if anyone has trained judo a a high level, like I have, you know that there is no 'flow or game" in Judo, whether tach-waza or ne-waza, its brutal explosive power.

Royce Gracie's key variable: having your own family organise the tournament. :p

MMA With GI, the most close you will see is Combat Sambo, :) Greetings from Nicaragua!

The mindset for judo in terms of grappling is closer to MMA than BJJ is. For example, you're taught in judo that being in guard is losing, being put in side control is losing, and to really work at getting out of those positions quickly. With a good coach, judo has tremendous value for MMA. On the flip side, sometimes they don't even know escapes. BJJ has a lot of value in it's focus on groundwork and technique. It's weakness is that a lot of the time you take your time in certain positions where you will be punched in the face. My judo coach says to not take anything as gospel though. And he is right, in mindset, if it makes sense, believe it, and keep an open mind. I could be wrong and I'm willing to accept that

German Jiu Jitsu is an interesting format. They start out on the feet moving and striking like karateka, but must engage in a clinch within 20-30 seconds, otherwise there's a warning. From here it's mostly judo throws and standing submissons, unless someone breaks the clinch. Then they're back in the karate phase. Kinda weird. If the fight goes to the ground, you got 15 secs to do a complete pin or a submission. If you can get back up, it's either back to striking or the clinch, depending on whether anyone has a grip on the other guy. Can't strike below the waist, but can use takedowns below the waist such as double legs. I hear they've been incorporating Sambo and Muay Thai techniques too lately. It has a certain charm, I think it could be a thing if it was more internationally widespread.

Great message. I got into Taiji primarily for health reasons after the military. I was fortunate that my first teacher was like an older brother with a wrestling background. Every application was a throw of takedown. Later I got to touch a few people with legit Taiji skills. Eventually I want to learn catch wrestling and learn how thai boxers spar since I just moved to Thailand. Really hope to get to Shanghai to meet you and Antonio since travel is so cheap in Asia, but I'm afraid of my wife shopping in Shanghai! 😂😂😂

This was why i loved ufc. You saw an wrestler vs a boxer. Or karate vs judo. Or wrestler vs jiu jitsu. Now everybody knows a bit of everything. Which is better than doing only 1 thing. But still....i dont know what to expect. If i see a gracie vs an judoka i would more likely to watch an mma fight

I did Judo as a kid. It still helps me as a grown up and in the random fights that I had because I don't hurt myself when I fall down. During my teen years I played handball and even there it helped me from not being insured while falling. Judo rocks.

RAMSEY RAMSEY: your dream fighting competition is kinda coming true: GIANT VS GIANT: HAFTHOR VS EDDIE HALL. A video of your predictions/opinions/reviews of each fighter/what this means for the fighting sport/etc. would be an awesome thing to watch from you!!!

Great video. I like how you pointed out the importance of having nuanced skill set or knowledge of different skill sets. A point I find myself often musing on is how you mentioned the effectiveness of decreasing the variables. That's something that isn't just applied to fights but also any contest involving strategy. Losing a queen in chess is a blow to tactical position because that piece has the most mobility and thus has the most options. Stuns are often quite helpful in games because they remove the factors involving the opponent taking any action, or even move. The Silence effect is strong in games because they take away the characters options in terms of using their abilities and by extension the variables that would have come into play with the use of their abilities, damage, buffs, debuffs etc.

I appreciate your input. I sincerely believe that judo is "the shit" (to know). I have trained with olympian judokas and will say this! It is almost not fair to the one who does not know judo (in the cage or elsewhere when he has to compete against the judo fighter). if you know absolutely no judo (in there) you are guaranteed to be going "air born" and will not see it coming. I love your no gi judo stuff and will be watching everything that you put out and thanks!

Karo Parysian was the UFC'S male judoka. GSP destroyed him though. GSP destroyed everyone. I was hoping to get a comment about sport sambo vs kosen judo. The kosen rules allowing for more newaza than IJF rules.

