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Originally Posted by Joemoplata  No, he didn't then. Not in his early days. He has since started more cross training but in the early days he was pure water GJJ! Trust me, the whole concept was to close the distance off the front kick or time the shoot off the right cross. This is how it's still taught in a lot of schools. |
Ah, I had the cause and effect wrong... I figured it was something like:
1. Royce had training in a few styles.
2. Royce wins using certain tactics to aid his primary goal of submissions.
3. GJJ starts getting taught they way he did it and so starts to include techniques that otherwise belong to other arts.
Even if he didn't have proper training, I think he and his style still (at the very least) benefited from exposure to other styles.