re: BJJ Competitions, and why I hate them.

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Also, you may not understand the art of jiu jitsu and the people in those disqualification videos may not either.

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Oh, I understand it -- as I said in the beginning I teach grappling and have participated in SAMBO, jiujitsu and wrestling.

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The entire point of it is to bring little or no damage to the person you're submitting. It's a very respectful art that is supposed to play into a very balanced brain that doesn't ever get overly emotional or driven by adrenaline.

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It is a martial art...

Not simply an art. It's meant to make you better at fighting, the point is to hurt someone else -- hurting them permanently is different.

I understand with kneebars/heelhooks/picks, bicep slicers and neck cranks because the difference between pressure and breaking is just too little.

With getting slammed, it's so laughably easy to avoid it that it just makes no sense to outlaw it -- just don't do brazen tactics. If so many people get slammed that they can make a compilation of these retards getting concussions, well, stop training them that way.

Train them to abandon, attack the achilles when getting lifted, pull De La Riva, use your hips to disrupt your opponent's base -- there are so many ways to stop someone from slamming you (because essentially you're supporting your own weight with your legs).

Body slamming vs. any type of Judo isn't that different, they should just start on their knees.