Vinny Magalhães talks 10th Planet, BJJ, Sambo, and Catch (Article)
XTreme Couture coach calls for cross training by BJJ community
BJJ is still and will always be ALIVE!
From: Vinny Magalhães
Edited: 06/20/11 5:11 AM
Xtreme Couture MMA, BJJ Instructor
Member Since: 3/16/06
Posts: 1700
I know I came up with some threads saying that BJJ is dead. As some guys figured, I was just joking.
Jiu-Jitsu is far from being dead.
Is jiu-jitsu the same dominant art as it used to be?
Maybe not, considering the fact that every well rounded fighter knows some Jiu-Jitsu, even if it's just a little. So if you put all the other skills together with that little knowledge in Jiu-jitsu, obviously, or at least most likely that Well rounded fighter will beat the one dimensional BJJ guy.
In my opinion, if it wasn't just bad enough to be one dimensional, a lot of BJJ guys are not so open minded about learning other ground fighting styles such as 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, Catch Wrestling, Sambo....
If the BJJ guys were more open minded about learning other styles, maybe the results wouldn't as bad as we've seen lately.
Don't get me wrong, I love Eddie's 10th Planet system, but I know that my 10th Planet techniques would probably not work if i only knew that system. What about the other way around? Probably it wouldn't work either...
I feel like what has made my ground game so aggressive was me being open minded. I know for fact that what makes my ground game a little different than some guys' in my division, is because I mix styles up. I've learned sambo leg locks, I've learned some catch wrestling from Erik Paulson, I've learned a lot about the 10th planet's Rubber Guard and Twister system, and I obviously have a solid base in Brazilian jiu-Jitsu, so I think that that would be the way to go for a lot of ground fighters... We shouldn't be so stubborn about learning other styles, there's no such thing as a better style, and there's always something to learn from other people even if deep inside we think our style is more effective (or better).
To give an example of a guy who trains all the other ground styles, we have Aoki. He does train BJJ, He does use rubber guard, and he has some awesome catch wrestling submissions. You will likely see him losing a stand up battle, but the dude is so unpredictable/effective on the ground, that all the guys in his division fear his ground game, and nobody can/will deny that.
Anyways, I just want to give my 2 cents.
JIU-JITSU FOR LIFE!
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