The winner was in jujitsu. He weighed 176 pounds, and beat out a lot of 200 and 240-pound guys. While self-defense attracts many to jujitsu, Vandry gears practices toward competitive success. It's better to concentrate on one and retain it than practice 10 you won't remember. We have an unlimited number of techniques, but we concentrate on one at a time.
Competitive jujitsu resembles wrestling and martial arts matches in structure.
The take-down initiates the strategy. Grapplers decide how to attack and defend based on where they wind up on the floor. Jujitsu competitions employ a point system similar to that used in wrestling matches. The scoring begins with the takedown, which gives a grappler two points. According to Vandry, submission holds often prove decisive.