Hero Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructor Pedro Arrigoni saves the day
When the mainstream public hears the words: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, BJJ, or Grappling they usually have an image of two mixed martial arts fighters squaring off in the UFC Octagon (Ultimate Fighting Championships). But not this time!
BJJ Hero Arrigoni saves the day!
It’s refreshing when Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is associated with is associated with self-defense or helping out a fellow citizen in distress! This happened as an officer was assaulted by a “crazed” bus fare evader. The incident occurred outside the AB Mixed Martial Arts Academy at 2975 San Bruno Ave. the fare evader ban punching the cop repeatedly in the face and then proceed to tackle the officer and mount him continuing to assault him. This is when Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor Pedro Arrigoni came to the aid of the officer and applied a choke hold until the attacker was about to pass out and said “I give up, I give up!” In the end Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enabled Mr. Arrigoni to safely subdue the assailant allowing him to verbally submit or “give up” assuring minimal injury to all parties involved.
Fast forward to 3:00 to see a clear slowed down shot!
Mr. Arrigoni also tries to encourage troubled neighborhood kids to get involved in BJJ because it teaches respect and noninvasive fighting tactics. he also believes all law enforcement should train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Ok, this post is half rant and half warning to all of you budding BJJ players out there. In all the years I’ve been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sub Grappling, Muay Thai, and MMA I’ve seen, heard first hand accounts of, and been a victim of really bone headed things guys have done to their training partners.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
Let’s just start with my biggest peeve and poses the biggest threat to the safety of newbie and veteran grapplers alike – SLAMMING! I guess with the explosion MMA and the UFC wannabe Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s come out of the woodwork. Now don’t get me wrong, I love Rampage. I’ve been a fan and will always love his entertaining attitude toward MMA. I mean have you heard his interviews? The guy is just flat out funny! I’m talking about the guys that see his high flying slams in the octagon and think that somehow translates to BJJ and Sub Grappling.
Just to be clear on this: “It is NEVER ok to slam your training PARTNER during live sparing or grappling opponent in a tournament EVER!”
Rampage slamming Arona in PrideFC
K there I said it, feel’n a little better now. One of my instructors was rolling with a guy who was new to the gym
and basically “flowing” with him to get a feel for his skill level. For those of you who don’t know, to FLOW with your partner is to basically work with him to improve transitioning from technique to technique with the emphasis on transition not submission. Anyway, my instructor at the time who weighed maybe 150#’s moved up for a triangle. In this case it was a leg triangle choke
which traps the head and one arm. Before he could flow to the next transition the guy picked him up about head high AND SLAMMED HIM! His head hit first and he
Rampage slamming Minowa in PrideFC
was knocked out!
He ended up coming to rather quickly and recovered just fine, thank goodness. The guy was bounced out of
the gym and was lucky he was allowed to walk out (vs. dragged out).
I’ve been lucky enough to have avoided this in my years. Maybe it was because world class grappler Dean Lister
"The Boogeyman" Dean Lister
was one of my first instructors. Dean always taught us ways to defend against, well basically stupid and crazy things people do. I learned to hook their leg with one arm which makes it
One of Many of Rampage's slamming of Sakuraba in PrideFC
virtually
Lister hooking Sakara's left leg thus preventing slam and escape!
impossible for them to gain the leverage required to slam you.
Why do they do it? Well, my guess is either their ignorant or have bad intentions. Sadly, both have the same result, someone getting badly hurt. I mean in an MMA fight it’s an accepted form of attack. Those guys sign a waiver saying, “I understand that I could get seriously injured or even die from participating in this event.” When you see Rampage pick up guys and when he’s in a full arm bar or triangle and get out of the sub by slamming them in the ring, it’s exciting. But that’s where it should stay, in the ring.
Fast forward to 8:00 if you just want to see Mike get spiked on his head. This is a pretty amazing match between US superstar and Lloyd Irvin prodigy, Mike Fowler vs. Brazilian super star Daniel Moraes. The spike on head is ABSOLUTELY not allowed in any tournament. Mike proceeds to release the submission assuming Daniel will be DQ’d but this match is in Brazil and I guess home court advantage applies.
Bottom line, is until you know someone well use extreme caution when you roll with them.
Originally, I intended for this to be a single post but after more thought it will be multiple posts. I’ll also be releasing some new audio programs that will go into many grappling topics that you may find helpful. Love to hear your comments on this topic or anything you’d like to know more about!
