Originally posted by JB88
i am also wondering if any of you have any specific knowledge of martial arts that you might wish to share or suggestions about which might go well with my philosophy.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is good stuff depending on your size. Alot of it is designed specifically to negate the striking advantages of a bigger opponent (reach & power). It's all about blood chokes & joint locks.
His son also practices ju-jitsu and he spoke of it for a while. It sounded very defensive. He remarked that his son's favorite position was to fight while on his back on the ground.
You can score alot of points in BJJ tournaments while on your back. For example, if you've got a guy in your closed guard, which is him on top, with your legs locked around his waist you have quite a few options, but his are more limited. You can slide your knees up to his armpits and setup a triangle choke (a "blood" choke), get control of a wrist, snap your legs over and lock in an armbar, reverse your position, etc, etc.
What you see alot of in BJJ guys vs guys not very well trained is when the fight goes to the ground, the other guy tends to panic. He'll either get mounted and pounded out, panic & turn his back (and get choked out), or panic & stick an arm out (instant armbar ending).
It is a really good martial art. The classes I've attended have been pretty good. 30 minutes of exercise & drills, 30 minutes of non-stop "rolling" (sparring). The intense guys are the ones that do the 1 1/2 hour no-gi classes before the 1 hr gi classes. That's alot of fighting & scrambling.
ps: To the guys that lost weight. I must be a freak of nature. I actually gained 10 pounds when I was training.
