I met Royce in 90-91 when he was doing seminars on the east coast with Rorion. In fact we were among the first in the east to get a Gracie Blue Belt back then when nobody knew anything about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. We were so proud of that at the time. I had been teaching karate an gymnastics in my own school at the time and Royce was into learning to do back flips and back handsprings. He was so young and friendly. And he is the most gifted teacher I’ve ever met, and I’ve known many Olympic level coaches. I have still not met anyone who is as naturally gifted a teacher. And I’m an excellent teacher myself and so I’ve always had a deep appreciation for excellent coaches and teachers and it was so impressive to me that his teaching was so accomplished at such a young age, although having Helio Gracie as your father helped quite a bit I’m sure, but it goes beyond even that influence I think. I worked with Rorion and met Rickson back then and they are fantastic as is the entire family, including the Macchado’s. But Royce always impressed me so much with his natural insights as a teacher. He’s very gifted that way and I’m not sure many people know that about him.
Royce voiced the Gracie Mantra. As far as there being "BAD STUDENTS", I believe he was referring strictly to Jiu-Jitsu students. The difference being, GENERALLY SPEAKING, is that a Jiu-Jitsu student is usually there by CHOICE, whereas a school student is MANDATED by state law to be there and oftentimes, they DON'T WANNA BE THERE, right??? But all that aside, IMHO, the Gracie's DO have the best teaching methodology that I've ever encountered so far in Jiu-Jitsu.
I was in iwakuni, Japan on mwss-171 marine base back In 2000-2001. My tour was over and getting on the airplane to fly back to states but the terrorists attacks happened back in the states so all airplanes were grounded and had to stay in the airport. Joyce gracies plane landed on our base because all planes were being grounded, and I got to meet him. He put on an exhibition for us marines at the airport while we had downtime waiting for the go ahead to fly back to the states. He was a super nice guy, highly respectable, and very polite. He’s as professional as it gets. He asked me if there were any moves I wanted to know, and I asked him how to disarm a hand to hand knife attack, and he taught disarming moves right there on the spot, was fantastic!
I was there during that same time. I was your neighbor over at CSSD-36. He actually came there before that too, he did an exhibition at the gym. Me and a few other jarheads went. Super humble dude.
I also think the pain increases with age. Grappling at 45 probably feels very different from 25. Then again if you've been doing it all your life maybe not.
Royce Gracie is an absolute legend! I remember watching the first UFC in 1993. My husband and I rented the DVD from Blockbuster (yes, I'm *that* old!). I haven't watched the UFCs in 20 years, but I'll never forget Royce and seeing him take down some really scary looking dudes. One time, Royce was hanging upside down off some huge guy's biceps/shoulder, manipulated the guy's elbow joint, and the guy tapped out. It was freaking amazing.
@@SereneJudo this is exactly what happened. His brother put the event together. Hes Brazilian. Why not bring in another Brazilian who fought in vale tudo to fight in tournament? or even a top level judo fighter. Royce was picked cause he’d listen to anything his brother said. Rickson who was a true badass wasn’t controllable. There were tryouts for the first ufc. They weren’t necessarily looking for the best fighters. Bjj is my favorite martial art. the gracies achieved what they were after. Royce still had to win tournament.
@@SereneJudo WTF!? Ken Shamrock was definitely a real martial artist, as well as Gordeau. See, this is what happens when you listen to and spit back out internet rumors. Who cares if they were world champions or "trash nobodies". It was a style vs style competition, and at least those 2 fighters were definitely trained MAs. Royce wasn't Helio or even the best Gracie at the time.
Anything goes except wearing shoes because... wait for it “they are weapons” as Royce chokes Shamrock with his gi which is not a weapon because reasons.
colossus808e it was a rear choke with his gi. Watch the footage, even the announcers sitting ringside looking right at it called it as him grabbing his gi. He was literally the only person allowed to wear their style’s uniform. Ken Shamrock had to lose his wrestling shoes, others had to drop portions of their gear. Gracie was literally the only one who was allowed to wear the entire thing and he used it completely to his advantage, of course. It was all setup to be a Gracie win, a glorified commercial for GJJ. I’m not saying Royce wasn’t or isn’t still a good fighter, I’m saying he had an unfair advantage by design and he used it. th-cam.com/video/h-9dhrzlPoY/w-d-xo.html
colossus808e I guess you know better than the announcers who were sitting right in front of them and the video which shows him using his gi. You asked me to look at the video footage and I did. If you want me to now ignore the evidence and take your word for it, you’ll have to come with more than just repeating assertions over and over.
Ryan Russell, I’m willing to wager you don’t actually train jiu jitsu, do you? The footage is obvious. It’s a classic Gracie Jiu Jitsu rear naked choke. One arm under the chin, line up elbow with opponent’s chin, other arm goes behind their neck. I’m done here.
The original gracié who started bjj was a truly great man. He not only realized the superiority of jiu jitsu over all the other fighting styles but he created a huge family of practitioners who brought the art to the rest of the planet. Amazing because of how new bjj was. There was Japanese jiu jitsu but it never made the name like bjj, and it was more than a marketing thing. The grandfather gracié took jiu jitsu and morphed it into a much better thing
@@maitrekano And, how many judokas can beat a BJJ/GJJ player in a non art based rule set since then?That 1 loss doesn't discredit the effectiveness of GBJJ over other fighting styles. I wouldn't say "all" others cause that's too concrete. But, Helio lost to who was literally the best JJJ/Judoka in Japan and had been for years, while BJJ was still evolving. But, Helio also choked out the #2 JJJ player. So, there's that. BJJ has definitely shown to be one of the best MAs. And, they even added the kimura to it's art and developed strats around it. Most TMAs, like JJJ, have stayed stagnant in their traditions, regardless of it's real world applications. BJJ/GJJ has been evolving to be more effective, based on what does and doesn't work in real life scenarios
@@MyZ001 I agree with you that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has definitely come a long way from it’s origins. However with that said Judokas most definitely can beat BJJ practitioners even out side of the mat. In fact I would say it is much better outside of the mat. I say this for a variety of reasons. First is that Judo also has submissions like chokes and joint locks. Judokas would definitely know how to escape them. And secondly they are not afraid of take downs. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu doesn’t have the best take downs and that is a big reason why some Jiu Jitsu guys have a lot of trouble in the MMA world. Judoka on the other hand has good take down defence. Thirdly slamming is much more dangerous when you don’t land on the mat. One slam on solid ground or concrete will end the fight especially for BJJ guys who aren’t taught how to break a fall. And Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gi will make it even worse as Judokas are used to using that to their advantage in slams as well. Overall I highly doubt a BJJ practitioner will win in a confrontation against a Judoka outside the mat. There is a very valid reason why Helio choose to have his bout against Kimura on soft mats. Slams are no joke.
the gracies were very talented grapplers! but they didnt invent anything. every technique they ever used was already documented in japan. in fact even the strategy of ignoring throws and focussing on submissions had already been exploited by Oda, and it was disliked by Kano who considered it a cheap method of securing competition victories and ignored the reality of real fighting
They joke about Chuck Norris going to the gym on vacation. Every time I go out of town for work or pleasure, I get online and find a local BJJ gym to drop in to. I assume lots of BJJ guys do the same.
