Everyone is well aware of the divide that exists currently between sport bjj vs selfdefense/combat bjj. Not sure about where everyone else is from and where you guys train, but in my area we are the only bjj academy that drills about 50/50 between standing and ground techniques, and probably one of only a few academies in the state that does so.
Our curriculum is most defiantly more "combat" oriented in that we value top positions over bottom positions, and we always note, stress, and take striking variables into consideration when showing students new techniques.
I've only trained under 1 instructor that I would consider "sport" oriented and it was under this instructor that I came to the realization that "sport" bjj is now considered the gold standard of "pure" bjj ranking, or at least that's how it was spun when I was training/working with this particular instructor.
My question is this: Should an MMA fighters use of BJJ techniques in a fight be taken into consideration for ranking?
As a brown belt, and an MMA fighter who has used BJJ almost exclusively for fighting I say yes. If a "white belt" uses the arena of MMA to demonstrate and prove his true level and knowledge of bjj, why shouldn't these displays of bjj be taken into consideration for ranking purposes?
In this day and age it's rare for even amateur MMA fighters to have limited submission grappling experience. If someone is finishing professional fights with bjj techniques how is that any different that someone using bjj to finish bjj matches?
Our curriculum is most defiantly more "combat" oriented in that we value top positions over bottom positions, and we always note, stress, and take striking variables into consideration when showing students new techniques.
I've only trained under 1 instructor that I would consider "sport" oriented and it was under this instructor that I came to the realization that "sport" bjj is now considered the gold standard of "pure" bjj ranking, or at least that's how it was spun when I was training/working with this particular instructor.
My question is this: Should an MMA fighters use of BJJ techniques in a fight be taken into consideration for ranking?
As a brown belt, and an MMA fighter who has used BJJ almost exclusively for fighting I say yes. If a "white belt" uses the arena of MMA to demonstrate and prove his true level and knowledge of bjj, why shouldn't these displays of bjj be taken into consideration for ranking purposes?
In this day and age it's rare for even amateur MMA fighters to have limited submission grappling experience. If someone is finishing professional fights with bjj techniques how is that any different that someone using bjj to finish bjj matches?
