All martial arts have a solid element of self-defense, at least on paper. But when confronted by reality, most fall short of their promises. Brazilian jiu-jitsu claims to be the best martial art for street fights, but is this claim true?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BJJ works in a street fight against a single opponent. Jiu-jitsu skills give a significant advantage against untrained opponents. Even a smaller person can defeat a much larger and stronger attacker using technique and leverage on the ground. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is much evidence that BJJ works well in the street. Still, it is not universally good for every situation, and not all BJJ is equally effective. Let’s see when and why BJJ works, when it doesn’t, and how to use it yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Whereas many martial arts claim efficiency in a street fight, BJJ practitioners always seek to prove their art works in practice. MMA has proven that grappling is an essential part of fighting, and BJJ is one of the best grappling martial arts on the planet, which makes it effective in street fights as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BJJ was created to allow a smaller and physically weaker person to overcome a much stronger and bigger opponent. To do that, BJJ focuses on taking the fight to the ground and using technique, superior positioning, and leverage to control and submit the opponent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This wouldn’t work so well in real life if BJJ weren’t trained like it is, with a considerable focus on live sparring, called rolling. Most martial arts fall short because they focus too much on forms and set technique training like kata. Still, BJJ is all about practicality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Most training is done through live sparring or conditional exercises against a partner. This makes practitioners comfortable in difficult positions and against a fully resisting opponent beyond what an untrained person or even a martial artist from another art could ever be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The techniques of BJJ have two significant advantages for real-life situations. First, the goal is always to secure a submission, which will always end the fight either with the opponent yielding or with him broken or choked out. Either way, there is a finisher mentality in BJJ<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The other strength of BJJ for self-defense is that it allows you to subdue the opponent without severely hurting him. Obtaining a dominant position may incapacitate an assailant without actually hurting him until the arrival of law enforcement or other forms of help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since its inception, BJJ has always aimed to prove itself as a truly effective martial art. The Gracie family created BJJ, and their famous Gracie Challenge has stood since the beginning of the martial art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In essence, the Gracie Challenge was an open invitation to any martial artists to fight in Vale Tudo (anything goes fight). Over the years, members of the clan defeated many different stylists and became legendary for their no-rules fight effectiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Does BJJ Work In A Street Fight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n