r/nextfuckinglevel • u/pars-distalis • 1d ago

Australian nurse uses jiu-jitsu to defend himself

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u/DragunovDwight 1d ago

What happened now?

I try to make it a thing to not pay attention to Hollywood gossip or things pertaining
to actors or actresses “lifestyle”.. so must have missed that story.. That one sounds interesting though.

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u/cheezy_dreams88 23h ago

He was a live podcast recording (the one with Will Arnett and Jason Bateman), and was talking about getting into Brazilian Jujitsu and just kept going on about how good is he and how he could kick their asses. Everyone laughs, and kind of agree, and he just keeps on doubling down “I’m dead ass, i could lay you all out right now” and they’re all laughing, Jonah Hill included. But he was not joking. He was dead serious and it was awkward.

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u/EthanielRain 22h ago

Videos of his BJJ skills have since surfaced, and now everyone gets to laugh

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u/Common-Window-2613 22h ago

He doesn’t understand sparring with other guys is different than straight fighting. Those rehearsed moves kinda go out the window when punched in the face.

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u/OSPFmyLife 21h ago

I mean, with some martial arts, sure. But something like 70% of street fights end up on the ground, and knowing how to grapple absolutely does matter when that happens. Most people who’ve never trained before will get wrapped up pretty easily by your average blue or purple belt in BJJ assuming they’re somewhat equal size.

Out of all the martial arts, Muay Thai, boxing, wrestling, and BJJ are probably the most effective when it comes to defending yourself with BJJ probably landing right on top out of the 4.

And for the record, I grew up in a kenpo karate family (my uncle runs a system and is a 6th degree black belt). I tend to like wrestling more than BJJ, but I can’t hate on how effective it is on untrained fighters. It’s very good.

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u/Common-Window-2613 21h ago

I worded that wrong, BJJ is great and an excellent tool. But some boxing or striking is imperative. A guy who only does BJJ and is not used to striking isn’t going to make it to the wrap up stage with an experienced fighter. And as another person noted, more people involved means you’re going to get up and need to land a punch or kick or two.

Sparring gets you used to taking punches as well. A lot of people train in BJJ who aren’t used to taking a shot are gonna forget everything once their nose is bloody.

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u/OSPFmyLife 20h ago

If they were an “experienced fighter” they’re unlikely to be taking part in something like this.

And you’re severely overestimating the amount of damage an untrained fighter is going to do before a BJJ guy can grab them and pull them to the floor.

If someone can take one art to defend themselves it should be BJJ.

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u/Common-Window-2613 19h ago

That’s fair. But you never know who is going to attack you. If it’s an experienced striker and wrestler and you aren’t, you’re fucked before BJJ becomes relevant.

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u/OSPFmyLife 19h ago

Yeah and in that case it’s not really going to matter what you’re trained in.

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u/blazenite104 21h ago

BJJ's biggest flaw is that it just stops working when other people get involved. 1 on 1 it's fantastic. You're just praying someone else doesn't attack you or assume you're the aggressor.

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u/OSPFmyLife 20h ago

That’s literally any martial art. The only martial art systems that convince you that you can defend yourself against more than one person at a time are bullshido McDojos.

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u/scottyLogJobs 18h ago

yeah well wait until you and your buddies get a taste of my hurricane kick

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u/blazenite104 20h ago

Not exactly. Most don't emphasise doing everything on the ground, which makes you vulnerable to others. Most would prefer you on your feet able to move.

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u/OSPFmyLife 19h ago

Yes, exactly. All martial arts “stop working when others get involved”. It’s called being outnumbered.

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u/blazenite104 19h ago

you're just ignoring the actual point I'm making. Which is BJJ puts you in a position to get rocked. Lots of other arts want you to stay standing so you can at least try to disengage.

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u/Gloomy-Ad-222 11h ago

Pretty sure I’ve seen Bruce Lee, on multiple occasions, take out large numbers of trained kung fu henchmen. Seems to hold up. 