@ Callum March : your claim : "to show bjj is not a big mans game" is a nice marketing trick because in the open weight World BJJ championships in the last 15 years all open weight BJ World champions are over 100kg besides 1 or 2 that are over 90kg. No BJJ fighter of Royce Gracie 80kg weight has won the open weight World championship for the last 15 years. At equal or almost equal technique level, size and weight will always matter 9 out of 10 times. All respect due to Royce Gracie legacy but in 1990's Royce Gracie didn't have to face the real highest skill heavyweights in grappling : - Royce didn't fight Aleksandr Karelin - Royce didn't fight Malkhaz Beruashvili - Royce didn't fight David Douillet - Royce didn't fight Chris Dolman - Royce didn't fight Fedor Emelianenko Even in lighter weight classes Royce didn't officially even fight Rickson in the UFC, which would have debunked the selling argument "not a big mans game". Royce was amazing because besides Shamrock and Severn almost nobody in UFC had a high ground game level. All respect due but in 1990's Royce Gracie didn't have to face the real highest skill heavyweights in striking : - Royce didn't fight Mike Tyson - Royce didn't fight Lennox Lewis - Royce didn't fight Evander Holyfield - Royce didn't fight Shannon Briggs - Royce didn't fight Ernesto Hoost - Royce didn't fight Peter Aerts - Royce didn't fight Andy Hug - Royce didn't fight Hajime Kasumi - Royce didn't fight Emanuel Pinda or Marc Pyrée or Alain Le Hetet The early UFC where fun to watch but most people competing where far from being the best in their respective martial art. Even now it's the case :you already see what an retired real Olympic level Greco Roman wrestler Yoel Romero does to the UFC ranks. Imagine what Mijain Lopez or Teddy Riner or Marcus Buchecha Almeida would do to the UFC rankings. Henry Cejudo and Khabib are among the few who have real highest top World champion level ground game and it shows in their rankings in the UFC. Also Rico Verhoeven, Badr Hari, Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua would obliterate, with some take down counter game, most UFC fighters who couldn't bring them down. Reality > UFC Marketing Propaganda
THE REAL ZENFORCE the problem with your argument about the boxers is that if they’re facing anyone with real grappling they’re gonna be taken down it’s not a question.
@@THEREALZENFORCE you're not wrong but while you said correctly that the past 15yrs of BJJ was dominated by "enhanced" physically strong athletes, when UFC 1 started that wasn't the case yet. Great post.
WormEffect X but i think the point is is that Royce brought the art to prominence on a very large scale by showing his skill. Rickson is the best no question but without Royce the art may not be as prominent as it is today
WormEffect X i know about Ricksons history. What im getting at is none of those events were marketed on the mass scale UFC was. I remember being a young martial arts student when it happened and all of a sudden everyone in school was talking about Royce Gracie (With an R lol) the events Rickson fought in were credible but didnt have to same level of exposure and marketing. Royce was really the one to unveil GJJ to the rest of the world
I believe when someone is an expert in something and trains with real scenarios and has experience in real type of fighting when facing a person or persons that don't train real fighting weather it be boxing kick boxing or grappling I believe the person who has the tactical advantage is the one who trains in the situation that will be presented to them most of the time now present day most pro fighters understand that grappling is a major part of mixed martial arts style fighting so they be foolish to not have knowledge of bjj or submission grappling....now the playing field is more fair more level there are some truly awesome skillful fighters that are well rounded....I have here in the beginning the people in charge of Royce's corner they had power to tell the organiser who to pair up with Royce first so I don't think that's fair that's politics I won't take nothing away from Royce he's still a legend but I used to think he didn't care who was in front of him he was invincible but I have heard all his fights were always carefully considered carsfully planned and the oponents were vetted to see if they might be able to beat him then it be dif opponent ...I don't know if that's true but a man is only a man and any man can lose a fight at any given moment I have learned this over many years and I would of loved to seen Royce fight someone who was awesome mauy Thai and good takedown defence like a Chuck lidel type fighter I wonder how Royce would of faired then is a fighted who very good at many genres ie kazushi sakuraba he had the key to defeat the particular style of bjj it be good to study case study and understand how sakuraba defeated the Gracie fighters what was it that gave him the upper hand etc....stay blessed people PEACE
I like Royce, but I think he needs to give Chuck Norris more credit and respect. I'm one of Mr. Norris' Black Belts and I was at the Chuck Norris convention he holds every year for his Black Belts when he brought 12 of the Gracies to the convention. In 1988 Mr. Norris paid for all 12 to come to Vegas and do a seminar on Gracies Jujitsu. It was the FIRST time the Gracies were in America, and it really was a wonderful experience to train with them. Mr. Norris told the story of Royce father choking him out and that was the reason he wanted his Black Belts to learn Gracie Jujitsu. Mr. Norris spoke highly of their father and incorporated Gracie Jujitsu into the Chuck Norris System and those techniques are still taught today in the Chuck Norris System, which is one of the FIRST, MMA styles of fighting. Now I'm not saying the Gracies wouldn't have made it to America, but certainly not a quickly had Mr. Norris not trained with them, paid for them to come to America to our convention. That act in itself deserves more credit than Royce has given Mr. Norris in this video.
What are you complaining about? This isn't a video about Chuck. It's a video about Royce and the Gracies. There's more than enough videos on Chuck. Go watch those.
