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That's interesting about the bouncer thing, never heard of anything like that before. Funny, I join an investment forum to talk learn about investing, but I just end up talking about martial arts anyway :D On an unrelated note- At the other forums I visit, there's always a handful of...

Oh you're no fun :D Actually, the orginal training environment you described is becoming more and more prevalent, because MMA is destroying the idea of pure styles. My school is a great example. One night I might be doing gun disarms. Then groundfighting. The throws. I have instructors...

I didn't think you were being negative, you just observed a sad truth about the state of martial arts training. I also feel your pain about the lack of style variety available (unless you happen to live in a big city). Again, I really lucked out with my school. It's about the only one that...

Yeah, bad experiences in the arts are a dime a dozen. I wish everyone was as lucky as I was in that regard.

By "other forms" you mean "other forms of jiu-jitsu," right? The terms "Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ)" and "Gracie Jiu-jitsu (GJJ)" are basically synonomous. BJJ is a term used to differentiate the style of BJJ from Japanese Jiu-jitsu. Japanese Jiu-jitsu (JJJ) was a predecessor of BJJ...

I know enough to know that I don't know much :)

(I assuming this is a good section for an intro thread. If not, I apologize). Well, I basically know nothing about investing and just want to learn more. It's about that simple. About me? I'm into mixed martial arts and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, weightlifting, stuff like that. I'm a bit of a...