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Originally Posted by Rameses  I don't know if the military does to BJJ exlusively or if it's a mixture of martial arts but for conversation sake we'll assume they do.
The military doesn't have an unlimited amount of time to teach someone to fight hand to hand. They want to teach them a effective way to defend themselves in a hand to hand battle. BJJ encompasses a variety of techniques as well as fighting from the feet as well as from the ground.
I'm just gonna say it and people are gonna be pissed but there's a reason they teach BJJ to the army. It's a simple martial art. It's very popular in MMA and Pride and UFC. The army sees it as effective in a ring against another fighter and right now BJJ and MMA is the flavor of the month (decade).
In a bar fight the two drunks fight eachother. They try for shots from far away trying to hit eachother with the knockout punch. Then they get too close to one another and tackle eachother to the ground until one wins. In BJJ there's a lot of throws and chokes and grappling involved but that's what it boils down to. The army doesn't have time to teach the fine points of martial arts. That takes a lifetime to achieve. They want a bunch of guys who they can teach a martial art style to that's not that different from what they would do naturally in a fight. |
BJJ is actually very hard to learn. Definitely the hardest art I have ever taken. The army combative guys only learn a few basic moves and would get schooled by a low/mid level BJJ white belt.
The reason I say BJJ is so hard is because not only do you have to learn all moves submissions and chokes but you have to apply them against someone who is resisting 100% against you to advance, and not just one person, but many people of different weights/ages/experience levels. To illustrate an example, take your art of TSD. Imagine if that before you could advance to a new belt, you had to effectively do all of your moves in a fight against someone going 100%. Imagine how hard it would be to land a front kick, side kick, certain punches etc. Thats why BJJ is so hard. Its also why anyone ranked in BJJ can easily use their moves against people who are resisting.