More people know what BJJ is than Judo due to the rise in MMA. I have heard in the past that Zuffa has a wink, wink agreement with the Gracies to promote BJJ in the UFC.

I remember about a year ago I was doing newaza with a BJJ 3 stripe white belt and being more dominant. He was disappointed with himself because I came to his club with a white belt and he thought the end result would be something different. The instructor who I knew mentioned to him that I have a brown belt in Judo. The person had no idea what that meant and I simply told him, "it means that this isn't the first time I've done ground fighting."

I belong to a club that is having a tough time attracting new students. People just don't know what Judo is and it's disappointing because I would like to have new training partners and see Judo grow in my area. Prior to the Salt Lake City Olympics I had never heard of Curling. If I saw advertisements to take up Curling lessons I would not be interested simply because I had never heard of it.