Grappling is a passion for many and by far surpasses the average time and money investment of most hobbies that are popular at this day and age. Naturally, any movement that has it’s own philosophy and many passionate practitioners is bound to have drama from time to time however some attempts to generate buzz are more successful than others. Here are the top 5 ways to generate buzz:
5. Claim You Made Garry Tonon
Number of people who have made Garry Tonon is exponentially rising with the amount of opponents he has. At this point Tonon was the least made by his parents, the majority being divided equally against several members of the Gracie family, Keenan Cornelius, DJ Jackson and pretty much anyone he’s ever fought against and/or lost.
4. Claim Your Jiu-Jitsu Is The Purest
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There’s a reason why american mainstream media is often referring to copious layers of bs by equating it with a black belt in jiu-jitsu.
Many cater to different styles and philosophies that foster that particular style culminating with the declaration that your style is the One true Style. This is why Jiu Jitsu is often likened to a religious sect – there can only be the one true god and the rest are false idols. Subscribing to this sort of an attitude is what may have lost Nick The Tooth his swanky job as UFC president’s sidekick in his latest show – “Looking for a Fight”
3. Invent Your Own Grappling Style And/Or Declare Yourself 7th Dan in An Existing One
The bruises will fade but internet is forever, as a number of people have learned including Martin Suarez. He’s a black belt in “Yudansha,” which is a martial art he invented. He has since started training legit grappling (and made it to brown belt) but it’s hard to imagine a time when the clip attached below won’t be a go to clip for bjj porn. Of course he is just an unlucky individual having had his debackle recorded, there’s also tons of Bullshitsu masters such as Master Rudy, Jay Queiroz and a certain Mark McMahon among many others.
2. Go Global, Challenge Multiple People
Naturally if you’re already Garry Tonon or one of the member of his DDS posse you can’t very well challenge yourself so you have to start looking at the big picture – challenge an entire lineage. This is the cue Gordon Ryan recently took having challenged not one but 3 Marcelo Garcia black belts. This of course followed his mentor challenging the two Miyao’s back to back some time back (Miyao’s accepted, but the sponsor couldn’t be secured for that). Of course being challenged has been known to make your heart race a bit so here’s Khera, taking it to a whole new level:
And our number one:
1 Book A Match Against An Opponent Who Is Already A Member Of The Top 10 Most Hated People In Jiu-Jitsu
Very hard to argue with this strategy. Most bjj community members are fed up with the antics of several notorious members of the community. This is probably the best way to get people to rally one way or another, as proven with Metamoris’s recent resurrection following copious amounts of debts and other production related issues (including but not limited to AJ Agazarm).
