Quote Originally Posted by I M Kilted!
Wow! I was just thinking of practicing jiujistu there. My mom got a bit concerened as its called "combat jiujitsu", she thinks its like combat orienteated street fighting.

That's absolutely correct. And "Combat Submission Wrestling" sounds nicer to her?
Just out of curiosity, how old are you?

I just found the website in the Mpls/St. Paul phone book and I looked at it on sunday last week....oh, I gotsa a question...

Is this trad Japanese Jiujitsu or Brazilian Jiujitsu (BJJ)?

It's called Kosen Ju-Jitsu, (Sometimes called Kosen Judo, but we do striking that Kosen Judo and BJJ does not). Most of the Kosen techniqes are done on the ground. BJJ has its roots in the Kosen style, see http://www.kobukaijujitsu.com/sensei6.html We have been teaching stuff similar to BJJ since the late 1950's!

I was under the impression that Japanese style was standing up and required more strength and that BJJ was a ground grappling style, all the grappling is confusing as they all have similar moves/positions/ Takedowns/ submissions and chokes with different philosphies and variations. I am gonna go to Kali, i like the mix of striking and grappling...but I should check it out sometime this summer. What hours do you train? How about I come kilted?

I'm lucky if I make it twice a week lately. I don't wear a kilt there, I pretty much always ride my motorcycle. You would certainly be welcome in a kilt, as long as you have a sense of humor.
We do lots of striking stuff, both standing and on the ground. One of our black belts has trained with Royce Gracie, and a lot of our students cross-train at other places. Anyway, this is probably not the place to continue this discussion, stop in sometime if you have more questions.
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