thanks for the upload, was looking for a systematic tutorial. The other tutorials in youtube are all jumbled up, don't know where to start. This video saved me.
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You know what is so incredible to me? that back when this was filmed if you wanted to learn Gracie jiu jitsu, you had to travel either to California or Brazil. Now, 30 FUCKING years later YOU STILL HAVE TO TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA to the Gracie academy because all you get on every corner are McDojos showing you how butt scoot your way into a berimbolo or de la something or other guard and win an IBJJF tournament. I have practiced what has come to be known as Brazilian jiu jitsu for going on 15 years now and ask me how many times an instructor has addressed how to handle a punch.....ZERO, NONE, NOT ONCE in fifteen years, in several gyms that I have trained and visited throughout the years!!! It blows my mind, it really does!
0:48 1. How to close the distance and take your opponent to the ground 31:21 2. How to escape from the mounted position 1:02:23 3. How to pass the guard 1:33:18 4. How to escape from headlocks 2:02:57 5. Various applications of arm locks and chokes Video 2 Part 1 - Arm Locks and Chokes continued Part 2 - Handle Stand-up Aggressors
00:46 VOLUME 1 How To Close The Distance And Take Your Opponent To The Ground 1:26 Closing the distance(The Clinch) 4:08 Take-downs 22:44 Stabilizing the Mounted Position 31:22 VOLUME 2 How to Escape From The Mounted Position 31:33 Upward Hip Lift Escape 45:32 Elbow Escape 1:02:18 VOLUME 3 How To Pass The Guard 1:02:39 From The Kneeling Position 1:21:22 From The Standing Position 1:33:13 VOLUME 4 How To Escape From Headlocks 1:33:33 Framing The Arms 1:40:39 Hooking The Leg 1:50:28 Kneeling 2:02:50 VOLUME 5 Finishing Holds - Arm locks And Chokes 2:03:15 Armlocks
I learned these timeless basics years ago with Prof. Marcelo Alonso. Now, my 15 year old daughter has been training for 6 years with a very good instructor who won the PanAm games in her weight class. However, my daughter never learned the "old school" stuff. I taught her and she loved it. Thank you for the video.
I think the basics are what made this stuff so good in the first place. The athleticism and finishes are insane now but I much prefer the stuff that considers you might also have to defend violent punches while transitioning. A few punches to the face or back of the head changes everything
This is the first series that all of us started with back then. They were encoded in Macrovision, which meant you couldn t record it from VCR to VCR, to avoid bootlegs. I filmed the original with a old school camera mounted in the living room, so I could have a copy, lol. It was the only reference for Jiu jitsu for a quite a while. Still enjoyable to watch. Thank you for the upload.
Ray Dupree lol yeah my dad filmed the first ufc with an old school camera. I remember it clearly and was only 6 years old then. Royce was and is a legend
i had these in 1995 but they came out in 91 I think.I used to spar my tkd buddies with these techs,they thought I was some sort of gaylord humping them.Everyone thougth it was a joke until they found they could not stop the clinch and takedown,even black belts.Hard to believe that was 25 yrs ago now.
Been training at Gracie gym for six months now and I gotta sayyy....THIS SHIT IS LEGENDARY Soooo many classic yet timeless techniques .. I’ve learned a some variations of the same techniques from my gym but it’s amazing to see where it all stems from!!!! Also good to know that they’ve kept the same teachings throughout the years !! It really says a lot about the GRAICE SYSTEM 💪🏽💪🏽
So three and a half years now.... if you kept at it all this time and trained regular, (least weekly) hard, and smart and did so faithfully so far up til now.... then I'm guessing your white belt is looking abit more worn and stained up in class now right? 🤔🙃😅 I'm just joking brother. No dis int. Just res-pppp-ects. 🫡 I'm confident though you're more than likely well on your path now to finally unleash the beast? To feast on the recent increase of deceased somewhere in the East whom upon your wrath was released? Kapiche? Too much ? 😂🫣😬🤓✌️🙏 But seriously hope you're still at it and rocking it big time already.... or rocking it without, either way. 🫡😎✌️🤜🫶☠️💫💣🙏
Best part about all this is it's been pressure tested and proven. Rorion is a very talented detailed instructor as well. Covers a lot of common questions about why a particular technique should be used.
Thanks for posting these! It takes be back to much brighter days, It means a lot, along with Baywatch and The Wonder Years, yes, better times. Even Rorion is showing his age now. It strange getting older. It feels good to see all this !
Edwin Serrano yep I was gonna say the same thing. I remember that little hopping side kick he used to throw as he was moving in. And then outta nowhere..boom! The fight’s on the ground.
Zeek Banistor of course but he still beat very tough guys who were much larger. They were martial artists and fighters, not just some random dude. The ufc was handpicked for the Gracies no doubt, but it was to prove which martial art was the best...granted Royce vs Oleg Taktarov, Don Frye or Marco Russ, now that wouldn’t have been very easy and he may have taken an L
Zeek Banistor 100%. There were probably guys on his own block that could have stomped him. For sure he didn’t beat the best. He wouldn’t even have won UFC 10 on, or earlier.
