Yup, 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu is trademarked but I'm not sure how it works outside of the States but either way his students will eventually figure it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Glach
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Yup, 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu is trademarked but I'm not sure how it works outside of the States but either way his students will eventually figure it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Glach
Sounds like your student is full of it.... 2 weeks ago i watched two Afrikaans speaking South african lads tap a Gracie Barra Blackbelt in a no-Gi tournament.... a black belt of 5 years if i'm not mistaken. I also watched as a former European Champion Gracie Brown Belt failed to win a single match out of 7 all of which were South Africans. So i reckon your German buddy was either training at the wrong Gym or is lying through his teeth....Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthias Sieber
Maybe a combination of both. Personally I don't know jack about the grappling/mma/fight scene in africa.
Alder had a seminar this year in south africa as far as I remember.
jip i heard he did. would have been cool to go to. JJ is still small here, but with the growth of mma its picking up. One of the guys who beat the Brazillian is also a bit of an mma beast. He easily beat Trevor Prangly (who recently beat keith Jardine) a while back and i reckon could give quite a few of the ufc heavies a decent go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthias Sieber
But anyhow.... whats the mma scene like there in Hamburg?
It's small, but growing. People begin to figure out slowly they need to stop working against each other.
Amen !!
Agreed, Amen, another fraud exposed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marius
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Originally Posted by AJ Camacho
I totaly agree with you. Learning from books and DVD's is okay in part that its YOUR OWN growth and learning, But you cant walk around and open up a school thinking your a actual instructor, Thats the best way to end up hurting yourself and others, as well as probobly getting sued. Now if your a student and get a group together with friends or people of common interest and share info, develope your game and teach maybe basics, I dont see anythign fully wrong with that. Even in the military when guys are over seas, my dads told me that theres guys that are blue/purple/ and brown belts, that offer free "classes" to teach basic stuff to people that are interested in learning.
Dont see much wrong in teaching basics to those who want to learn, as long as its nothing intense and as long as there is total control and understanding.
but To take an already established group, its logo, philosophy and game then call it your own or acredit yourself from them has got to be the most disrespectful thing you can do towards every JJ/BJJ practitioner and teacher in the world.
it may work for a little bit, but eventualy, the people who are passionate and dedicated to the art will call you out on it.
I've been lucky enough to train fulltime in brazil, USA and the UK and Imho the standard of bjj is progressing nicely. We're probably 10 years behind the US, and 5 years behind the UK but we're seeing good growth and improvements year on year.
Give us a few more years and there'll be some great jiu jitsu coming out of SA :).
With all the high quality instructional materials out there, I think it is entirely possible to be self taught. All you have to do is drill, spar, compete and repeat. It is hugely advantageous to have an instructor there to point out your mistakes, but in sparring and competing mistakes become self-evident. Any person who has the resources (materials, space, partners, etc.) and a little bit of intuition would have no problem becoming a very good grappler. Look at the moon instructors out there that don't have regular access to instructors and even some guys that are hotboxing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shannon