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Originally Posted by Chapel  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. |
Oh absolutely! One of the things that really allowed the Gracie an edge in these scenarios is that they had been taking on all challengers in Brazil for decades. They had been doing No Rules fights with just about every known form of Martial Arts out there, this is what allowed them to hone a specific strategy for each "style".