I am in the my first week of Jiu Jitsu training at Clark Gracie Academy here in San Diego. What a great resource this is. Thank you so much for posting.
Nothing like the basics. It's crazy how you can always go back and discover a missed detail or mircomovement that you thought you knew or remembered. I'm proud to wear Royce's blue bar on my belt as a student and as a tribute to his father, Grandmaster Helio Gracie. Boaaa!
Awesome, thanks for uploading this legend. A literal master class on the Gracie Combatives. Awesome, picked up 3 things that 100% will make a difference in training. Been training at Gracie CTC for about a year. The techniques have changed a bit but still same concepts.minimize damage, control distance, take down, control. Finish, and as always, re stomp that groin…. Oh wait that last one is master Ken…
This video is awesome. Gracie Jujitsu is awesome.😎 Like anything else we will get out what we put in but the structure and linear flow of the Gracie Jujitsu system is the best.
I agree with the sentiment that much Sport BJJ has often obscured the self-defense origins of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu through a lack of emphasis. I also agree that some "techniques" are not advisable in an actual fight. Additionally, many of the so called "old-school" techniques are as valid today as they have ever been and many are still taught in sport-oriented schools - granted without much, if any, acknowledgement of their self-defense origin or application. I think this is where self-defense oriented folks rightfully object. On the other hand, it must be also be acknowledged that Sport BJJ has advanced the application of the self-defense basics and often corrected mistakes/oversights through the pressure-testing crucible of competition. For example, how many of you would still try to pass closed guard by sticking one arm between someone's legs while holding their bicep with the other arm (AKA: The "Gracie Gift" seen at 1:03:38) ? If you did that now you be triangled mercilessly, or maybe they would go the other way with an omoplata, or maybe underhook your standing leg with their uncontrolled right arm and hit a flower sweep to mount. All of the responses I suggest are contributions to the art that came out of applying the underlying principles in a sport context rather than as specific "self-defense" step-by-step "techniques". Moreover its clear that this application of "principles" in sport has made BJJ better for self-defense in the process. To be clear: BJJ is about underlying principles not techniques and you can learn the underlying principles through both sport and through self-defense focused training. Indeed, a balanced emphasis on both applications is probably best. For that reason, I always say - teach ALL the Jiu Jitsu including takedowns, defenses to strikes, self-defense oriented reactions for things like headlocks that no sport practitioner would do, AND teach Sport techniques whose purpose is to safely refine application of the underlying principles in full-contact sparring - be that in class or tournaments. When it comes to Sport or Defense ... Its not one or the other - its all of the above. For most average practitioners, Sport BJJ is a great way to prepare for the adrenaline, fear, and violence of action in a real fight and competition is the best method to prepare for actual combat application of BJJ techniques short of a cage fight or picking real fights on a regular basis for training purposes.
I completely agree. Combative sport practitioners of BJJ, wrestling, Muay Thai, Boxing or Judo will absolutely maul the average guy on the street if they get into a fight.
Lots of things have changed since then. If you look at 1:14:00, this move sets Rorion up for a Royce triangle. Now, we get there in a different manner to avoid the triangle. Still great stuff.
@@ADHD_Samurai no,the pass is stll done the way they show and does work but details prevent triangle.Very few coaches teach it today since it is risky.Largely this series isnt for sparring other grapplers,its self defense
Grandmaster Rorion gave us all this for free, Yet we must seek a CTC to train with others like minded!.. Thank you sir for the AWESOIME Martial Art.. YOU gave to the world!+
When this tape was released the UFC was still going on with Royce. I do not know about the Torrence school how things were taught. But, I was at another California Gracie brother school not Rickson. Who very high rank who's one of two main instructors taught me a wrong escape to an arm bar which I did not know any better at that time. What I was taught would have put me in arm bar. They were very secretive with escapes. This was around UFC 2 era. So in my opinion traps were put in so you get caught. Especially since people they were going to fight buy these tapes. They are not dumb. But, for me it was taught in person. These guys today that have BJJ techniques just handed to them with internet and now all schools teach openly because they have too are very lucky because that is not how it was when I learned.
There will be modern bjj students that will ridicule this but closing the distance safely is never practiced anymore in most bjj schools. You can't use "bjj" if you catch a nice uppercut or knee to the face.
@@Supermomo2007 You lost me there.. do you mean the Gracie's designed their combatives with the japanese police in mind or did they lift how they structure the basics from Kosen Judo or kodokan judo ground techniques?
@@Supermomo2007 bjj combatives are different and much better now than they were in helios time ,rener and brother upgraded them. The standing techs are early 20th century judo and the rest is the gracies own development, you wont find it in judo because didn't concern itself with punch defense.
@@Polentaccio "Gracie Combatives" was developed by looking back at all the fights that the family had over the decades, and picking out the most commonly used techniques. That's why Combatives looks so similar to the stuff that Royce used in UFC1-4.
1:23:11 Imh blue-belt opinion, and please correct me if I'm wrong, he's just asking for the traingle/armbar in that position. What's more, even if he doesn't land a submission, the guy on bottom can easily go for double-sleeve sweeps and transition to mount from there. I guess if you manage to trap the guy's knee that might prevent the traingle, but still it's a super risky move.
