Be a martial artist, not a partial artist. That's pure gold, sir!

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

+Ando Mierzwa thx brother... come visit soon

@AndoMierzwa

4 жыл бұрын

@@stanclark3992 Agreed! I actually had the honor of interviewing the Pit Master on my podcast. If you're interested... www.senseiando.com/john-hackleman-interview-18/

@AndoMierzwa

4 жыл бұрын

@@stanclark3992 Yes!

REAL jiu jitsu has plenty of takedown and striking, but yeah BJJ is losing touch with that.

@RennyRe

7 жыл бұрын

I train BJJ (in addition to muay thai twice a week) and we have a lot of throws/takedowns. Also you have to show those throws in every belt test. It's like five different throws you have to master for every belt and that is the case with every BJJ school I know. So I think it's a prejudice to say that modern BJJ doesn't teach throws anymore - that would be absolutely idiotic since as a BJJ practitioner you want to take the fight to the ground...

@luisphilipesilva

5 жыл бұрын

Vale tudo says hi .... Jiu-jitsu 4 life

@luisphilipesilva

5 жыл бұрын

Royce gracie says bullshit. .. Ralf Gracie says bullshit. .. Go and see vale tudo jiu-jitsu fights ...

@lennycarter23

4 жыл бұрын

They never had it. They try to steal the name of it and make mma, jujitsu,and bjj mean one word in peoples mind.

love your videos . I show respect for any martial arts be that ground or striking styles.

Completely agree with this well thought-out insight. Great video, John. - Patrick

@ThePitOnlineDojo

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support

We do like the videos, thank you John.

HI JOHN. Very good MMA synopsis of how Holly beat Ronda. CHEERS.😊

Love your insight man, very interesting

@ThePitOnlineDojo

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the input, and thanks for the support.

if your going to learn only one thing though for the streets then i think its striking. Still better everything but im saying if u pick one out of the 4. Competition then its all 4.

Great Sir, I agree 100%.

Great video John!

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

+Steve thank you

If you Train bjj you will have a good part of the 3/4 of those items covered. You learn and can use wrestling, judo, muay Thai trips and pummel in bjj to get your opponent to the ground. Most Bjj competitions start standing up. You get points for takedowns but you are not penalized for dropping on the ground to pull guard. You are not penalized to be on your back too. It's almost a complete martial art for mma but it gets even better when you add ground and pound and stand up striking. But, as all grappling sports, some techniques are almost useless when striking is added to the fight. In my opinion it needs less tweaking than other martial arts to become good in mma.

well put, couldn't agree more

This is the single most intelligent Martial Arts commentary I have heard as of this date in my life.

@00:58, I TOTALLY AGREE!

Thank you.

All girls just wanna have fun! playin in the back ground priceless

I agree with this! He makes some very intelligent points!

@ThePitOnlineDojo

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support

I'm noticing the forearm and upper arm are in a fixed positional contracted position upon contact with the target mass in the overhand right just like the arm positional contact configuration of the boxing classical hook punch. However, in the overhand right punch once you make contact should you extend your forearm like a straight right during extended follow through or should you leave your arm bent during follow through like the hook punch?

I really enjoy your no nonsense realistic view of the arts and fighting. I’ve trained in all sorts of arts. I currently train in judo and have started bjj. I am close to your age and when younger guys ask me what about such and such art and which one would win in a fight. I say study the art of not being an a-hole and staying humble and you will avoid having to fight.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

6 жыл бұрын

I agree100%.... but sometimes you can't get out of it

New sub here.Lovin your stuff.I'd like to give my take on the complete self defender.Five tools to master:mind,hand,stick,blade,firearm.Simplify your training for what you are most likely to use mastering a small tool box of techniques.This video covers hand.Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge.I am enjoying learning from you.Peace through strength...Os.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

6 жыл бұрын

thank you very much for the kind words and support...

great videos can u do one about the best stance for mma thanks

another nice video

@ThePitOnlineDojo

7 жыл бұрын

thanks

Hi John, first of all, I want you to know that I love your channel and I´ve watched plenty of videos. Especially on how to improve my striking. Now about Jiu Jitsu, in my opinion, what you said is partially true. BJJ lacks in striking, but has all 3 other aspects you mentioned. A BJJ fight (like a mma, boxe, kickboxing) starts in a standing position and not on the ground, you need wrestling too to either take your opponent to the ground or get in a dominant position. And finally BJJ has conditioning too as all other fighting sports. And of course in modern mma you can´t go in a cage only with your bjj or wrestling. you need to be a complete athlete

@ThePitOnlineDojo

6 жыл бұрын

very well put... thx

I always wanted to train back in the early 90's but there wasn't any good schools for this (cage fighting) in my town and a lot of it wasn't accepted because it broke some loyalty to the particular martial art that was being trained. I got into many fights growing up and took this to my adult life and I've used it effectively even against trained people because I learned in fights growing up who to take down and who to mix the punching with takedown avoidance. I learned a lot through trial and error and I remember thinking I had the secret by knowing this but it was always known by many and Bruce Lee popularized it. Now as a man at the top of the mountain (age) and on my way down, i now want to train in martial arts just to do something i always wanted to do to add to my knowledge of street fighting and to keep in shape for the rest of my life except it'll be minus the possibility of doing it for money like I wanted. P.S. Oh well, we should all be happy for what we have instead of what we want.

