Interesting thread at Aikiweb:

http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showthread.php?p=294341#post294341

Glad to see people finally getting it...all the anti-BJJ hoopla is dying now that people from TMA are being exposed to its real teachings.

Indeed, I would say that BJJ may be the vehicle that many people in TMA - in particular traditional jujutsu and similar/related arts - may realize the practical aspects of their systems.

Tim and I have talked about this before as I am sure most of us have: BJJ offers in reality what most martial arts promise in theory: a smaller, weaker, skilled person can best a larger, stronger, attribute dependent person in an unarmed one-on-one fight.

If you don't have that as your STARTING POINT everything else: dealing with more skilled opponents, or skilled opponents with greater attributes, or multiple attackers - is but a phantasm.

I met Andreh a couple times when he came to seminars I held at my old school. He was a good grappler then and I'm sure a much better grappler now.

It's good that someone of Andre's level of skill has written a review of one of Rickson's seminars, very well done.

To clarify: I am not talking about Andreh being the one getting it, but rather the (early) posters in the thread.