There are always counters to every move. But interesting story for you. I was a seminar with Rorion and Royce around 1994 right after UFC 2!! They were showing the basic pass and some said exactly the same thing and Royce asked anyone to triangle him at the seminar and he did the move on anyone who asked, no one, including one very good grappler, could triangle him! Now, it probably would be slightly modified. Leg on shoulder pass was my #1 pass for about 25 years so I know quite about it! It has been refined. But a;so remember the context of this early video - fighting relatively untrained people. It was so new back then in North America!
Do not underestimate the effectiveness of these moves guys. They have been tested on professional fighters and it passed the test (UFC 1). Imagine mastering these techniques and using them on a drinker. Lights out
@@Polentaccio Without a doubt. The lessons are very thorough. I linked a clip below. Some Russian channel used to have an entire DVDs, but looks like they got pulled. Usually the Gracie store has online sales when everyone else does (black Friday, cyber Monday, etc), so you should be able to get it for about $100. But yes, really worth it. th-cam.com/video/NkUO9Gw5S1s/w-d-xo.html
tnx for this tape Mr. Gracie, I can use it and add it to my Eskrima. I'm studying simple but useful and effecient takedowns and grapplings that can be useful in my martial arts study.
@@garybolenable he spent the second fight against Ken shamrock just lying on his back for 30 minutes though; that's not real fighting and it's definitely not reality for self defence.
@@jaimebrown662 - What would you do against somebody who outweighed you by 40 lbs, and that's 40 lbs of muscle, who is also trained in submission fighting? Look at the tale of the tape for those two. Shamrock's chest was 11" larger than Royce's, and his biceps were 4.5" larger. Royce did what he had to do. I suppose if when I'm "in the street" and I come up against a submission fighter who outweighs me by 40lbs and I'm dumb enough to fight him, I will get to experience your reality, but honestly? Most guys "in the street" don't train martial arts, much less jiu-jitsu and most guys aren't built like body builders. There's a reason why beginners get smashed during rolls when they first start out.
i love that even in the past, the gracie family had already invented such a powerful system of self defence while incorporating modern striking principals like closing the gap with a kick instead of just rushing in. WOW🤩
I have these VHS! I also recently purchased what I guess can be viewed as the updated version of these techniques that was done in 2008 called the Gracie combatives DVDs. Does anyone think these videos, that were shot in the early 90s, are just as effective today OR because more people watch MMA in the UFC every weekend, are the Combatives more applicable for today 2019-2020? Just curious questions to my experts out there....
Check out 1:04:01 .... Rorion has his right arm all the way in and holds the bicep of Royce as he escapes and passes guard.. it’s an easy triangle for Royce.. These days you would tuck that arm in and press your forearm against the inside leg of Royce and not get caught in a triangle.
Brian Ortega (#2 UFC Featherweight) is a Gracie Academy instructor who has trained under Rorion and is the protege of Rener Gracie. He says he has used something from every single Combatives lesson in the cage, at some point. Be it distance management, submissions, takedowns, positional control or GnP defense.
This training is scheduled weekly 3-4x a week at the Relson Gracie Academy in SA, Texas with Prof. Josh Lauber M, W, F at 6:00 pm …We have a slight modification how ever priceless, we pinch the knees 💪🏼
I recommend Renzo Gracie's mastering jujitsu book. And anything by Marco Ruas. Then throw it in a blender. Usually what comes out is basically the same style except sharpened up.
Does Anyone know if there is allot of evolution in Gracie BJJ, or is this pretty much still the Gracie basics? Thank you for posting, I think the Gracies dont mind you promoting this beautiful art at all.
My Fresno coach learned from same school early 90's. He actually trained Royce in kicking techniques as he fought in Japan. The same system here is taught today. Over and over and over. Once the fundamentals are mastered entirely, time to move on to more technical levels. Can't stress the basics enough. Many schools don't bother as much.
For sport grappling,it has evolved a lot from the early 90s nit not really for self defense because theres no evolutionary pressure,bad guys always attack the same way.However,the gracie university techs are far better than those taught in rorions time
48:19 : for closed guard Royce passes his right leg being flat on his back : is it technically correct ? I've learned to pass the leg not flat on my back. Rorion could easily, slide his left arm and go for a stack pass. Btw very good historical video.
Don't try that guard pass on 1:12:00 on anybody who's been training for longer than a week and half unless you want to get triangle'd every single damn time.
just shows that bjj and grappling as a whole has evolved quite a lot. what worked decades ago just fine isnt really suitable for today. allthough i think as you just said against an untrained opponent this would work just fine. yet again an untrained person wouldnt pull guard on you :D
I've been training bjj for 6 months already, silly question, but, would you guys say that these techniques are outdated, or still be effective enough? Thank y'all
It depends, self defence stuff is ok, some other techniques were definitly modified at least a little bit, but these are fundamentals and most it should be learnt and is still useful.
Basically Just Judo... Erm...NO! And not like any Japanese Ju-Jitsu I ever did either. I love the way that the Gracies systematized ground fighting. Strikers should train the basics with a partner as a support system because even the best plans go tits up and it's very easy to find yourself rolling around in the dirt with no clue what to do.
