If the success of Eddie Bravo over Royler Gracie and Josh Barnett over Dean Lister at Metamoris have taught us anything, it’s not that jiu-jitsu is a weak or overrated art. It’s that, like all forms of grappling, it has its own seat of weaknesses. In a pure jiu-jitsu competition, particularly in the gi, such foibles aren’t readily apparent. But tinker with the rules, expand the margins of what’s allowed and alternative forms of grappling (or uncommon ideas even within jiu-jitsu) begin to demonstrate their own merit.
In the case of Barnett and his submission victory over Lister at Metamoris 4 in August, many things contributed to it. For starters, there was a weight advantage. Second, despite being a catch wrestler, Barnett himself has trained and competed in the jiu-jitsu gi, even earning a black belt. Third, Metamoris is still essentially a jiu-jitsu competition, albeit an alternative one. Lister, too, has trained in many other forms of grappling.
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