I train at a mixed martial arts gym and do mostly gi and no gi jiu jitsu with the gi and no gi competition style classes with a dash of striking. I highly recommend going to your MMA gyms fight team class to see how you perform with strikes!

I’m a judoka and I think that the stalling flat on your stomach is so contradictory because you can be penalised for stalling whilst standing yet not when you’re stalling in ground.

Kudo too is a kind of gi mma but from Japan.

Guy Metzger's fight with Christophe Leininger in the UFC somewhat showcased that whole, "hockey fight" technique, by holding onto the gi and bombarding Leininger with right hands. Love hearing and talking about such topics - keep up the good work!

"Tons" of judo in mma. Heavyweight is around 100kg so about 20 heavyweight fighters. Is that to literal?

I think there was a MMA/Vale Tudo tournament were all the fighters had to wear kimonos, an early Tsuyoshi Kosaka fought in there and won the finals against an also newbie Egan Inoue.

Good question and I like your take on it Dewey. Not focusing on one particular art but integrating them for your own use. Wouldn't the answer also heavily depend on who your opponent is? As a weaker guy, wouldn't it be important to always train "worst case" scenario. Learning to escape the back, mount, side, isn't that an extremely good skill to have? But also learn to attack from a defensive position? In my opinion BJJ covers these basics better than Judo. Thanks.

Staying on your back in MMA it's an art itself. Love the offensive back Nate Diaz and mostly Tony Ferguson have

I think the whole point of rewarding points for knee on belly is that it shows control. Putting knee on belly for 3s shows you're the one in control and not just hugging the guy in side mound.

You’re so knowledgeable thanks you for everything Ramsey

Hey Ramsey! I got a few questions, maybe there is something for you. First, what can you advice to me for being a better teacher for Martial arts? I'd like to give classes and still I do not quite know how to break down the stuff I do because I kind of doing it unconsciously. Second: What do you think of the idea that there is no 'brazilian' Ju-Jutsu or 'japanese' Ju-Jutsu but only 'Ju-Jutsu' with certain accents like self defense or ground fighting? And third: I simply would like to see a video of you showing what you eat in a day. I know you already did one or two of these but many of your subscribers including myself enjoyed them very much so I would be happy to see one of it again. Anyway, the fact that "Allkampf" or how you called it 'german Ju-Jutsu' is not a thing in other countries really blowed my mind, eventhough I live in germany. Have a nice day and enjoy yourself. Bye bye 🇩🇪✌

matteo be asking all the questions these days

"Adding a gi to MMA radically changed the striking phase". Practising a combat sport combining wrestling & striking while wearing a gi (Yoseikan Budo), I also felt the difference. I had to adapt my grips & repertoire according to the most common transitions from striking.

Considering that a BJJ black belt often takes as long to get as a judo 2nd or even 3rd degree (assuming serious frequent competition), I think that would be a more even comparison. In my experience, which includes training with 20+ judoka ranked sandan and above over the years, the consistency among them is comparable to bjj black belts. Judo just adheres to the more Japanese notion that shodan is a rank for advanced students but not even qualified to teach independently, which is more or less the position of purple in bjj.

Coach Ramsey should review Kegan Ashura, the anime on Netflix. It's an exaggerated version of martial arts but the movements are most of the time legit.

If I hear the term sports jiu jitsu one more time I might puke. After hearing a mcdojo say it to describe why it is an ineffective martial art. If you think there is no aggression in bjj you have never rolled. What bjj has over other martial arts is that you have to control your aggression and energy. Keenan Cornelius said it best, when he said no adcc techniques wouldn't work most of the time in a street fight, but all you have to do is revert to the basics of bjj and any decent black belt will be fine sports jiu jitsu is jiu jitsu designed to beat jiu jitsu

Fair video. Thanks for giving crdit where its due sir.