I took bjj and they had no concept of strikes , gracie jujitsu is the best. I learned a lot don't get me wrong well they weren't worrying about strikes in my mind I developed the distance I needed to throw strikes it was sport for them but for me it was entirely different I learned all about range what works for me ,our master was very very lazy , didnt want to do self defense he would rather have his student run the class
I think it’s changed over time.. I have learned that you tuck that right elbow in and push your forearm against the inside leg of the grounded opponent
If the opponent is skilled, you would would use the inside arm to hug the thigh of the leg that's wrapped around your neck, so you can posture up and THEN stack them. Going straight for this stacking pass isn't recommended against skilled people.
Any chance of posting the Intermediate Pts 1, 2, and 3 on your channel? And the Advanced Parts 1, 2, and 3? And also the Street Self Defense Parts 1, 2, and 3? :)) I would be forever grateful!
Glad everyone is enjoying the video. Be sure to check out part 2 th-cam.com/video/JlKByoilm1k/w-d-xo.html
This is gold. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for posting these Old Videos ,they are the best self defense moves ; Old School the best School ! Cheers.
thanks for the upload, was looking for a systematic tutorial. The other tutorials in youtube are all jumbled up, don't know where to start. This video saved me.
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Tony Pier do you think this was produced in late 90s/beginning 2000s?
Rorion is a phenomenal instructor. He explains every technique in exact detail.
I have trained with many BJJ instructors,including Rorion, and he is still probably the best.
@@turntablesrockmyworld9315 very tecnics in the fight
He was the first one to teach real bjj on us!
@@juanfelima He is the greatest.
You know what is so incredible to me? that back when this was filmed if you wanted to learn Gracie jiu jitsu, you had to travel either to California or Brazil. Now, 30 FUCKING years later YOU STILL HAVE TO TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA to the Gracie academy because all you get on every corner are McDojos showing you how butt scoot your way into a berimbolo or de la something or other guard and win an IBJJF tournament. I have practiced what has come to be known as Brazilian jiu jitsu for going on 15 years now and ask me how many times an instructor has addressed how to handle a punch.....ZERO, NONE, NOT ONCE in fifteen years, in several gyms that I have trained and visited throughout the years!!! It blows my mind, it really does!
There are now over 200 Gracie University/Gracie Academy schools around the world ;)
0:48 1. How to close the distance and take your opponent to the ground
31:21 2. How to escape from the mounted position
1:02:23 3. How to pass the guard
1:33:18 4. How to escape from headlocks
2:02:57 5. Various applications of arm locks and chokes
Video 2
Part 1 - Arm Locks and Chokes continued
Part 2 - Handle Stand-up Aggressors
Since i see none of these free loaders in here said it I will 😂 , Thank you for uploading this video 🙏🏽 greatly appreciate it
00:46 VOLUME 1 How To Close The Distance And Take Your Opponent To The Ground
1:26 Closing the distance(The Clinch)
4:08 Take-downs
22:44 Stabilizing the Mounted Position
31:22 VOLUME 2 How to Escape From The Mounted Position
31:33 Upward Hip Lift Escape
45:32 Elbow Escape
1:02:18 VOLUME 3 How To Pass The Guard
1:02:39 From The Kneeling Position
1:21:22 From The Standing Position
1:33:13 VOLUME 4 How To Escape From Headlocks
1:33:33 Framing The Arms
1:40:39 Hooking The Leg
1:50:28 Kneeling
2:02:50 VOLUME 5 Finishing Holds - Arm locks And Chokes
2:03:15 Armlocks
I learned these timeless basics years ago with Prof. Marcelo Alonso. Now, my 15 year old daughter has been training for 6 years with a very good instructor who won the PanAm games in her weight class. However, my daughter never learned the "old school" stuff. I taught her and she loved it. Thank you for the video.
Awesome, never stop training together. You're an awesome father. Oss!!
I think the basics are what made this stuff so good in the first place. The athleticism and finishes are insane now but I much prefer the stuff that considers you might also have to defend violent punches while transitioning. A few punches to the face or back of the head changes everything
This is the first series that all of us started with back then. They were encoded in Macrovision, which meant you couldn t record it from VCR to VCR, to avoid bootlegs. I filmed the original with a old school camera mounted in the living room, so I could have a copy, lol. It was the only reference for Jiu jitsu for a quite a while. Still enjoyable to watch. Thank you for the upload.
Ray Dupree glad I could help!
Ray Dupree lol yeah my dad filmed the first ufc with an old school camera. I remember it clearly and was only 6 years old then. Royce was and is a legend
@@Reddogg387 lol- yeah- the way it was done.
i had these in 1995 but they came out in 91 I think.I used to spar my tkd buddies with these techs,they thought I was some sort of gaylord humping them.Everyone thougth it was a joke until they found they could not stop the clinch and takedown,even black belts.Hard to believe that was 25 yrs ago now.
Nice story
This is incredible on so many levels, I cannot believe I haven't seen this before. Thank you for posting!
