Excerpts from the seminar by BJJ legend Xande Ribeiro taught at the World Master 2016, organized by IBJJF at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
This is is one of the best half guard/guard retention videos out there, Master Xande Ribeiro
You can also check the most detailed and the best open guard retention concept video ever!
The Best Open Guard Retention Concept video you will ever Watch!
Stranger Things is an American science fiction-horror web television series created, written, directed and co-executive produced by the Duffer Brothers, as well as co-executive-produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen.
Millie Bobby Brown is a main actress in Stranger Things tv-series who play troubled psychic “11” and she’s training Jiu Jitsu at Phoenix Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness. Millie Bobby Brown also got promoted last year.
You can also check Demi Lovato submitting BJJ World Champ Danielle Martins with an armbar.
Jocko Willink was a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander and Seal Task Unit Commander leading hundreds of operations from September of 1990 to 2010. He’s also Black Belt under Dean Lister, one of the most decorated BJJ fighters who trained a lot of BJJ and MMA champions. Jocko started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 1995 under Fabio Santos and now he owns MMA Victory MMA training center together with Dean Lister.
In this Video, we can listen to Jocko Willink talking about REAL martial arts, traditional martial arts, Krav Maga and others that simply don’t work in his opinion.
You can also check Jocko Willink talking about best self-defense method!
Jocko Willink: Jiu-Jitsu is Only the Second Most Effective Form of Self Defense
You can also check a video when Jocko was challenged by Reporter to a Grappling Match
Jocko Willink Navy Seal Challenged by a Reporter to a Grappling Match
From the rough streets of Rio de Janeiro to the spotlights of the UFC, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu has proven to be the most effective self-defense system of all time.
In this special introductory video, produced in collaboration with Art of Manliness, Rener Gracie breaks down the exact science behind the techniques of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu that have made the art effective against giants for three generations!
Master Ken debunks another falsehood in the world of BJJ: The Grace BJJ zone or range system that teaches positions of so-called safety during a ground fight.
As usual it’s no match for Master Ken’s Ameri-Do-Te!
If you’re interested in zones that master Ken is talking about you can find it all HERE.
Many times, people ask themselves which martial art they should train to be safe on the streets. In this article, I’ll explain which martial art is the best for the streets in my opinion and why so.
I started training Karate as a kid for 10 years. After that, I’ve spent almost two years training Krav Maga. I was training KM till I got into a real street fight with some random dude and I was disappointed in myself. After we were just swinging around I figured out I miss some real sparring. I figured out I had no clue about the fighting and felt like a regular guy with no MA training at all.
I switched Krav Maga to Muay Thai and I can say I felt awesome after only a few months of training. I finally felt like I know something. Real sparrings and real techniques changed the way I think about martial arts. I trained Muay Thai for more than 3 years until my very good friend who was training BJJ for only 8 months challenged me to an MMA fight.
I can’t say for how long I was on my feet, but the first clinch which I thought I’m good at got me to the ground. I was submitted not much after that even though we were practicing some ground defense in Krav Maga.
I can’t express enough how bad my ground defense was against someone who was training BJJ for only 8 months at the time.
And that, again, changed my perspective about fighting.
I joined BJJ school and now I’ve been training in BJJ for 8 years. Very active 8 years I must say with a lot of morning classes too.
So, I’m in Martial arts my whole life and I believe I’m qualified to talk about which martial art is the best for self-defense and the streets.
If you’re looking for the best martial art for pure self-defense you should definitely train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It’s one of the few martial arts that is possible for you to fight against anyone.
No matter your opponent’s size and strength, you will be able to use your techniques.
What’s even more important you’ll come out as a winner in most cases.
If you look at the early UFC’s where you had all pure arts that were pinned one against another and we all know that Royce Gracie came out on top of all of it using Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
The main thing is he did it very convincingly. He was definitely the least athletic of all competitors, he was weaker than all competitors and he was the lightest of all competitors. He was winning with pure technique and not physicality and that’s what matters.
