Robert LeRuyet’s Brazilian style Jiu-jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts system
A common question I get is to explain the difference between Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and other systems or styles of Jiu-jitsu and why these other Jiu-jitsu styles often have so many wrist locks. As far as major differences go, most people …
Below is the second part of the February, 1913, English language interview given by Jigoro Kano to the New York based periodical “The Oriental Review”. This second part is the actual interview and we can literally read Jigaro kano, “in …
In this series of posts I want to both review and hopefully stimulate some discussion about the ground breaking Brazilian Jiu-jitsu history book: “Choque: The untold Story of Jiu-jitsu in Brazil”, by an author calling himself, Roberto Pedreira. This work …
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As I have written quite extensively about, Jigaro Kano is probably the very most influential martial artist of modern times. It was his vision to preserve and synthesize the ancient feudal Jiu-jitsu schools into one ultimate modern system of unarmed …
One of the questions I often get is about the value of short term “quickie” self defense courses and how valuable they are. I have done a lot of research and development in this area. Several years ago I took …
The last few posts we have been talking a lot about “balance” and “stability” and how they are the “first principle” or starting point in defending yourself in the real world or even just analyzing what can or has gone …