Best Jiu-jitsu Quotes

"Jiu-Jitsu for me was the connective tissue that started to join my mind together with all the different aspects of my life."

"There's just so much to learn. Like, when it comes to striking, there's one plane of existence; it's both guys standing up. But in Jiu-Jitsu, there's so many different ways that you can attack or be attacked or defend."

"If you can get to someone's back in Jiu-Jitsu, you're almost always going to finish them."

"In Jiu-Jitsu, you can literally get 50% better every six months forever."

"The prime appeal of jiu-jitsu is the idea of making the other guy quit."

"You're not rewarded in jiu-jitsu so much for the breadth of your knowledge as you are for the depth of your knowledge."

"He's arguably the greatest of all time... He was never submitted past black belt which is incredible by itself."

"My whole goal in competing is to have the best Jiu-Jitsu I can."

"Compete, compete, compete. That's the only way you're going to get better."

"We're looking for aggression... dangerous submission attacks... and positional control."

"I'm Michael Gavin, 17 years old, brown belt from Green Yard Fight Sport. Basically, my Jiu-Jitsu style is the old Jiu-Jitsu and the new Jiu-Jitsu, tries to always stick for the submission, I always try to make it look good on a fight for someone who never watched Jiu-Jitsu before."

"Seven years after starting jiu-jitsu, A.J. Agazarm won the Brazilian championship and becoming the first foreigner to achieve that title."

"Gordon Ryan doesn't just go out there and win; he goes out there and wins emphatically."

"What's really shitty: do a bodybuilding show on July 25th and a really important jiu-jitsu competition on August 1st. How the hell are you supposed to get perfectly good or maximally good for both of those at the same time?"

"Jiu-jitsu is the only martial art consistently proven to be effective against larger attackers."

"Jiu-jitsu is the most effective and most amazing martial art on the planet."

"Welcome to Who's Next. I'm your host, Hollywood Mike, and over the next two weeks, we're gonna be on a quest for the next jiu-jitsu legend."

"Domain expansions bring together all of the strongest abilities in Jiu Jitsu sorcery into one neat little package."

"Here's the thing about jiu jitsu, in spite of the fact that people are trying to basically choke you unconscious on the mats, that you're scrambling your life in a sea of sweat, it's a remarkably and refreshingly testosterone free zone."

"As soon as I started doing jiu jitsu, it was like it hit a part of my psyche that was like okay, it's challenging, it's more than like brute force and you have to think."

"The whole idea of a blue garb is interesting when you think about it—it's the first belt you get in Jiu-Jitsu which is based on merit."

"My jiu-jitsu always was... the key of the victory."

"Welcome to the Gracie Academy, where we don't just showcase the effectiveness of jiu-jitsu to the world."

"Farewell is not the end, but the beginning of a new chapter in the world of Jiu-Jitsu."

"If you train for six months intensely you could reassess your talents and aspirations in Jiu Jitsu."

"Grace is so good at inverting underneath the hips of her opponent."

"When you're in shape, you can do jiu jitsu; when you're out of shape, you'd have a hard time."

"Yoga for BJJ, they have these really awesome programs specifically designed for jiu-jitsu guys and girls to help with the issues that come from jiu-jitsu."

"You're in heaven there; it's a great Jiu-Jitsu environment."

"Patience is a virtue, it's an important virtue in life, and it is a super important virtue in jiu-jitsu."

"The spirit of Jiu-Jitsu would forever be a part of who he had become."

"Jiu-Jitsu isn't something that you only do for the next 3 to 5 years but something that you can do for the rest of your life."

"Develop a body and habits that will allow you to handle the rigors of Jiu-Jitsu for years to come."

"Jiu-jitsu for me, it was more than just of interest for self-defense and the sport of it. It was just there was something. It's a language and an argument you're having where, um, you can't fool yourself anymore."

"the dirtiest nastiest submission in Jiu Jitsu and when you get it and you know you've got it in the guy caps you let go and if you don't I will cut you"

"I've never seen any measurable improvement in sports performance in jiu-jitsu by change of diet."

"...I started going to jiu-jitsu and started going to the gym like really consistently and I really really really wanted to improve my health and become like a better man..."

"That's one of the most legendary finishing sequences in all of Jiu-Jitsu history because that was like the moment Marcelo Garcia, who's like one of the greatest of all time, burst onto the scene."

"For young kids, jiu-jitsu should be nothing more than a fun form of recreation that introduces them to the movements through games."

"The principles of jiu-jitsu can be applied to every endeavor in life. You have to stay calm when you are in bad situations."

