Concept & Context why the US Army went to BJJ...

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by Draven

Not anymore, all my Arnmy pics are in storage but here is a Met-RX vid he did... Guy is allot bigger in person.

Sorry, I couldn't get the link.


Surely, somewhere Bow Flex has a pic of him....

[Draven]

Ok try this link... or try this one...

He pops up pretty easy on yahoo if you search greg plitt.

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by Draven

Ok try this link... or try this one...

He pops up pretty easy on yahoo if you search greg plitt.

Is this him?

Greg Plitt

Greg Plitt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Draven]

Thats the my old Lt...

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by Draven

Thats the my old Lt...

Old???? how does he look nowadays?

[Draven]

Originally Posted by 47MartialMan

Old???? how does he look nowadays?

Well former Lt. then I think he isn't past 30 yet...

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by Draven

Well former Lt. then I think he isn't past 30 yet...

That dude had that chiseled look like the Mattel Gi-Joe

[TRIANGLEFROMGAURD]

Originally Posted by 47MartialMan

That dude had that chiseled look like the Mattel Gi-Joe

Sounds like someone has a bit of a crush

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by TRIANGLEFROMGAURD

Sounds like someone has a bit of a crush

Or envy......

[Draven]

Originally Posted by 47MartialMan

Or envy......

Workout for 8 to 12 hours a day 7 days a week and take 3 days off every other week. Thats was his old workout schedule but in the Army...

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by Draven

Workout for 8 to 12 hours a day 7 days a week and take 3 days off every other week. Thats was his old workout schedule but in the Army...

No....age catches up....though the body can be fit, other features age.

[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.

[Shinobi_Kokujin]

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.

naw the military doesnt teach BJJ exclusively. Combatives is a combination of BJJ, Judo,Muay Thai, Eskrima, & Boxing.

depending on where your stationed at plays alot in what type of arts are available in the area. If your stationed in Korea , for example

your company may have a TKD instructor who gives lessons for PT, or you might find yourself doing TKD an Tulong Musool with the Korean military.

the army sees it as effective. but also when the Army was doing an Overhaul of its general martial arts programs....they had to weed out some systems an styles. cause in addition to having access to training....some styles are just crap or theres some

BS instructors. so if one wants to take up certains styles they can do that on thier own time but the official Army Combatives is the result of thier overhaul cause some of the methodology of the old martial arts program doesnt fit the reality of today's kind of warfare

[john55]

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.

[47MartialMan]

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.....