Or am I not looking hard enough What is the big difference between vale tudo and brazilian jujitsu? Is there any. I trained in Brazilian jujitsu, then I began to hear about vale tudo and saw some of it, and it seems like its basically the same thing. So what's the difference?
BJJ = pure grappling - only positional control, joint locks, chokes. Vale tudo = anything goes - kicking, punching, positional control joint locks, chokes.
Vale Tudo is basically the no holds barred style of competition that stems from BJJ , have BJJ competitions where striking is not allowed and the vale tudo side where anything goes, the roots are the same just some of the branches are a bit different!!
even clearer.....thanx When I was learning Bjj, We never did any striking, but my instructor would say in an actual fight, anything goes...punching while in the gaurd or mounted position. Kicking, everything. I guess he was referring to the Vale tudo side of it I just never heard the name vale tudo in relation to Bjj untill now. But I knew they had to be connected somewhere. They were just too similar not to be. And now I know