@Diego Hi ! Matt Hugues knows Bjj, to beat bjj you have to know how it works. You Can call it grappling if you want , bjj is just grappling in a GI. American wrestling ? In USA it's folkstyle wrestling or freestyle wrestling ( Olympic wrestling) . If you talk about catch wrestling it Come from England and only two famous MMA fighters practice it. It 's Josh Barnett and Sakuraba. About Matt Hugues , he loose against the Brasilian Jiujitsu of BJ Penn. So... Its always the same truth , it depend the fighter not the style.
always the same questions over and over fir royce gracie, look at 100 interview on youtube, always same questions and same answers!!my God..please be more creative with the interviews!so booring
trueeeeee, his family was most influential family in the history of mma. But you would think they were fkin god by the way people talk to and interview them
Royce is so bloody tough. He beat some of the toughest in the world. Those guys were real fighters, the real deal. The fact that he kept on winning says a lot. Royce had a major part in the success of mma. Imagine coming from Brazil and fighting those crazy tough guys with almost no rules and no protection. BJJ is effective but in order to win he had to deal with standup fighters, which is not necessarily part of normal BJJ training. Many world class fighters realized that they had no choice but to master BJJ to a high level in order to be able to last against the Royce Gracies of the fight game. Georges St Pierre proved how much of an advantage it is years after Royce won. GSP used BJJ to become one of the all time greats, and arguably the GOAT of mma. I think Rickson Gracie was the best of his time. He was a level above everyone in BJJ and never lost in mma. Who knows how he would have done today, but back in his prime days, no one was even close.
@@gc5907 People don't realise, but the sumo wanted to continue.If that had been allowed to happen, he would have destroyed the tiee fighter, because he had Sprained his foot and his hand, so they cheaated and stopped the fighht, when theree was supposed tto be no rules. Imagine what would have happened if the sumo went forward to ffight Royce.Would have been a diffiicult fiight Can you imagine if Royce couldn't get the sumo down and the sumo had won the first UFC.That would have been hillarious
Watch the interview of Joe Rogan with Big John McCarthy he said that the reason why Royce was chosen instead of Rickson is Rickson is hard to control and has his own decisions and had his own jiu-jitsu school. Rorion wanted to represent his own w/c Royce is under. Big John also said that Rickson is just 10lbs heavier and few inches shorter.
Common knowledge. But Royce gotta tow company line…Torrance Gracie academy. Imagine Rickson instead of Royce. IMO Rickson would have been more convincing.
It's crazy I live in PGH I was a young teenager when the first UFC came out never thought their would be a day I can walk ten minutes to a Gracie Jiu Jitsu school in my town lol,
Almost Anyone,Everyone, who is phenomenal in the good way or bad way has one thing in common - Respect. They All have a genetic inclination to unconditionallly Respect everything. Everything !
I mean, it would have be insane if it were Rickson Gracie he had the look and build to be the one but it would have defeated their mission in the little guy being able to beat the bigger guy.
Sadly, we STILL may never know what style is best... sad to see all these videos about rigged tournaments, and predetermined outcomes. Maybe someone should start an XFC where there are different styles showcased. Stoner thoughts....
BJJ is great for a 1 on 1 situation in a controlled setting (cage, dojo, wrestling mat, etc). Who in their right mind though would try to take a fight to the ground in a street situation? Also in the cage, you just need to master takedown defenses like Jose Aldo or Liddell.
???? What a nonsensical question, the only way taking someone to the ground in a street situation is a bad call if that someone is with some kind of weapon in his/her hand, every other option fails, taking down > punching/kicking/etc.
None of u suckers ever been in a real street fight before...if u have u know purposely bringing the fight to the ground is a high risk game in a street. Not saying bjj isn’t effective and good to know but if that’s all u train and u think u got some kind of “street advantage” then ur a fool...
kidk007 no. Not true I can say from my experience and from experience of others. And can be verified on youtube as it's on actual video, where BJJ is easily done on the street. Asfalt grass sand and wood floor. Look it up.
I don’t know much of the story but Rickson said that his father chose him because everyone else was bigger and more intimidating.... it’s not as impressive when a buff, in shape badass beats someone up...
I heard Royce's dad couldn't control Royce's brother...he was 2 or so inches shorter and ten lbs heavier ..because the big brother detached to the states dad decided on Royce as he wanted his school represented and big bro had his own
I always wonder about twisting fingers and toes. Chuck norris has a Bjj black belt! That’s another reason to respect him. I always liked chuck. He doesn’t act like a fancy ego tripper. Just shows by the fact that his bjj black belt is not known. It is very very hard to earn that belt from the gracies. Great video. Royce is so cool. No BS. He is a real fighter who loves it, nit for the ego trip but for the challenge, and I respect that so much. Those big talking bozos make me sick, not the ones who do it for promoting, but the ones who believe their BS. I smile when I see a big talker hug his opponent after a fight, win or lose and congratulate him. That’s the way it should be. Mixed martial arts is so much more interesting that boxing or wrestling or even pure bjj. I hope they never allow eye gouging or biting. It will destroy people and you don’t want to ruin lives. Biting is less dangerous but it’s also a pure pain thing thats not needed to make things real. You could win a fight with biting on the street but not likely in the octagon. It would only be an ugly thing that is unnecessary to prove dominance. I also worry about payoffs. That ruined boxing for me, I saw Paciou lose a fight that he clearly won. I have not yet seen that in mma. I think it will never be tolerated. But money seems to destroy most things so why not mma. For now, it’s cool, very cool. The thing that really bugged me and lost my respect for a fighter was when you know who attacked that bus. Please world, let’s keep mma in the mindset of people like GSP and the Gracies. Keep out the BS.
"Just shows by the FACT that his bjj black belt is not known" - just because you didn't know something does not make it not known. Lol, and you should check out gsp vs big rigg... robberies happen in mma
I think Royce also learned from the first Ken Shamrock match to hold the choke or submission until you know the referee has seen it. Shamrock almost tried to claim he hadn't tapped.
The Gracie's started the UFC to promote/showcase their skills, they had been doing challenges for many years and were very successful beating allcomers, in UFC 1 Ken shamrock was told that he couldn't kick if he wore wrestling boots as these were considered a weapon, so he was under the impression that Royce wouldn't be able to use his Gi as a weapon, so when Royce applied ( I think suso jime ) he thought that it was an illegal move and although he tapped he thought that the ref would recognise this.
Shamrock never claimed he didn't tap. I watched the fight on UFC Fight Pass he states that he tapped 4 or 5 times before the referee stops it which you can see in the video.
Shamrock didn't say he didn't tap. Shamrock exposed the fact that he couldn't wear his wrestling shoes because gracie said it was like a weapon but little did shamrock know that gracie would come out with a gi and gracie used the gi like a weapon.
They did not demonstrate that jiujitsu was superior to any other style, for that they had to beat the strickers in their field, the wrestlers ones in their field, what they did was demonstrate that ground training was lacking on certains arts and the jiujitsu guys had to learn how to hitting and kicking better.
