Brazil is a superpower when it comes to modern grappling arts due to the explosion of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu around the world. Yet there is another grappling art that comes from the jungles of Brazil that is a very effective grappling method known as Luta Livre.
Luta Livre is not as well known as BJJ but there still are many famous MMA fighters who practice or came from a Luta Livre background such as Marco Ruas, Jose Aldo, Darren Till, Renato Sobral, Alexandre Franca Noguira, Gesias Calvacante and more.
Luta Livre shares many similar characteristics to BJJ, both come from Brazil, both have submissions and allow all ground positions, both teach the practitioner to fight off the back, both have been used in MMA successfully and many other similarities that both arts share can be seen when comparing BJJ to Luta Livre.
That said, the main question when comparing Luta Livre to BJJ is how does Luta Livre differ from Brazilian Jiu-jitsu as most times, people think Luta Livre simply is No-gi BJJ and although that may look like what it is on the surface, it is definitely not the case.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 How Does Luta Livre Differ From BJJ
1:27 Luta Livre does NOT use the Gi
1:57 Luta Livre includes Striking
2:20 Submission before Position Based Grappling
3:12 Luta Livre does NOT Emphasize the Guard
3:52 More Emphasis on Scrambling than BJJ
5:02 Submission is the Name of the Game
6:29 Luta Livre is more Vale Tudo/MMA Based
7:03 Luta Livre is Much Smaller than BJJ
7:51 Luta Livre is NOT as developed as BJJ
9:15 In Conclusion
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Good explanation, although there is much more to say.... I just consider that the LLB does not come from the jungles, it has developed in an intense rivalry with the JJB, since the 1920s in Rio de Janeiro.
Thanks for the shoutout and to help explain and bring more awareness to the sport that changed my life!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
You are most welcome Gesias, it is our honor to mention you and the sport. You are a true Grapplezilla!
Great video on the difference between BJJ and Luta Livre, I was always wondering what the real differences are (other than one being without the BJJ gi). Thanks and looking forward to the next videos!
Thanks, More to come. Glad you liked the video!
Great to see more Luta Livre content.
I love this video, I hope you can do more content on Luta Livre and other grappling arts besides BJJ. I found a Lita Livre school in my city a couple of months ago and wanted to try it out. What I like most about it is its aggressive nature and the emphasis on throws.
Thanks you, really happy that you enjoyed the video and soon we will have a lot more videos coming up. Have a great day!
Are you Brazilian? I'm asking cause I am, and I just wanna sharing something, I live in Recife, Pernambuco's capital, I am blue belt jiujiteiro, don't get me wrong, I'm proud of my sucuri, I'm Just saying this shit, because around here there is no Luta livre or wrestling gym, can you believe It? It would be a source of pride for me to become a practitioner of Luta Livre. Oss.
@@LutaLivre_Lippe That’s unfortunate. The only Luta Livre gym I’m aware of in Brazil is called “Budokan Academia” located in Ticuja, Rio De Janeiro, which is where the instructor of the gym I know trains and teaches at now at the moment. Also, I’m not Brazilian, I live in the Philippines.
You have some great insights. Keep these videos coming. Love them.
Thank you, more grappling insights will come in the future. Have a great day!
Great video! I am just about to start Luta Livre myself so this video was very helpful!
Thank you very much and good luck on your Luta Livre training 🙂
Dude, I follow your IG page. Love the clips. Had no idea you had a KZhead channel. Great breakdowns!
Hi Alex, pleasure to meet you, I appreciate the e kind words and super happy you like my channels! Have a great day!
Thank You Very Much 💗💗💗💗💗
Great video.. great explanation that answered my questions..
Thank you very much, I appreciate it.
Nice explanation
Thank You for the video! 💪
You are most welcome and glad you enjoyed! Have a great day
Thx for sharing
Great Video about LL.
If by evolve you mean copying other styles and calling it jiujitsu. Luta Livre is a complete system it doesn’t need to pull from other arts to improve.
Every art can improve
@@thebignacho how do you improve boxing beyond where it is.
@desmondburton1773 You incorporate less of the bobbing and weaving shit which will get you a knee to the face and a trip to the ER in mma or a street fight, among other changes. In isolation any art is "perfect" in comparison is where you find flaws in their design.