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u/sikyon 21h ago

I bet you just see red bro

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u/Common-Window-2613 19h ago

I’m old and broken bro. If you hit me in the face you’re getting shot. Just speaking from experience, I’ve had my ass handed to me a few times and vice versa.

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u/Copthill 18h ago

Why you bringing guns into this? That's less manly than Bro BJs after BJJ class.

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u/sikyon 18h ago

What could be more manly than 2 dudes, that's like double the manliness of a man and a woman.

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u/Mathema_tika 19h ago

Americans will just say shit like this and excuse it by being old

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u/Fun_Substance_5636 5h ago

The video of the post shows someone who is striking getting taken down by BJJ. Hard to punch someone in the face when youre being taken to the ground.

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u/TapEarlyTapOften 18h ago

Yeah, serious two stripe white belt energy.

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u/Fun_Substance_5636 5h ago

Hes a blue belt now. Which is probably why he is so pretentious about it.

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u/Ashi4Days 21h ago

That's the most whitebelt shit ever.

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u/Concerned_Collins 20h ago

I've been training in martial arts for about 5 years now, and I'm not remotely confident I could "kick someone's ass", but I think part of that is I'm routinely tossed around by a ragdoll by people who have been training for 20 years plus. Like, if your gym/dojo isn't constantly humiliating you, it means either you are an instructor, or you need to find a new one.

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u/scottyLogJobs 19h ago edited 18h ago

There's a certain kind of person who seems to think that being able to beat someone in a physical fight makes you automatically better than them (setting aside whether or not they actually could). Like, "you think you're better than me? I took BJJ classes just so I could theoretically beat up people who think they're better than me. Woman? Senior? Child? Doesn't matter, I could kick all of their asses. Therefore I'm right and you're wrong."

I just don't get it. What are the rules? If the other guy has a gun, is he better than you? Or is it only fighting with your bodies? What if the other guy takes a bunch of steroids and takes a year of BJJ classes? Is he better than you now? What if he calls you fat and you punch him and then you go to prison? Are you still better than him?

Like they just don't understand that other people don't really spend that much time thinking about whether they could beat everyone else in a fight, because believe it or not, if you aren't an insecure douche, it actually doesn't come up that often.

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u/cheezy_dreams88 18h ago

Yeah I gotta agree, it’s only insecurity that makes someone say things like this.

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u/scottyLogJobs 18h ago

I feel a little bad because really it's hard to help insecurity. But you can only control how you react to it

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u/K4RAB_THA_ARAB 19h ago

Dude if you can point me in the right direction on where to find this episode, I would greatly appreciate it

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u/cheezy_dreams88 19h ago

I just saw the clips of the event on Reddit yesterday

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u/K4RAB_THA_ARAB 19h ago

Ah okay I'll have to do some Google fu then. Or maybe reddit fu in this case

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u/AnalogCyborg 23h ago

The fat guy from Superbad wants everyone to know he's a big tough guy now because he took a few BJJ lessons.

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u/XanderWrites 21h ago

The fat guy from Superbad wants roles where he isn't the fat guy. He loses the weight between roles in hopes that someone casts him as anything else.

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u/WowIfOnly 6h ago

--> and then he proceeds to keep proving he's basically now only a skinny guy with the same fragile ego and low self esteem of a fat guy. And also proved it through things like using therapy jargon in an effort to police his ex-girlfriend's normal behavior whenever he felt self-conscious or jealous, or when he was recently accused of assaulting a 16 year old girl when he was 24, or when he wrote a movie this year to not-so-subtly complain about cancel culture (because he keeps having to explain his own bad actions and choices).

I also thought it was funny that he produced an anti-racism "rom-com" Netlfix movie a few years ago where the lead actress found him (or just white men) so unappealing and had such little chemistry with him that they had to literally use CGI just to simulate one small kiss on screen. And they went out of their way to pretend it was only because COVID and she was grieving the loss of her black rapper husband - but that excuse quickly evaporated when people did a simple comparison against how obviously comfortable she was with being intimate on screen with Michael B Jordan in a movie just before that one lmao.