Been training at Gracie gym for six months now and I gotta sayyy....THIS SHIT IS LEGENDARY
Soooo many classic yet timeless techniques .. I’ve learned a some variations of the same techniques from my gym but it’s amazing to see where it all stems from!!!! Also good to know that they’ve kept the same teachings throughout the years !! It really says a lot about the GRAICE SYSTEM 💪🏽💪🏽
Lucky. Agreed.
So three and a half years now.... if you kept at it all this time and trained regular, (least weekly) hard, and smart and did so faithfully so far up til now.... then I'm guessing your white belt is looking abit more worn and stained up in class now right? 🤔🙃😅
I'm just joking brother. No dis int. Just res-pppp-ects. 🫡
I'm confident though you're more than likely well on your path now to finally unleash the beast? To feast on the recent increase of deceased somewhere in the East whom upon your wrath was released?
Kapiche?
Too much ? 😂🫣😬🤓✌️🙏
But seriously hope you're still at it and rocking it big time already.... or rocking it without, either way. 🫡😎✌️🤜🫶☠️💫💣🙏
Best part about all this is it's been pressure tested and proven. Rorion is a very talented detailed instructor as well. Covers a lot of common questions about why a particular technique should be used.
Thanks for posting these! It takes be back to much brighter days, It means a lot, along with Baywatch and The Wonder Years, yes, better times. Even Rorion is showing his age now.
It strange getting older.
It feels good to see all this !
If you watch UFC 1 these are the exact Techniques that Royce used to beat all his opponents and become champion.
Edwin Serrano yep I was gonna say the same thing. I remember that little hopping side kick he used to throw as he was moving in. And then outta nowhere..boom! The fight’s on the ground.
Zeek Banistor of course but he still beat very tough guys who were much larger. They were martial artists and fighters, not just some random dude. The ufc was handpicked for the Gracies no doubt, but it was to prove which martial art was the best...granted Royce vs Oleg Taktarov, Don Frye or Marco Russ, now that wouldn’t have been very easy and he may have taken an L
Zeek Banistor 100%. There were probably guys on his own block that could have stomped him. For sure he didn’t beat the best. He wouldn’t even have won UFC 10 on, or earlier.
There's a counter to this. You must base like Rickson Gracie taught. He taught it in his seminar. Proper base.
Counter Kidnapping Rickson does love his base !
All these techniques are covered in Gracie Combatives divided into 36 lessons that were made by Rener and Ryron Gracie.
aka Rorion's sons
Combatives all the way 👍
I am in the my first week of Jiu Jitsu training at Clark Gracie Academy here in San Diego. What a great resource this is. Thank you so much for posting.
That's great to hear. I'm also on my first month over here in sweden. Are you mostly training standing up or ground techniques?
How is training coming along my friend?
Dude, I absolutely love you for this video. Cheers mate. Back when self defense was though in Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Basic and beautiful.
I still have this series on VHS as well. But I am afraid to play them in my old machine in case it eats the tape. Good solid stuff
I've already watched this several times... Thanks so much wish you had the whole series downloaded.
Nothing like the basics. It's crazy how you can always go back and discover a missed detail or mircomovement that you thought you knew or remembered. I'm proud to wear Royce's blue bar on my belt as a student and as a tribute to his father, Grandmaster Helio Gracie. Boaaa!
Brilliant video. Thanks uploader. So nice to see Rorion and Royce in action.
Awesome, thanks for uploading this legend. A literal master class on the Gracie Combatives. Awesome, picked up 3 things that 100% will make a difference in training. Been training at Gracie CTC for about a year. The techniques have changed a bit but still same concepts.minimize damage, control distance, take down, control. Finish, and as always, re stomp that groin…. Oh wait that last one is master Ken…
This video is awesome. Gracie Jujitsu is awesome.😎 Like anything else we will get out what we put in but the structure and linear flow of the Gracie Jujitsu system is the best.
Devotion and pedagogy, we can feel jiu jitsu love and faith. Thanks a lot even the gis are a piece of art.
Love the fundamentals! Thank you for posting.
Excellent master instructor in detail,yes takedowns are the most effective ways in self defense especially against a striker!
I agree with the sentiment that much Sport BJJ has often obscured the self-defense origins of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu through a lack of emphasis. I also agree that some "techniques" are not advisable in an actual fight. Additionally, many of the so called "old-school" techniques are as valid today as they have ever been and many are still taught in sport-oriented schools - granted without much, if any, acknowledgement of their self-defense origin or application. I think this is where self-defense oriented folks rightfully object. On the other hand, it must be also be acknowledged that Sport BJJ has advanced the application of the self-defense basics and often corrected mistakes/oversights through the pressure-testing crucible of competition. For example, how many of you would still try to pass closed guard by sticking one arm between someone's legs while holding their bicep with the other arm (AKA: The "Gracie Gift" seen at 1:03:38) ? If you did that now you be triangled mercilessly, or maybe they would go the other way with an omoplata, or maybe underhook your standing leg with their uncontrolled right arm and hit a flower sweep to mount. All of the responses I suggest are contributions to the art that came out of applying the underlying principles in a sport context rather than as specific "self-defense" step-by-step "techniques". Moreover its clear that this application of "principles" in sport has made BJJ better for self-defense in the process. To be clear: BJJ is about underlying principles not techniques and you can learn the underlying principles through both sport and through self-defense focused training. Indeed, a balanced emphasis on both applications is probably best. For that reason, I always say - teach ALL the Jiu Jitsu including takedowns, defenses to strikes, self-defense oriented reactions for things like headlocks that no sport practitioner would do, AND teach Sport techniques whose purpose is to safely refine application of the underlying principles in full-contact sparring - be that in class or tournaments. When it comes to Sport or Defense ... Its not one or the other - its all of the above. For most average practitioners, Sport BJJ is a great way to prepare for the adrenaline, fear, and violence of action in a real fight and competition is the best method to prepare for actual combat application of BJJ techniques short of a cage fight or picking real fights on a regular basis for training purposes.
