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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. | Of course they do MMA.....
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What do I know? Since I didn't post my styles or experience, I have no experience, no knowledge, no say.
That post before mine, was that for post counting? How about the one after?
Hey, my post count has the same palaverment tone as anyone elses'
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