Originally posted by DSA
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Um... Actually no. In my experience JJJ was 10 times less useful than Gracie Jiu Jitsu, otherwise I wouldn't have left the japanese arts in the first place. Are my ogoshis, sotogeris, ochigeris etc. as good as a judoka? No. But I've been to judo clubs & taken 95% of judo black belts to pieces on the ground with my tatty purple belt in BJJ. But this is an old argument. The arts are different.
Judo - best for sport (ie. spectator friendly) takedowns
BJJ - best for sport groundwork with a submission bias
GJJ - includes takedowns & submissions with less of a sportive bias, but with the same roots as BJJ.
To think that by adding sportive striking (ie. karate) to a sportive throwing/grappling sport (ie. judo) you'll get something that is truly practical is completely wrong IMO. I'll flick the attacker round the ear with my orokan (spelling), before turning my back on him to do my ogoshi, then pin him down with my kesagatame? Good luck with that against anyone that has a clue... LOL
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