Hey Mr Dewey! First of all, thanks for the content! This video made me remember the only martial art I've had a bit of experience and training with, graeco-roman wrestling; and I'd like to know your overall views(if any) on it, as well as how relevant/efficient it would be nowadays, given the focus on throws and upper body "action". I remember that during the short period that it was available in my small town there were many BJJ people partaking on it as well, I guess this made me remember haha. Have you got any thoughts/experience on the matter? I'd just love to hear your remarks and so on. Much love and respect, all the best to you and yours as always! Cheers

2 years late but many mma guys start in wrestling. They don't need judo, they need bjj. Walking in with no experience, judo would have been better for me in mma.

Hey coach, what are your thoughts on former strongman Eddie Hall agreeing to fight Hafthor bjornsson in a boxing match, how do you think it'll go down and how would you prepare them for a boxing match?

We should be focusing on techniques that are compatible and useful to our own fighting style rather which style or form is best (best for who?) there is no point learning and style if we can't apply them effectively.

Hey there Coach, i have a question. I saw you teaching us in youtube about how pulling exercises translate to punching. My question is:" If thats the case, then what is pushing strength (pushups)good for in a fight, what does it help? Thank you for the knowledge. May God bless you and your family.

I think both judo and BJJ work well together it’s pretty much one style Broken into two. Personal i think one should aim to get a black in both that person would be amazing. Their is a lot of strength to be learned from both. Which could patch out the others weaknesses.

9:16 The answer to this question is because Horion Gracie being a sponsor of UFC 1 manipulated the ruleset to the advantage of Royce. Nobody else but Royce was allowed to wear his uniform. For people who don't know a gi or uniform in BJJ can be used as a weapon. The Gracies also handpicked the opponents of Royce. Strikers who cannot defend the double leg takedown. Imagine if there were catch wrestlers invited to UFC 1. The history of MMA will be different to what it is now.

Reply to @MMA MMA Best Kickboxer: Overeem(The best kickboxing resume in MMA history tied with Cro cop) Boxer: tough one but rn Stipe is the best boxer imo. His fight with Ngannou proved why Wrestling: DC, Cejudo(tie) BJJ: Maia Overall: Jon Jones/ Zhabit

Great points to have in mind. i have a QUESTION: what do you think of martial arts that claim a doubtful origin story but teach good martial arts techniques? in argentina there are 2 martial arts that fall in that cathegory... SIPALKI claims that it cames from the arts of ancient korean warriors but evidence shows it might be an ofshoot of hapkido... the multiple times world champion in kickboxing and muay thai, cristian serpiente bosch practiced it and when in an interview he was asked something like "was it hard to change from sipalki to combat sports?" he answerd something like "yeah, because most of the things i could do in sipalki were not allowed, sipalki was the closest thing to mma in argentina at the time" to resume their technicall side, its hapkido + swords and other random weapons... to resume the rules, you can punch above the waist except the throat, the back of the head, the spine, the kidneys and the "triangle of the face" wich means, you can hit the head but not straight to the nose, mouth or eyes... kicks, anywhere but genitals or the places where punching is not allowed... another thing is you cant strike against a joint... so, no oblique kicks... but any throw(including those done by joint manipulation) are allowed... you can strike on the ground with either punches or kicks... knees and elbows are not allowed, you can do jointlocks as submission, but instead of winning right away you get 4 points(punches give 1 point, kicks 2 points, throws, locks or complex techniques 3 or 4 depending on how difficult the technique is) there is no oficial time limit on the ground bt if you dont execute a technique right away the refferee stops the fight to start on your feet... there is a light contact version, but its continuous, not stop and go... then there is the full contact version... and then there is chaiu do kwan... wich is an offshoot of sipalki, they have a 5 seconds time limit on the ground... you cant strike on the ground but you can win points with a pin of 5 seconds... they focus much more on the grappling, other than that... same rules than sipalki... whats your opinion on those types of arts?

Mixed martial artists from 250 years ago, wrote that , Jiu-Jitsu has the most effective techniques for fighting from the back.

