Tae Kwon Do and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

[SA_BJJ]

i disagree

So exactly how much EFECTIVE ground or grappling work do you have under your belt. Do you hold a belt rank in any grappling art? Or do you just "mess around" with your buddies and kick their asses. Please believe, if you ever encountered a half way decent BJJ artist, you wouldnt fair to well on the ground. I dont care how many eyes gouges you try of biting or whatever. Doesnt matter, you get wrapped up youre done. And no if a good choke is applied quickly you will be out much faster than 30 secs.

 

[Steve]

Irene, you can wrap your legs around me anytime......LOL

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When you are not being contrary, you are very descriptive in your posts, which is great, really easy to visualize what you are saying, not everyone has that gift.

Brandon,
I am not bashing any art, but steve keeps trying to expound on the superiority of bjj, and I know better

no martial art is useless, no martial art holds ALL the answers

even in a pig sty one can sometimes find a diamond

Where have I done any such thing? Had you not mischaracterized me, I would have left well enough alone. :deadhorse

 

[Twin Fist]

Sorry Steve, i didnt mean you. Typo on my part, please flog me with a dead fish.......:angel:

 

[Tez3]

Sorry Steve, i didnt mean you. Typo on my part, please flog me with a dead fish.......:angel:

I think that may be the limit now lol!

I think a wee hike back to the OP is now called for.

Does anyone else have concerns that small children are fighting bigger ones in what is essentially MMA or am I being the overprotective mother/instructor here? There is a big age difference between 7 and 9. From what I saw on the video the OPs lad is being very game and really going for it but I can no way describe what he's doing as BJJ as I know it. Mixing kicking and punching into the grappling at such a young age also seems odd to me, I thought the OP had meant his son was training TKD and BJJ separately not together like this. it puts a different complexion on things and I shall have to think about it.

 

[Twin Fist]

not just you, i worry about mma with kids that young

my concern in the possible loss of balance while one kid has his arms wrapped around the neck of another kid.

i could easily see a broken neck comming out of that. not to mention nasty joint injuries like hyper extentions or dislocations

 

[garrisons2]

I watched the video and based on your kids age, I think he did very well. With respect to the standard I have in my mind for a Black Belt, it only reinforced the notion that kids that young should not get black belts, except in the most rare cases. Anything else is a sell out to commercialism

 

[Sylo]

I'm coming in late on this one.

However. Over at another forum I will not name.

If you mention TKD over there as a form of SD.. you'll get your hiny reamed for even breathing or thinking such. BJJ is like a pagan god over there, and the end all be all. So its rather funny to me, that over here it seems that its the opposite in a way..

To me, there is an art for all occasions.

I chose TKD knowing that i would be getting little to no ground training. I am perfectly fine with this, and I know that if I want to fight on the ground I need to learn something else. Now BJJ would probably not be my choice, simply because of all the MMA hype it has received. But I do not doubt its effectiveness. I however, believe all other forms of ground arts can be just as effective if trained correctly. Just like those who naysay TKD as a SD art. I believe the same applies. TKD vs. MT has been a long standing feud. And, to me.. much like this one.. its personal preference in training. Any of them can be lethal and effective if used correctly.

If I go out into the streets with the MMA mindset, sure I'm gonna get pwned. But I thought we were training in BJJ the art.. not BJJ the sport. If I had my pick.. I'd take Judo over BJJ for ground fighting. BJJ seems to be more fluid, where as TKD is "stiff" and I feel another "stiff" art would benefit me better in the long run.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[SA_BJJ]

I'm coming in late on this one.

However. Over at another forum I will not name.

If you mention TKD over there as a form of SD.. you'll get your hiny reamed for even breathing or thinking such. BJJ is like a pagan god over there, and the end all be all. So its rather funny to me, that over here it seems that its the opposite in a way..

To me, there is an art for all occasions.

I chose TKD knowing that i would be getting little to no ground training. I am perfectly fine with this, and I know that if I want to fight on the ground I need to learn something else. Now BJJ would probably not be my choice, simply because of all the MMA hype it has received. But I do not doubt its effectiveness. I however, believe all other forms of ground arts can be just as effective if trained correctly. Just like those who naysay TKD as a SD art. I believe the same applies. TKD vs. MT has been a long standing feud. And, to me.. much like this one.. its personal preference in training. Any of them can be lethal and effective if used correctly.

If I go out into the streets with the MMA mindset, sure I'm gonna get pwned. But I thought we were training in BJJ the art.. not BJJ the sport. If I had my pick.. I'd take Judo over BJJ for ground fighting. BJJ seems to be more fluid, where as TKD is "stiff" and I feel another "stiff" art would benefit me better in the long run.

Just my 2 cents.

You can learn both. Alot of fights go to the clinch. In the clinch learn to throw. then at least when you get them down you can tear off their arm and beat them with it...lol