Not true.....it all has to do with Rorion Gracie. He had control over his little brother Royce and could not control the family champion Rickson Gracie. In addition, Rorion become a partner in the UFC, which gave more decision making to Rorion and “used” this argument to discard Rickson. Rorion as a lawyer wanted to keep exclusive rights and make money. So he chose Royce. Then, he “somehow” made Rickson sign a contract not to fight in the US which forced Rickson to go to Japan (I personally heard this from one of Ricsons’ student that moved from California and trained with Carlos Machado in Dallas). Later they (Gracies) enter in a “legal dispute” for the name and logo “Gracie.” Today.....Rorion is worth 50 million dollars as he sold the UFC and gained certain rights and Rickson 5 million fighting in Japan. The law suit between Rosion and members of the family Gracie created cracks and divided the family. To keep profits behind the name brand, they try to keep the dispute under media control. Personally, they are all great athletes and I still remember in 1993 cheering for Royce as he fought Dan Savern (classic) with a bunch of people here in Texas. I prefer now the Hélio Gracie philosophy to train as self defense and not Carlo Gracie (competition). Jiu Jitsu today is another “business,” but I still like the simple philosophy of the founders based in their life style, simplicity, and diet as a way to leave your life! We can no longer talk about martial arts without the name Gracie. To me it was an honor to have as sansei Carlos Machado, Allen Mohler (best teacher I had), Terry Corkran, and Rafael Formiga. .
Why is no one training Gracie JJ to day? Simple. Its not worth it. Gracie became famous when people could not fight. They where fighting truck drivers and bakers.
& according to Bill "Superfoot" Wallace the Gracie family also picked fighters who had no knowledge of the ground game, so once on the ground they had no idea what to do. Also look how quick some fights were stopped - to ensure threats were eliminated early
Great interview. It’s funny how some guy on Joe Rogan’s podcast says Rorion handpicked Royce (not Helio, he wasn’t even mentioned) because Rickson wasn’t controllable. Rorion wanted someone to represent his school and Rickson wanted to represent his own. Everyone says Royce was “small compared to the other brothers” but he was only 10 pounds lighter than Rickson. But that was the story Rorion came up with with Royce - according to the guy on JRE. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not.
The Gracie’s hand picked ALL the fighters in the first 5 UFCs because they were the promoters. That was what Don Frye and Dan Severn have been saying for years. They hand picked and fed Royce’s opponents, then when the Gracie’s stopped promoting it, Royce stopped fighting in it. UFC 5 was the last one the Gracie’s promoted and they set it up where Royce didn’t have to fight through the brackets, but instead set it up as one super fight.
Rorion handpicked Royce to fight UFC because Rickson opened his own school and couldn’t be controlled. Rickson would tap Royce out every time. Politics not talent
I met Royce in 90-91 when he was doing seminars on the east coast with Rorion. In fact we were among the first in the east to get a Gracie Blue Belt back then when nobody knew anything about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. We were so proud of that at the time.
I had been teaching karate an gymnastics in my own school at the time and Royce was into learning to do back flips and back handsprings. He was so young and friendly. And he is the most gifted teacher I’ve ever met, and I’ve known many Olympic level coaches. I have still not met anyone who is as naturally gifted a teacher. And I’m an excellent teacher myself and so I’ve always had a deep appreciation for excellent coaches and teachers and it was so impressive to me that his teaching was so accomplished at such a young age, although having Helio Gracie as your father helped quite a bit I’m sure, but it goes beyond even that influence I think.
I worked with Rorion and met Rickson back then and they are fantastic as is the entire family, including the Macchado’s. But Royce always impressed me so much with his natural insights as a teacher. He’s very gifted that way and I’m not sure many people know that about him.
Me to but in 88. And I’ve also done the same things and know the same olympians but I know dozens and dozens more and they only won gold medal.
"They're all good. There's no such thing and good student or bad student, there's good teachers and bad teachers" - Royce Gracie
That's absolutely right.choose the right & responsible teacher.
and Mr Miyagi too!
I would have to disagree. A good teacher can change a bad student into a good one but that doesn't mean that bad students don't exist.
SLIP NORRIS lol I was about to comment that
Royce voiced the Gracie Mantra. As far as there being "BAD STUDENTS", I believe he was referring strictly to Jiu-Jitsu students. The difference being, GENERALLY SPEAKING, is that a Jiu-Jitsu student is usually there by CHOICE, whereas a school student is MANDATED by state law to be there and oftentimes, they DON'T WANNA BE THERE, right??? But all that aside, IMHO, the Gracie's DO have the best teaching methodology that I've ever encountered so far in Jiu-Jitsu.
I was in iwakuni, Japan on mwss-171 marine base back In 2000-2001. My tour was over and getting on the airplane to fly back to states but the terrorists attacks happened back in the states so all airplanes were grounded and had to stay in the airport. Joyce gracies plane landed on our base because all planes were being grounded, and I got to meet him. He put on an exhibition for us marines at the airport while we had downtime waiting for the go ahead to fly back to the states. He was a super nice guy, highly respectable, and very polite. He’s as professional as it gets. He asked me if there were any moves I wanted to know, and I asked him how to disarm a hand to hand knife attack, and he taught disarming moves right there on the spot, was fantastic!
Outstanding! Glad you got the experience! I'm looking to start learning the art now at 45!
I was there during that same time. I was your neighbor over at CSSD-36. He actually came there before that too, he did an exhibition at the gym. Me and a few other jarheads went. Super humble dude.
@@tailgunner8124 indeed
Met Royce at a tradeshow in Vegas around 2009. Nicest man ever. So gracious and humble.
No doubt. It may look easy, but it is definitely not. I have much respect for guys that compete. Pain tolerance is off the scale with nerves of steel.
I also think the pain increases with age. Grappling at 45 probably feels very different from 25. Then again if you've been doing it all your life maybe not.
Royce Gracie is an absolute legend! I remember watching the first UFC in 1993. My husband and I rented the DVD from Blockbuster (yes, I'm *that* old!). I haven't watched the UFCs in 20 years, but I'll never forget Royce and seeing him take down some really scary looking dudes. One time, Royce was hanging upside down off some huge guy's biceps/shoulder, manipulated the guy's elbow joint, and the guy tapped out. It was freaking amazing.
Pure skill from this man, different class 👍
"Any of my brothers or cousins could have done it" - Super humble!
Even his father could
@@SereneJudo you're spewing pure stupidity
@@SereneJudo please stop lol
@@SereneJudo this is exactly what happened. His brother put the event together. Hes Brazilian. Why not bring in another Brazilian who fought in vale tudo to fight in tournament? or even a top level judo fighter. Royce was picked cause he’d listen to anything his brother said. Rickson who was a true badass wasn’t controllable. There were tryouts for the first ufc. They weren’t necessarily looking for the best fighters. Bjj is my favorite martial art. the gracies achieved what they were after. Royce still had to win tournament.