"I have developed a training routine wherein students learn and practice all the movements and techniques of jiu-jitsu in a cooperative instead of competitive environment."

"My idea of the future for jiu-jitsu is to create a level where you experiment with the essential sensitivities."

"The thing I loved about Jiu-Jitsu was just the pure full-body feeling of being devastated physically. I've never had a workout that was quite like that."

"Anyway, moving back to Jiu Jitsu High for the past month..."

"The style of Jiu-Jitsu now, especially in no-gi, is a lot more aggressive, a lot more top dominant."

"At some point, jiu-jitsu becomes a lot more than just belts and eventually the jiu-jitsu itself completely bypasses what the belts are and what the belts mean."

"...Jiu Jitsu not only are you getting in shape when you're on the mat but it makes you want to adjust your entire lifestyle."

"Nicholas Maragall, the 2023 Pan American open class and Division champion."

"Nicholas Maragall, the king of Jiu-Jitsu in the gi, has returned."

"Nicholas Maragall, the 2023 adult male black open class champion."

"Pure wrestler against pure Jiu Jitsu fight, the Jiu Jitsu guy is gonna win nine times out of ten."

"I've learned that in Jiu Jitsu and in general in life."

"There's two broad ways you can go in Jiu-Jitsu."

"A lot of people can watch YouTube and get better at Jiu-Jitsu."

"The single most dominant position in jiu-jitsu is not legs at all, not even close. The back is by far the most controlling and dominant position."

"He's been coaching MMA with George and with Chris Widman for longer than he's been coaching Jiu-Jitsu."

"Not everyone is going to be a good comedian, but I think anyone could benefit from learning how to talk and for other people. So yeah, I don't think everyone would continue to train jiu-jitsu, but if everyone tried it, it would benefit them in some way, I think."

"The sport of Jiu-Jitsu provides so many with a bigger purpose. Jiu-Jitsu becomes a part of you."

"Watching Gordon Ryan is a true case study of jiu-jitsu."

"Jiu-Jitsu is using maneuver and setting people up and being more crafty. That's what Jiu-Jitsu is, and that's how you win. And that's how you win not just on the mat, not just in life as well."

"If the pgf can gain enough traction it could potentially change the competitive scene in Jiu-Jitsu as a whole."

"If you're not having fun with Jiu-Jitsu, it's absolutely okay to take a break."

"We are the talent. If Jiu-Jitsu was Hollywood, we'd be the actors. All talent gets exploited by the producers."

"Jiu Jitsu was not just a catalog of individual moves."

"There were underlying principles of Jiu Jitsu that made the entire system work."

"The principles of Jiu Jitsu were not just a way of fighting, they were a way of thinking."

"I just held him and put him in a pretzel. That's the best thing about Jiu-Jitsu."

"Above all, his evolution of the jiu-jitsu side of the game, understanding that for MMA or street fight self-defense situation, not taking hits is a big part of it."

"If you're training your jiu-jitsu for MMA, that must include your bottom game clinching as if they were going to punch you."

"Roger Gracie just showing why he will always be remembered as one of the all-time greatest Jiu Jitsu competitors."

"I'll say it right now as a blanket statement, Mikey in any weight class he wants to do. He's that good."

"Mikey will be one of the greatest Jiu Jitsu competitors of all time."

"Try and get in a tournament if you can, especially at white belt, because then you will really see what your jiu-jitsu is like in an adrenaline setting."

"Domain expansion: the Pinnacle of Jiu Jitsu sorcery."

"I love seeing what jiu jitsu does."

"Successful guard work is the epitome of jiu-jitsu."

"...how would you jiujitsu somebody like Ray Williams like what would you do against somebody like that those are big old legs and big old arms and big old wrists..."

"When you do jiu-jitsu, you realize that you can be beaten by other people, and that's what makes you humble."

"Get your kids training jiu-jitsu when they're really young."

"At the deepest level, all of us as jiu-jitsu students have a sense that in sport, takedowns are a choice, but in fighting, takedowns are a necessity."

"When you play the sport of jiu-jitsu, takedowns are a choice. But in fighting jiu-jitsu, takedowns are a necessity."

"Learning to separate your opponent's hands and getting that mechanical advantage first before you perform the basic attacks of Jiu-Jitsu—triangle, armbar, or the platter—doubles, triples, or quadruples your percentage chance of success."

"That's gonna help a lot who is watching because now when you play close guard, if we start as closer to that, you want to find a way to separate the guy's hands—it's gonna be you."

"Jiu-Jitsu does ruin people's lives."

