" was NEVER what you thought it was.
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Well, it has never been this bullshit before.
And it is not so much about keeping things like they used to be, but keeping things functional. And no sparring is very much not functional.
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That is for you to control in your own gym. Not on an Internet forum. The only thing you control is how you choose to train. Not how everyone else chooses. Be the change you want and if the issue is really crucial, people will follow your lead.
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Helio Gracie started his school using this "bullshit" method.
Nothing really changed. It's just easier to read about now.
Maybe...just maybe...sambo has (platonically) the right idea. No belts. External qualifiers of skill (candidate, master, distinguished master etc) dependant on tournament performance. Coaching tied to (a) having at least achieved Master of Sport (??) and (b) undertaking coaching course (??).
Meanwhile, rank and file members are rank and file members....therefore, who gives a shit if Ahston Kucher is the same belt as you if belts mean nothing / aren't points of differentiation?
Meanwhile, rank and file members are rank and file members....therefore, who gives a shit if Ahston Kucher is the same belt as you if belts mean nothing / aren't points of differentiation?
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