Black Belt Roberto Atalla talks about BJJ Rules

[GBUK-Sheffield]

how about no points, sub only, no time limit

[Rob T]

The problem there is it doesn't encourage people to be active from top, if a reversal is scored like in ADCC people will take side control and pin them down not working for the sub, whereas if you know you wont lose points if you get bridged off you'll be more likely to attack or look to improve position.

Leigh's idea should actually encourage activity.

If you get reversed from top to bottom side mount, you'd give up points. However, if you advanced to mount and then got reversed, you wouldn't give up any points. Makes sense to me.

[Rob T]

how about no points, sub only, no time limit

Defo the best rules but how many competition organisers would be willing to do it?

[Soldmysoulforabeer]

This might seem a silly question but what does your Gi weigh in roughly about? My Blitz Lutador one weighs in at 3 KG. I never thought of Gi's weight making to much of a differance.

[Rob T]

Anything from 1.4 to 3kg I think.

[dave coles]

BTW Dave, when's your next comp?

Hi Leigh

next one is No Gi July 5, details here

http://www.thecombatacademy.com/Comp...NoGi-2009.html

dave

[Leigh]

Cool, will deffo be down

[PointyShinyBurning]

Defo the best rules but how many competition organisers would be willing to do it?

These guys run them in the states. Apparently in the last one they had a three hour long match.

[Rob T]

These guys run them in the states. Apparently in the last one they had a three hour long match.

Yeah, I've read about that. Sounds like a pretty brutal match to be involved in... I bet the next round was tough, haha!

[PointyShinyBurning]

Yeah, I've read about that. Sounds like a pretty brutal match to be involved in... I bet the next round was tough, haha!

That's nothing, the semi-final of the Middleweight (75kg) Greco-Roman at the 1912 Olympics went on for eleven hours and forty minutes.