Attn: Bjj stop breeding mouthbreathers

[King Sleepless]

So last night at my parkour/"urban gymnastics" class there was a guy who as he said, "was into the bjj." I just kept my mouth shut and let them all marvel over the bjj guy. He started trying to teach people takedowns and takedown defenses before grappling during the open gym/mat time.

Still i steeled my tongue because fuck that, I'm there to learn parkour. Until. UNTIL i saw him try to teach a counter to a no gi tomo nage. Yes, NO GI TOMO NAGE. The counter you ask? A cartwheel. Yes. A cartwheel. Then he began to teach some amazing crappling. I corrected the tomo nage counter but decided to let this youtube blue belt spread his false litany.

So what the fuck bjj, why is quality control so sloppy.

[Kickapoo]

So last night at my parkour/"urban gymnastics" class there was a guy who as he said, "was into the bjj." I just kept my mouth shut and let them all marvel over the bjj guy. He started trying to teach people takedowns and takedown defenses before grappling during the open gym/mat time.

Still i steeled my tongue because fuck that, I'm there to learn parkour. Until. UNTIL i saw him try to teach a counter to a no gi tomo nage. Yes, NO GI TOMO NAGE. The counter you ask? A cartwheel. Yes. A cartwheel. Then he began to teach some amazing crappling. I corrected the tomo nage counter but decided to let this youtube blue belt spread his false litany.

So what the fuck bjj, why is quality control so sloppy.

As anything gets popular, quality control goes to shit. It's not just BJJ.

[DKJr]

I'd blame it on California.

[feral00]

Yeah unfortunatly when something gets popular you get lower quality practitioners, I think because lack of individual training and lowering of standards, but the real problem is these guys only train with other low quality people so they think their better than they really are.

[searcher66071]

You could blame it on California or you could blame it on the style becoming popular or even on the vast number of books that are out on the subject.

But, IMO, it all comes down to name recognition. The same thing is happening to BJJ that happened to karate. People calling everything that involves grappling and submissions, BJJ. This is pure speculation on my part, but many of the people in the area where I live tend to call anything with a ground game, Jiujitsu. Then it quickly gets changed to BJJ. And so on.

The same thing is happening to the UFC. The teenage crowd call all MMA events the UFC. It is purely brand recognition.

JMHO.

[SifuAbel]

*snicker* in 2002 ALL of the above was "impossible".

[Psycho Dad]

@Sirc: You said that guy said "he was into BJJ" he could probably a poser. Anyways, just Gong Sau him if he tries any of that monkey business.

[Yoj]

@Sirc: You said that guy said "he was into BJJ" he could probably a poser. Anyways, just Gong Sau him if he tries any of that monkey business.

By Crom, I'm not sure I'd live through another sirc gong sau thread, not even if it happened in the real world.

And sirc, you are going to see a lot more of this shit and it's nothing new.

[Psycho Dad]

By Crom, I'm not sure I'd live through another sirc gong sau thread, not even if it happened in the real world.

And sirc, you are going to see a lot more of this shit and it's nothing new.

But Yoj, ever since the Riddle of Steel was answered Crom has supposedly adopted the Question of Gong Sau. If you die and find yourself before Crom and don't know the answer to the Question of Gong Sau he will laugh at you and cast you out.

[Yoj]

There goes my shot at being in the next Conan movie then!

[Uncle Skippy]

Confront him, choke him out, then go back to jumping in refrigerator boxes.

http://www.break.com/tv-shows/the-of...r-1434419.html

[The Question]

So last night at my parkour/"urban gymnastics" class there was a guy who as he said, "was into the bjj." I just kept my mouth shut and let them all marvel over the bjj guy. He started trying to teach people takedowns and takedown defenses before grappling during the open gym/mat time.

Sometimes you just have to be like K-Y jelly and let things slide, no matter how big they may be.

Still i steeled my tongue because fuck that, I'm there to learn parkour. Until. UNTIL i saw him try to teach a counter to a no gi tomo nage. Yes, NO GI TOMO NAGE. The counter you ask? A cartwheel. Yes. A cartwheel. Then he began to teach some amazing crappling. I corrected the tomo nage counter but decided to let this youtube blue belt spread his false litany.

This is unforgivable. In such a situation, you are duty and honor bound to draw your sword and take that motherfuckers head OFF!!!

So what the fuck bjj, why is quality control so sloppy.

Something in the water, perhaps?

[King Sleepless]

@Sirc: You said that guy said "he was into BJJ" he could probably a poser. Anyways, just Gong Sau him if he tries any of that monkey business.

I'm pretty sure he was a youtube white belt. Seriously.

By Crom, I'm not sure I'd live through another sirc gong sau thread, not even if it happened in the real world.

And sirc, you are going to see a lot more of this shit and it's nothing new.

Sometimes you just have to be like K-Y jelly and let things slide, no matter how big they may be.
This is unforgivable. In such a situation, you are duty and honor bound to draw your sword and take that motherfuckers head OFF!!!
Something in the water, perhaps?

I think I will.

My judo honor was offended mostly. So long as he doesn't go into leg locks or knee bars, I don't really give a shit. But I think next week, I'll ruin him a little bit.

[liuzg150181]

Still i steeled my tongue because fuck that, I'm there to learn parkour. Until. UNTIL i saw him try to teach a counter to a no gi tomo nage. Yes, NO GI TOMO NAGE. The counter you ask? A cartwheel. Yes. A cartwheel. Then he began to teach some amazing crappling. I corrected the tomo nage counter but decided to let this youtube blue belt spread his false litany.

So what's wrong with cartwheeling out of tomoe nage?

[King Sleepless]

So what's wrong with cartwheeling out of tomoe nage?

No Gi tomo nage is pretty much impossible to pull off, first of all.

Secondly, there's better and safer techniques than cartwheeling out of a throw that can't exist.