Robert LeRuyet’s Brazilian style Jiu-jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts system
“Not all Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is created equal”. This is a short-hand phrase that I use to get people’s attention and begin to educate them about the different incarnations of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Brazilian Jiu-jitsu has really grown in popularity over the …
I am going to begin part two of this post by summarizing the major points from Part one. We went into a lot of detail in that first part in order to clearly dispel the myths and confusion about the …
Part Two: Jigaro Kano the True Founder of BJJ? & The True Purpose of His Jiu-jitsu Read more »
Part I The simple fact is, that there could not have been Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, or Russian Sambo for that matter, without the work and vision of Jigoro Kano. He laid both the technical, scientific and philosophical foundations of these systems. …
Jigaro Kano the True Founder of BJJ? & The True Purpose of His Jiu-jitsu Read more »
Firstly, you must realize that “shoves” by legal definition are “assaults” or more properly, “battery” and therefore criminal acts. Any unwanted touch is an offense so you do not have to legally or morally endure them. There is no threshold …
The legal and pycological factors for defending “PUSHES and SHOVES” Read more »
PART ONE In my first post I had a little fun explaining why I generally have no time or patience for the kind of “intellectually deregulated”, moronic, infantile and often slanderous nonsense that the internet is notorious for and of …
Defending yourself against weapon attacks or assaults in the real world, is another topic that I am frequently asked about, and rightly so, because it is a very, very important area of personal defense. However, it is also one of …
Weapon Defenses for the Street: A Conceptual Approach Read more »
PART ONE I A Cultural Paradigm Shift What I will be calling the “rough and tough” approach to self-defense, is one of the very most pervasive “schools of thought” within the self-defense community or industry. This school of thought …
PART ONE Both Krav Maga and BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU have become exceptionally popular martial arts and self-defense systems over the last couple decades. This alone says a lot about these fighting styles considering that going into the 1990s both of them were virtually …
Krav Maga VS. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – Contrasts and Comparisons Read more »
Does the world really need yet another self-defense blog? This is the question I asked myself after some students and interested laypeople again suggested that I start a blog of my own. They reassured me that lots of people would …
Having some fun with the big Question: Do we really need another self-defense blog? Read more »