Originally Posted by
KPM
If you have been reading this thread you will note that I never said bad things about BJJ, and stated that I admire it. My point has been that it has a "fantasy-fu" element just like other arts. Hence the title of this thread.
---Its funny, and I guess just human nature....you can get people to argue with you until you are blue in the face, but its hard to get people to actually agree with you on a given point, regardless of how obvious it may be.
Keith,
You are twisting what im say so it fits in with your preconcieved ideas (i.e. 'see BJJ is just like wc...they both have fantasy!'). But your preconcieved ideas are wrong and come from a lack of experience (no, some basic bjj lessons doesnt cut it and is in fact worse since you think you know what youre talking about when really you dont).
Fantasy Fu is thinking something will work when in reality it doesnt. This is not the case with BJJ. All the techniques in BJJ work in their proper context as opposed to not working at all i.e. so called sport techniques work in sport BJJ....so theres no element of fantasy...as long as people understand that some techniques dont carry over from one to another (e.g. collar chokes dont transfer to nogi or mma but do to the street). Again though that is not equivalent to there being a fantasy element in BJJ.
I hope thats now clear. So no im not agreeing with you.
'In the woods there is always a sound...In the city aways a reflection.'
'What about the desert?'
'You dont want to go into the desert'
- Spartan