"If you have not much going on in your life, Jiu-Jitsu will help. But if you have a great career, great prospects in other areas, Jiu-Jitsu will totally [__] that up for you."

"Honestly, you're the main reason that I actually came back into Jiu-Jitsu."

"He made Jiu-Jitsu a bit cooler back then."

"It's about time he dove into the Jiu Jitsu world you know and it's it's a very interesting one."

"ADCC is the Olympics of Jiu-Jitsu. It happens once every 2 years and winning it can change your life overnight."

"...me in a Jiu-Jitsu behaved state is an easier opponent to deal with... than someone who... completely knows Jiu-Jitsu... that guy behaves in ways that are not predictable."

"Jiu Jitsu is immensely valuable not only for a self-defense situation but because it gives you a level of Fitness that is incredibly valuable."

"High-level jiu-jitsu is about margins, and that's a margin that might matter on a good guy."

"Half guard is also, honestly, a half guard player with a deep underhook on me is one of the scariest things in jiu-jitsu. I'm probably going to get swept. There's ways to try not to get swept, but you are in a bad position, okay?"

"Jiu-Jitsu is like just perfect, you get that push, it's a whole new world."

"You want everyone who's embarking in Jiu-Jitsu for this to be their Foundation as well."

"The only secret to get better at Jiu Jitsu and movement is patience, practice, and repetition."

"The vast majority of your Jiu-Jitsu conditioning should just be Jiu-Jitsu training."

"Every Jiu Jitsu place should give Joe Rogan 10 of their money because he has their only reason why people are there is because of him."

"Jiu-jitsu will always be a way of life for me."

"Jiu Jitsu is the best martial art for self-defense."

"...she had a crazy youth actually said the first time she used jiujitsu was choking out a meth head in the nightclub started doing Jiu-Jitsu after the nightclub had finished on the dance floor and stuff."

"When it comes to something like this when you have a star what we did was we really spent a lot of time perfecting six judo throws or five Judo throws and six or seven transitions in Jiu Jitsu."

"Dylan is not a good Jiu Jitsu practitioner when in fact he has a winning record at the highest level of grappling competition."

"In jiu-jitsu, a pin never ends a match; you just keep on going."

"It's amazing... from that moment on, I started submitting everybody."

"It's a game that kids, if you have kids, put them in Jiu-Jitsu; it's really good for the Mind-Body Connection."

"Jiu-Jitsu is a fundamental that every martial artist should have."

"If you train for six hours a day for seven days, that's 42 hours... that's two or three months worth of training."

"Learning jiu-jitsu is very similar to learning a language."

"Once you learn all those words and you learn how to put them into paragraphs... then you've mastered the language."

"Jiu-jitsu isn't easy and neither is life, and that is what makes them both so worth doing with everything you've got."

"We changed jiu-jitsu positively with leglocks; we took one of the great weaknesses of jiu-jitsu and now it's become a strength."

"Being stronger of course helps, but you don't need to be the best powerlifter in the world to be the best jiu-jitsu competitor."

"That's some high-level Jiu Jitsu that we're seeing."

"They love Combat Sports, they love Judo, they love wrestling, and now they've really fallen in love with Jiu Jitsu and submission grappling."

"The power of jiu-jitsu is very real."

"Triangles can always lead to platas, and all the plotters lead to victory."

"Jiu Jitsu is definitely an intense workout because you're using every muscle in your body, including your brain."

"It's safe to say that yoga has improved my jiu-jitsu more than really anything else."

"Started doing jiu-jitsu and I met my master Peter Sisom, who started training me in Muay Thai, and I started competing in Muay Thai, became Canadian champ."

"I'm just trying to be the best out of one subject, and there's so much to learn, there's absolutely endless knowledge that you can take in and learn with jiu-jitsu."

"I think Jiu-Jitsu is a really good metaphor for life too."

"We're honestly spoiled with Jiu Jitsu this season."

"We had ourselves a fantastic seasonal anime that blew our minds and gave us the Jiu Jitsu guys Fusion we never knew we wanted but we needed."

"Jiu Jitsu is very simple; all it is is your partner's ability to attach their feet, knees, and hips to your body."

"Return of the King, Gordon Ryan against Patrick Gaudio."

"To be constantly thinking about Jiu-Jitsu even when you're not training... you can actually make a lot of progress just thinking about it."

"Not gonna lie, this jiu-jitsu challenge has been the toughest and the most stressful challenge I have taken on for this entire YouTube channel."

"A boxer is never more vulnerable than when he throws a punch; the jiu-jitsu player is never more vulnerable than when he goes for a submission."

