> cult mentality > they present the infantalized men with bjj because they can only look at sport through the context of structured competition instead of fundamental improvement and a feeling of personal agency as a result of self confidence.  i totally get your point. to hues, bjj is something bigger, so many bjj gyms actually do what     says and add plenty of stuff from other martial arts and local traditions. bjj here has far more wrestling than you'd expect. it doesn't make it into "the perfect killing machine" that gracies marketed (and people followed, somehow). it's not all mcdojos and the stuff you see marketed to foreigners strikes me as kinda cheap anyway. and they fall hook and sinker for it. it's a matter of different perceptions. you still get plenty of mcdojos and belt mills like everywhere else and you have some quite serious people who actually cultivate a mind-body connection. i'm not the best judge on bjj because i train it for a different purpose and my gym is quite serious. cult mentality and infantilization is usually associated with some east asian martial arts, at least here.
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