Gracie Insider April Technique of the Month

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Ryron and Rener Gracie, head instructors of the Gracie Academy in Torrance, CA, teach you how to shrimp escape from the side mount.

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• jiu
• jitsu
• mma
• ufc
• pride
• rorion
• rener
• ryron
• royler
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• technique

[RightWingCon81]

THis one response will address all 3 of your posts.

The Gracies have never denied that their art comes from japan, they just point out, and rightly so, that they have emphasized ground fighting and their techniques and movements are unique to ground fighting. THat's all, if Judo is so great, then why is it that few UFC guys use Judo? And if they do they ALSO supplement that with BJJ? They're different, perhaps not VERY different, but different.

[TheWoodmite]

wow, only on youtube can u click on a GJJ instructional video, and glance down to see a heated discussion about Pearl Harbor, Hitler, or Colon cancer. what the hell is wrong with u people.....

[sharkfinnigan]

@HughSlaman if someone tries to bite you then they probably dont know what they are doing, if they bite you, break something of theirs, or put them to sleep then break something of theirs, when you train gjj you are trained to terribly mame people, it can be an injury they carry for the rest of their life, they wont bite you after that

[HughSlaman]

Much respect to the Gracie family as a whole, and to Rener and Ryron Gracie in particular.

After watching this, I am not sure I like the idea that you should just not do anything when under a tight sidemount.

The bad guy's face is so lose to yours in that position. What is to stop him from biting you while you wait for your chance to escape? And what is the Jiu Jitsu response to such biting?

I am really curious about the answers to these questions...

[fatmelonn]

"You don't escape when you wanna escape, you escape when you can" priceless!

[ValkyereHowie]

@RightWingCon81 None yet, I'd like to do some amateur MMA in the future, obviously hope I never have to be in a fight for my life scenario lol. All I'm saying is a major concussion (knock out) can definitely be inflicted from a hard throw, especially if they don't know ukemi/break falls. Any and all arts can cause a major concussion or contain submissions such as chokes that can end a fight. Armlock; with only one functional arm, the fight is basically over.

[RightWingCon81]

@ValkyereHowie How many fights have you been in? I know in REAL fights I've been in, I feel little to no pain because of adrenaline. I'm not special, I'm not super human, I'm normal, most people can take a lot of abuse in a "life or death" fight. That's why Helio promoted chokes to armlocks, because a guy can still fight with a broken arm, but no one can fight after being knocked out with a choke.

[ValkyereHowie]

@RightWingCon81 No I did not say that, I said the effects of each technique would be much more powerful on an average person like a street thug that would actually try to attack you because they are not trained and they are not in MMA shape, an MMA fighter can take a throw like that but just some random agressive dude on the street sure as hell can't. Lol really? Nit picking grammatical errors? Only someone with no points or no valid points has to resort to nit picking at grammatical errors.

[RightWingCon81]

@ValkyereHowie Didn't you just say MMA is a poor proving ground because you have pros who practice all day? THat's just GINORANCE MAN, plain old GINORANCE! I don't know what ginorance is, but it's your word so I'm going with it.

[ValkyereHowie]

@RightWingCon81 Judo is also a sport but it was/is primarily self-defense, Jigoro Kano created Judo for the same reason Helio Gracie created BJJ, to give a small/frail opponent the ability to overcome someone whom is physically much more powerful than them, only Kano focused on throws, throws that required as little physical strength as possible. I don't practice Judo I just feel no art should be disrespected and they all have something incredible to offer.

[ValkyereHowie]

@R EVERY ART; Judo, GJJ, Aikido, Kung Fu, Karate, Kick Boxing, Wrestling, Ninjutsu, JJJ, Taekwondo, Nogi ect. has it's own specialities and it's own strengths and weaknesses. It all comes down to the practitioner. And really at the end of the day, I would say the safest people are those whom practice at least two arts that compliment each other, a striking art and a grappling art. Stand up and ground game, if MMA has proved anything it is that all aspects of self-defense/fighting are important!

[RightWingCon81]

@ValkyereHowie I practice Judo myself, I think it's great, but it is a sport and those who practice it probably couldn't through a guy who is punching them in the face. GJJ, not BJJ is designed to stop people in a REAL fight.