Definitely agree with it being just 1/4 of the game. Id Say that a few different schools of training could be used in the ground transition / defense phase instead of wrestling. Judo especially, a couple stand up arts have strong sweeps and sprawls. But i think the point here is, bjj is really the only ground game. The set up was every bit as important as the subs in the holmes/mcgregor defeats.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

+wowantonlavey BJJ is not the only "ground" game, but it is a great one.

well explained

well put + pitmaster

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

+Kory Foddrill thank you

Great vid

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

+walter ramalho thx..

for me I train in everything for a few reasons. I like BJJ but it isn't my favorite aspect of martial arts but I didn't want to be the guy who if I had a problem with someone and we decided to fight about it that I'd be looking to set up rules that would benefit me. I wanted to instead be the guy who can (if needs be) fight under any ruleset once I understand it. I mean the greatest boxer on earth who wont fight someone under mma rules is hiding from certain aspects that they are untrained in, but even the highest skilled mma fighter is doing the same thing in a way because there are competions like Kudo or Combat Sambo where you have striking and grappling but also have a uniform that the other fighter can grab to use. mma guys are not used to that in most cases.

BJJ & Jiu jitsu are really well put together, well planed out & so is Algebra well put together but when is the last time you used Algebra on the street? You don't same with BJJ. Real world combat is much different than sparring or a sport match. Real street attacks done by predatory criminals are quick & violent . Most "martial arts" are not realistic in preparing a person for real world violence. Sport is not combat.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your input. Is there anything you would like me to cover?

I assume you are grouping the elements of clinching, throwing, sweeping, and strike defense into the term wrestling?

@Mr4433

8 жыл бұрын

You wish

@FergusScotchman

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr4433 I don't wish... I'm a bjj blue belt... 4 years. I'm thinking that the author (or however you call it), has discounted these aspects of bjj. We are always training distance management, clinch, takedowns, headlock escapes, etc. To say bjj is only on the ground is wrong in my opinion.

@Mr4433

8 жыл бұрын

Oh sorry. I thought you meant something else in that comment. I am a 2 stripe blue belt and also train with high level wrestlers.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

clinching, throwing, sweeping, and any takedowns... or defending them all I group into "wrestling"

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

I agree... but that is my term for grouping.

When you said "I love jiu jitsu, I love jiu jitsu people, some of my best friends are jiu jitsu fighters," I knew what was coming.

Yes, it does. By itself it is worthless. FINALLY, SOMEONE IN BJJ WHO TELLS THE TRUTH! THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID, LOL!

@mightymeatmonsta

8 жыл бұрын

Right, something mma does not offer.

@MyKCchiefs

8 жыл бұрын

In the beginning of UFC before there were gloves BJJ by itself dominated because it didn't take long for striking artists to figure out how delicate there hands really were when they tried to smash there dozens of little hand bones against someone skull. BJJ even by itself will never be worthless because any moron can run at someone and tackle them.

@dipayandegtyarev7177

6 жыл бұрын

He's a Kempo dude who incorporates BJJ in his fighting regime. Not a BJJ guy.

@realtruth1448

5 ай бұрын

@@MyKCchiefsbeginning of UFC was RIGGED, gracie hunter proved it by slaughtering them all

Today I learned that without prostate therapy, Miesha wouldn't have won that fight. And people are making all this fuss about TRT ...

@ThePitOnlineDojo

7 жыл бұрын

haha....

It's funny to read so many comments bad mouthing BJJ that come from people who are pure strikers, saying BJJ is worthless in the street. My issue with that is that someone who doesn't know grappling is extremely likely to be rushed and taken down by an untrained just simply strong opponent - I've seen it happening to trained strikers in street fights since a one punch KO is quite unlikely. So If I wouldn't train both grappling and striking I would be a lot more worried about being taken down by a stronger, heavier guy as a striker than I would be about getting KOed as a pure grappler. In fact I have seen a BJJ white belt (2 stripes) take someone down in a street fight who was trying to hit him with a bottle and achieving mount position quickly and just hit him in the face until the guy was unconscious. He never trained ground and pound but then again it's not that difficult...

Cool videos... subscribe for life. keep up the great work.