That’s the thing that proves some martial art is really working.
What we could see is that pure Jiu-Jitsu vs pure boxing or pure wrestling or any other martial art Jiu-Jitsu will win most of the time. When I say pure I mean PURE because a lot of guys will say, for example, Demian Maia lost to Tyron Woodley.
So what?
I’m talking about pure martial arts and Woodley is Mixed Martial Artist. He’s well-rounded in BJJ, wrestling, and stand-up martial arts. Times changed so in today’s MMA there is no martial artist stuck to only one martial art.
Most of them, especially those on top, are complete fighters. They’re training everything that works in MMA and we all know that BJJ is a good part of it.
A lot of people will claim that this isn’t really true that BJJ is the best martial art for the streets because the street has its own rules.
Of course, there is a difference.
There will be eye-gouging, biting, groin kicks, and punches and yes, these things can make a difference, but not in the percentage that anyone saying this really thinks.
But do you think that the BJJ practitioner can’t bite you or eye gouge you? It’s not really something that you have to practice for years to be capable of doing. There is no skill involved in it at all.
Let’s take a look at groin kicks that, for example, Krav Maga is full of.
Do you think that some good Muay Thai practitioner can’t kick you in the groin area?
He’ll kick you in the groin area, much harder and faster than any Krav Maga practitioner will. He’s kicking thighs every day so few inches up won’t make any difference to him. And, it’s nonsense to speak about who will avoid any kicks or punches better.
Anyway, if you didn’t know, groin kicks and punches were allowed in the first UFC’s and they didn’t make any difference.
What I wanted to say is that training groin kicks, eye gouges, biting, and similar stupidities like that, are nonsense. It’s foolishness to go somewhere where you will be training for years and years to be able to poke someone in the eye or kick him in the groin. It simply doesn’t make any sense.
But why are people training those things then? It’s simple. I’ll take Krav Maga as an example because Krav Maga has the best marketing for Self Defense. Krav Maga has some really nice videos on unresisting opponents and it all looks nice in videos. That’s something that attracts people.
Everything in Krav Maga looks nice on videos. You can defend yourself from Guns, Machine Guns and you can groin kick a tank if necessary. So, people without any fighting experience are trying to find some shortcuts to be safe and they want to feel like fighters although they’re not.
People want to be happy and if you tell them that they will be strong and safe and also be able to crush anyone it’s easy to get their money as they will be happy with their false sense of security. And that’s exactly what Krav Maga and similar martial arts will do.
People have to understand that there are no shortcuts to be a fighter without putting a lot of sweat and suffering into their training.
Also, when we’re talking about Krav Maga there were no Krav Maga practitioners in the first UFC’s. People will say it’s because of rules, but as I said earlier groin Kicks were allowed back then.
The real reason is that even Krav Maga instructors know where they stand in a real fighting story. They know where their place is and what’s inside their follower’s pockets. Maybe this sounds bad, but that’s what I think.
If you want to be a fighter training real martial art. Martial arts that you will spar with resisting opponents. Just don’t think you’re something that you really aren’t.
What about multiple attackers? That’s the question people raise when you mention BJJ as a Self Defense martial art.
Well, yes, Muay Thai or any other striking art is better for self-defense than BJJ. Going to the ground would be very dangerous and if you go to the ground against multiple attackers you’ll get beat up, that’s for sure. But being attacked by multiple attackers is something happening very rarely.
How many times were you attacked by multiple attackers? Or an even better question is when you were attacked by multiple attackers how many times you managed to beat them all with your martial art?
The odds of getting into a street fight are very low and the odds of being attacked by several people are very, very low.
There is a possibility that one guy beat up 5 guys and that happened already and it’s usually one very tough and trained guy against 5 drunk guys, untrained and clumsy.
The fact is you don’t have to train Muay Thai before Jiu-Jitsu because of that low percentage of multiple attackers situations where you also have minimal chances of winning.
