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Originally Posted by The End  I can't speak for everyone, however, in my line of work, I often will be surrounded by several people who are incarcerated for a variety of reasons. There are people there for minor violations all the way up to multiple homicides. There are people who are gang members and so on. Should several of them decide to attack me, my ability to successfully execute a flying armbar, defend against an Omo-Plata of defend the cross-body armbar will be of little benefit. each of us deals with a different reality in our day to day lives and we each see "self defense" differently as well. Do I believe training in various martial arts over the years is helpful to self defense? Absolutely. But they, just like the RBSD systems do have their weaknesses. |
Dude, I completely disagree.
As you know, I live and train in the Washington, DC metro area. As a result, we get a ton of Secret Service/FBI/DEA/Military types in our school as does EVERY martial arts school in the area.
We have one BJJ black belt who is a supervisor guard for the Juvenile Detention Center for Fairfax County. He will 100% tell vouch for how much BJJ has made his job easier for him controlling riots and out of control detainees. I have known him literally his entire training period of BJJ and have heard the countless stories of how many times he has used his skills at his job and how much they have helped him over the years as he has progressed in skill.
We have a very experience Purple Belt who is a high ranking official with the DEA. He was also at one time a competitive Muay Thai fighter IN THAILAND. He will tell you over and over an over how much what he has learned from BJJ has helped him in his job. So much so that he has started a grappling program at Quantico for recruits to learn the skills he feels can help save lives in the DEA.
Give yourself another 3 to 4 years of training, TheEnd, and watch how much you improve and start to really understand the effectiveness of what you're learning. I think you will have a different appreciation for it.