Ep 111 Elisabeth Clay

How freaking incredible is that? So let me ask you, you've done a bunch of IBJJFs, a bunch of ADCC, obviously different rule sets.

Where do you lean towards? Do you favor one than the other? What do you like about one and not like about the other?

I mean, I end up competing a lot more IBJJF just because they have the competition, the majors, every single year.

And I don't really fight opens in anything.

I think I've fought one open ever.

And that was an IBJJF open, just my first year as a black belt.

So I ended up competing IBGF a lot more.

And I've only done one actual ADCC.

So I've done the trial.

So I do a lot more IBJJF than ADCC.

There's pros and cons to both of them.

What do you like? So a lot of people obviously have their opinion on IBJJF.

They have such specific rule sets.

People, I feel like when I interview them, they either love the rules because they're like, a lot of people say, yeah, there's rules.

Study them, learn them, and then you'll do well.

Do you kind of have that mindset or do you wish the rules were a little bit different?

So here's my issue with that when people argue it.

People act like ADCC doesn't have complex rules.

When you're competing at Worlds, ADCC's rules are more complex than IBGF's.

There's more like fine things.

It changes per match.

Like the final rules are different than your first match.

And I think that's the issue that I have.

Like maybe a lot of people just go and they wrestle and that's great.

And then I did Jeff, they play it more, but it's not because the rule set isn't complicated.