grappling martial arts imparticable?

Question

to me grappling martial arts especially judo which use throw s seem impracticable in a real defense situation. first is the area around you, while your grappling you wouldn't really have a sense of your surroundings. and you you could damage your self in the takedown because your not on those blue gym mats.

and in bJJ what do you do after you have locked him? wait there for some random guy to come pass and call the police?

Answer 1

Ground fighting is NOT grappling.

It is only a part of it... a small part.

This is why I always say, BJJ gives a bad impression of grappling.

BJJ is not a complete art.

So much is left out that if you learned all the left out things, you would enter into a whole world of techniques you never knew existed.

I grapple without going or being off my feet.

The only one on the ground is the unfortunate, but deserving attacker. ( Toudi Ni Sente Nashi )

You are basing your question on what you have seen, that is being passed as "grappling", but is only an abbreviated form of grappling. That is why it is impractical.

Answer 2

Like others have said: Grappling martial arts are by far the most useful arts to use in one-on-one street fights. The average person knows little about martial arts and if this is the case most fights end up a wrestling match of sorts on the ground.
Judo is VERY useful. The throws in teaches are hugely useful on concrete to incapacitate, or at least stun an aggressor. Jiu-Jitsu too can end a street fight in a hurry. Wrestlers tend to do well in street fights too.
However, if you are fighting multiple (two or more) opponents it's probably best to get up quickly.

Answer 3

i do ultimate fighting arts and mixed martial arts which has a lot of grappling in it. 90-95% of fights on the street end up on the ground so grappling is a very important style to know and when the fight goes to the ground you should be safe if your opponent has no ground experience. the only problem with bjj and grappling is when you have multile opponents the you should try and stay on your feet and away from your opponents.

all in all its best to have a background in all the areas of fighting.

Answer 4

judo is one of the most practical martial arts with brazilian ju jitsu next to it. if u ever see a real life fight, u normally see a lot of guys coming to break the fight and taking the person down from their legs. from here u are able to do the grappling needed like an arm bar that will only take a few seconds.

Answer 5

@Garret, thanks for mentioning our art, but we are not Krav Maga with traditional martial arts roots. We are a traditional martial art, with titles, uniforms, salutations, belts, forms, and respect and discipline is taught. We are just the "Hawaiian street fighting art" and we just have crazy training methods. And because of those crazy training methods, not too many people stay in Kajukenbo and that's why nobody's ever heard of Kajukenbo. And when Kajukenbo people compete, they follow the rules of the competition. Benny Urquidez follows the rules of kickboxing, and Chuck Lidell follows the rules of the UFC. Or else they would be disqualified. What was shown on Fight Quest was just a few Kajukenbo schools getting together and having a bit of fun. The basic rule is don't deliberately do anything to hurt your sparring partner because you want him to come back to train next week. But sometimes things get a bit out of hand. But it's never intentional. Kajukenbo is good for self-defense. But the training is vigorous, brutal, violent and painful. And most people cannot handle it. It takes immense dedication to go back week after week. If there's a hardcore Kajukenbo school in your area, check it out. If not, check out the Karate, Kung Fu and Tae Kwon Do schools. Best of luck in finding the martial art that suits you.

Answer 6

To be a good fighter you need all three aspects of fighting, striking, grapling/wrestling and Joint manipulation and pressure points

You never know who you might face on the street, maybe the guy did some wrestling in highschool, if it goes to the ground and you are clueless on the ground what are you going to do?

You don't have to be a blackbelt in BJJ or Sambo or something but Its important to do a little, even in TMA there has always been wrestling, its an aspect of fighting that shouldn't be ignored

Answer 7

Ironically, out of the grappling martial arts you chose one that's one of the most practical in a real life situation.

Judo teaches a great deal of throws, in a real life situation you won't throw your opponents on blue gym mats, you'll throw them on the hard floor, incapacitating them.

p.s. you need to work on your spelling my friend, the word is "impractical"

Answer 8

Ever see a street/bar fight, it look a lot more like a grappling match than it does boxing. A fight is going to the ground in under 30 seconds you might as well be prepared.

Boxing is actually a lot less practical

Answer 9

With multiple opponents, it could definetly be impracticle...but one-on-one, who knows.

As for falling, in grappling, they learn how to fall without hurting themselves ...or at least without hurting themselves as much as they would without training.

Answer 10

let me say one thing Rampage Jackson he knocked out some one with just a slam imagine on a hard floor, and if you properly execute your throw or submission witch consist of these things called chokes with make people magically pass out you will not have a problem defending yourself