Jiu Jitsu for the Streets
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Artist: Gene SimcoBrand: SIMCO,GENE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full length, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 145 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: SPI013
Studio: Shami Production Inc
Product features:
- The world can be a tough place and so can your neighborhood. So learning self defense to protect yourself can be the very skill you need to fight your way out of a very dangerous situation. Gene Simco, renowned Jiu Jitsu expert has put together this easy to learn instructional DVD so anyone looking for effective self-defense techniques can find it here, Its JIU JITSU FOR THE STREETS! Format: DV
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DVD Review: Acceptable for NHB sport fighting, but not street fighting.
Summary: 1 Stars
This is sort of a strange instructional DVD set. It's not bad information per se, more like just bad information for the stated purpose ("street" self defense). The premise that Simco continually stresses during the DVD is that you're learning to do BJJ against another guy who is doing BJJ in a street fight. Huh? The only way this highly improbably scenario would occur today is if you got into a fight with a classsmate from your BJJ class. The other 99% of the time, the guy is not going to be a BJJ player, but, rather, some combination of brawler, bully, and ex high school wrestler.
Secondly, Simco continually refrains, "I'm going to teach you to tap him." Think about that. Tapping is a sport-specific way of ending a match, not a way to end an altercation. When you tap the guy with your gogoplata, does that mean the two of you then patiently untangle yourselves, and he walks away with a sheepish look on his face? ("You got me. Good one!") If he taps, and you release, as you would in NHB/BJJ, how do you know he's not going to attack again? Also, why pass the guard? Why break his hold and then go to knee-on-belly? If you've broken his guard, walk away. Don't climb back on him! Do you want to explain to the police -- or to the judge -- that you escaped his guard, but then wanted to see if you could get an arm-bar from mount?
Some good points are made, such as the obvious mistake of fighting on your knees or back while on pavement. However, the style of pure grappling espoused is for sport, not street fighting. Even the Gracies, while attempting to establish the superiority of BJJ, used punches and kicks -- and they were on mats. So, once again, this video only makes sense in the context of NHB sport. Change the title to that, and you have a 3-star introduction to NHB.
For self defense, on the other hand, the emphasis should be on escaping, clinching, pavement-friendly take-downs, pavement-friendly attacks/sweeps, and soft-tissue strikes throughout. If he's too far away to strike you, get away. If he's close enough to strike you, clinch. If you're clinching, don't forget that he has eyes, a nose, a neck, genit4ls and knees -- and that a hip throw or outside trip onto the pavement should disable him enough so that you can get away. If you're on the ground, you can't stop when he cries, "uncle!" -- you need to continue until he's disabled enough for you to get away (read: unconscious or broken).
Finally, the dated and gimmicky production, as well as Simco's chatty, stammery style, is a turn off.
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Description of Jiu Jitsu for the Streets
No Description Available.Genre: How To - Hobbies/Crafts
Rating: NR
Release Date: 4-OCT-2005
Media Type: DVD
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