What do people think about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for self defence? And of this link showing there self defence?

BJJ has some techniques also that meant for self defense but things may depend upon how the Instructor modified it and make it more useful on some street situational issues.

Good luck

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Jeff B is your typical white suburban MMA fan boy and should be ignored at all costs.

People like him have never been in a fight and because they have seen in on UFC, they think BJJ is the s**t, but they have no experience and would probably crap himself in a real fight.

Where I come from, NYC, people who fight on the ground who are fa*gots who are making themselves an easier target by laying down, and making punches easier by letting our fists go down with gravity.

I have seen all kinds of suburban MMA fanboys come up here and think they have the right to talk **** to people because he does BJJ, and they ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS get their asses beat.

If you can punch somebody and move away or use it as a means of getting away, then that's fantastic and should be done

Boxing and Muay Thai are great because its fast, brutal and effective, whereas BJJ is slow and involves a lot ofbeing on the ground (which never happens when real men fight) and its basically saying (I'm down, finish me off) and isn't a good idea.

Oh, and they will talk about breaking peoples arms, which they would go to jail for assault doing, provoked or not, so you can tell they have never used it.

If you like BJJ, then do it for sport, if you don't care but want self defence, then don't waste your money on BJJ.

Try Boxing and Muay Thai.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a great MA for self defence. After all Jujutsu was designed for that.

Many people have told you what it has. My experience is that while it is a combat sport, BJJ is great because of the escapes from takedowns, joint locks, chokes and the ground. You don't wanna fight down there so use what you have learnt to escape. I have had to use my BJJ to get out of a head lock, clinch and a guy who had me on the ground in a side mount. Never ground fight! Even a single adversity can still grab a weapon, bite, scratch, headbutt, punch.

Escape, rise to standing, punch, kick, elbow, knee, headbutt, eye gouge, attack throat/sternum/groin and get away.

Jiu-Jitsu, Jujutsu, BJJ, Judo...whatever you study in the line is practical for self defence. In my experience as a security guard in a juvenile detention centre it is practical for self defence. But it needs striking (unless its Japanese Jujutsu). I train in Boxing to fulfill this and did a defence against weapons course. Many police and guards train in grappling like BJJ, Judo and Hapkido

Self defence is escape from violent situations. BJJ allows you to do this but remember to learn to leave the sport aspects mindset behind and use it to escape. Add some strikes and maybe a police self defence course. Weapons are terrible, against knives you will get cut. Attack the arms, grab the knife, eye gouge and kick then run. Superficial cuts will happen but that is the best you can hope for! Punctures to the torso almost always mean death and deep cuts are a nightmare.

Get off the ground asap and avoid weapons like knives and guns at all cost.

I don't mean to be harsh but I have worked as a Juvenile detention centre and prison guard, a bouncer in Kings Cross and security. Don't romantise street fights. I have seen people killed by stabbings and getting their heads kicked in. I have even been in that situation. It is horrible, sickening and scares your soul.

When it comes to self defence, escape is the only sensible course of action. For further info google Geoff Thompson and the street fights secret website.

Also. Avoid being drunk! And nothing great happens after the 12pm-2pm period!

Edit: What I have said is only to be done when all else has failed. You will get into serious legal problems (may get off due to self defence but its a huge hassle and costs thousands) but as my old boss told me "its better to do 6 then be 6 feet under!".

Also it annoys me how some think its tough or cool. You know whats cool? Getting you and your woman home safely and protecting your family. Not being some tough MMA wannabe!

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is based on several forms of Japanese ground fighting techniques. If your planning on using your training in a street fight setting I warn you, an untrained opponent will fight and behave much differently than the trained opponents you will more than liely train with. If you are are planning on street fighting I would recommend a more offense form.

Most fights Don't end up on the ground, the actual stat is closer to 40 to 60 percent of both people being on the ground,

The stat that claims most fights go to the ground was made up by the gracics to promote bjj.

More then likely only oone person will be on the ground the one that lost.

As for it being used in self defense, bjj is good for what it is designed for, one on one. Multiple people it will not work well on. As for self defense that depends how you train more then what you train

Interesting that despite the BJJ/Gracie claim that 90% of fights end up on the ground they only went to the ground in a couple of instances in the first video. Oh Well.

In my opinion when it comes to self defense if you only use grappling you are limiting yourself to an aspect which is slower to execute.

I'll stick to my Astra A-75.

because 75-80% of real fights end up on the ground.(all fights not just MMA fights) Thats the entire basis to the claim.

If you ever see a bar fight or something similar you will see that people's instints are to clinch up and try to put someone on the ground and punch them from there.