RNC is NOT BJJ.... Gracie's did the best marketing job in history, they took almost any move from Japanese JuJitsu and got their fans to believe it is BJJ. Gracie JuJitsu did expand the original art but RNC, arm bar, triangles are all original Japanese JuJitsu that existed in several styles way before the first Gracie was born. Gracie JuJitsu marketed their families expansion of an existing art so much that most people now believe any JuJitsu is from Brazil.

@xmanrules2001

8 жыл бұрын

Are you dumb or what. They never claimed that they invented the choke. What they did was modify the techniques to allow a smaller man to hv a better chance to win a fight using more leverage and better positioning. BTW I agree with what John says.

@andrewsora9589

8 жыл бұрын

Not "dumb" at all but I see you are rude. The chokes in jujitsu and other techniques were already geared to allow small man to succeed. The japanese are typically on small side. Gracie modified and made some further evolution and was a great martial arts family. My point was the marketing of BJJ has been done so well that public forgets about japanese version and origins. If the public sees a choke or a arm bar they believe it has to be BJJ.

@rrt1592

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Sora - Agree and I'm about to begin training 10th Planet BJJ.

I think it's that the two high profile fight finishes by RNC put BJJ back in the lime light with the UFC fan base which gives BJJ the win, and not that BJJ alone will win the fight.

BJJ doesn't suck but BJ sure does!

I understand you point, but , as a old brazilian martial art fan, I have to desagree. And my point of view backs to 1994 the first UFC as example. Ok, BJJ is more a sport nowdays than a a real effective science of figthing. Ok, the BJJ is a very risk discipline in a street fight - I live in Brazil, believe me, the things here are really caotic, ppl die here for nothing all the time. But in the essence BJJ has the aproach fo all elements you mentioned in a ring situatio, I mean the "old BJJ" from the Gracies. Got to remember you all mantial arts in 90s had a common first enemy: the BJJ, and the concept of MMA just born because of the impredictable BJJ fighters hehe. Sorry for the bad english and thanks for the video1 .

had a drink sir

Partial artists

good videos but why you never talk about judo , the powerfu takedowns and all newaza whitch al bjj come from . kimura a judoka from the kodokan judo institut beat the crap of helio gracie .keep the good work

@ThePitOnlineDojo

6 жыл бұрын

I really think judo is a very good sport martial art,And I think it does have some very good tips sweeps and takedowns, And there is a place for some of its techniques,But to be honest the majority of the takedowns in a real fight, orSport MMA will be wrestling.... But with that said I think havingJudo knowledge, Is very important.

@maitrekano

6 жыл бұрын

it depends who the judoka is , im not a fan of rousey ,but i think that she proved that judo can beat wresters and other mma fighters . i ve seen judo guys beat bjj guys in grappling tournements with bjj rules . In judo rules i ve havent see any bjj practitionner passed the the first round in judo grand prix or higher championships . judo has differents rules than bjj , we start a fight standing they just lay down and try to pull you down .sorry no disrespect for bjj , cross training is good but it doesnt help much a judoplayer , in fact bjj came from maeda who was a judoka specialized in newaza and a dicsiple of Jigoro Kano the founder of judo. .In judo we want the ippon ,it can be done in 5 ways , the perfect throw , the pinn during 20 secondes ,the armbar , or the shock .why ippon ..... because it symbolise the opponents death . Kano wanted to preserve the old samurai batlles if with your armour you get thrown you dont have a chance to get upp and its over . its a symbol but in the same time is the quest of perfection . it is more than a sport . its a way of life , when my son competes in a tournement and winns with a perfect technique and gets the ippon you can see an aura of satisfaction and a glow that shows what judo is all about , body , mind , spirit . you speak about real fights ,i grow upp in france during the 70 and 80 and everybody at school was thrill about karate and bruce lee ( whitch i admired ) me and my friends were judo guys , we compete a lot and when we got to fights we were unbeatable , it was so easy they allways try to kick , we just grapp the leg ,sweep them and if the guy wasnt KO, we shock him or pinn him till he gave up ,we didnt even use armbar it would have been to dangerous . i still like your videos ,but someone has to stand for judo , its an olympique sport and the training is one of the hardest you can get . thanks for youre insides and no hard feelings.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

6 жыл бұрын

Well I definitely appreciate your input, I can tell you are very loyal Martial artist and I appreciate that...I wish you nothing but the best.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can become irrelevant if you don't incorporate it into a regime of takedowns, wrestling, and judo/sambo for your non-striking game. Just like you can't be a pure boxer or you're gonna get headkicked or leg kicked. Mixed Martial Arts is now Mixed Grappling Arts and Mixed Striking Arts - from a 6 day/week BJJ guy

@RennyRe

7 жыл бұрын

I train BJJ (in addition to muay thai twice a week) and we have a lot of throws/takedowns. Also you have to show those throws in every belt test. It's like five different throws you have to master for every belt and that is the case with every BJJ school I know. So I think it's a prejudice to say that modern BJJ doesn't teach throws anymore - that would be absolutely idiotic since as a BJJ practitioner you want to take the fight to the ground...

