Episode 297 - Is BJJ Watered Down?
The Chewjitsu Podcast
Eugene Tsozik
5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, Chewy and Eugene discuss the idea of whether BJJ is watered down.
We chat about how Jiu-Jitsu has evolved over the years from a traditional self-defense martial art and more toward a sport, how BJJ becoming more of a business changed the martial art, the evolution of training, how social media has impacted BJJ techniques and learning, the evolution and proliferation of techniques, if it is easier to get promoted in BJJ today, the importance of having older grapplers on the mats, and whether the skillset of Jiu-Jitsu practitioners is better today.
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| 0:00.0 | What up guys? Do you think Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is watered down? This is a question that I got recently when I was on a podcast. They were just talking to me and they said, hey, do you think Jiu-Jitsu has been watered down? And it's something that I see pop up all the time. I know we talked about with Robert Driesdale some months ago. And it's just something I see continuously popping up in the jihitsu sphere. |
| 0:24.6 | And so I figured we would wrap about it today. |
| 0:27.4 | I don't have a conclusive answer, of course, right? |
| 0:30.4 | Because it's whether or not it is or isn't really is your perception and your opinion. |
| 0:34.7 | But I have some ideas to chew on to consider. |
| 0:39.2 | That might be interesting to you. |
| 0:47.1 | If you ever get into a back and forth with someone about the efficacy of jiu-jitsu or the, you know, |
| 0:53.1 | watered downness, if you will, of jiu-jitsu. So hopefully you guys enjoy this episode with me and Eugene Rappin on this subject. |
| 0:55.1 | And again, thank you for being here. |
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