What does Yea Forums think of BJJ?

BJJ isn't a meme but BJJ practitioners are

while BJJ and MMA added a lot to create a sense of realism in the MA world and brought in a new generation, they also causes the exact toxic mentality we have itt.
It feels like MA really went downhill by becoming absolute pleb tier in the last 5-10 years or so. Then again, we had that useless X is better than Y talks back in the 90s too.... Guess the only thing that did change is that more people these days tend to have strong opinions about things they never experienced first hand. But that a general post 2000 thing...

t. MA for 35yrs, trainer for 10yrs JJ/Wrestling/BJJ/Boxing/Judo

>You don't need to be a martial artist to win a street fight

Depends on the situation. Maybe you do. Maybe you don't. Maybe you would be fucked no matter what. I recently saw a video of a fight where some giant bouncer was restraining a dude and got heemed by the guy's 120lb girlfriend kicking him in the head.

>Punching doesn't end at boxing. A large % of punching KOs come from ground and pound after the opponent has been dropped or taken down.

You have to jump on anybody that gets dropped in MMA, that's just the game. But most of those guys end up on queer street from punches from the feet.

This is very true. Most BJJ instruction is garbage. This is why the same handful of schools and coaches are the only ones able to win anything, or use BJJ in high level MMA.

I don't think it's particularly more toxic tbf. There was always "my style>your style" and "martial arts don't work in the stree". MMA at least brought a reality check regarding TMA and McDojo

Or you can train both which is what sambo basically is

Have you ever had guys show up at your gym, trying to challenge you infront of the students like in the movies?

I think sambo is like catch wrestling, where the idea is great but good luck finding a skilled instructor in the US or Canada.

not that I remember but I always try to spar with the new ones during the first two sessions anyway to give them a short feedback about their general sense of movement and tension, about their instincts and so on. Whenever I detect some experience/talent (actually you don't need sparring for that - just looks at the movement for some seconds tells the whole story), I ask them about their background. I can't remember being off spot to be honest but then again I learned MA even before reading and writing, so I pretty much feel like a fish in water with this one ...

What changed is that todays people will bring up their backround on their own even before the put on their sports wear for the first time. And sometimes they're pretty cocky tbqh "Man I had X for about Y years, we did a lot of abc, do you guys even...?" There's more confidence in less skill if you ask me. But maybe I just turn older :)

How do I deal with assholes in the gym that always use full force while sparring?

Yeh 10 Gracies vs 1 guy in a hotel lobby, monkey warfare hehe :^)