Edit: I dont think anyone would intentionally go to the berimbolo but…: I tried this with a training partner last week. I started in basic self defense open guard (using my feet to keep his hips away) then went to the berimbolo position and started to invert. I was not deep in to the position but starting it. Then we tried to see if he could effectively punch me or do any harm. He could not. We tried a couple of other sport jiu jitsu positions. He could not effectively punch me and I had his legs controlled. Before this we had the conversation about some of these positions in the street and whether or not a HIGH LEVEL BJJ practitioner would be able to effectively use them in a self defense situation against a common person (not another high level grappler). Our conclusion was that if Joe Schmo striker with no grappling attempts to fight high level BJJ guy and high level BJJ guy wants to berimbolo, he does so and Joe Schmo cant do anything to effectively harm high level BJJ guy.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:15:35 +0000
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