Quote ="pedro17"MMA wouldnt be beneficial, wrestling would but BJJ wouldnt as its back based. As far of useing it for fitness levels yes it would be good but not for technique.
I believe we employed a wrestling coach last year so cannot see this being true as its the only thing you need.'"
And 5 years ago, I bet you'd have said that a "rugby coach" was all you need.
Training/fitness regimes need to move on, I'm afraid. And if anyone seriously believes that MMA fighters are not among the fittest athletes (of any sport) on the planet, then they are sadly mistaken.
As to BJJ only applying "from the bottom" - Sorry , but the benefits gained in balance, flexibility, control and technique (both for putting an opponent down and getting yourself back up for a quick PTB) seem fairly obvious to me.
Quite frankly, if other teams are looking to utilise wrestling coaches, then we need to take the next step with MMA coaching, as wrestling coaches only genrally teach Greco-Roman (olympic) wrestling, whereas we need more rounded grappling which would combine both MMA techniques and Catch-as-catch-can wrestling (what you might know as WWE type moves).