*8:00** I can explain how German Jiu-Jitusu competitions work:* 1.The Martial Art is called "Ju Jutsu in Germany. It's related to traditional Japanese Jujutsu and was developed in Germany in the 1960s using techniques from Jujutsu, Judo, Karate and various other traditional and modern martial arts. _Although it incorporates ground techniques, It doesn't have that much to do with BJJ_ 2. The Competition rules *don't allow for strikes once the opponent has been sucessfully grabbed.* This (amongst other restrictions) makes the Ju Jutsu competition not all that comparable to MMA.

I think people get too caught up in this vs that when it comes to choosing what to train. I think Judo is more fun, so I prefer it.

Judo needs an Eddie bravo type person to innovate techniques and make it more practical for mma

Hi Dewey! I am a 17 year old boxer in Atlanta. I love boxing but would also love to learn a ground sport, specifically jujitsu. I planned to start learning about a month ago, as there is a real Gracie jujitsu dojo right down the street but obviously these plans have fell through. Is there a good way to learn online for free? And tips or KZfaq channels and is this even achievable or productive? I have a friend who wants to learn with me. Thanks so much!

Depends on the person and how they use it, jujitsu is probably more efficient at actually ending the fight but judo can do just the same but jujitsu seems more experienced with submissions and less throwing the opponent around.

Judo is just not readily available to practice in the states. Brazil BJJ is king. Russia its popular and thus almost every russian fighter has a judo background. Korea its popular and almost everyone has a judo background. I personally love judo btw. I dont think it translates too well into cage fighting rules.

When I was younger, I ocassionally visited some acquaintances at their small local MMA training grounds. They generally thought BJJ was the greatest thing ever and Judo was not effective. I generally did not state more than my opinion that they were wrong. Now, this is the thing, they NEVER experienced me fighting at even 75% not to speak of 100% because I was REALLY afraid of hurting any of them with Judo. I was always at around 50% effort in my standup with them. So, they never actually KNEW what was going on, nor would their MMA pride allow them to understand. You see, in Judo it gets drilled into your head that you have to protect those who are not as skilled as you. and you certainly do not toss someone less skilled without a conscious awareness of their safety. Judo without a safety pin is the most dangerous thing out there: you can break bones and split skulls, break necks in seconds... IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO.

1 solid judo throw and no amount of bjj skill is gonna matter because you're done before you even have a chance to use it, you can't submit what you can't take down first

question Ramsey, is there a strength caveat when practicing flexibility and if so what should one prioritize in order to fight better?

Hi Ramsey. I am a pure Judoka and I think Judo is a fantastic sport, up until you get smashed in the face...lol.

Hey, Ramsay, love your channel, dude. For a long time I was one of these delusional guys who believed Kung Fu was the real shit. Your videos helped me to see how the things work. Besides I don't have any interest on MMA, I like your analysis about martial arts and fighting technics. I practiced Judo when I was a kid for some good time and I'm interested in coming back. However, I don't care so much for the sport aspect. If possible, I wanna train having access to all the technics and having days where I practice without kimono. Is there some kind of judo training like this?

When people talk about Rousey losing, they ignore the single biggest factor in her loses: her gullibility. She believed her boxing coach when he told her she was an elite striker. I wish she hadn't. She started the fight with Holm as a boxer, and got rocked hard before she ever went for a take down. Would she have won if she'd played to her single strength? I don't know. No one does. She did the same thing against Nunes: she tried to meet Nunes as a boxer. Again, she might not have won if she'd gone back to her judoka roots, but she probably would've made a better showing.

Judo is, for lack of better word ... how do I put this in a GENTLE WAY ... SUPERIOR :)

Can't believe people compare me to Saitama. He's so full of himself. He calls himself the 'one punch man' smh. Not only that he thinks he is the greatest looking bald guy. Shameless. There's not a man in this baldosphere who is sexier than me.

