Who thinks Gracie Jiu Jitsu is the best style to learn for one on one bare handed combat?

Question

Who thinks Gracie Jiu Jitsu is the best style to learn for one on one bare handed combat?

Answer 1

Gracie Jiu Jitsu is of course a good style as I'm a fan and have been since Royce won ufc1 ,and I have many of their excellent DVD's.

Although these days in my opinion Gracie Jiu Jitsu tend to spend more time on ground work and entering sporting competition and even on One DVD " The Gracie Supremacy " which I own and gives a very detailed history of their style which they admit mainly that their style/concept derived from judo.

This link also gives a brief history,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuyo_Mae...

I'd suggest trying Japanese Jiu-jitsu first as a good club focuses solely on self defence and street smart methods and of course Kobudo ( weapons art )  then make up your mind.

Best wishes :)***

Answer 2

I don't think there is a best style/system, but there are many accomplished fighters using Jiu Jitsu for one on one... Thing is, it's rare (in my experience) to end up in one on one fights... You tie yourself up with the person, one of his buddies starts kicking you in the head. Frankly, I think the absolute best tactic one can take with any fight is to stay on your feet -- It's hard to run away with your body on the ground. What's more important: Proving you can beat some guy to a pulp, or definitely making it home safely that night to your family?

Answer 3

Yes Gracie style Ju-Jitsu is a formidable fighting style but not the be all to end all.its down to the guy every time.lots of good answers from zenlife,the doc etc. nothing to add except do not go to the ground. in a street fight on the ground is a recipe for a good kicking.

Answer 4

i don't ...its' incomplete. and in my experience...alot of fights arent one on one.

i think it's one of the best. i just personally dont agree with the strategy that...you have to take the guy down to end the fight. or that if you take him down, you have to follow him down there.

great art for sure. just incomplete in my opinion.

i think the best art...is a very personal decision and will differ with each person you ask. what's good for me, may not be for you.

Answer 5

an authentic style of kung fu would be my choice for empty handed combat, one on one and one vs multi.  also weapon combat.

it will take longer to get good though

Answer 6

I always see when there is a post about Brazilian Jujitsu that someone says something about being tied up with an opponent. Gracie Jujitsu does come from Judo and it still does have Takedowns in it (although a lot of schools seem not to focus on it). If getting kicked in the head is a concern then you should learn BJJ or Judo. You want to be the one doing the takedown so you can run away after a throw, or if someone is trying to tackle you to have a takedown defense. Or even if you get blind sided, wouldn't you like to know how to get up again when someone is holding you down and his buddies are coming to stomp you? That's the way I look at it. I think you should learn something else also to round out your abilities. Many people idolize Bruce Lee. Well, he believed you should be ready for any range of fighting. I tend to agree with that since seeing the first UFCs. All those guys had practiced martial arts for a while and when taken down didn't have much of a clue of what to do. In my personal experience I have been on the ground in EVERY fight I've been in (Granted not many) from concrete to grass and I would have liked to know ground fighting so I could have stayed up on my feet or worked my way back to my feet when the time came.  

Answer 7

Hi

Yes Gracie jiu jitsu est the best style for ground fighting.

Answer 8

not me.if i wanted to fight in the ring with rules a ref and a medic and get lots of applause for acting yeah i would say gracie ju jitsu is good,but you wont get any of that on the street.the only thing you get on the street is hurt or dead.only a fool would go to the ground in a real situation unless there was no choice.

Answer 9

The Gracie family sure does.

Answer 10

Frank The Tank is quite correct.

If I had to learn only one style, I'd rather it be one that encompassed all 3 ranges of fighting -- rather than just groundwork. Your average Daido Juku or Combat SAMBO fighter would school your average Gracie JiuJitsu practitioner in a one on one fight.

Why? Cause groundwork is a lot different when you're getting punched in the face. Plus, since those styles are very takedown oriented, they could probably defend takedown attemtps well enough to stay on their feet anyways.

Oh and the Combat SAMBO guy would have an advantage in leglocks, since its not as emphasized in (gi) JiuJitsu. Also some old school JiuJitsu players believe that leglocks are too risky and go against the 'position before submission' mantra.