Come to any gym with your martial art and challenge 2,3,4,5 guys to fight you and very fast you’ll understand how helpless you are against multiple attackers.
99% of the times your fights on the street will be 1 on 1 and you want to train something that is the best for 1 on 1 and something that will give you an advantage over all other martial arts.
You guessed right, that’s BJJ and that’s proved in the first UFC’s.
Anyone who watched it saw the power of BJJ there. They could see strong evidence that Jiu-Jitsu is in the terms of pure martial is simply the best.
If you’re worried about multiple attackers then you should carry a knife, gun, or pepper spray with you as it’s your only chance.
Of course, if you’re that worried about multiple attackers you should train in some striking martial art like Muay Thai or Kickboxing, but there is no martial art that can assure you that you’ll beat 5 guys, period.
If you look a bit deeper into this “problem” of which martial art is the best for self-defense and if we take into consideration what Royce Gracie proved in early UFC’s as we could see all kinds of martial arts versus Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu you can ask yourself one simple question.
How can you expect to beat multiple attackers if you can’t beat one Jiu-Jitsu practitioner?
So, the conclusion to this topic and on the question, what martial art is the best for self-defense and the street, I would say it’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
If you want to take your self-defense and street fighting to another level mix your BJJ training with some other martial arts as the only thing that beat Jiu-Jitsu is Jiu-Jitsu mixed with some other functional martial art like Wrestling, Muay Thai, Boxing, etc.
I didn’t mention guys like Mikhail Ryabko or those similar to him or all other “martial artists” using chi energy and stupidities like that because I think they should be banned from Martial Arts forever.
Mateo Juric
Also if you’re interested to see a Woman(BJJ) vs MAN(Muay Thai) check THIS LINK
https://www.bjj-world.com/woman-vs-man-challenge-match-brazil/
On October 22, 2017 In one of the toughest Sub Only no Gi tournaments Garry Tonon retains his title by submitting Vagner Rocha in a finals of EBI 13.
Garry Tonon did a Heel Hook on Vagner Rocha from X-guard and here is a breakdown on how he did it.
Check Out the EBI 13 Results
Garry Tonon Retains EBI Lightweight Championship Submitting Vagner Rocha – EBI 13 Results
This should be a reminder for everyone to TAP ON TIME.
There’s nothing more important than your Health. Unfortunately for this guy he had to learn it the hard way.
OCTOBER 22, 2017 In one of the toughest Sub Only no Gi tournaments Garry Tonon retains his title by submitting Vagner Rocha in a finals of EBI 13.
ROUND1
– Garry Tonon defeated Chance Braud by inside heel hook
– Ross Keeping defeated John Battle by inside heel hook
– Lucas Valente defeated Andreas Perales by kneebar
– Keith Krekorian defeated James Gonzalez in overtime (fastest escape)
– Vagner Rocha defeated Issa Able in overtime (fastest submission)
– PJ Barch defeated Jason Soares in overtime (fastest escape)
– Mike Padilla defeated Mike Main by inside heel hook
– Nathan Orchard defeated Mike Walenski in overtime (fastest submission)
¼ FINALS
– Garry Tonon defeated Ross Keeping by armbar
– Lucas Valente defeated Keith Krekorian by RNC
– Vagner Rocha defeated PJ Barch in overtime (fastest escape)
– Nathan Orchard defeated Mike Padilla in overtime (fastest submission)
SEMI-FINALS
– Garry Tonon defeated Lucas Valente by heel hook
– Vagner Rocha defeated Nathan Orchard in overtime (fastest escape)
FINAL
– Garry Tonon defeated Vagner Rocha by inside heel hook
Black Belt Billy Hofacker teaches us 5 different ways to get out of the mount position.
The 5 escape are as follows:
1. Elbow Escape
2. Arm trap & roll
3. Elbow escape to single leg x guard
4. Bump, bridge and pop
5. Pick the lock
You can also check 17 positional escapes from Mount and Back mount in 10 minutes.
