Comments by "iorekby" (@iorekby) on "BJJ vs Judo | Jimmy Pedro and Lex Fridman" video.

  1. It's a lot to do with how we do Judo here. In Japan tons of people in their 50s/60s/70s do Judo because of the way they train. They are all about reps and clean technique and not smashing their partners. European and American Judo is a lot more bang bang bang, get them down asap. More Judo needs to have that Japanese vibe for recreational people.
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  2. This is accurate. I personally like the Judo community far more as there's less delusional idiots in it compared to BJJ. I remember my first Judo coach was asked by a BJJ blue belt what he would do in a fight. BJJ blue belt had been telling everyone to double leg, mount armbar...guy was terrible at standup grappling BTW, but felt the need to tell everyone about how he would kick ass in a fight. Typical BJJ blowhard (and I say that as someone who did BJJ for 8 years). Anyways, when he asked my Judo coach what he would do if he was attacked, my Judo coached stared at him and said "Run away and call the police, what the hell else would you do?" Everyone in the class burst out laughing. We never saw wee Billy Blue belt again.
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  3.  @ramon1930  That's not quite true. The reality is it varies a lot. Some BJJ places teach a few takedowns, and often teach them badly. Now and again you find an old school place that does a decent job, or where the coach has also a Judo/Sombo/Wrestling background and teaches solid takedowns. The vast majority of BJJ schools today thouhg don't really teach much in the way of takedowns. Even John Danaher said this, and he also said it's a big problem for modern BJJ. BJJ is fast moving towards a zero takedown style of grappling. Reality is in BJJ today, you can go from white belt to black belt in most gyms without ever knowing any takedowns, let alone being proficient in them.
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  4. "A BJJ champion would beat a Judo champion" Meanwhile back in reality, we rewatch Kimura vs Helio and Royce vs Yoshida
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  5. Tell me about it!! Jimmy explains it perfectly but some reason the white belt senseis are out in force saying things like: "In my 6 months of training I'll tell you whats what" Biggest pile of insecure bluffers I've heard in a while. I came here to listen to Jimmy and there are some cool comments but man, people need to take a step back and realize they know sweet FA about Judo or BJJ and nothing they are saying is worth a damn to what someone like Jimmy Pedro has to say on the subject.
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  6. " BJJ guy with a decent double or single leg " is pretty much an oxymoron these days lol
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  7. Thank you, venerable 6 month sensei. I look forward to your imminent book on BJJ "The pathway to your first white belt stripe". And I wait with baited breath for your astrophysics lecture, after you finish watching one of the Star Trek movies. What a time we live in.
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  8. If that were true every BJJ guy who ever fought a Judoka would slaughter them on the ground but history shows us that doesn't always happen. Stop drinking the BJJ flavoured kool aid.
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