The Truth About BJJ

I connected up with Eli Knight of ‪@KnightJiuJitsu‬ to discuss if Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is becoming worse because of the sports element and a lack of focus on the self defense aspect.

00:00:00 The truth about BJJ
00:00:39 BJJ is watering down?
00:07:00 Intellectual honesty in BJJ
00:09:40 Does BJJ lack striking?
00:15:13 The missing piece in BJJ
00:16:53 Knife defense in BJJ
00:23:16 Sketchy celebrities
00:25:06 Are boxing and wrestling enough?
00:30:04 Is standing game lacking in BJJ
00:39:33 Social culture in BJJ
00:46:07 Larping in Martial arts
00:51:54 What bothers Eli in BJJ
00:57:48 More on Eli Knight

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Welcome to the Martial Arts Journey YouTube channel!

My name is Rokas. I'm a Lithuanian guy who trained Aikido for 14 years, 7 of them running a professional Aikido Dojo until eventually I realized that Aikido does not live up to what it promises.

Lead by this realization I decided to make a daring step to close my Aikido Dojo and move to Portland, Oregon for six months to start training MMA at the famous Straight Blast Gym Headquarters under head coach Matt Thornton.

After six months intensive training I had my first amateur MMA fight after which I moved back to Lithuania. During all of this time I am documenting my experience through my YouTube channel called "Martial Arts Journey".

Now I am slowly setting up plans to continue training MMA under quality guidance and getting ready for my next MMA fight as I further document and share my journey and discoveries.

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