“BJJ Players Will Never Reach Their Full Potential Unless They Cross Train In Other Grappling Arts.”
John Danaher
Judo and BJJ: Similar Jacket, different rules and mentality.
Judo training will vastly improve your Jiu-Jitsu and vice versa. However, both sports have their own set of rules and have different goals and mindset. For example, in Judo the match is won by ippon when the opponent is thrown flat on their back or when pinned on the ground for 20 seconds. For those reasons, BJJ players need to know how to “modify” and adapt Judo accordingly for BJJ.
What happens when a BJJ blue belt spars with a Judo brown belt? These two martial artist rolled to answer this question.
Aikido master and now BJJ blue belt Rokas tried out to spar with a Judo brown belt (who has trained BJJ for 1 year) in multiple rule sets. The first was in a straight Judo match setting. The second was in a BJJ rule set. The third was a No Gi BJJ rule set and the last in a Judo vs Aikido rule set.
It’s interesting to see how the practitioners react and problem solves in real time. You can see that Judo throws when they are done sloppily and where the Judoka turns, have a big chance to be countered or defended by a BJJ practitioner who has real understanding of body mechanics.
“If You’re Serious About Learning Takedowns, As Well As Judo, For BJJ– This Is The Most Complete Resource You Will Ever See”
Jimmy Pedro and Travis Stevens’ Judo Academy Teaches Takedowns and Judo Ground Fighting More Extensively Than Any Other Program In American History
