Comments on: The 2016 Summer Olympics and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:32:47 +0000

There is a petition to to allow BJJ in the ’16 olympics

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/allow-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-in-the-2016-olympics/sign.html#se

By: pepe

pepe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:15:21 +0000

No it will not happen because BJJ is just like judo and it’s a boring one especially for guys who doesn’t have a stand up game …

By: GracieBarra403

GracieBarra403 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:46:10 +0000

Congratulations to RIO de Janeiro for getting the olympics in 2016!

By: nomilkforsanta

nomilkforsanta — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:16:23 +0000

the IOC does not feel BJJ is a sport, so it will not be in the olympics for many years.

By: mpampis

mpampis — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:26:20 +0000

so, whats new about bjj?
will it be an olympic game by 2016?

By: Laurence

Laurence — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:41:21 +0000

and the winner is……RIO!!!!

By: Ross Finlayson

Ross Finlayson — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:21:37 +0000

No, “Latin America” unquestionably includes Brazil, and the rest of the South American continent (except, arguably, the Guyanas).

But yes, this will the first Olympics in South America (and the second in “Latin America”).

By: trn

trn — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:06:46 +0000

brasil is in south america not latin america and it will be the first time olympics in sth america

By: George Eager

George Eager — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:21:08 +0000

Just as a side note…It wont be the first time that the summer olympics are hosted by a latin american country… Mexico hosted them back in 1968.

By: Laurence

Laurence — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:51:15 +0000

Both Chicago and Tokyo are now knocked out leaving only Rio and Madrid left. COME ON RIO!!!!

The announcement is an hour and I can’t wait. How amazing would it be if bjj got into the olympics. Fingers crossed!!

By: Ross Finlayson

Ross Finlayson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:55:14 +0000

Also, as much as I’d love to see Rio get the Olympics, I don’t see it happening in 2016. With its reputation for crime and corruption, Rio would be seen as a very risky choice compared to Tokyo (especially) and Chicago. It’s also hard to imagine major facilities getting built in Rio without local officials getting kickbacks – and the IOC has become very wary of appearances of impropriety lately (after all the hanky panky that went on wrt. the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002). Perhaps in some later year, though – especially if their hosting of the 2014 soccer World Cup goes well.

My bet would be on Tokyo or Chicago. Madrid seems unlikely, because I doubt they’ll want to hold the games in Europe twice in a row (plus, Spain (Barcelona) already had it in 1992).

By: Ross Finlayson

Ross Finlayson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:37:17 +0000

Unfortunately I see little chance of BJJ getting into the Olympics. There are already 4 combat sports in the Olympics – boxing, wrestling, judo, and tae-kwon-do – and it’s very hard to get more sports added. (Also, BJJ would be seen as being too similar to judo.)

However, I think that there’s a good chance of ‘submission wrestling’ being added to the Olympics, as a new category under the existing sport of wrestling. FILA already has an international ‘submission wrestling’ tournament (as part of its overall wrestling World Championships), and I can imagine them expanding their existing Olympic wrestling events to include submission matches. A similar thing happened with cycling a couple of decades ago: Mountain biking was added as part of the existing sport of “cycling”, rather than as a separate sport.

By: vangel

vangel — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:53:30 +0000

Perhaps Brazil will get some leverage as they will most likely be hosting the World Cup 2014 and will have the infrastructure necessary to host such events.

-And don’t forget Mexico 68… the first time the Summer Olympics were hosted by a Latin American country

By: ninjamurf

ninjamurf — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:36:12 +0000

That would be AWESOME!

Mike-I concur with your feelings about FILA but I actually see BJJ’s current structure being a problem. With FILA you have one organization who oversees ALL the “stuff.” Rule changes, competition oversight, etc. Don’t we still have 2 major powers running BJJ stuff? The IBJJF and the CBJJF? I could see one of them getting mightily upset at the other if one was given preference for the Olympics. (Although any search on the CBJJF now brings you back to the IBJJF? Did they consolodate?)

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:33:13 +0000

That would be a dream come true to see jiu-jitsu at the olympics. My only concern would be if FILA oversaw the rules of jiu-jitsu instead of the IFBJJ or CFBJJ. I’ve had issues with hearing about FILA ever since I read about how crooked they can be with judgings.

Maybe Ricardo Liborio can talk some sense into them…..

By: aa

aa — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:56:17 +0000

SWEEET!!!!!!!!