@@SereneJudo WTF!? Ken Shamrock was definitely a real martial artist, as well as Gordeau. See, this is what happens when you listen to and spit back out internet rumors. Who cares if they were world champions or "trash nobodies". It was a style vs style competition, and at least those 2 fighters were definitely trained MAs. Royce wasn't Helio or even the best Gracie at the time.
After watching John McCarthy talk about this on JRE
Anything goes except wearing shoes because... wait for it “they are weapons” as Royce chokes Shamrock with his gi which is not a weapon because reasons.
Ryan Russell it was a rear naked choke. Check the footage.
colossus808e it was a rear choke with his gi. Watch the footage, even the announcers sitting ringside looking right at it called it as him grabbing his gi.
He was literally the only person allowed to wear their style’s uniform. Ken Shamrock had to lose his wrestling shoes, others had to drop portions of their gear. Gracie was literally the only one who was allowed to wear the entire thing and he used it completely to his advantage, of course.
It was all setup to be a Gracie win, a glorified commercial for GJJ. I’m not saying Royce wasn’t or isn’t still a good fighter, I’m saying he had an unfair advantage by design and he used it.
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Ryan Russell no; it’s 100% a rear naked choke.
colossus808e I guess you know better than the announcers who were sitting right in front of them and the video which shows him using his gi. You asked me to look at the video footage and I did. If you want me to now ignore the evidence and take your word for it, you’ll have to come with more than just repeating assertions over and over.
Ryan Russell, I’m willing to wager you don’t actually train jiu jitsu, do you? The footage is obvious. It’s a classic Gracie Jiu Jitsu rear naked choke. One arm under the chin, line up elbow with opponent’s chin, other arm goes behind their neck. I’m done here.
The original gracié who started bjj was a truly great man. He not only realized the superiority of jiu jitsu over all the other fighting styles but he created a huge family of practitioners who brought the art to the rest of the planet. Amazing because of how new bjj was. There was Japanese jiu jitsu but it never made the name like bjj, and it was more than a marketing thing. The grandfather gracié took jiu jitsu and morphed it into a much better thing
well judo was all ready there and the judoka kimura defeated helio gracie like nothing , so superiority ,,,, i dont think so
@@maitrekano And, how many judokas can beat a BJJ/GJJ player in a non art based rule set since then?That 1 loss doesn't discredit the effectiveness of GBJJ over other fighting styles.
I wouldn't say "all" others cause that's too concrete. But, Helio lost to who was literally the best JJJ/Judoka in Japan and had been for years, while BJJ was still evolving. But, Helio also choked out the #2 JJJ player. So, there's that.
BJJ has definitely shown to be one of the best MAs. And, they even added the kimura to it's art and developed strats around it.
Most TMAs, like JJJ, have stayed stagnant in their traditions, regardless of it's real world applications. BJJ/GJJ has been evolving to be more effective, based on what does and doesn't work in real life scenarios
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@@MyZ001 I agree with you that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has definitely come a long way from it’s origins. However with that said Judokas most definitely can beat BJJ practitioners even out side of the mat. In fact I would say it is much better outside of the mat. I say this for a variety of reasons. First is that Judo also has submissions like chokes and joint locks. Judokas would definitely know how to escape them. And secondly they are not afraid of take downs. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu doesn’t have the best take downs and that is a big reason why some Jiu Jitsu guys have a lot of trouble in the MMA world. Judoka on the other hand has good take down defence. Thirdly slamming is much more dangerous when you don’t land on the mat. One slam on solid ground or concrete will end the fight especially for BJJ guys who aren’t taught how to break a fall. And Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gi will make it even worse as Judokas are used to using that to their advantage in slams as well. Overall I highly doubt a BJJ practitioner will win in a confrontation against a Judoka outside the mat. There is a very valid reason why Helio choose to have his bout against Kimura on soft mats. Slams are no joke.
the gracies were very talented grapplers! but they didnt invent anything. every technique they ever used was already documented in japan. in fact even the strategy of ignoring throws and focussing on submissions had already been exploited by Oda, and it was disliked by Kano who considered it a cheap method of securing competition victories and ignored the reality of real fighting
Chuck Norris got his black belt that day...people tapped when he looked at them
W1ll P0w3R Chuck Norris doesnt get a black belt.... the black belt gets Chuck Norrised
They joke about Chuck Norris going to the gym on vacation. Every time I go out of town for work or pleasure, I get online and find a local BJJ gym to drop in to. I assume lots of BJJ guys do the same.
Marcus Weaver non-martial artists cannot really understand martial artists.
Yeah I love visiting various Jiu-Jitsu clubs when I'm travelling. You learn allot from rolling with different people.
Do you use bjjglobetrotter? The best concept like ever
Its always great on holidays until the sharks at the gym try and prove something when you still have a belly full of beer from the night before :-P
Absolutely. If you do something for fun, why would you take a break from it on vacation?
Because rickson is a beast and they needed a normal looking guy to show bjj is not a big mans game
Callum March Dickson was still only like 5’ 8” 190 without cutting
It's a lie because the Gracies fixed the rules for the matches with Ken Shamrock.
@ Callum March : your claim : "to show bjj is not a big mans game" is a nice marketing trick because in the open weight World BJJ championships in the last 15 years all open weight BJ World champions are over 100kg besides 1 or 2 that are over 90kg.
No BJJ fighter of Royce Gracie 80kg weight has won the open weight World championship for the last 15 years. At equal or almost equal technique level, size and weight will always matter 9 out of 10 times.
All respect due to Royce Gracie legacy but in 1990's Royce Gracie didn't have to face the real highest skill heavyweights in grappling :
- Royce didn't fight Aleksandr Karelin
- Royce didn't fight Malkhaz Beruashvili
- Royce didn't fight David Douillet
- Royce didn't fight Chris Dolman
- Royce didn't fight Fedor Emelianenko
Even in lighter weight classes Royce didn't officially even fight Rickson in the UFC, which would have debunked the selling argument "not a big mans game".
Royce was amazing because besides Shamrock and Severn almost nobody in UFC had a high ground game level.
All respect due but in 1990's Royce Gracie didn't have to face the real highest skill heavyweights in striking :
- Royce didn't fight Mike Tyson
- Royce didn't fight Lennox Lewis
- Royce didn't fight Evander Holyfield
- Royce didn't fight Shannon Briggs
- Royce didn't fight Ernesto Hoost
- Royce didn't fight Peter Aerts
- Royce didn't fight Andy Hug
- Royce didn't fight Hajime Kasumi
- Royce didn't fight Emanuel Pinda or Marc Pyrée or Alain Le Hetet
The early UFC where fun to watch but most people competing where far from being the best in their respective martial art.
Even now it's the case :you already see what an retired real Olympic level Greco Roman wrestler Yoel Romero does to the UFC ranks.
