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The Don · 06-02-2006, 11:20 AM

good question becasue I have trained in Ji-jitsu and was wondering what the real difference was

TheSuplexor · 06-02-2006, 03:26 PM

oh yep well JJJ.
then the same question for you?

The Don · 06-02-2006, 04:03 PM

well looks like we need to find someone who has trained in both styles who can make a comparison

TheSuplexor · 06-02-2006, 05:16 PM

well ironman has he just hasn't commented back but talk about jjj

**IronMan** · 06-02-2006, 05:48 PM

Yeah, sorry the response took so long.

BJJ is alot of legs, alot of chokes and working the ground for leverage. As demonstrated by Royce Gracie, it is very much a small-man's martial art. What you learn first depends on the teacher, I spent alot of time practicing how to work a guard into a choke or an armbar. BJJ is really good if you're a smaller guy with a Napoleon complex (which I am).

JJJ is alot more spiritual for me, but I also practice Aikido, so I get alot of that. I practice alot of standing pins in JJJ, just because they don't happen as much in BJJ. JJJ is alot more upper body and fits nicely with Judo and Roman-Greco. It also incorporates joint locks and using them in takedowns.

TheSuplexor · 06-02-2006, 05:53 PM

which ma do you think is better for fighting?
does jjj have striking in it?

Paw · 06-02-2006, 06:28 PM

Almost 11 years of okinauen Karate which im a 1st dan in. And 5 years of
tae kwon do and a 1st dan again. And a bit of judo and grappling.

The Don · 06-02-2006, 06:33 PM

which MA is best for fighting, hard to say they all have strength and weaknesses, all depends on how the art is applied really and who is applying it

Paw · 06-02-2006, 06:48 PM

No one on this forum can really say which is the best MA as a huge majority practice martials on here, with MA varying from person to person creating a biased view. Are you much better at grappling/holding/choking or striking. Its all down to what you find works best for you and then working at it.

Phill