Jiu jitsu is widely considered one of the best martial arts to be acquainted with if you’re running into risky situations and or interested into self-defense.

In fact even one of the greatest coaches around – John Danaher only became interested into jiu jitsu due to his then job as a bouncer.

Apparently during Danaher’s tenure as a professor of philosophy at Columbia he was also moonlighting as a bouncer!

Sure enough one of his friends was quick to suggest bjj to Danaher! All of this happened back in 1993.

“I was dismissive, brazilian wrestling…. ” Danaher continues “So I lock the door and immediately put him in a headlock and throw him on the ground. So, I now have this tiny guy who has been doing jiu-jitsu for 2 weeks in a headlock on the ground and I’m trying to pull his head off and normally this used to work very well for me in bar fights. “

“I was a big guy so I just squeezed my biceps… Minutes went by when finally my arms started getting really tired. Suddenly dawned on me I wasn’t beating him, I wasn’t getting beaten either but a skinny guy who has only been training for 2 weeks.. I was intrigued”

BJJ legend Jeff Glover recently made an interesting post regarding pulling guard in the street. He alleges to have been involved in at least 15 street fights and he pulled guard in every single one of them…

He wrote on his IG:

“I’ve been in at least 15 street fights . Pulled guard everytime

Never got stomped , never got slammed , always left the dude laying on the floor asleep

Doubt me ? Ask @billthegrillcooper and @gorilla_hands and @bigserg70duece all dudes that have witnessed my claims

Doubt jiu jitsu in the streets online all you want, but my personal results speak for themselves, and all these untrained people who like to claim this and that about street fights and jiu jitsu never can back it up

Anyone untrained want to test this shit , please send location

I’ll come pull guard on you , in the streets , and leave you unconscious in front of your family and friends and neighbors

So would Mikey…”