Imagine what Mijain Lopez or Teddy Riner or Marcus Buchecha Almeida would do to the UFC rankings.
Henry Cejudo and Khabib are among the few who have real highest top World champion level ground game and it shows in their rankings in the UFC.
Also Rico Verhoeven, Badr Hari, Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua would obliterate, with some take down counter game, most UFC fighters who couldn't bring them down.
Reality > UFC Marketing Propaganda
THE REAL ZENFORCE the problem with your argument about the boxers is that if they’re facing anyone with real grappling they’re gonna be taken down it’s not a question.
@@THEREALZENFORCE you're not wrong but while you said correctly that the past 15yrs of BJJ was dominated by "enhanced" physically strong athletes, when UFC 1 started that wasn't the case yet. Great post.
Rixon and the older bros never gave royce enough credit. He actually went in the cage and did it. Didnt just tell cool stories
WormEffect X but i think the point is is that Royce brought the art to prominence on a very large scale by showing his skill. Rickson is the best no question but without Royce the art may not be as prominent as it is today
WormEffect X i know about Ricksons history. What im getting at is none of those events were marketed on the mass scale UFC was. I remember being a young martial arts student when it happened and all of a sudden everyone in school was talking about Royce Gracie (With an R lol) the events Rickson fought in were credible but didnt have to same level of exposure and marketing. Royce was really the one to unveil GJJ to the rest of the world
I love it when casuals try to go into the deep end of the pool.
You don't know what they do behind closed family doors. What the hell are you talking about?
Good video. Thanks for posting it. We learn a lot
His Dad said Rickson was the best tho😂😂😂😂😂😂
I believe when someone is an expert in something and trains with real scenarios and has experience in real type of fighting when facing a person or persons that don't train real fighting weather it be boxing kick boxing or grappling I believe the person who has the tactical advantage is the one who trains in the situation that will be presented to them most of the time now present day most pro fighters understand that grappling is a major part of mixed martial arts style fighting so they be foolish to not have knowledge of bjj or submission grappling....now the playing field is more fair more level there are some truly awesome skillful fighters that are well rounded....I have here in the beginning the people in charge of Royce's corner they had power to tell the organiser who to pair up with Royce first so I don't think that's fair that's politics I won't take nothing away from Royce he's still a legend but I used to think he didn't care who was in front of him he was invincible but I have heard all his fights were always carefully considered carsfully planned and the oponents were vetted to see if they might be able to beat him then it be dif opponent ...I don't know if that's true but a man is only a man and any man can lose a fight at any given moment I have learned this over many years and I would of loved to seen Royce fight someone who was awesome mauy Thai and good takedown defence like a Chuck lidel type fighter I wonder how Royce would of faired then is a fighted who very good at many genres ie kazushi sakuraba he had the key to defeat the particular style of bjj it be good to study case study and understand how sakuraba defeated the Gracie fighters what was it that gave him the upper hand etc....stay blessed people PEACE
I like Royce, but I think he needs to give Chuck Norris more credit and respect. I'm one of Mr. Norris' Black Belts and I was at the Chuck Norris convention he holds every year for his Black Belts when he brought 12 of the Gracies to the convention. In 1988 Mr. Norris paid for all 12 to come to Vegas and do a seminar on Gracies Jujitsu. It was the FIRST time the Gracies were in America, and it really was a wonderful experience to train with them. Mr. Norris told the story of Royce father choking him out and that was the reason he wanted his Black Belts to learn Gracie Jujitsu. Mr. Norris spoke highly of their father and incorporated Gracie Jujitsu into the Chuck Norris System and those techniques are still taught today in the Chuck Norris System, which is one of the FIRST, MMA styles of fighting. Now I'm not saying the Gracies wouldn't have made it to America, but certainly not a quickly had Mr. Norris not trained with them, paid for them to come to America to our convention. That act in itself deserves more credit than Royce has given Mr. Norris in this video.
What are you complaining about? This isn't a video about Chuck. It's a video about Royce and the Gracies. There's more than enough videos on Chuck. Go watch those.
Now we know that the best fighters are good at ALL styles
Royce was being respectful by not telling too much of the chuck norris story
Royce Gracie is amazing. He’s basically a hero as far as I’m concerned.
Oooo how I loved watching Matt hughs vs Royce
That happened?
Yes this time Royce fighted a Guy who knows bjj
@Diego Hi ! Matt Hugues knows Bjj, to beat bjj you have to know how it works. You Can call it grappling if you want , bjj is just grappling in a GI.
American wrestling ? In USA it's folkstyle wrestling or freestyle wrestling ( Olympic wrestling) .
If you talk about catch wrestling it Come from England and only two famous MMA fighters practice it.
It 's Josh Barnett and Sakuraba.
About Matt Hugues , he loose against the Brasilian Jiujitsu of BJ Penn.
So... Its always the same truth , it depend the fighter not the style.
He is a living legend...
If my life is on the line I would Take Mike Tyson and Royce Gracie for my MMA Boxing duo 😂
always the same questions over and over fir royce gracie, look at 100 interview on youtube, always same questions and same answers!!my God..please be more creative with the interviews!so booring
trueeeeee, his family was most influential family in the history of mma. But you would think they were fkin god by the way people talk to and interview them
Set up before interview
So after watching this i need to make like 10 kids, so my life would be complete... cuz having 1-2 childs seems not nearly enough.
I have many. They need to get on the ball. lol.
kazushi Sakuraba handpicked the whole Gracie fam 🤣🤣🤣
HondaMan Yes
Didn't beat Rickson Gracie though, the God Gracie.
@@bulkiestpyth0n165 lol.. even Tyson once lost..
Gracies are overhyped..jiu jitsu is japanese.. not brazilian
HondaMan Vtec Also the Gracies are not overhyped. Without them all of combat sports and martial arts would be different.
@@hondamanvtec2894 you realise that Sakuraba is catch wrestler, not jiu-jitsu
Matt hughes beat the heck out of Royce. Defeated Royce like a walk in the park.
Royce is so bloody tough. He beat some of the toughest in the world. Those guys were real fighters, the real deal. The fact that he kept on winning says a lot. Royce had a major part in the success of mma. Imagine coming from Brazil and fighting those crazy tough guys with almost no rules and no protection. BJJ is effective but in order to win he had to deal with standup fighters, which is not necessarily part of normal BJJ training. Many world class fighters realized that they had no choice but to master BJJ to a high level in order to be able to last against the Royce Gracies of the fight game. Georges St Pierre proved how much of an advantage it is years after Royce won. GSP used BJJ to become one of the all time greats, and arguably the GOAT of mma. I think Rickson Gracie was the best of his time. He was a level above everyone in BJJ and never lost in mma. Who knows how he would have done today, but back in his prime days, no one was even close.
