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Brazilian Jujitsu, commonly referred to as BJJ, is attracting more and more practitioners around the world as both an effective self-defense martial art and a sport. This rapid increase in popularity is thanks to many factors, but the the reason most often cited is because it was, and continues to be used with excellent success rates in mixed martial arts (MMA) and no-holds-barred fighting.
BJJ is unique in the martial arts realm in that practitioners can attack from what would normally be considered a defensive position and vice versa. This leads many spectators to believe that a BJJ practitioner is defending when he's actually on the attack.
The fundamental principles of BJJ enable a small fighter to overpower a much larger practitioner by applying leverage, and using strong muscles (or multiple muscles) to attack weaker muscles or joints. Early vale tudo videos (Brazilian for "anything goes") show many of these tactics in action.
BJJ practitioners can also end a fight with strikes, but these attacks are often opened when an opponent defends against traditional BJJ attacks, leaving himself vulnerable in the process; or directly through the use of BJJ attack techniques. BJJ attack techniques are engineered to render an opponent immobile or unconscious, or render his limbs unusable, thereby ending a fight.
The three primary categories of attack are:
1) Joint Locks: a practitioner will attempt to isolate one of his opponent's joints or limbs and use leverage or larger muscles to move the joint beyond its intended range of motion. Examples include Americana, arm bars, Kimura, knee bars.
2) Chokes: the word "chokes" is often used interchangeably with "strangles," but the two are very distinct, thought they both focus on the neck. A choke occurs when a practitioners attacks the windpipe of his opponent to cut off or restrict air flow.
3) Strangles: with a strangle, a practitioner attempts to cut off the blood supply to the brain by constricting the carotid arteries. Strangles are seen more often when fighters are wearing gis (mata leo being a large exception), which are the traditional training and sparring uniform. You can view BJJ gi videos to see what these look like.
Brazilian Jujitsu is a compelling martial art. It takes a long time to master the many moves and positions, but sparring is excellent for physcial conditioning, and you spar at almost full speed, making the transition to self-defense situations much easier. To see how BJJ stacks up against other arts, you can view a large number of vs videos, which will showcase two martial arts head to head, e.g. kung fu vs. BJJ.
BJJ is unique in the martial arts realm in that practitioners can attack from what would normally be considered a defensive position and vice versa. This leads many spectators to believe that a BJJ practitioner is defending when he's actually on the attack.
The fundamental principles of BJJ enable a small fighter to overpower a much larger practitioner by applying leverage, and using strong muscles (or multiple muscles) to attack weaker muscles or joints. Early vale tudo videos (Brazilian for "anything goes") show many of these tactics in action.
BJJ practitioners can also end a fight with strikes, but these attacks are often opened when an opponent defends against traditional BJJ attacks, leaving himself vulnerable in the process; or directly through the use of BJJ attack techniques. BJJ attack techniques are engineered to render an opponent immobile or unconscious, or render his limbs unusable, thereby ending a fight.
The three primary categories of attack are:
1) Joint Locks: a practitioner will attempt to isolate one of his opponent's joints or limbs and use leverage or larger muscles to move the joint beyond its intended range of motion. Examples include Americana, arm bars, Kimura, knee bars.
2) Chokes: the word "chokes" is often used interchangeably with "strangles," but the two are very distinct, thought they both focus on the neck. A choke occurs when a practitioners attacks the windpipe of his opponent to cut off or restrict air flow.
3) Strangles: with a strangle, a practitioner attempts to cut off the blood supply to the brain by constricting the carotid arteries. Strangles are seen more often when fighters are wearing gis (mata leo being a large exception), which are the traditional training and sparring uniform. You can view BJJ gi videos to see what these look like.
Brazilian Jujitsu is a compelling martial art. It takes a long time to master the many moves and positions, but sparring is excellent for physcial conditioning, and you spar at almost full speed, making the transition to self-defense situations much easier. To see how BJJ stacks up against other arts, you can view a large number of vs videos, which will showcase two martial arts head to head, e.g. kung fu vs. BJJ.
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