BJJ Poll Data with Penny Thomas

2009 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt World Champion Penny Thomas (pennyfighting.com) reviews some of the results from the weekly BJJ polls from thefightworkspodcast.com. During the competition footage, you see Andre de Freitas (Cesar Gracie) against Joao Assis (CheckMat) at the 2009 American National Jiu-Jitsu Championships.

Data Penny covers:

13% have been to Brazil to train BJJ.

28% have used BJJ in a real life self-defense situation.

46% believe that BJJ teammates should not be able to verbally agree on 1st and 2nd place if they close out the brackets in competition.

Only 75% believe they deserve the belt they wear.

60% are not satisfied with the takedown instruction at their academy.

Most BJJ students pay between $100 and $125 per month for classes.

64% do strength training to enhance their BJJ.

44% believe BJJ is more martial art than a sport.

If there were no BJJ, 51% would not be training another sport and be as healthy as they are.

61% of BJJ students have changed schools.

64% of BJJ people compete in BJJ or submission grappling tournaments.

54% have cut weight to compete in tournaments.

47% started training BJJ between 21 and 30 years old.

39% of jiu-jitsu practitioners pay for private classes.

28% of BJJ students prefer that their instructor is Brazilian.

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