Hey Ramsey. Do you think that the lack of MMA style fights in the past meant styles became complicent and even lost a lot that made them good? I ask this because I practice Kyokushin and bought a couple old books from mas oyama (this is karate and advanced karate) and noticed that only a small area was taken up by what I call kickboxing range, the vast majority was stand up clinch range with some judo throws. It seems a streamlined approach was taken to favour the more entertaining side of Kyokushin instead of practicality.

I have a question concerning the guard: is the guard beneficial in bjj and mma just because you are not allowed to kick someone in the nuts? If this were allowed, the guard would be very dangerous, no?

mma with a gi that is something that needs to become a thing 😀

thanks

Had the end of the day guys remember size and strength does matter if it didn't we wouldn't have weight classes in the UFC It would still be an open weight free for all

Dear @Ramsey, My problem is lightly different. I have praticed BJJ for two years as white belt, but the course is quitted for many reasons. The last year I discover Judo and I'm Yellow belt now, but a class mate of my former instructor want to restart the BJJ course. I'm very confused, because I love both Judo and BJJ. I'm also an amateur of 35 years old with family and job. What do you think about? Thanks. :(

Who would have thought, if you want to be a well-rounded mixed martial artist, you have to know a well-rounded mix of martial arts and actually trained MMA.

What is your take on the Williams guard ? For mma ? If you are flat on your back in any guard you are losing

Great video as always coach. Quick question, would you call Muay Thai a TMA given its long length of practice tradition? Therefore does it make it a point in favour of TMA?

Hey Ramsey, i have never done any combat sports or martial arts before but would like to get into it, due to the lockdown circumstances it is not possible to go to a gym, do you have any recommendations for things to start with so that i can be ready to sign up as soon as the quarentine ends?

On this note, I have a judo back ground and train mostly mma now, but I feel using judo in training is to dangerous! (but not like that) It seems mma and bjj gyms only have relatively thin Matts on the floor, not on sprung boards like judo dojo’s. Also not many mma hobbyists and amateur fighters(my level) know how to safely avoid a judo trips,sweeps or throws, especially in the more chaotic and tangled environment of a no gi cage fight/spa. Because of that, every time I find myself in a position to use a judoish technique, someone gets hurt, or nearly hurt. And so I’ve kind of stopped using it out of fear of hurting my training parters, which sucks because I’d love to be able to train it more. Is my fear of hurting my partners unfounded and they should be responsible for taking a fall to avoid injury or am I right to desregard basically my entire arson of stand up grappling and keep it to what they know to limit accidents occurring?.

Khabib is a weapon.

Yes

I think that the even SAMBO wrestling mentality is better than Judo for MMA however I think the Catch wrestling mentality is most likely better then even SAMBO wrestling or Judo but with that being said I think that you definantly still need sports specific training for MMA.

Knee on belly can be a submission 😅

Ibjjf now has stalling penalties but people will always milk the point systems and not go for subs

Hey Ramsey if a beginner wants to work on a heavy bag with heavy bag gloves should they wear wraps underneath?

10th planet jiu jitsu fixes the problem of adaptation that traditional bjj has towards mma. And I'm not only talking about the no-gi nature of it, but also many other aspects such as how submissions or submission set-ups, guards and sweeps are being teached in such a way, that it takes into account your opponent countering you by striking, slamming or any other non bjj move there is.

Street fight mentality is the best

Judo is amazing.

Hi Ramsey and audience For someone interested in starting Judo training that is coming from a boxing/ Muay Thai background. Would you recommend a lefty Judo stance ? Or stick with the orthodox stance for each style ?

Have a question. Do think Mike Tyson can compete with today's MMA or boxing. Keep pushing your videos one love

I mean you do still learn the important judo techniques in bjj schools and counpled with wrestling training... You really do not need to go to a separate judo school to learn takedowns. In my opinion I would rather spend that time improving my striking.

What fighters do you think in the UFC are the best in each discipline of MMA?

