I’m not just talking about jiu-jitsu, but martial arts in general.” Then they’re like: ‘No, you’re supposed to score points’. How can that be? That’s what karate was invented for, to knock someone out.
The one who knocked him out got disqualified for excessive force. For example, in the last Olympic games, a guy knocked out the other one in karate, but the one who got knocked out won. “As an Olympic sport, jiu-jitsu would become even bigger, but it would lose that self-defense essence. To give an example, he mentioned the case of Saudi Arabian karateka Tareg Hamedi, who got disqualified in the finals at the 2020 Olympic Games for using excessive contact in a points match against Iran’s Sajad Ganjzadeh. Though Royce Gracie was mostly discussing jiu-jitsu, he does believe the problem goes beyond just the one martial art. The technique I displayed is what attracted that person.” I tell them that’s not true, it wasn’t because of me. Some people say ‘I started training because I saw you win the UFC’. Gyms are the ones who most influence you to join tournaments. “Gyms have forgotten the essence of martial arts.
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