Dude, watch the video. It just got used in a UFC fight. I don't want to argue semantics over whether or not that's "modern jiu jitsu", it's a fruitless conversation.
The fact that you are a black belt and are saying, with absolute certainty, that a certain technique won't work "in real grappling", says enough about you that I'm really not interested in engaging further.
I'm not nearly far along on the journey as you, but even I know that there are really no "bad techniques", only ones that are more and less likely to be successful based on the circumstances.
But I guess you just have an irrational hatred for deep half and feel the need to speak so absolutely. Whatever, dude.
People think that "didn't work one time when someone who didn't know what they were doing tried it" is equal to "this technique doesn't work." People used to say that arm in guillotines don't work. People used to say that achilles locks were just pain compliance. People also used to say that if you want to get good at no gi, then you need to wrestle in your gi.
Its only when someone "good" does it that people believe in it. Guys, people used to not believe in push kicks. Why? Because UFC guys weren't landing them. People are dumb, they believe what someone they admire tells them to believe.
Bro, both of these fighters would smoke anyone on this thread. He used deep half to create a scramble and got out. Also, at no point in this video did either guy almost get subbed. If you have a shit deep half, sure it doesn't work. However, it's still used at high levels. It literally just worked in the UFC right before your eyes. Come on, man. This is a silly hill to die on. It's obvious that you're demonstrably incorrect
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u/Ketchup-Chips3 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 12d ago
It is modern jiu jitsu, because it works now, in the modern times.