Jiu jitsu and its effectiveness in a street fight.
Now, I haven't been in too many street fights. But I have seen many fights. I went to an all boys highschool...
And I'll tell you this, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PLAYING GUARD WHEN ON THE PAVEMENT. Why? Well, because there are no rules and you can get dropped on your back unlike tournament jiujitsu and this isn't no tatame mat you will be making impact with. Its cold, hard floor. Secondly, guard will prevent strikes but it won't stop them.
With those major points, does that make jiujitsu ineffective? NO.
Because although you may not want to play guard, it would be much safer to have guard than to be mounted or in a worse position.
we've all heard it before: 90% of fights end up on the ground. Usually, that's also where it ends (via mount or people giving up on the spot.)
Now, with a background in jiujitsu, its possible to be quite productive against an attacker. If you get mounted, you have experience to get out of that mount (something that many striking arts don't ever cover). Also, you'll probably never even fall in that position, (more likely, the first ground position you hit will be a dominant one, like a cross mount or full mount.) And, regardless of how strong or quick you are, you have the ability to end the fight immediately via submission.
What it comes down to is this: in terms of pure arts, nothing is more effective in a real life situation than jiujitsu. No other art comes even close to the depth of ground control and manipulation that jiujitsu covers. Well, wrestling and judo come pretty close but lack majorly in certain departments.
Granted, you could learn kickboxing or some form of striking to compliment your jiujitsu and you'll be more effective, but, I don't feel that that notion is reciprocative. I.E. Complimenting your kickboxing with minor jiujitsu training is not as effective as complimenting your jiujitsu with kickboxing.
Jiujitsu is the base and everything,including striking, should be built around it.
And I'll tell you this, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PLAYING GUARD WHEN ON THE PAVEMENT. Why? Well, because there are no rules and you can get dropped on your back unlike tournament jiujitsu and this isn't no tatame mat you will be making impact with. Its cold, hard floor. Secondly, guard will prevent strikes but it won't stop them.
With those major points, does that make jiujitsu ineffective? NO.
Because although you may not want to play guard, it would be much safer to have guard than to be mounted or in a worse position.
we've all heard it before: 90% of fights end up on the ground. Usually, that's also where it ends (via mount or people giving up on the spot.)
Now, with a background in jiujitsu, its possible to be quite productive against an attacker. If you get mounted, you have experience to get out of that mount (something that many striking arts don't ever cover). Also, you'll probably never even fall in that position, (more likely, the first ground position you hit will be a dominant one, like a cross mount or full mount.) And, regardless of how strong or quick you are, you have the ability to end the fight immediately via submission.
What it comes down to is this: in terms of pure arts, nothing is more effective in a real life situation than jiujitsu. No other art comes even close to the depth of ground control and manipulation that jiujitsu covers. Well, wrestling and judo come pretty close but lack majorly in certain departments.
Granted, you could learn kickboxing or some form of striking to compliment your jiujitsu and you'll be more effective, but, I don't feel that that notion is reciprocative. I.E. Complimenting your kickboxing with minor jiujitsu training is not as effective as complimenting your jiujitsu with kickboxing.
Jiujitsu is the base and everything,including striking, should be built around it.