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First and foremost, I'm a hobbyist; I've never had any serious desire to compete, beyond a few point Karate tournaments back when dinosaurs walked the earth
Most of my training has been in striking/weapon based styles, for example Thai Boxing and Kali. I've only recently started training BJJ, with the Gi, and I was(before Lockdown)training just for fitness and self-defence, not competition. So I have even less knowledge and experience of Grappling than I have with Striking-based martial arts.
Like I said, I've never trained without the Gi, but one thing I've noticed is complaints about no-Gi BJJ becoming too much of niche sport, with techniques that would no only be ineffective but actually dangerous to attempt outside a specific rule set.
Now, I'm fairly confident that if I threw a punch at Gordon Ryan the next thing I'd be aware off would be waking up in ER with a cop asking me, "Can you give us a description of the vehicle that ran you over?" But in general terms, do you guys think no-Gi training and competition has moved too far from practical self-defence applications?
Most of my training has been in striking/weapon based styles, for example Thai Boxing and Kali. I've only recently started training BJJ, with the Gi, and I was(before Lockdown)training just for fitness and self-defence, not competition. So I have even less knowledge and experience of Grappling than I have with Striking-based martial arts.
Like I said, I've never trained without the Gi, but one thing I've noticed is complaints about no-Gi BJJ becoming too much of niche sport, with techniques that would no only be ineffective but actually dangerous to attempt outside a specific rule set.
Now, I'm fairly confident that if I threw a punch at Gordon Ryan the next thing I'd be aware off would be waking up in ER with a cop asking me, "Can you give us a description of the vehicle that ran you over?" But in general terms, do you guys think no-Gi training and competition has moved too far from practical self-defence applications?