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 assume that a BJJ practitioner is in danger when he's actually on the attack.
The underlying principles of BJJ enable a small practitioner to successfully attack a much larger practitioner by applying leverage, and using his stronger muscles to attack his opponent's joints, neck, or weaker muscles. Early vale tudo videos (Brazilian for "anything goes") show these principles in action.
BJJ fighters can also end a fight with strikes, but these attacks are often opened as a result of traditional BJJ attacks, leaving himself vulnerable in the process; or directly through the use of BJJ attack techniques. BJJ attack techniques are designed to render an opponent unable to continue a fight, either by inflicting damage to a joint or limb, or rendering him immobile or unconscious.
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 to move the joint beyond its intended range of motion. Some examples are arm bars, knee bars, Americana, Kimura.
2) Chokes: the word "chokes" is sometimes mistakenly used for "strangles," but the two are represent completely different types of attack, thought they both focus on the neck. A choke occurs when a fighters attacks the windpipe of his opponent in an effort to restrict air.
3) Strangles: with a strangle, a practitioner attempts to cut off the blood supply to the brain by constricting the carotid arteries. Strangles are most common when fighters are wearing gis (rear naked choke being a large exception), which are the traditional training and sparring uniform. You can view BJJ gi videos to see these tactics in action.
BJJ is a fascinating martial art. It takes years or even decades to rank, but even inexperienced BJJ practitioners fare very well against expert practitioners from other arts like karate or tae kwon do. There are many vs videos available which demonstrate one art vs another. These videos will provide a glimpse into why BJJ is so effective for self defense.
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 assume that a BJJ practitioner is in danger when he's actually on the attack.
The underlying principles of BJJ enable a small practitioner to successfully attack a much larger practitioner by applying leverage, and using his stronger muscles to attack his opponent's joints, neck, or weaker muscles. Early vale tudo videos (Brazilian for "anything goes") show these principles in action.
BJJ fighters can also end a fight with strikes, but these attacks are often opened as a result of traditional BJJ attacks, leaving himself vulnerable in the process; or directly through the use of BJJ attack techniques. BJJ attack techniques are designed to render an opponent unable to continue a fight, either by inflicting damage to a joint or limb, or rendering him immobile or unconscious.
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 to move the joint beyond its intended range of motion. Some examples are arm bars, knee bars, Americana, Kimura.
2) Chokes: the word "chokes" is sometimes mistakenly used for "strangles," but the two are represent completely different types of attack, thought they both focus on the neck. A choke occurs when a fighters attacks the windpipe of his opponent in an effort to restrict air.
3) Strangles: with a strangle, a practitioner attempts to cut off the blood supply to the brain by constricting the carotid arteries. Strangles are most common when fighters are wearing gis (rear naked choke being a large exception), which are the traditional training and sparring uniform. You can view BJJ gi videos to see these tactics in action.
BJJ is a fascinating martial art. It takes years or even decades to rank, but even inexperienced BJJ practitioners fare very well against expert practitioners from other arts like karate or tae kwon do. There are many vs videos available which demonstrate one art vs another. These videos will provide a glimpse into why BJJ is so effective for self defense.
About the Author:
Chad has been training in submission grappling and BJJ for four years, and has competed in both sport jiu-jitsu and MMA. He enjoys watching bjj videos and vs videos to see how others are using or evolving the sport.
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