The Jiu-jitsu Technique In The UFC
The jiu-jitsu technique was introduced to the world on a grand scale with the creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993. A man named Royce Gracie stunned everyone by becoming the first UFC victor. He accomplished this feat by using the martial art techniques that his family had perfected over sixty years to defeat his opponents, all of whom were bigger than him. He then did it again and again, winning three out of the first four tournaments.
After Gracie proved that a command over the jiu-jitsu technique was essential for success in mixed martial arts competitions, all fighters began receiving some form of personal training in jiu-jitsu, and the UFC became a series of matches on the ground. A standup fighter was almost always doomed, for once the combatant who knew jiu-jitsu got him on the ground, a tap out from the striker was inevitable. Submissions in the form of chokes, arm bars, leg locks and so on became the norm for those early UFC matches.
While this focus on the jiu-jitsu technique made for an interesting experience for those well versed in ground fighting, for an audience hungry for blood, it quickly became boring when fighters learned how to counter submissions and last longer against a jiu-jitsu expert. To make matters worse, fighters with more stand-up experience didn’t want to commit to attacks that might end up with them on the floor, and so there was more circling and feinting than actual contact and this practice enraged audiences as well. Therefore, there was more pressure on combatants to fight on their feet, and not get locked into certain positions when on the floor.
Some people believe the jiu-jitsu technique has disappeared in the recent tournaments of the UFC, but that’s not quite accurate. All fighters engaged in mixed martial arts tournaments have to study jiu-jitsu in order to be able to compete effectively. This means that these top fighters can more easily block and counter the different submissions and groundwork that fighters use when grappling. MMA and jiu jitsu still have a strong relationship.
It would be wrong to say that the jiu-jitsu technique is dead in the UFC, just because there are fewer tap outs to submissions than there were before. MMA and jiu jitsu will always go hand in hand; jiu jitsu just won’t be the deciding factor in a fight anymore because everyone studies it now. If you are interested in participating in any mixed martial arts tournaments, then you would be well advised to study jiu jitsu in order to be able to compete with everyone else.
Lance Peters
what is the most extreme and most intense brazilian jiu jitsu technique?
im a jiu jitsu white belt, and i want to learn my blue belt faster,so i want to impress my instructor. so i want to learn the worlds most intense moves in jiu jitsu. can anyone help me find it?
I don’t think your instructor would be impressed by faulty executing an intense move.. I don’t know even if there is the ‘best’ move, I doubt it, but the harder ones cannot be achieved by a white belt. I think your instructor would be more impressed if you concentrated on you current grading and techniques and learnt them faster..
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there is no best move, there is just what is the most appropriate move to use at a certain time which will always vary, its natural you want to impress your instructor but you will impress him if you learn your white belt moves and learn them well. It seems like you have the wrong mind set to even be doing a martial art, you need to keep an open mind instead of wanting to learn the best technique because learning something by textbook teaches you to do it in that way and not how to adapt it so dont seek to learn the best moves you should seek to be the best practioner by mastering the moves that count and by being adaptable and diverse
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