Comments on: BJJ Poll: Have You Ever Used Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in a Real-life Self-Defense Situation? http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009/05/16/bjj-self-defense/ Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Grappling News and Podcast Sun, 20 May 2012 16:21:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joe http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009/05/16/bjj-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 Joe Fri, 22 May 2009 16:57:19 +0000 http://thefightworkspodcast.com/?p=2392#comment-1170 I am pretty sure Relson has been to a bar. Congratulations on your blue belt though. I am pretty sure Relson has been to a bar. Congratulations on your blue belt though.

]]> By: Shannon Young http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009/05/16/bjj-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Shannon Young Thu, 21 May 2009 02:04:19 +0000 http://thefightworkspodcast.com/?p=2392#comment-1169 I have been in 6 fights before jiu jitsu. I have been training very rigorusly for 9 months and I am an Relson Gracie blue belt. I feel like ju jitsu makes an indavidual less violent. Anyone who seriously practices a martial art has a strong aura of confidence and is dedicated in such a way that they dont put themselves in bad situations, like a bar. I have been in 6 fights before jiu jitsu. I have been training very rigorusly for 9 months and I am an Relson Gracie blue belt. I feel like ju jitsu makes an indavidual less violent. Anyone who seriously practices a martial art has a strong aura of confidence and is dedicated in such a way that they dont put themselves in bad situations, like a bar.

]]> By: Joe http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009/05/16/bjj-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Joe Sun, 17 May 2009 02:56:35 +0000 http://thefightworkspodcast.com/?p=2392#comment-1168 In college I was attacked at a bar for glaring at a guy after we accidentally spilled our drinks on each other. I was only a white belt with about 6 months of training. It was an uphill battle but eventually I caught him in an armbar. I remember putting it on as hard as I could and being surprised that I couldn't get his arm to bend past 180, like I expected it to. But he started howling when I kept cranking on it so I had a chance to get up and flee from his now vengeful friends who had let him to his own methods because I was so scrawny and until the very end it looked like he was going to win. Really, it was way more terrifying than exciting or fun, but I am glad it happened because it made me feel like I had earned my stripes, so to speak. In college I was attacked at a bar for glaring at a guy after we accidentally spilled our drinks on each other. I was only a white belt with about 6 months of training. It was an uphill battle but eventually I caught him in an armbar. I remember putting it on as hard as I could and being surprised that I couldn’t get his arm to bend past 180, like I expected it to. But he started howling when I kept cranking on it so I had a chance to get up and flee from his now vengeful friends who had let him to his own methods because I was so scrawny and until the very end it looked like he was going to win. Really, it was way more terrifying than exciting or fun, but I am glad it happened because it made me feel like I had earned my stripes, so to speak.

]]> By: Ed http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009/05/16/bjj-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Ed Sat, 16 May 2009 16:04:09 +0000 http://thefightworkspodcast.com/?p=2392#comment-1167 I can't take that moral high road like Rowdy. I got in a fight with three people. One of them had started to rush me and take a swing. To defend myself, I punched him in the face, took his back and choked him out. His two friends tried to kick me in the head. But I kept rolling their friend over to use him as a shield until the cops got there. Afterwards, a hot Irish girl bought me a shot of whiskey to numb the pain. I can’t take that moral high road like Rowdy.
I got in a fight with three people.
One of them had started to rush me and take a swing. To defend myself, I punched him in the face, took his back and choked him out.
His two friends tried to kick me in the head. But I kept rolling their friend over to use him as a shield until the cops got there.
Afterwards, a hot Irish girl bought me a shot of whiskey to numb the pain.

]]> By: rowdy http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009/05/16/bjj-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 rowdy Sat, 16 May 2009 15:55:59 +0000 http://thefightworkspodcast.com/?p=2392#comment-1166 I think you need an option that is something like, "Kinda. Knowing I had BJJ skills allowed me to be confident in a situation I was able to get out of without fighting." That would be my choice. I have 3 very strong instances where knowing bjj helped me deal with situations where I was physically in danger but was able to talk my way out of it/control the situation. I think you need an option that is something like, “Kinda. Knowing I had BJJ skills allowed me to be confident in a situation I was able to get out of without fighting.”

That would be my choice. I have 3 very strong instances where knowing bjj helped me deal with situations where I was physically in danger but was able to talk my way out of it/control the situation.

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