Is jujitsu effective for the streets?

Question

A guard could put you in exposure of a low blow or an arm bar could result in being slammed or kicked in the face. wht are your views?

Answer 1

Well it depends on you and your skills. And if you want to go to the Ground...lol

Answer 2

Watch UFC. Several hundreds of fights have ended by submission using jiujitsu techniques.

I personally train full contact fighting, and I can tell you by experience that most of my fights have ended by submission. From your guard you can land several elbows, and work submissions, and if a proper armbar is executed correctly you won't get slammed or kick in the face.

Also, jiujitsu isn't just fighting off your back. A good grappler will take the opponent down, establish a dominant position, and work a submission from the top, where blows can be landed. In a street fight I wouldn't try falling back to my guard.

Answer 3

Ask your self one question, Did jujitsu work for the Samurai for thousands of years in life and death situations?  It never stops amazing me how quickly Americans ( I'm one too ) will be quick to say, "Nothing Beats Street Fighting Yo!!".  The actual fact is that there is trained and there is untrained when it comes to combat.  Whether armed or unarmed.  The U.S. Armed forces have adopted jujitsu as their own hand-to-hand combat system added a few of their own twists of course, but it's still jujitsu any way you cut it.  Jujitsu has withstood the test of time and has handed out many "butt whoopins" in its history.  I'd say that jujitsu coupled with peoper atemiwaza ( Striking Technique ) is a sure fire safe way to defend your self on the streets and I'd also say the same about judo and every other martial art out there.  Knowing technique and just being a "Street scrapper" throwing wild street style punches are two entirely different things.  We could sit here and argue point for counter point street techniques ( if there is such a thing  ) to the scientific techniques of jujitsu all night and day, but truth be told any street fight is going to the ground 80% or more of the time anyway.  Like I've said there's trained and there's untrained who do you think is going to win?  What most "common t.v. watchers" don't understand about jujitsu is that in a mere cage there are rules so jujitsu's many techniques are not all used especially in a bone breaking or rotator cuff dislocation sense.  There are so many dangerous things about self-defense jujitsu that sport jujitsu couldn't possibly hold a candle to.  Every rule in the UFC prevents a majority of jujitsu's techniques from being used in the cage.  The situation would be way different on the streets trust me on that one.  Look at the UFC's rules on their website those things are illegal in the cage for a reason, but actual hand-to-hand jujitsu on the streets uses everything that UFC list says not to use in the cage.

Answer 4

against an experienced street fighter, the answer is no. The best thing you can learn for the streets is Kung Fu, and just being able to punch really hard, and take a punch really well.

Answer 5

People saying jitsu isnt good for street fighting forgot that if I can take you down - I can smother you from the top - and if I can smother you from the top, I can strike you.

Submissions in a street fight is done at FULL SPEED, no waiting for the tap - Just a furious grab and SNAP in a matter of seconds.

Plus, jitsu also has STANDING techniques such as rear naked choke from standing, Waki Gatame from standing, Rear Kimura from standing (police restraint).

And keep in mind, we can figiht diry as well.

Answer 6

Some of these are very good answers I'll just add that in my opinion any ground fighting in a one on one street fight is preferred whether it's Ju-Jitsu or wrestling because you can limit the amount of damage your opponent can dole out because lets face it most people that are going to get into fights on the street are going to have no real skill and leave themselves vulnerable to submissions (which in a street fight it's only snap not tap), chokes, and ground and pound.

Answer 7

Jujitsu is fine for the streets.  This means the full range of Jujitsu, not just wrestling-oriented sport aspects.

You think Jujitsu is only Ground Fighting.  It isn't.  Jujitsu includes ground work, striking, choking and throwing.  

No, you cannot fight on your back while on concrete without a risk of hurting yourself or being stomped.  But, if you are sure things are one-on-one and you need to subdue without hurting, groundwork is great.

Jujitsu includes throws, kicks, punches, chokes that are done while standing.  Don't people fight like that even without training?

Answer 8

I'm no expert I'm just a UFC fan and my boyfriend is a BJJ Black belt

In my opinion, it would depend on what disciplines your oponent was versed in and how strong they were, if he was your average thug or drunken lout then yes ofcourse it would be effective, he'd be choked out before he knew what was happening, he would have little or no time to even consider slamming a good BJJ player on their head as they tried an armbar or something simular, I'v seen it.

Hasn't Royce Gracie proved all this anyway?

Answer 9

how many Ju-Jitsu practisioners do you know. here are some names for you John Tremelling,Mark Fripp,Ian McGill,John Dawson,Simon Ford-Powell, all of these guys are Ju-Jitsu[pioneers] effective yes,anywhere,yes.My point, the man not the system every time.By your text your not very good at applying locks of any kind. practice,practice,practice,grasshopper.

Answer 10

yes it is,to many ppl mistake jujitsu for bjj.

Answer 11

Yes it is if used properly!!!

The reason most beginners and some experienced jiu-jitsukas fail in real situations is that they forget, perhaps through adrenaline pressure etc to make a decisive and telling pre-emptive strike or strikes before attempting any kind of lock ,throw or whatever, this is exactly why police officers etc can't make it work as they are by law bound to restrain without striking which is ludicrous as no one in there right mind is going to just stand there and let you apply a lock or throw etc without resisting, hence the golden rule always and I mean always apply a telling pre-emptive strike or strikes first and foremost.

Yes and I understand the law doesn't agree but the law is an @ss when it comes to real street situations ,sorry but true :)***