Comments on: BJJ Digest: BJ Penn’s street brawl, Blue Belt “Myth”, Michelle Nicolini & more

By: adham jbour

adham jbour — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 09:51:54 +0000

You have a video clip of a young man falling
the policeman onto the ground

By: Christopher Taylor

Christopher Taylor — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 03:40:47 +0000

In my opinion the blue belts we used to make in the 90s could win in probably more than 95% of street fights.

By: Polar Bearon

Polar Bearon — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 14:48:03 +0000

I would say blue belt me would have a significant advantage over untrained me in a street fight. But I'd still not give myself even 50% chance in a fight against some random guy, even if I'm a heavyweight. Because I don't train striking.

By: Marky

Marky — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:34:30 +0000

i agree with Jim.. but it didnt used to be like that… weak gradings are the only thing to blame.

By: AndrewJiuJitsu

AndrewJiuJitsu — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 00:15:18 +0000

In 2019? Yes. In 2009 when people had to work hard to get a blue belt and would actually train wrestling and would train with the old rules, no..I'm refering to the new generation of participation belts btw.

By: Haragei Lucid

Haragei Lucid — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:51:04 +0000

At least he didnt use a machete this time.

By: Ernesto Hendrix

Ernesto Hendrix — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 02:56:31 +0000

I think Jim Miller's estimation of what the general population is like is skewed because he's been surrounded by pro fighters for such a long time.

By: Bunta1987

Bunta1987 — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 02:31:27 +0000

Generally speaking, Jim is probably right (he is sort of an expert on the topic). I grappled with plenty of pushover blue belts when I was a white belt. I’m a blue belt now, and it took me over 2 years including judo and wrestling practice concurrently. There’s no standard for what constitutes a blue belt in bjj, and I’ve met plenty who couldn’t take anybody down, and who couldn’t maintain top position. Those two things alone would make them ill equipped for a fight.

By: Metzy Rose

Metzy Rose — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:47:59 +0000

On the blue belt thing, you gotta consider the credibility of where they got their belt, gi, nogi. My buddy been doing BJJ strict for two years, but he'd prolly still get tooled up before he can execute his game by someone like me who's been doing martial arts of all varieties for a long time. Too many factors man, some of people are beasts on the bag but when the nitty gritty starts it's just not their area. You never know who trains these days either so best bet is to avoid conflict altogether.

By: xkidmidnightx

xkidmidnightx — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:44:44 +0000

Blue belts these days are trash. Back in the day, everyone trained with strikes, at least sometimes. Now? Almost never. They wont be used to it.