Saw this in a Facebook page and got me thinking about things people say about BJJ that are kind of annoying and started wondering what other people have heard.

For me it's the "BJJ is just Judo". I have to hear this one all the time since I also train in Judo. Yeah, the two have similarities since they are both grappling systems, just like we have similarities with wrestling for the same reason. But after doing both for a while, if you think they're the same, you're not paying attention.

This one is easy to explain why it's wrong. A brief list of what you are allowed to to in BJJ that is illegal in Judo:
- Anything that requires a pistol grip.
- Anything that requires a cats paw grip
- Any takedown that has you touching your opponent's leg with your hands
- Ducking under your opponent's arm in standing without breaking his collar grip first
- Any Lapel Choke
- Being on the ground for more than 20 seconds
- Any foot/leg locks, including those allowed in the IBJJF competitions, even the white belt ones.
- Wrist locks, all of them.

Basically, if you do BJJ for a while, and then pick up Judo, your first class will be 90% people telling you every 30 seconds in sparing "you're not allowed to do that" and "BJJ is just Judo". I've started adding, "Yeah, if you take away 90% of the techniques, they're basically the same."

I'm not slagging Judo here either. I love Judo and a Judoka would kick pretty much every Jiujiterrio's ass in a stand up mach. But they aren't the same, and I'm honestly beginning to think they couldn't be more different and still be grappling systems.