Originally Posted by trevesty

Very interesting. A good friend is a brown belt - he's been there for 5 years now. He has to submit his teacher(not sure the right word for BJJ) to get the black and hasn't been able to yet. His teacher(?) got his black from one of the Gracies. Can't remember his name, but he's older - early 60's if I remember correctly.

I gave BJJ a shot for a couple of years, but I've never been fond of the ground(staying there, anyways). In wrestling, I always used throws, and that led me to Judo.. the intensity of Krav is just awesome period.