How about just learn both but tbh the striking game is so sophisticated now it almost seems like you have to focus more on that then grappling

@Ramsey Dewey Wait. Did you just say take what's useful and discard the rest? Have you been reading Bruce Lee again? :D I know, I know, it's just common sense.

I loved judo as an adult. In my youth did the kung fu stuff. In my early youth experienced some boxing stuff and the Captain Fairburn thing. Obviously one or two of these guys had been getting lessons fron their dads.

Judo is a weird one. I think of it as a frequently semi-mixed or lightly mixed martial art. Judoka often have a bit of training in something else but judo is also something where you can be really effective with a super limited skillset. So people end up with crazy lop-sided games. Sacrificial throws and the way they treat single/double legs these days also don't help. MMA in the gi sounds fun, hope it gains more traction. I think all rulesets and variants of the now standard cage fight setup deserve some exploration.

You can always strike the back of the head.... happens every event.

@Ramsey Dewey Have you, or anyone else in the comments section, noticed that the bjj community is very different from the judo community? Judo people tend to be scholarly and classy people, who are upstanding members of their communities, except for the occasional creepy weirdo. In bjj, it seems like there is a high population of eccentric practitioners that have many tattoos and questionable citizenship.

Having done both, I feel like judo is better. Because of the actual rulesets but also because I find BJJ to be softer. With BJJ they're a lot softer and tend to frown upon fast explosive movements.

The MMA with Gi must be like Kudo Daido Juku, I think that Kudo is better than German Jujitsu.

Judo black belt definition is not one bit like BJJ where it based on fighting ability. IN Judo. it depends on your country what it takes. typically some competition success (very moderate) and ability to show set of techniques. But there are countries where it strongly dependent on competition success. In kodokan you can get black belt in about year and a half while in most countries it takes -5-8 year for actively trainin person. So judo 1 dan can olympic level playet or person who never attended single match. And obviously judo is not way to train MMA.

I like this video a lot I did bjj for a few years and I started judo, I was curious about what you see as natural strengths and weaknesses of bjj compared to judo. I mean on the ground... sorry... obviously judo focuses on randori and standing techniques but I mean what are the common strengths and weaknesses of judo players on the ground. Obviously judo players are strong and explosive, I don't believe they are the same as either wrestlers or untrained people on the ground. Sometimes strong sometimes weak on the ground but what are the typical areas where a bjj player might exploit weaknesses, where his technique will be stronger. I don't just mean that judo people stop fighting after 15 seconds, assuming they continue fighting. Analogously, a right handed person has techniques that are typically useless against left handed people, and in theory there must be techniques that work disproportionately well against opposite handed people. In the same way there must be techniques that are neutralized by judo knowledge,, and there must be techniques that are foreign to judo players.. Thank you very much

Judo is cool :)

You can learn techniques from both styles and apply them to them in the right situation. The key is to train in these techniques so they become second nature, so your focus can be on your opponent and not your techniques.

Weather your a BJJ black belt or Judo black belt or division one wrestler go out there and learn some striking. Ramsey could not have said it better of how important it is to cross train.

Why aren't there more throws in MMA?🤔

You forgot another big name in MMA who his Judo stood out, that’s Karo Parisyan. Kyla Harrison too. Judo is a great martial art even in MMA even though they might have lots of emphasis on the gi and some funny rules In competition.

Is say old school non Olympic Judo.. (Gene Lebelle etc) and Catch Wrestling are a better option. Sukaraba and Fedor are living proof BJJ is good but it's not as good and not as dominant as some would pre-suppose

Seems these days folks are looking for one size fits all skill or AKA cookie cutter skill. And not willing to adapt to this situation.

I would say yes. Judo martial artists tend to be much stronger and just more aggressive.

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Hows the knee?

What’s your sleep schedule like these days? Any tips for someone that’s having trouble sleeping during quarantine?

He was wrong about the guard . Quinton Jackson vs Ricardo Arona at Pride

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