I completely agree. Combative sport practitioners of BJJ, wrestling, Muay Thai, Boxing or Judo will absolutely maul the average guy on the street if they get into a fight.
thank you for uploading. this is pure gold!
michel fasen I was very lucky to come across it! I knew others would find it just as helpful. Cheers
Lots of things have changed since then. If you look at 1:14:00, this move sets Rorion up for a Royce triangle. Now, we get there in a different manner to avoid the triangle. Still great stuff.
what's the new way?
@@thefilmpoets Double Underhook Guard pass th-cam.com/video/wXpsMYQv6Hw/w-d-xo.html
@@ADHD_Samurai no,the pass is stll done the way they show and does work but details prevent triangle.Very few coaches teach it today since it is risky.Largely this series isnt for sparring other grapplers,its self defense
Whats a rpuce triangle.Triangles were done in judo since before royce or rorion were born.
@@scarred10 I don't know, what is a "rpuce" triangle?
This is great Tony... I've never seen Rorion teach techniques before... he's excellent. Great teacher. Thanks for posting.
Royce is a good brother :)
Rickson in an interview once said that his Elder Brother Rorion is an Excellent Instructor if not the Best and That is the Truth .
99% of BJJ instructors in the United States today don’t teach this. This is why BJJ is becoming watered down as a martial art
Wow, this is a precious video. It's the beginning of the legend.
Thank You! PLEASE, keep posting if you have more. PLEASE!!!!
Leandro Ravatan sadly I was only lucky enough to find these two.
Great to see the masters at work. Awesome thanks for sharing
Grandmaster Rorion gave us all this for free, Yet we must seek a CTC to train with others like minded!.. Thank you sir for the AWESOIME Martial Art.. YOU gave to the world!+
Omg I’ve been training with his sons for almost 3 years and have never seen this! Thanks!
cant reach a gym?
Ya missed the “training with his sons” part of the comment it seems
Nice to see the OG demonstrating the martial art that changed the fight game.
One of the best investment I’ve ever made with DVDs
Good old times, when GIs were not billboards
the other person is Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie in my personal opinion is the best of all time.GOD bless the Gracie family.
Thanks so much for sharing this!! This is the original BJJ old school. OSS
Not many people are in a position to use a 4th degree black belt for demonstration purposes.
Not to mention a UFC HOF
His closed guard escape at 1:03:40 seems like a good way to get triangled.
Yeah right?!
Tried it out and that’s exactly what happened to me....granted that he would do it super fast and I was still tryna remember steps lol
I'm pretty sure they did that on purpose for that very reason
When this tape was released the UFC was still going on with Royce. I do not know about the Torrence school how things were taught. But, I was at another California Gracie brother school not Rickson. Who very high rank who's one of two main instructors taught me a wrong escape to an arm bar which I did not know any better at that time. What I was taught would have put me in arm bar. They were very secretive with escapes. This was around UFC 2 era. So in my opinion traps were put in so you get caught. Especially since people they were going to fight buy these tapes. They are not dumb. But, for me it was taught in person. These guys today that have BJJ techniques just handed to them with internet and now all schools teach openly because they have too are very lucky because that is not how it was when I learned.
They didn't know the triangle choke existed until the late 60's, early 70's. This system is older than that.
I love it it's not too showy the moves are difficult to notice. I'm a big fan. Very effective. Please can you guys post solo drills
There will be modern bjj students that will ridicule this but closing the distance safely is never practiced anymore in most bjj schools. You can't use "bjj" if you catch a nice uppercut or knee to the face.
Yeah you're right. As a jiu jitsu instructor, this is my newest focus. Grip fighting and safely closing distance. Underrated for sure
The Best self defense and MMA techniques EVER !
Brings lots of good memories ; This is the Essence of JIUJITSU as Martial Art .
The original Gracie Combatives!!! Sweet.
the combatives were designed for japanese police from kodokan judo dojo
@@Supermomo2007 You lost me there.. do you mean the Gracie's designed their combatives with the japanese police in mind or did they lift how they structure the basics from Kosen Judo or kodokan judo ground techniques?
@@Polentaccio kosen judo??? kosen judo was created after maeda left japan.
go to japan, you will see the same self defense techniques.
