This article won’t be about what martial art is better for groundwork but what are the differences between those two. Primarily because Judo’s groundwork is a bit limited when we talk about sweeps, transitions, submissions… and especially playing from the back.

Why is that so? Because there is a time limit in Judo once you hit the ground. So in modern Judo, it would be a waste of time to train groundwork the way it’s taught in BJJ. You simply have no time to play on the ground and you can’t play from your back. If you hit the floor with your back you lost the match. So why bother with it? The only way you can play from your back is when your opponent pins you down to score a win. But then you’re not really “playing” from the back, you’re trying to get in a neutral position as fast as possible. And when you hit the ground in BJJ that’s where the fight actually starts.

Judo is incredibly complex throwing art on the feet just like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is incredibly complex art on the ground so talking about what’s better on the ground is a bit clueless.

The best explanation would be to say “it’s the same art with different rules”.

Let’s see what are the main differences between Judo and BJJ groundwork in the video below!

Weird situation happened on ACB64 MMA event. Nashko Gaev was choked out in round 1 by his opponent Denis Mutsnek. Before he dropped his hands he even did a tap.

Referee was very close to action and he went to check if Nashko was conscious and he suddenly appeared moving his hands and starting to defend. The fight was not stopped and in second round Nashko Gaev Knocked out his opponent with a knee blow to the head.

The main question is, should the referee stop the fight there?

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The biggest rematch of all times in BJJ went bad for Buchecha and we could see that he was very disappointed after the match so after the match, the Checkmate star commented on the fight from his point of view.

“I got it wrong and I payed the price”

“Roger did not allow me to play my game and there was no injuries to blame. Roger made good grips when he pulled guard. I made a mistake against a guy you can’t make mistakes against”

With such an impressive physique Jason Momoa was perfect Khal Drogo in Game Of Thrones and I believe we were all sad when he left the series leaving his lovely wife Emilia Clark aka Daenerys Targaryen alone.

Maybe we were also sad because of some scenes that they had together but we will leave that for another subject 🙂

All of us who miss Jason Momoa’s character from Game Of Thrnoes can be happy because he will soon be seen in another movie called “Aquaman”.

Here is the picture of Jason with arms wide spread wearing a white belt together with all other novices.

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This picture was taken in one of Rigan Machado’s academies. Have a nice BJJ trip Jason!

Mauricio Motta Gomes was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As many other BJJ Legends he started training while bery young at the age of four. He started training at João Alberto Barreto’s training academy. His father was also a BJJ practitioner who had great impact on his knowledge.

After some time Mauricio stopped training at João Alberto Barreto’s academy, for unknown reasons, and switched to the Rolls Gracie academy. He was workiung with Rolls for 5 years and in 1981 he was awarded with a black belt. With his black belt he became one of the “The Famous Five”,  a nickname to Rolls Gracie’s black belt students, even though there were six of them.

As he was spending years near Gracie Family he felt in love with Carlos Gracie’s daughter, Reila Gracie. They married in 1979 and two years after future multiple world champion Roger Gracie was Born. Unfortunately their marriage did not last.

After His mentor passed away Mauricio moved to Japan but came back to Brazil because of language barrier. He continued training with Rolls Gracie’s brother, Carlinhos Gracie and was waiting for new teaching opportunity to came. This time he went to United Kingdom.  He started an academy called Gracie Barra UK in Birmingham, England. He also brought Felipe Souza, Braulio Estima, and his son Roger Gracie. As this buisness went very well Mauricio set up other academies in London, Edinburgh, and Belfast.

Right now Mauricio is teaching in Brazil and at his son’s Roger Gracie academy in London, UK.