all you johnny come lately MMA types dissing DVD learning (or distance learning). why are you mad? you sound like snobs. "oh my little Bjj secret is out". learning from DVD is possible. Evan Tanner "taught himself submission and grappling techniques using instructional videos created by the famous Gracie family. He continued to fight in local shows and tournaments in Texas and Iowa before travelling across the world to Japan to compete in the Pancrase organization. Tanner won five fights overseas and competed in the USWF once more before being asked to join the UFC".
Not everyone can do it, but it can be done. I have studied martial arts for 30 years now. I have been involved in MMA for 10 of those years long before it was "hip, cool and the in thing". I stepped into a Bjj gym five years ago and took a free class. talk about all the ego and attitude. You johnny come latelys need to be more humble. I rolled with a purple belt and he got so angry that he couldn't submit me. He then tried to smack me in the face. I rolled with a black belt and the same thing. I watch and watch and watch. I have always been good at mimic and adapting it and making it my own. all I did was spend 10 minutes watching these guys and just copied it.
I have friends who study Bjj at gyms. They have had their arms broken, ankles broken, wrists broken, etc. this is not toughness this is stupidity. Again, the johnny come lately MMA types.
The gracie combatives are solid and well done. They offer a sequential order to learning and offer the possibility to test for rank. Not everyone will be able to pass the test, not everyone will stick with it. But, it's there as an option. So instead of bad mouthing and being arrogant. instead of showing your inverted snobbery focus on yourself and not what others are doing. Remember, talking big in competition is very different than talking big on the street. Alex Gong learned that lesson the hard way. You have to rest sometime tough guy. These dvd's give people a chance who may not have the money or opportunity to train at a decent gym.
Not everyone can do it, but it can be done. I have studied martial arts for 30 years now. I have been involved in MMA for 10 of those years long before it was "hip, cool and the in thing". I stepped into a Bjj gym five years ago and took a free class. talk about all the ego and attitude. You johnny come latelys need to be more humble. I rolled with a purple belt and he got so angry that he couldn't submit me. He then tried to smack me in the face. I rolled with a black belt and the same thing. I watch and watch and watch. I have always been good at mimic and adapting it and making it my own. all I did was spend 10 minutes watching these guys and just copied it.
I have friends who study Bjj at gyms. They have had their arms broken, ankles broken, wrists broken, etc. this is not toughness this is stupidity. Again, the johnny come lately MMA types.
The gracie combatives are solid and well done. They offer a sequential order to learning and offer the possibility to test for rank. Not everyone will be able to pass the test, not everyone will stick with it. But, it's there as an option. So instead of bad mouthing and being arrogant. instead of showing your inverted snobbery focus on yourself and not what others are doing. Remember, talking big in competition is very different than talking big on the street. Alex Gong learned that lesson the hard way. You have to rest sometime tough guy. These dvd's give people a chance who may not have the money or opportunity to train at a decent gym.