Open-Source Fighting

It’s already been up for a few months now, but I thought it would be worth mentioning. BJ Penn is posting daily video of his classes on his website in what essentially amounts to free instruction from one of the best fighters in the world. Granted it’s difficult to learn without doing, but for those of you who have a rudimentary knowledge of MMA this is a great place to pick up additional grappling knowledge and bring it to wherever you train.

bjpenn.com

This is pretty much unprecendented in the world of martial arts. BJ is a dude who just really loves the science and art of fighting, so much so that he’s willing to basically give away his knowledge to everyone whose got internet access just so the collective fighting community can be better as a whole. Of course he’s probably making some good money off ad impressions but heck, the guy’s got bills to pay.

It seems like BJ isn’t the type who is afraid of finding the truth about his techniques. If it doesn’t work, forget it, if it works, use it. Straight up Bruce Lee JKD style. Seriously, this transcends MMA, BJJ, UFC, all of it. I know it sounds super cheesy, but this is BJ Penn opening the floodgates of best-of-breed fighting knowledge onto the world.