Isn’t that how luta livre started? By combining judo and catch wrestling?
Thanks for the very informative video
Thank you very much and happy you enjoyed it! Have a great day buddy!
Great explanation 😃
Thank you very much 🙂
Great video, very good content and well explained, blue belt in Luta Livre here, with all due respect, Luta Livre is not a step back from Jiu Jitsu but a step forward, don't get me wrong, Jiu Jitsu is an efficient martial art yes, but it is not the most developed of the grappler arts, Luta Livre, ancient Judo, Catch as Can and Sambo, are much more developed arts than Jiu Jitsu, the creators of Jiu Jitsu, Carlos and Hélio Gracie, Luiz França, Oswaldo Fadda, and other great masters, always vehemently stated that Jiu Jitsu can only be fought with kimono, Jiu Jitsu fighters said that Luta Livre was for the poor people in the favelas who didn't have money to buy kimono and called them Sapateiros (Shoemakers), because they applied heel hooks to finish the fights... Time passed, but the hurt or who knows the huge Ego of Jiu Jitsu with "the shoemakers without money from the favela" continues to be great, so much so that they started teaching their students to be shoemakers, they teach them to take off their kimono too, but they still continue to call themselves Jiujiteiros... One thing that is truly admirable is the propaganda of the Gracies and the competence of Jiu Jitsu federations around the world, they certainly give our Luta Livre Federation a real beating.
Good video.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Luta Livre and Catch are Based. BJJ is cringe. Don't get me wrong.... BJJ as an grappling art is awesome, BJJ guys are awesome to grapple with. What I hate is the cult propaganda-marketing fluff that goes with it. Gracies are a cult, always have been.
The thing is, no one does any of those execpt BJJ. Try to find a luta livre school or catch school in the average town, you wont. BJJ schools often give you enough variety
Luta livre and catch is far more position before submission, unnecessary risks especially in Catch wrestling aren't taken. It's frowned upon to give away top position to attack a submission. Imagine pulling guard to go for a submission very common in BJJ frowned upon in Catch and Luta Livre, think hooking in to take the back, in catch theyll stand and submit whenever possible.
Nice
Thank you
Great video but why do you do that thing whit your neck.
Hi Buddy, I have tics because I suffer from a neurological disorder called Tourettes Syndrome. This makes my body tic involuntarily and I cannot really do anything about it. I just started a new medication so maybe will help. Also I am very happy you enjoyed the video 🙂.
I'm currently learning luta livre. But we don't strike in my academy, this is grappling only. Also a remark concerning tournaments tyere are no specigic luta livre tournament, mostly it is bjj/ grappling gi or no gi so this is where the communities get together
Are there any takedown like Wrestling Takedown or Sambo Takedown? I found a Luta Livre gym near my house too, i would like to join but i want to know if it got takedown too
Do you train luta livre
No I don’t train Luta Livre, I have been wrestling my whole life (Freestyle) and doing BJJ since the mid 90’s (the BJJ is on and off as mostly concentrated on wrestling) and I did a lot of Shooto and Catch in my youth. Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for reaching out!
@@Grapplezilla phenomenal video. Inspiring to train with your condition. Keep pushing content out there Brother
@@xCixada Thank you very much my friend and have a great day!
The roots of Jiu-Jitsu and Luta livre, and ALL other grappling style, goes all way back to a ancient civilisation called indo-europeans (Aryans). This story was kept in secrecy because is not only about fighting.. but everything else... i could tell you, but it's so disconnected to what you have learned from the history books... that I would sound crazy....
The Aryans was Indian term
What?
Why you bug ?
Hi, Sorry, I did not understand the question? What do you mean by "bug"?
@@Grapplezilla I think they missed you mentioning it or they might not know what Tourette Syndrome is or how it works. Honestly, if you hadn't said anything I don't think I'd have realized you had any tics. They happen so fast and you do a great job handling them, so when you did tic, I actually thought the video had skipped like a thousandth of a second. Tourette's or not, that was a great video. Thank you for creating it.
@@bufordhighwater9872 Thank you very much buddy, I appreciate the kind words. Have a great day!