There is no striking in BJJ, just like there is no striking in Judo. End of story. > This suggests to me that this was in contrast to the norm, which would be

There is no striking in BJJ, just like there is no striking in Judo. End of story. > This suggests to me that this was in contrast to the norm, which would be to mount and then strike with the fist. This was a dojo raid situation, which, believe it or not, used to happen quite a bit. A gym (of whatever martial art) shows up and challenges your gym because they say their art is better. So a lot of times schools would accept for whatever reason, and they'd have a fight. A different era, etc. Say what you want about whether or not you agree with the challenge fighting, but schools would fight schools--Judo schools included. The point of my story was that they were able to defeat the school without striking. On to a another point: if you are defending yourself on the street, you'd be an idiot to restrict yourself from striking if the situation is truly dangerous.