I know there are at least a couple that are involved with MMA, but don't what style they use.

I know some, but it was mostly just US Army Training. I completed lvl 1, 2 and 3 US Army Combatives courses. Only course I didn't take was the level 4 course. To give you an idea how that works out in the Army. A Battalion has around 600 soldiers, a Brigade around 4000 soldiers and a Division around 20,000 soldiers. Every soldier is required to complete the level 1 combatives course. Every Battalion is required to have one level 2 combatives trained soldier. Every Brigade is required to have one level 3 combatives trained soldier. Every Division is required to have one level 4 combatives trained soldier.

I was my Brigades combatives instructor for around 3 years. I trained probably 25000 soldiers in level 1 combatives during those 3 years.



If I'd guess what belt that would be, it would probably be a purple belt on the cusp of brown belt. At this point though, after being out of training for over 3 years now, I'd probably rank around a blue belt.


Nobody really messes with me anymore these days though, so I enjoy sitting on my ass instead of training everyday. I do miss it though and I still go to the occasional MMA fights around Seattle to watch some of my friends fight.

nice. I've got some friends that fight down in portland. tyler baley is one of them if you've heard/know the name.

Heh I got my blue belt a few weeks back. Basically after a month of doing bjj specifically. Should grab purple in 3 months or so. My backgrounds in MMA, wrestling and judo net me enough to get purple quickly the 3 months is more so a formality then anything else.

BobJoeJim ftw!

i thought this thread was about blow jobs

I'm a purple belt in Hwa Rang Do. I have only compeated at Hwa Rang Do Tournaments. I really enjoy the fact that Hwa Rang Do covers many ares of Martial Arts, it doesn't just focus one or two things. Plus it's not watered down like many Martial Arts.

ninong earth forums are always a big disappointment, much like your penis.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID!

ChokMOut (or CMO) has quite a bit of BJJ experience

Here is his blog:

http://ecubjjmma.blogspot.com/

edit: clearly overlooked his post lol

BBJ are as much artists as Subway workers.

SS is a brilliant BJ artist though!

and you would know this how? ;)

its on all the bathroom stalls . . .

I've spent time learning krav maga and shuia chiao.

Scodey.

Blue :-P

BJJs belt system is more realistic. Experience and skill seem to have more weight then taking silly exams like in judo or classic karate. Having a lot of ground skill from 8 years of MMA practice I could easily go through blue as I knew most of the techniques involved and could execute them in grappling/bjj competitions. Thus I easily got my blue belt for BJJ.

Purple is requiring me to actually go through new techniques and stuff that's more unfamiliar for me. And I'm probably underestimating what I need for purple still.

i don't even know what's this... BlowJobJob ?

British Jew Jumping?

wheres KJ at?

I gotta admit - I read the title and was thinking Scode was looking for who could give the best hummer around here...

Billy's Jello Jungle?

Bareback Jumping Jacks?

Bilbo's Jazz Jubilee?

LoL

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

though around this group it would probably be better to refer to it as Gracie Jiu Jitsu

there is a difference in BJJ and GJJ

What riddler said.

Some big differences.

my kids are studying Gracie Jiu Jitsu, except my oldest she is doing Ken Po

There is actually no difference between BJJ and GJJ.

BJJ came from Martial Arts that was actually used by Samurai. When the Samurai were replaced by Modern Age Technology, the Samurai had no other specialty so alot of them began teaching. That is where you get alot of the Martial Arts you see today. Jiu-Jitsu was one of those. And among the Teachers, one thought that Jiu-Jitsu was not being tought in its entirety by the other Ex-Samurai. He wanted to teach the complete art of Jiu-Jitsu, not just the watered down Martial Arts being taught to the English and the Americans.

So he started up a School and began teaching. It wasn't long after he opened up his school that he was politically exiled and he moved to Brazil. While in Brazil, he was hired by Gastao Gracie to perform his Martial Arts in his Circus. During all of this, Gastao Gracie offered him and his family a home on land, in exchange for him teaching his oldest son Carlos Gracie this Art of Martial Arts.


Carlos Gracie passed on what he learned to his 3 Brothers, Oswaldo, Gastao Jr, and George. Gastao's youngest son,
Helio was too young and sick at the time to go through training. Although he was sick, he watched his brothers and learned it.

Helio Gracie is who is commonly refered to as the creator of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Although some say it was Carlos Gracie that taught Helio.

Helio is the father of Royce Gracie (The UFC Fighter and Champion) as well as many other children that all teach BJJ.


On a side note. Helio Gracie Has only lost 2 fights in his entire life. The first was against a man named Masahiko Kimura (The Kimura is named after him) when he was 38yrs old. The second was against a man named Valdemar Santana. Valdemar weighed over 100lbs more than Helio. The fight lasted 3hrs and 42mins and Helio was 42yrs Old.

He then went on to beat Valdomiro dos Santos Ferreira at the Age of 54yrs old. Valdomiro was concidered the most dangerious man alive at that time.

Helio's son, Rorion found the UFC. He created it, as a way to demonstrate there familys Martial Arts skills as it pertains to actual combat. Where size doesn't matter, time limits didnt matter, the only goal was to make someone submit or be knocked out. Royce Gracie fought for the Gracie Family during the first 3 UFC Events. And won 2 of them. The 3rd he had to withdrawl from the championship fight because of dehydration.


Doubt many will read this all, but I think its pretty cool that the US Army basically teaches our soldiers how to be a Samuari. So I enjoy all the history behind it :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Jiu-Jitsu

I came here expecting a BJ artist, and I'm not leaving til someone pays up...

I read that, and thanks for correcting me. they always seem to fail to mention that they are different :)