Pit online - keep preaching about conditioning, it plays hand in hand with "heart" or "grit". When two guys are basically equal the one with more grit and determined will usually is the winner.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Sora thx... I agree 100%

And wasn't there jujitsu before there was BJJ? So to say "BJJ" won that fight wouldn't be giving respect to the arts that came before it that did create that choke.

You better have hands and good take down defense if you fight a legit BJJ black belt because if the get the Takedown you are fucked.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

5 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%, and no matter how good the BJJ black belt is,He better have a good hands or he will get knocked out, it goes both ways

Yeah became a jack of all trades and master of none. .. like most mma professionals today ... In the old days was master Vs master, style vs style and jiu-jitsu kick their asses home ... Vale tudo baby. .. Jiu-jitsu proved it's supremacy over the rest ... Nowadays every body is reverse engineering jiu-jitsu techniques to have some chances ... and today there are no more masters in MMA today only Jacks of all trades. ..

@ThePitOnlineDojo

5 жыл бұрын

No, actually vale tudo is just to a mixture of everything (street fighting) it was as much kickboxing than BJJ... It is street fighting. Any good martial artist trains in equal parts of striking, wrestling, jujitsu, and physical conditioning. You don't want to master just one portion of martial arts, You want to master martial arts as a whole... You want to be a martial artist not a partial artist.

@luisphilipesilva

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThePitOnlineDojo yes and jiu-jitsu back than had all those aspects of grappling, ground fighting and stand-up fighting the old jiu-jitsu was very close of today's mma tequenics. ..

@CBB-dg9jy

4 жыл бұрын

The original quote is "jack of all trades, master of none but often times better than a master of one"

you can very much wrestle on the ground.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

7 жыл бұрын

but without striking or submissions, wrestling on the ground is Zzzzzzzzz

@logancudd7030

7 жыл бұрын

not really wrestlers know how to control, smash, apply lots of lots of pressure, manipulate the body, and scramble better than bjj. not saying its perfect or that its the end all be all but you can do it and stay safe.

I do not understand the need for this video. Are people really that ignorant so someone has to explain this to them? Unbelievable the world we live in.

@regretkagami1004

8 жыл бұрын

unfortunately, yes

When I tap Fighters with a stand-up Guillotine choke guess what is jiu jitsu When use double leg that jiu-jitsu When straight armbar gun from standing up guess what that also jiu jitsu

by the way mishea tate got armbared twice by a judoka named......... Ronda rousey . her stricking didnt help her against a olympian judoka . even cat zingano a wrestler get armbared by the judoka Rousey in 14 secondes and please dont said it was bjj it was judo , the techinque is called sankaku ashi garami .

@ThePitOnlineDojo

6 жыл бұрын

geeeeez... sorry Judo, BJJ one is more takedown heavy, and one is more ground fighting heavy, but they both have both...

Prostrate therapy lol

BJJ is not and will never be the be all end all art. no such thing. what you need is to be well rounded. i know easier said than done. but you need to cover ALL of your bases. weapons-kicking-punching-TRAPPING- and then grappling. only if and when you train all 5 ranges will you become a well rounded fighter. ofcourse the PT and everything else included. now your not gonna go to a boxing gym to learn to kick. you learn the best art for each particular range. weapons? filipino martial arts. kicking? muay thai. punching? boxing. trapping? wing chun. and grappling? BJJ. having all those put together with the philosophy of get it done fast and most effectively you have yourself Jeet kune do my friend. you want a be all end all art? JKD is the way to go. your welcome

This is such a weak point of view. Striking is ineffective on the ground? Sounds like something George Dillman would say.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

I think you missing my point, but ok... I guess I'm a phoney

I just wasted my time.

@GG-1312

7 жыл бұрын

Please give me back my 6:56 minutes.

@ThePitOnlineDojo

7 жыл бұрын

Well obviously you don't think that, because you wouldn't of wasted another minute or two commenting TWICE!, so you either have a lot of free time on your hands, or you just like to be rude.... Either way more power to you brother.

Yawn the pit elevated closed and I wish I could challenge you to alight in the ring I'd beat ya

@ThePitOnlineDojo

8 жыл бұрын

Double yawn

@brandonkain9231

7 жыл бұрын

Mysterious Enigma ..have u read chuck liddells book...the pit was and probably still is the place to train...chuck explains all about the place in his book..u are fucking with the wrong guy...