The martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has always prided itself on being able to defeat the largest and most aggressive of adversaries with correct technique and leverage, even if the user has any physical disadvantages. One prime example is BJJ legend Jean-Jacques Machado, who despite only having one fully functioning hand went on to win the ADCC tournament in 1999.

With that said this Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor decided to make this point himself.

In the following video Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt; Daniel O’Brien who has previously competed in Eddie Bravo’s Invitational, released some footage of him competing in a BJJ tournament…while blindfolded.

“ Y’all… my man Daniel O’Brien is out there competing blindfolded. He won the first round against a Black Belt and this is round 2 against a Brown Belt. He won this with an armlock. Insane. He ended up submitting 3 opponents and lost in the 4th round.

Check out the footage from 13:00 below in the first clip.

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Posted by Kakuto Challenge on Saturday, May 20, 2017

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsuis a martial art and combat sports system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. BJJ promotes the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger, heavier assailant by using proper technique, leverage, and most notably, taking the fight to the ground, and then applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat the opponent. BJJ training can be used for sport grappling tournaments. However, it can be used in some self-defense situations and does serve its purpose. Sparring and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition, in relation to progress and ascension through its ranking system.[Source: Wiki]

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