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Originally Posted by TheDoc
I have mad respect for BJJ... But it IS NOT the end all fighting style. I don't care what these so called fighters in this forum say.
Controlled situations is not fighting... period, point, blank - it's training.
If you want to fight for sport, cool.. please do. But recognize and understand - ITS A SPORT - for a reason.
It does not mean it's the best, and being a black belt does not make you a bad ass, it does not mean BJJ is the best.. It means "ITS LIMITED" by RULES.. and based on the current rules, BJJ is the best - but still limited.
Remember that....
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If you are using BJJ in competition it is limited by rules, but in a self defense situation why would a BJJ practitioner have to abide by the rules of sport fighting? They don't, and they can play just as dirty as the other guy.
When people try and make the argument that BJJ is not effective in street fighting, they also try and revert to things like eye gouging, groin shots, biting, and other "dirty" techniques. Or they make some silly assertion that there is some other devastating technique that they could use that isn't permitted in sport fighting or MMA. The truth is the one technique that is not permitted in MMA that is any kind of an equalizer is the headbutt, and a BJJ practitioner is way more likely to use that than the average guy. In the early UFC's Royce Gracie used the headbutt frequently.
As far as fighting style BJJ IS the end all, and if you know a more effective one I'd love to hear what it is. Of course the best combo of styles would be BJJ, Muay Thai, and wrestling, and if they took all the rules out of MMA and made it truly anything goes again, those three styles would still regin supreme. There is nothing else out there, with maybe an exception to judo, that can even compare.
Now if you are trying to go a step further, no style can help you against multiple attackers, and a smart person would avoid those situations at all costs, even running the hell away if that is the only option. No style is going to help you against a gun either, and the best means of self defense would still be getting a concealed carry permit and carrying a firearm. Being a BJJ blackbelt obviously won't help you against an opponent with a firearm, but BJJ also doesn't teach disarming an opponent with a gun like a lot of the bullshit martial arts out there...