For example, I remember in one Gracie gym I went to this guy was showing a double leg takedown for "self defense" and it was just a bad way of doing a double leg(bad posture, talking about how you simply snag the leg with your leg, no angle on finish), but they insisted that it was better for "self defense" when strikes were involved.
For example, guard passing and guard retention is hardly looked at as a beginner and when you spar with people they are just spazzing in these situations, so o try and learn some extra stuff so I don't end up doing it (work in progress of course).įrom what I've seen, "self defense" style stuff that I've seen taught at Gracie gyms is actually more naive then sport applications of wrestling or BJJ. He will allow sparring and he will show other techniques but is reluctant on showing leg locks because white belts with no real experience is a recipe for disaster.įor me personally, I supplement what I learn in the club with what I learn outside of it and will drill these techniques to build some sort of skillset. My club is a GU CTC but the owner does his own spin on things. But I think it gets a bad rap because its a pay wall to get to your next belt as opposed to being awarded a promotion based on merit and skill. If a club sticks to the "rules" white belts aren't even allowed to spar, so never really build the reflexes or experience to apply BJJ anyway. Rickson chimed in not long ago because you'd have blue belts that really shouldn't be blue belts so they had the combative belt (white belt with a blue strip) as an intermediary to say that you completed the white belt class and have moved on, but have little to no sparring ability and you stay there for at least six months before you get a blue belt. Gracie university/academy centres on the self defence element.įor white belts, it is about learning to go against an unskilled opponent and learn the very basic stuff and them when you advance to master cycle (blue belt and above) you start looking into the sportive elements.
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