What video would you show to someone to explain bjj?

Go ahead and answer the question in the title for me.  Please.  I came across this thread online and usually I zip right past it as it has been done before.  I have never really looked into the answers or replies.  For whatever reason, today when I saw it, I thought about it.  What video would I show to someone to try and explain the sport of choking and breaking?  I had it narrowed down to a couple of choices but then I saw one inside the Sherdog thread that made me change that list-o-mine.

What video would YOU show someone so that they got bjj?

The beauty of it, the severity of it, the awesomeness.  You’d have so many aspects that you should show, I am not sure a single bjj video could convey all of them.  We have the submissions of course.  And then the grind and dedication training bjj takes.  The hours of drilling techniques in order to become a world champion.  The friendships and sacrifices.  Weightcutting, being broke.  Why do people train bjj again?  Jesus, sounds fun.

Video to demonstrate BJJ to regular person? – Sherdog Mixed …

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Had a black eye today from training and explained to the few people who asked it was from bjj. Then had to try and explain what bjj is and a couple asked me to send a video to see for themselves. I was thinking of the old …

And here is the video from youtube that made me change my mind about which to show someone:

What do you think?  Does the video above do a good job explaining what bjj is all about?  I’d say yes and no.  For some of it, I can appreciate the still shots.  But to constantly show a brief action video and then go back to the stills is kind of annoying.  I really like the girl staredown at like 1:10, forehead to nose or whatever.  Intensity.

Can you guess which video I chose?  The one that I think exemplifies what bjj is all about?  The weaker, smaller, more frail, barely able to even beat their own heart wussy beating the big bad man.  Marcelo Garcia against former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez.  Probably a 175 lb man up against a 250 lb man.  And Ricco, a pretty badass American wrestler, was one of the first people to ever tap a Nogueria in a grappling competition (knee bar.)  For Marcelo to perform like he did, kind of exemplifies the purpose of bjj to me.  Size doesn’t matter.  Heart does.  Will does.  Garcia just waits for his moment.  It is a long video, maybe even 3 parts, but it is worth the watch.  here is the first part:

If you had to:

What video would you show someone to sell them on bjj?  Would the video you show them vary depending on the type of person they are?  Maybe you’ve got a friend who’s really into fighting, you’d show them a violent bjj match right?  Or maybe your friend is an artist, you’d show them a moving picture from the youtube that displayed the beauty of bjj right?

How about this?  What is it that you do?  Tell me in the comments below.  For example, do you dance?  What dance video would you show someone to try and demonstrate dance?  Perhaps you wrestle gators or hang out in saunas, what then?  So tell me what it is that you do, unless you want to use bjj, and what video would be your primary weapon of conversion?

Until next time my friends.

What video would you show to someone to explain bjj?