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Welcome to The Tatami, my Martial Arts general thread.
I practice traditional Jujutsu and Judo, and train some MMA for extra training with practitioners of other arts.
My journey started when I was quite young, and practiced for a long time on and off, but only over the last few years have I really took it seriously again with a vision of doing some amateur MMA fights or competitions and seeing where that goes.
I find the state of Jujutsu, especially where I am in the world a little disheartening. Everyone is split between Judo, BJJ, with only a small minority still practicing the whole art of Jujutsu. If you're not clued up on modern Jujutsu (or JuJistu), Brazilian Jujitsu and Judo are both martial arts primarily developed for fighting in a sporting/competition environment - Judo born of Jujutsu and BJJ of Judo, with BJJ being extremely popular world wide now due to it's effectiveness in MMA competitions and UFC.
I like to describe traditional Jujutsu as the original MMA, however fought in a Gi, as it encompasses all elements of effective fighting, from Te Waza - throwing/takedown techniques, Katame Waza - grappling techniques/submissions, and Atemi Waza - striking/punching/kicking. As well as this, there is a massive focus on anatomy and body mechanics in a good dojo, knowing where to strike for maximum damage (rarely the face or head), or where to position yourself to take your opponents Kuzushi - balance, to initiate a throw or a takedown. There are many other specific "waza" pertaining to other elements of body destruction also.
Judo, focussing mostly on throws and takedowns to score points in competition, and BJJ looking for positions and passes for points, both are thought to be great bases for MMA fighters, while glossing over the all encompassing grandfather of both of those sports.
It's important to recognise that traditional Jujutsu was never thought to be trained as a sport, but a martial art developed by the Samuari class in Japan , and many techniques are disallowed in modern MMA competitions due to their "dirty" (translation, effective) nature.
I'd love to hear from any of you who train or are interested in training in martial art/combat sports, I'd be interested to hear views of the states of traditional martial arts and the direction modern combat sports are heading.
I'll leave you with two videos, the first some slightly old school footage of Jujutsuka punching and kicking the shit out of each other with very little rules, and the second video a modern Jujutsu competition.
Jujutsu Full Contact - Old school competition
X Combat Jujutsu World Championship - Final - Kyiv 2021
Welcome to The Tatami, my Martial Arts general thread.
I practice traditional Jujutsu and Judo, and train some MMA for extra training with practitioners of other arts.
My journey started when I was quite young, and practiced for a long time on and off, but only over the last few years have I really took it seriously again with a vision of doing some amateur MMA fights or competitions and seeing where that goes.
I find the state of Jujutsu, especially where I am in the world a little disheartening. Everyone is split between Judo, BJJ, with only a small minority still practicing the whole art of Jujutsu. If you're not clued up on modern Jujutsu (or JuJistu), Brazilian Jujitsu and Judo are both martial arts primarily developed for fighting in a sporting/competition environment - Judo born of Jujutsu and BJJ of Judo, with BJJ being extremely popular world wide now due to it's effectiveness in MMA competitions and UFC.
I like to describe traditional Jujutsu as the original MMA, however fought in a Gi, as it encompasses all elements of effective fighting, from Te Waza - throwing/takedown techniques, Katame Waza - grappling techniques/submissions, and Atemi Waza - striking/punching/kicking. As well as this, there is a massive focus on anatomy and body mechanics in a good dojo, knowing where to strike for maximum damage (rarely the face or head), or where to position yourself to take your opponents Kuzushi - balance, to initiate a throw or a takedown. There are many other specific "waza" pertaining to other elements of body destruction also.
Judo, focussing mostly on throws and takedowns to score points in competition, and BJJ looking for positions and passes for points, both are thought to be great bases for MMA fighters, while glossing over the all encompassing grandfather of both of those sports.
It's important to recognise that traditional Jujutsu was never thought to be trained as a sport, but a martial art developed by the Samuari class in Japan , and many techniques are disallowed in modern MMA competitions due to their "dirty" (translation, effective) nature.
I'd love to hear from any of you who train or are interested in training in martial art/combat sports, I'd be interested to hear views of the states of traditional martial arts and the direction modern combat sports are heading.
I'll leave you with two videos, the first some slightly old school footage of Jujutsuka punching and kicking the shit out of each other with very little rules, and the second video a modern Jujutsu competition.
Jujutsu Full Contact - Old school competition
X Combat Jujutsu World Championship - Final - Kyiv 2021