![]() ![]() " I heard that the Marines were considering adopting the Gracie System. While he had respect for it's capability as a very effective art for single person combat, he also was quick to point out that it is not an ideal form for all circumstances, or as he put it. The one thing that must be learnt, but cannot be taught is understanding.Īt a seminar two years ago, I had the chance to talk to a senior instructor of Aikido about BJJ. I believe that as long as we keep TJJ pure and don't change it for the public it will have a place.Ĭomercialism has been the death of many a style, if you have good Jujutsu but few students, hey to me the problem is in the students not the Jujutsu. Whilst there is strong media representation BJJ, Shute Fighting and others have the public's interest. What most people don't understand is that UFC style fighting is not the same as real self defense. In the end it was my lack of fitness (must work on that!) rather than his technique that allowed him to get anything on me. He was amazed that when we were standing and I took him down to the ground there was little room for him to manoeuvre, I retained control all the way. They taught get to the ground anyway possible then fight. The main thing he said though was that BJJ totally ignored the standing up stuff. They tend to lack finesse and have a poor concept of balance, which is important anywhere. At the end of our session he had a number of 'tricks' that his BJJ instructors had not been able to show him in the ground fighting area. He had a low opinion of TJJ but some mutual friends had said to him to give me a try, after all training was training. I've even seen people quit training when they found out that TJJ was not the Gracie style they had heard of.Ĭonversely though, I have had a BJJ practicioner who was training for UFC come to me for some training. John, I agree totally, TJJ is becoming the poor cousin in the eyes of the public. How is it that JJJ is seen as being less than effective compared to its Brazilian offshoot? So, am I a lone voice in the wilderness or do others see the same thing? In his eyes, jujutsu is ground fighting that worked, and he didn’t see any use in studying the Japanese koryu forms of it.Īll this got me to thinking, and it reminded me how Karate has evolved into meaning “martial arts” in a general sense (do you find martial arts in your yellow pages under karate or martial arts?) and how tae kwon do is referred to “Korean karate.” When I answered him with: “traditional Japanese jujutsu,” he quickly commented that he studied modern jujutsu and didn’t have much interest in the older, AND less effective arts of Japan. Just last week I was chatting with a new friend who asked what martial arts I study. Traditional Japanese jujutsu seems to have a slight “respect” problem, especially in terms of street effectiveness. What will be needed instead is JJJ (Japanese jujutsu) or TJJ (traditional Jujutsu). I for one feel that the time is approaching that the term BJJ will not be needed, since it will be the “jujutsu” in the eyes of the public and martial artists. ![]() For years, people have been referring to “BJJ” (Brazilian Jujitsu) in an attempt to differentiate this art from its Japanese counterpart. ![]() Thus, I suspect that “jujutsu” has evolved today to the point that it is often associated with ground fighting skills from South America, and not as a traditional Japanese martial art. Words have meaning, based on not only its definition, but how the public uses them.
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