@@Supermomo2007 bjj combatives are different and much better now than they were in helios time ,rener and brother upgraded them. The standing techs are early 20th century judo and the rest is the gracies own development, you wont find it in judo because didn't concern itself with punch defense.
@@Polentaccio "Gracie Combatives" was developed by looking back at all the fights that the family had over the decades, and picking out the most commonly used techniques. That's why Combatives looks so similar to the stuff that Royce used in UFC1-4.
Brilliant basics.
THANK YOU for this seminar ❤
Thank you for the free information 🙂 this will help me improve in class.
Para quem ainda não reconheceu, o outro lutador é o Royce.
For those who have not yet recognized, the other fighter is Royce Grace.
Pure gold. Thanks a million
The best instructor in the world
1:23:11 Imh blue-belt opinion, and please correct me if I'm wrong, he's just asking for the traingle/armbar in that position. What's more, even if he doesn't land a submission, the guy on bottom can easily go for double-sleeve sweeps and transition to mount from there. I guess if you manage to trap the guy's knee that might prevent the traingle, but still it's a super risky move.
There are always counters to every move. But interesting story for you. I was a seminar with Rorion and Royce around 1994 right after UFC 2!! They were showing the basic pass and some said exactly the same thing and Royce asked anyone to triangle him at the seminar and he did the move on anyone who asked, no one, including one very good grappler, could triangle him! Now, it probably would be slightly modified. Leg on shoulder pass was my #1 pass for about 25 years so I know quite about it! It has been refined. But a;so remember the context of this early video - fighting relatively untrained people. It was so new back then in North America!
Do not underestimate the effectiveness of these moves guys.
They have been tested on professional fighters and it passed the test (UFC 1).
Imagine mastering these techniques and using them on a drinker.
Lights out
This is gold! Basics that work
Wow. A real life archive of a master grooming a badass
The original Gracie University
Looks to be that way..they just saved me almost 200$.
Lool
@@Polentaccio Haha. The combative series goes into way more detail.
@@utubepunk good to know. Would you say it is worth the cash?
@@Polentaccio Without a doubt. The lessons are very thorough. I linked a clip below. Some Russian channel used to have an entire DVDs, but looks like they got pulled.
Usually the Gracie store has online sales when everyone else does (black Friday, cyber Monday, etc), so you should be able to get it for about $100. But yes, really worth it.
th-cam.com/video/NkUO9Gw5S1s/w-d-xo.html
tnx for this tape Mr. Gracie, I can use it and add it to my Eskrima. I'm studying simple but useful and effecient takedowns and grapplings that can be useful in my martial arts study.
Go to judo wrestling or sambo the Gracie's had terrible takedowns
I remember seeing this many years ago it was my first introduction to jiu-jitsu
You saved us all thousands of dollars.
Rorian would have steam rolled through opponents even faster and more effectively in the early UFCs but sent the young lion (Royce) instead.
You might be thinking about Rickson but I'm sure Rorian would of done the same.
They sent Royce on purpose though. If somebody who looks like my dad can beat Ken Shamrock, then hells bells, sign me up!
@@garybolenable
Exactamundo!!!
@@garybolenable he spent the second fight against Ken shamrock just lying on his back for 30 minutes though; that's not real fighting and it's definitely not reality for self defence.
@@jaimebrown662 - What would you do against somebody who outweighed you by 40 lbs, and that's 40 lbs of muscle, who is also trained in submission fighting? Look at the tale of the tape for those two. Shamrock's chest was 11" larger than Royce's, and his biceps were 4.5" larger. Royce did what he had to do. I suppose if when I'm "in the street" and I come up against a submission fighter who outweighs me by 40lbs and I'm dumb enough to fight him, I will get to experience your reality, but honestly? Most guys "in the street" don't train martial arts, much less jiu-jitsu and most guys aren't built like body builders. There's a reason why beginners get smashed during rolls when they first start out.
i love that even in the past, the gracie family had already invented such a powerful system of self defence while incorporating modern striking principals like closing the gap with a kick instead of just rushing in. WOW🤩
Yeah but in modern mma its not effective to enter takedown with stomp because its too telegraphed, but in the street can be very effective
@@AugustoTP yeah i agree, but it’s cool to see the evolution of fighting at higher skill levels
I love this. Very educational.
I bought these in VHS format back in the 1990s.
rorion also has a black belt in finger snapping.
I have these VHS! I also recently purchased what I guess can be viewed as the updated version of these techniques that was done in 2008 called the Gracie combatives DVDs. Does anyone think these videos, that were shot in the early 90s, are just as effective today OR because more people watch MMA in the UFC every weekend, are the Combatives more applicable for today 2019-2020? Just curious questions to my experts out there....
Whammer79 Thanks...
Check out 1:04:01 .... Rorion has his right arm all the way in and holds the bicep of Royce as he escapes and passes guard.. it’s an easy triangle for Royce.. These days you would tuck that arm in and press your forearm against the inside leg of Royce and not get caught in a triangle.
Brian Ortega (#2 UFC Featherweight) is a Gracie Academy instructor who has trained under Rorion and is the protege of Rener Gracie. He says he has used something from every single Combatives lesson in the cage, at some point. Be it distance management, submissions, takedowns, positional control or GnP defense.
