The martial art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu has always promoted the concept that when employed correctly and with proper, well-practiced technique and with the use of leverage, chokes, position and joint locks, it can be successfully employed by a smaller, weaker person to defeat someone much larger and stronger.

This concept has been proven time and time again, from long ago on the beaches of Brazil, to Royce Gracie’s success in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in a time before weight classes, as well as today.

In the following video, we see a group of young people assembled at a skate park in Anywhere, USA. To the left stands a young man who is 19 years of age, to the right stands a kid who is only old enough to have made it to the 9th grade and is far smaller than the man he is facing.

A person not seen on camera shouts, ding, ding, ding, mother******s! and with that, the fight is on.

The smaller of the two immediately seeks to grab his larger opponent, with obvious intentions to bring the scrap to the ground. The larger of the two momentarily appears to be at an advantage when the two clinch, but when they fall to the ground, the smaller of the two is able to land on top and in side control.

Despite the larger man struggling to keep his arm around the 9th grader’s neck, the BJJ-trained high school freshman takes not much more than ten seconds to secure mount and lock on a fight-ending armbar that causes the larger man to grimace and tap.

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Jeff Warsaw is the former executive editor of Long Island MMA Magazine, professional combat sports public address announcer for several NY/NJ MMA and kickboxing promotions, and a proud one-stripe white belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under the famed Joe D’Arce. He is currently a musician, coffee enthusiast and host of the Stranger In A Strange Land podcast on YouTube.