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123 boo a hoooo · #1 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 05:15 AM

...brazilian jujitsu schools in small towns across the US? When I did mma I rolled with a brazilian jujitsu artist who was actually brazilian and came from brazil. As I moved around I noticed all of these brazilian jujitsu schools who were run by middle aged white men who had no resemblence to brazil at all. Miost did not even come close to the fundamental techniques learned by my brazilian friend. Are they posers? Why have these tough guys continually neglected wrestling which is just as important to learn in fighting and is an art where they are from?

King Of Utopia · #2 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 06:15 AM

Those white guys probably studied with a Brazilians jujitsu fighter and now they opened their own school to make a living doing what they like, the school wouldn't last too long if they teacher didn't know at least some basic jujitsu.

Jujitsu is famous now because of tv shows involving MMA fighting, almost all mma fighters know jujitsu. 50 years ago boxing was the hype, mma is the hype now, something else will be the hype in 50 years.

happy camper · #3 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 07:15 AM

becuse it is so popular.i think they are posers i know the gracie's the founders of brazilian jujitsu have a school in miami and have been there for years.i dont belive these hillbillys in podunk mississippi are brazillian jujitsu students probably x wrestlers trying to make a buck.if they did not train with a gracie i would not want to learn from them.