@@english_american_8220 They're slightly different techniques, but yes, in Gracie Combatives, we learn to do this with double underhooks instead.
This training is scheduled weekly 3-4x a week at the Relson Gracie Academy in SA, Texas with Prof. Josh Lauber M, W, F at 6:00 pm …We have a slight modification how ever priceless, we pinch the knees 💪🏼
excellent presentation. gifted teacher.
I recommend Renzo Gracie's mastering jujitsu book. And anything by Marco Ruas. Then throw it in a blender. Usually what comes out is basically the same style except sharpened up.
Self-defense is all about good Basics, Great Video!
Does Anyone know if there is allot of evolution in Gracie BJJ, or is this pretty much still the Gracie basics?
Thank you for posting, I think the Gracies dont mind you promoting this beautiful art at all.
My Fresno coach learned from same school early 90's. He actually trained Royce in kicking techniques as he fought in Japan. The same system here is taught today. Over and over and over. Once the fundamentals are mastered entirely, time to move on to more technical levels. Can't stress the basics enough. Many schools don't bother as much.
For sport grappling,it has evolved a lot from the early 90s nit not really for self defense because theres no evolutionary pressure,bad guys always attack the same way.However,the gracie university techs are far better than those taught in rorions time
Sport jiujitsu has evolved a lot. But jiujitsu for fighting and MMA still relies heavy on these basics.
Raridade ver o Rorion treinando o Royce que se tornaria o 1°campeao do UFC.
48:19 : for closed guard Royce passes his right leg being flat on his back : is it technically correct ? I've learned to pass the leg not flat on my back. Rorion could easily, slide his left arm and go for a stack pass. Btw very good historical video.
maybe it was in 1995
Love this. Masters of the arts.
Don't try that guard pass on 1:12:00 on anybody who's been training for longer than a week and half unless you want to get triangle'd every single damn time.
The infamous Gracie gift!
just shows that bjj and grappling as a whole has evolved quite a lot.
what worked decades ago just fine isnt really suitable for today.
allthough i think as you just said against an untrained opponent this would work just fine.
yet again an untrained person wouldnt pull guard on you :D
@melagkomas20 U OK hun?
@melagkomas20 are you stupid? :'D
@melagkomas20 Well don't worry, I'm sure you'll be passing everybody's guard now with this little gem.
When I got the video set it was my best Christmas gift
Not that they need my validation but.... awesome stuff! ❤
At 1:20:46 wouldn’t an elevator sweep work?
Absolutely. A similar version of the elevator sweep is taught in that position, but where your opponent is driving forward onto you instead.
15 Minutes in is all the average person needs.
I love how Royce Gracie is the student ossss
Royce is the younger brother, Rorion is the oldest ;)
Onde treinar exatamente esse jiu-jitsu em São Paulo?
I've been training bjj for 6 months already, silly question, but, would you guys say that these techniques are outdated, or still be effective enough?
Thank y'all
I trained from about 1993 to 2016 and still used most of them!
It depends, self defence stuff is ok, some other techniques were definitly modified at least a little bit, but these are fundamentals and most it should be learnt and is still useful.
2:00 3:06 5:00 6:48 8:27 10:10 12:04 13:21 14:25 15:10 16:53 19:51 21:48
Just perfecting all of the basics and you already have the weapons you need to fight.
Legendary Rorion Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Basically Just Judo...
Erm...NO!
And not like any Japanese Ju-Jitsu I ever did either.
I love the way that the Gracies systematized ground fighting.
Strikers should train the basics with a partner as a support system because even the best plans go tits up and it's very easy to find yourself rolling around in the dirt with no clue what to do.
Very helpful! Thanks for the upload!
06:38 esse "oh!" foi brasileiraaaaaaaaaaaasso osss
Demais
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing this invaluable material
Techniques as relevant today as they were back then.
curse you physics!!!!! ; )
I learned alot today watching this video. Thanknyou
Imagine being Royce Gracie, and the kid who picked on you was your older brother Rorion Gracie.
Iron sharpens iron
I took bjj and they had no concept of strikes , gracie jujitsu is the best. I learned a lot don't get me wrong well they weren't worrying about strikes in my mind I developed the distance I needed to throw strikes it was sport for them but for me it was entirely different I learned all about range what works for me ,our master was very very lazy , didnt want to do self defense he would rather have his student run the class
Amazing basics, only a question how do you prevent triangle at 1:03?
Same question here!
I think it’s changed over time.. I have learned that you tuck that right elbow in and push your forearm against the inside leg of the grounded opponent
If the opponent is skilled, you would would use the inside arm to hug the thigh of the leg that's wrapped around your neck, so you can posture up and THEN stack them. Going straight for this stacking pass isn't recommended against skilled people.
When was this tape released?
Any chance of posting the Intermediate Pts 1, 2, and 3 on your channel? And the Advanced Parts 1, 2, and 3? And also the Street Self Defense Parts 1, 2, and 3? :)) I would be forever grateful!
1:03:45 idk about that one, that's a triangle all day..
Pretty sure this was meant for average joes/civilians when jiu-jitsu was not as well knowm