LEGENDARY!!! Champion of first 4 UFC's (no.3 retired dehydration), fighting multiple times against much heavier fighters.
Taxation is theft
1st UFC was A complete set up
@@gc5907 People don't realise, but the sumo wanted to continue.If that had been allowed to happen, he would have destroyed the tiee fighter, because he had Sprained his foot and his hand, so they cheaated and stopped the fighht, when theree was supposed tto be no rules.
Imagine what would have happened if the sumo went forward to ffight Royce.Would have been a diffiicult fiight
Can you imagine if Royce couldn't get the sumo down and the sumo had won the first UFC.That would have been hillarious
Royce is the most down to earth guy out of all the Gracies.. love him
But how can you use a gii , not fair in my opinion
Its not just a combative art! Its a Martial art....a way of life.... - Roy Gracie
love Royce , because he's tough as nails
He's as tough as the rule set. Soft mats and no boots.
Watch the interview of Joe Rogan with Big John McCarthy he said that the reason why Royce was chosen instead of Rickson is Rickson is hard to control and has his own decisions and had his own jiu-jitsu school. Rorion wanted to represent his own w/c Royce is under. Big John also said that Rickson is just 10lbs heavier and few inches shorter.
Especially cause in a gi you don’t even notice how built someone is
Yea, that's not a good PR answer though haha
Not what John Mcarthy said on Joe Rogan’s Podcast or Rickson Gracie said Royce...
Common knowledge. But Royce gotta tow company line…Torrance Gracie academy. Imagine Rickson instead of Royce. IMO Rickson would have been more convincing.
The truth is Rickson had left Rorions school and Rorion fell out with him over it and did not want Rickson representing his own school
They only make mistakes when they are told they can’t have something just before a fight.
It's crazy I live in PGH I was a young teenager when the first UFC came out never thought their would be a day I can walk ten minutes to a Gracie Jiu Jitsu school in my town lol,
Almost Anyone,Everyone, who is phenomenal in the good way or bad way has one thing in common - Respect. They All have a genetic inclination to unconditionallly Respect everything. Everything !
Royce Gracie was a weapon
Did Oleg Ever Fight Royce.?
Theres 1way to find out and that is fight fair
Much respect to the graicie jui jitsu the legends of self defense martial arts 🥋. What a legendary fighter.
For "no rules" read "specially tailored rules to favour the gracie style".
What's a worser?
Kazushi sakuraba the Gracie K1ll3r. Legend for Real, no Hollywood
Seems like a cool guy after all
Royce Gracie seems to be one of the few humble gracies
cinevile are you kidding? Rickson and Royce are great. Most of the brothers are. You probably are thinking of like Rener and the youngest generation
I mean, it would have be insane if it were Rickson Gracie he had the look and build to be the one but it would have defeated their mission in the little guy being able to beat the bigger guy.
Isn’t Royce almost the same size as Rickson?
Great 👍 video
A living legend
I thought that Rorion picked Royce to compete at UFC 1, not Helio.
Sadly, we STILL may never know what style is best... sad to see all these videos about rigged tournaments, and predetermined outcomes. Maybe someone should start an XFC where there are different styles showcased. Stoner thoughts....
I think you would like my ch...i talk about alot of what u mentioned
BJJ is great for a 1 on 1 situation in a controlled setting (cage, dojo, wrestling mat, etc). Who in their right mind though would try to take a fight to the ground in a street situation? Also in the cage, you just need to master takedown defenses like Jose Aldo or Liddell.
???? What a nonsensical question, the only way taking someone to the ground in a street situation is a bad call if that someone is with some kind of weapon in his/her hand, every other option fails, taking down > punching/kicking/etc.
Jonathan Carmo he is a kid
AJ Grant that's what I said :)
None of u suckers ever been in a real street fight before...if u have u know purposely bringing the fight to the ground is a high risk game in a street. Not saying bjj isn’t effective and good to know but if that’s all u train and u think u got some kind of “street advantage” then ur a fool...
kidk007 no. Not true I can say from my experience and from experience of others. And can be verified on youtube as it's on actual video, where BJJ is easily done on the street. Asfalt grass sand and wood floor. Look it up.
This is a total fabrication....Rorion picked him because he controlled him lime he does today. Rickson just left Rorions academy over money of course.
I don’t know much of the story but Rickson said that his father chose him because everyone else was bigger and more intimidating.... it’s not as impressive when a buff, in shape badass beats someone up...
He is fearless
It's all fine as long as Sakuraba is not around
Who
@@palerider6099
The Gracie hunter...
Whan Royce finished Dan Severn, that was it everybody had to learn JJ.
I remember that night missisauga on't watching at home , it was awesome.
I didn't think the Gracies were arrogant, but then i saw what Royce was like when he lost
jimmy alderson toys out the pram and bully tactics
Then Royce might be, not « Gracies »...
Oh wow I wondered why Royce held that choke longer
I heard Royce's dad couldn't control Royce's brother...he was 2 or so inches shorter and ten lbs heavier ..because the big brother detached to the states dad decided on Royce as he wanted his school represented and big bro had his own
I always wonder about twisting fingers and toes. Chuck norris has a Bjj black belt! That’s another reason to respect him. I always liked chuck. He doesn’t act like a fancy ego tripper. Just shows by the fact that his bjj black belt is not known. It is very very hard to earn that belt from the gracies. Great video. Royce is so cool. No BS. He is a real fighter who loves it, nit for the ego trip but for the challenge, and I respect that so much. Those big talking bozos make me sick, not the ones who do it for promoting, but the ones who believe their BS. I smile when I see a big talker hug his opponent after a fight, win or lose and congratulate him. That’s the way it should be. Mixed martial arts is so much more interesting that boxing or wrestling or even pure bjj. I hope they never allow eye gouging or biting. It will destroy people and you don’t want to ruin lives. Biting is less dangerous but it’s also a pure pain thing thats not needed to make things real. You could win a fight with biting on the street but not likely in the octagon. It would only be an ugly thing that is unnecessary to prove dominance. I also worry about payoffs. That ruined boxing for me, I saw Paciou lose a fight that he clearly won. I have not yet seen that in mma. I think it will never be tolerated. But money seems to destroy most things so why not mma. For now, it’s cool, very cool. The thing that really bugged me and lost my respect for a fighter was when you know who attacked that bus. Please world, let’s keep mma in the mindset of people like GSP and the Gracies. Keep out the BS.
"Just shows by the FACT that his bjj black belt is not known" - just because you didn't know something does not make it not known. Lol, and you should check out gsp vs big rigg... robberies happen in mma
@@zombierambo2483 - Karo beat GSP also. And Charuto owned Matt Hughes. The UFC went anti-BJJ with the rules.
