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MMA GOAT says Gi BJJ is Harder than Fighting

Gary Berger — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:30:17 +0000

I recently watched a podcast with Demetrious Johnson, DJ, Might Mouse, or whatever other name you’d like to use…

He was a former UFC Champion, One FC Champion, and one of the best grapplers in MMA.

Recently on a podcast, he said Jiu-Jitsu was harder than MMA. The clip is in this video.

He specifies how much harder Gi is than No-Gi too.

In the combat sports world people crap on Jiu-Jitsu. In the Jiu-Jitsu world, people crap on the Gi. It’s interesting to hear that an MMA legend has the opinion that DJ does.

I agree with him. Sort of…

I’ll go into this idea of “harder” a little deeper into the video and explain why, in my experience, both are difficult in their own way; specifically, how MMA is, in my experience, more physically demanding, and BJJ is a bit more complex in the sense of depths of technique.

Hopefully you found this video interesting, just as much I found the topic at hand.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy

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Black Belt Teaches White Belt a Painful Rolling Lesson

Gary Berger — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:00:31 +0000

Today we have a question from a 1-Stripe White Belt, who we will call Bob.

He is a former Wrestler who got into BJJ, and he was pretty good at it, and the other day he was rolling with a blackbelt in the room.

Well, he tells me that he is pretty competitive, and during the roll, at some point, he got a little rough with the black belt.

Well, the black belt didn’t like that and decided he was going to put it on Bob. The Black Belt wasn’t a jerk about it after the roll and even told Bob that this was basically a teachable moment and they moved on.

Bob felt really sorry after the roll, not meaning to roll too rough with anyone, including the Black Belt…

But, after some thought, Bob got pretty upset about the way the Black Belt handled things, seeing as he wasn’t trying to be disrespectful.

Bob wants to know if I think he’s being unreasonable and how I interpret situations like this in BJJ.

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Truck from Sidemount, Bruno vs Tobi Part 2 – Matrix Jiu Jitsu

Gary Berger — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:30:45 +0000

Sick Truck entry by Bruno Amaddeo, great and more disguised then the traditional Truck Setup from Sidemount

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Narrated Jiu Jitsu Sparring, Mark vs Andreas – Matrix Jiu Jitsu

Gary Berger — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:07:58 +0000

This is a roll with our student Mark who is a bluebelt. Lot´s of things to be learned here, enjoy!

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Narrated Jiu Jitsu Sparring, Alex vs. Andreas – Matrix Jiu Jitsu

Gary Berger — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:10:58 +0000

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Fabio Gurgel: Carlson Gracie’s Closed Door MMA Training Sessions

Gary Berger — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 01:34:04 +0000

Fabio Gurgel was trained by Carlson Gracie during the Jiu-Jitsu vs Luta Livre MMA fights in Rio in 1991. Here he speaks about why Carlson Gracie was the best Vale Tudo (No Holds Barred) trainer of the day. Full interview at https://www.grapplearts.com/fabio-gurgel-on-fighting-vale-tudo-in-brazil-training-bjj-world-champions-and-more/

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2 Basic BJJ Chokes that Are Effective in Competition or a Fight

Gary Berger — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 02:00:01 +0000

What submissions can you use in a BJJ competition or a street fight or self defense situation? This is the question for today’s video.

The question comes from our buddy Bart who is curious about what kind of submissions cross over from the competition realm in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu to a street fight.

In this video I start by sharing that if I am going to use a submission on the street. I’m going to focus on chokes instead of joint locks.

This is a two fold function. 1 most people don’t know what grappling is or what they should be feeling with joint locks. And if the person is really aggressive. The joint lock may not work as effectively as desired. Especially if they are are on some sort of drug.

The 2nd reason is, it lets me finish the fight without doing a lot of damage to the person so I can move on with what I was doing. For me, self-defense is about defending myself and not about dishing out excessive amounts of harm to another human.

Another side aspect of a fight situation that I didn’t mention is that most often I will do my best just to control the situation using position.

If it’s a situation involving a 1 on 1 fight (which isn’t always), I will focus my attention on controlling the person till authorities can take it from there.

Back to the video!

In this video I show a standing rear naked choke and a standing guillotine choke. Both of which I have seen work in either my personal experience or the experiences of others in the street and/or mma.

If you watch this video understand that I’m speaking about a very specific situation. Street fights where rules are not recognized present too many variables.

The goal of a fight situation should be to avoid and get out of the situation if at all possible.

Hope you enjoyed the video!
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lacking motivation to train? | jiu-jitsu advice

Gary Berger — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:19:30 +0000

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The days I lack the motivation to train, and there are many of them, usually end up being some of my best training days.

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protect your neck inside your guard | jiu-jitsu technique

Gary Berger — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:05:27 +0000

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If your opponent is trying to choke you from inside your guard, you need to release the pressure and make them pay by attacking the arm. A couple jiu-jitsu techniques that serve great in self defense.

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go-to knee shield pass | jiu-jitsu technique

Gary Berger — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:13:23 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSbRHYxZEpg

The knee shield or z-guard can be very difficult to deal with… Here’s a breakdown of my go-to half guard pass on top in the knee shield.

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