^^^This. I have no idea why almost all BJJ schools around here ignore take downs. We used to drill this at Mohler's school, well it was more of a "king of the takedown" type of thing. The guys who previously trained in jap jitsu would dominate. We were asked at one point not to do that because most never learned how to fall properly from being thrown.
I'm also thinking that BJJ has become so fucking watered down. There's too many guys out there teaching who aren't very good. You see the name of a very well known instructor on the door, but the classes are taught by a purple belt. I'm also afraid that too many people get promoted for simply putting in mat time. I'm one of them. There seem to have been a cash in on bjj.
I'm at the point where it's becoming difficult to watch UFC. Too many times it looks likes very shitty amateur boxing that goes the distance. Too many of their top guys have don't finish fights. It's as if they get ahead on points and then go conservative.
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