Like I said before Shihan John Petrone has grappled with the Gracie's and has competed in Vale Tudo. If you know the Gracie's so well ask them about VAJ and David James. David James is one of the top 10 martial arts and self defense practioners in the world. You'll NEVER hear anyone call him or his system bullshit. He may not be a figher in the MMA sense but he's one #### I'd never want to meet in a dark alley. Shihan Jonn Petrone will put his system up against anyone's and has. Brock Lesnar would literally be killed by either James or Petrone before he could swing his arm.
OKAY?
I actually had the pleasure of training with Professor V before his death. I know about VAJ. Most of the Jiujitsu was small joint manipulations that Professor V learned from Wally Jay, and I know that ain't going to work against a resisting opponent.
To think that a non professional would beat a professional at
ANYTHING , is ludicrous. I threw for 6 touchdowns in my family flag football game. I wonder if I'd be a better QB than Payton Manning (mispelled on purpose)? The physicality in my family flag football game allows us to use techniques that are
TOO DANGEROUS for the NFL, and we don't use any protective padding. Surely I am in line for a 20 million dollar a year contract. I also play pickup basketball here and there, surely with the physical nature of playground ball, I'd take Steve Nash in the post and dominate him....Repeat ad nauseum.
I was a TMAer, Rorion, Royce, Relson visited our Wing Chun kwoon, took everyone down, submitted everyone using only light slaps before administering the finishing mata leao. What if they tried to hit us like we tried? None of them pulled "guard." To add insult to what already is a beating, my coach did a group of seminars for a "Jack of all trades" TMA that is a
STREET system, highly effective, to barbaric for the ring or cage. We brought along one purple, three blues and two white belts. The black belts in said system would not roll with my coach (2007 No Gi Mundial champ, and 2008 No Gi runner up), they wouldn't roll with the purple or blues. Only with the two white belts. Guess what, even allowing them to punch the nuts, and do all of their "deadly" techniques, all of them were knocked down, taken down, punched in the face (at which point they rolled over). None of the brachial nerve "guntings" slowed down our white belts (we didn't tell them that they are semi pro kickboxers who train with us for their ground game). They got beat on their feet, clinch and on the ground. The Grandmastah later went on to tell his students in front of my coach, that if they ever got into a street fight with a BJJ player, they should tap, then when released, continue the fight in earnest. My coach asked, what if they don't go for the sub and just pound you, and he kept on repeating that they will release the hold because they are used to doing it in practice. And again my coach opined, what if they don't administer a sub, but instead just beat down your student. Then he retorted, "sue em."
BTW, I doubt David James would dojo storm Renzo's, Almeida's or Serra's for that matter. And Brock, puhlease....
If you want better Kali, find a Pekiti Tirisa instructor or a Sayoc instructor. In the PI, they train with real blades. When one guy gets cut, training is over.
I have had the good fortune to have trained with Ben Villorbio, Leo Gaje(actual combat experience, killed men using his kali), Chris Ricketts (his master, Tatang Illustrisimo has killed over 100 men, like Leo Gaje, fought in the liberation of the PI), Cacoy Canete, the late Punong Guro Edgar Sulite, Dan Inosanto, Richard Bustillo. So I am not so impressed by some youtube videos. I am sure you couldn't tell me the difference between and eight count or twelve count sumbrada. I am sure you have no clue between the difference of pananjakman and panantukan. So please spare me your lectures on how deadly GM David James is.