Rickson may have been The Number One Man in the family...
But Royce was The Original UFC Champion...
Highly trained JJ fighters took on low trained bar fighters. Not much to be proud of, 30 years later and knowing the truth.
Good choice was Royce He's a Good Guy.
I think Royce also learned from the first Ken Shamrock match to hold the choke or submission until you know the referee has seen it. Shamrock almost tried to claim he hadn't tapped.
The Gracie's started the UFC to promote/showcase their skills, they had been doing challenges for many years and were very successful beating allcomers, in UFC 1 Ken shamrock was told that he couldn't kick if he wore wrestling boots as these were considered a weapon, so he was under the impression that Royce wouldn't be able to use his Gi as a weapon, so when Royce applied ( I think suso jime ) he thought that it was an illegal move and although he tapped he thought that the ref would recognise this.
Shamrock never claimed he didn't tap. I watched the fight on UFC Fight Pass he states that he tapped 4 or 5 times before the referee stops it which you can see in the video.
Regardless of what he thought, it was legal and rightfully so, considering how a gi gives ur opponent a tremendous grip advantage against you
Wrong. Ken told the ref personally that he tapped
Shamrock didn't say he didn't tap. Shamrock exposed the fact that he couldn't wear his wrestling shoes because gracie said it was like a weapon but little did shamrock know that gracie would come out with a gi and gracie used the gi like a weapon.
You have to remember the guy that bit you also said Royce squeezes his broken right hand multiple times
So the rules were: no biting, no eye gouging, AND no squeezing broken right hands?
@@danielmoore1232 Injuring the opponents right hands was permitted as well as small joint locks.
@@jordanking6939 okay then, the guy probably shouldn't have bitten Royce no matter what was happening to his hand.
Royce said after winning the UFC that Rickson was 10 times better than he was. Rickson would have been brought out if Royce had failed.
They did not demonstrate that jiujitsu was superior to any other style, for that they had to beat the strickers in their field, the wrestlers ones in their field, what they did was demonstrate that ground training was lacking on certains arts and the jiujitsu guys had to learn how to hitting and kicking better.
True, trained JJ fighters took on low trained bar fighters. Not much to be proud of, 30 years later and knowing the truth.
Rickson would have made it look to easy .
Haha, If you bite it affects the sight, He can't see you tap.
Why was he the only fighter allowed to wear a Gi?
Black Tiger Martial Arts anybody was allowed to wear a gi...
@Zombie Jesus shut up he was 40-60lbs lighter than his opponents and your complaining about a gi 😂😂
Mitch Hedberg lives.
Lol, he looks just like him.
The Gracies need to get over them self's
WAY OVER THE DIRTY SELF`S
Darth Desec Thx.
Not true.....it all has to do with Rorion Gracie. He had control over his little brother Royce and could not control the family champion Rickson Gracie. In addition, Rorion become a partner in the UFC, which gave more decision making to Rorion and “used” this argument to discard Rickson. Rorion as a lawyer wanted to keep exclusive rights and make money. So he chose Royce. Then, he “somehow” made Rickson sign a contract not to fight in the US which forced Rickson to go to Japan (I personally heard this from one of Ricsons’ student that moved from California and trained with Carlos Machado in Dallas).
Later they (Gracies) enter in a “legal dispute” for the name and logo “Gracie.” Today.....Rorion is worth 50 million dollars as he sold the UFC and gained certain rights and Rickson 5 million fighting in Japan. The law suit between Rosion and members of the family Gracie created cracks and divided the family. To keep profits behind the name brand, they try to keep the dispute under media control. Personally, they are all great athletes and I still remember in 1993 cheering for Royce as he fought Dan Savern (classic) with a bunch of people here in Texas. I prefer now the Hélio Gracie philosophy to train as self defense and not Carlo Gracie (competition). Jiu Jitsu today is another “business,” but I still like the simple philosophy of the founders based in their life style, simplicity, and diet as a way to leave your life! We can no longer talk about martial arts without the name Gracie. To me it was an honor to have as sansei Carlos Machado, Allen Mohler (best teacher I had), Terry Corkran, and Rafael Formiga. .
Hickson Rickson Dickson Jiu-Jitson
Why is no one training Gracie JJ to day?
Simple. Its not worth it. Gracie became famous when people could not fight. They where fighting truck drivers and bakers.
Tony Ferguson
& according to Bill "Superfoot" Wallace the Gracie family also picked fighters who had no knowledge of the ground game, so once on the ground they had no idea what to do. Also look how quick some fights were stopped - to ensure threats were eliminated early
He looks like Neo after he took the red pill and woke up in that incubator thingy.
Didn't let Erik Paulson participate, he might not have won but he would have gave Royce a run for his money.
That’s not why they think you’re arrogant
Sakuraba: tadaiimaa
I thought everybody hated the Gracie's cause they were so cocky and full of themselves....
This does not sound like that
Good video with a false, misleading title.
Great interview. It’s funny how some guy on Joe Rogan’s podcast says Rorion handpicked Royce (not Helio, he wasn’t even mentioned) because Rickson wasn’t controllable. Rorion wanted someone to represent his school and Rickson wanted to represent his own. Everyone says Royce was “small compared to the other brothers” but he was only 10 pounds lighter than Rickson. But that was the story Rorion came up with with Royce - according to the guy on JRE. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not.
Chuck Norris and Paul wall?
Royce invented the pixogram
He tested hot cux he used it 4 a injury
Eo Gabriel Jesus ali atrás eu tô maluco
Royce was picked because Rorion couldn't control Rickson, plus Rickson opened up his own school
The Gracie’s hand picked ALL the fighters in the first 5 UFCs because they were the promoters. That was what Don Frye and Dan Severn have been saying for years. They hand picked and fed Royce’s opponents, then when the Gracie’s stopped promoting it, Royce stopped fighting in it. UFC 5 was the last one the Gracie’s promoted and they set it up where Royce didn’t have to fight through the brackets, but instead set it up as one super fight.
No offense, but you sound a bit whiny
@@THEFlea1991 😂😂😂
catch wrestling is the best
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Rorion handpicked Royce to fight UFC because Rickson opened his own school and couldn’t be controlled. Rickson would tap Royce out every time. Politics not talent
Watch shamrocks take on the fight it may not have been a fair fight according to him
Adam Joel it was actually an unfair fight. Especially after Shamrock tapped out and then claimed he didn’t.
Ken shamrock was 40-60lbs heavier so actually the only person it was unfair for was royce gracie.
Not because Rickson had his own school...?
bro Royce has to be tired of talking about ufc 1