"Jiu jitsu means 'gentle art,' but it feels anything but gentle to a newcomer."

"That's the most sustainable jiu-jitsu philosophy when we talk about longevity."

"Jiu-jitsu is the wave that everyone can surf because we can change jiu-jitsu."

"It's about time Jiu Jitsu is enjoying the ranks of battle shonen with such heart-pounding moments of rage."

"Jiu-jitsu was an important part of Japanese cultural heritage and should be preserved."

"Dante Leon is going to be your super heavyweight champion here at the 23 pan No G jiujitsu championships."

"Dante Leon secures the triangle choke and the overall victory for team Mako here in the final of the aiga Champions League in almati, Kazakhstan."

"This is as good as jiu-jitsu as you're gonna see."

"Sanchez gets the submission over Jacob Couch in the first overtime. What a performance!"

"I don't have to do anything; I get to do this. I love Jiu-Jitsu."

"Self-defense is the core of jiu-jitsu in my view."

"Jiu-Jitsu for everybody around the whole world."

"I did Jiu-Jitsu last winter. I wrestled all growing up, so Jiu-Jitsu kind of came naturally."

"Jiu Jitsu is one of the sweetest sports in the world."

"I'm pretty sure most fights end up on the ground in the street, so yeah, it's probably a good place to start."

"If you're listening or watching right now and you're either considering trying jiu-jitsu... it is my hopes that we can help kind of share our experience and see what it's like."

"Jiu-Jitsu is a lifelong thing, you never stop learning... which you know is, in large, for kind of the beauty of it."

"My first four months in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has been a wonderful experience... if you are on the fence about starting Jiu-Jitsu, I would highly encourage you just to get a couple classes in and see what it's like."

"What makes Jiu Jitsu really cool is that you can play offensively from many different positions."

"Jiu-Jitsu is definitely the skill that you have to have in this day and age for mixed martial arts."

"Keep the shoulder off the floor and the back exposed; that's when you start attacking."

"Jiu-jitsu is not so much physical as it is mental."

"A perfect jiu-jitsu practice will extend your practice not only for you to be able to do a sweep or do an arm lock or a triangle properly but also to understand yourself when you're under stress."

"Jiu-jitsu transcends the mat because it gives you the capacity to check your gauges with much more proper idea how nervous you are, how emotionally disturbed you are."

"Giving to the people what they feel like they need in order to excel in life, and jiu-jitsu is the platform for that."

"I think it's a great match for the entire Jiu-Jitsu world."

"This is my take on the most dominant Jiu-Jitsu teams of all time."

"Jiu-jitsu is extremely difficult; it is truly the unification of mind, body, and spirit that does not come easily."

"Jiu-jitsu in its complete form should include defensive and offensive maneuvers for every type of situation."

"Reject the mutilation of the martial jiu-jitsu and its division into modalities; the art is to be only one, either you teach practice it correctly and in its complete form or you don't."

"Jiu Jitsu is the greatest form of martial arts there is."

"Changing to principle-based learning as your operating system for jiu-jitsu is the single most important decision you will ever make on the mat."

"Jiu-jitsu is way more fun when you see it through the lens of the 32 principles because everything makes sense more easily, techniques work more naturally."

"Jiu-jitsu is principles. Now none of them have labeled it like this, they acknowledge that there are certain principles that govern everything."

"John Danaher is absolutely a genius, he's a brilliant guy who spent many, many years thinking and training jiu-jitsu."

"That's why jiu-jitsu is evolving so fast."

"Once someone is clearly unable to defend themselves anymore, they let go. It's over, it's done."

"Everyone on the Internet, just as a PSA, if you are into jiu-jitsu and you have the urge to say something on people's posts, think about if you would say it if you're in class with them."

"We're seeing a master class in modern jiu-jitsu right here."

"Jiu-jitsu gave me a lot of hope in life."

"We all do Jiu Jitsu because we love it; it's such an incredible art that gets to us, to the core, to our soul."

"The number one benefit that we are going to get from Jiu Jitsu is the social skills that you can bring from Jiu Jitsu to your social life."

"The key about Jiu Jitsu is to be relaxed, you have to flow."

"He's showing you his Jiu-Jitsu, showing his ground game, that's got to be impressive."

"Upper level Jiu-Jitsu is so much just setting traps."

"Position before submission in Jiu-Jitsu."

"Position before submission mentality."

"There's a Jiu-Jitsu Gap, Penta has an iron chin, a lot of heart, he's extremely difficult to finish."