Submissions are the heart of jiu-jitsu. Well, that is what Kron Gracie tends to believe.
"...I want to fight someone to prove to myself and him...I want to see what's going to happen. I want to see who's going to win and who's better. I don't want to hold a position or do a position that is going to maybe get me an advantage...that isn't jiu-jitsu. When we train at the academy...it's never about points or position. It's about who gets the submission."
"It wasn't like this fifteen years ago...it wasn't this sporty. Now, it is so sporty...the younger kids, the blue belts and purple belts are seeing guys who are winning the Worlds doing the fifty-fifty guard not changing position the whole fight, and holding onto their grips for dear life. They see the guys winning and train that...they are training their whole lives to do something that is not going to benefit them except in a jiu-jitsu match. I try to focus my jiu-jitsu on everything about jiu-jitsu from the stand-up part, to the ground part, to the bad positions, to the good positions, and to the self-defense."
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Kron Gracie
Inside BJJ
Makes a lot of sense, I'm not sure how I feel about points...I would want to win so I'd probably play the point game but going for a submission seems like the purest form of practicing the art...
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