Those were the days when after attending a seminar changed your life for many years. I was at the seminar where the instructor did the same sequence on 20+ participants. He would pull the guard, scissor sweep to the mount, and armbar everyone. We all new what is going to happen, but nobody could stop it.
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ respectfully disagree. Clark Gracie visited us, did a seminar about how to set up and how to finish his favorite submission: omoplata. End of the day he rolled with everybody and tapped pretty much all of us with it.
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ if half a seminar is destroying students with very little knowledge that is very poor coaching.Theres no benefit to it at all other than self promotion which is why it was done in these days,bjj wasnt know at all outside brazil.
@@SamSam-80 Rickson gracie vs Rigan Machado. Rickson gracie vs Joe Morera. Rickson gracie vs Murillo Sa. Rickson gracie vs Sergio Penha. Rickson Gracie in Sambo. Rickson Gracie in Judo.
@@solickkin5551 A lot of that stuff was so long ago. Don't expect to get all that footage ever. You'll only get a very small amount of what you want there.
My brother rolled with Rickson, he’s a purple belt, and man, he said it was hopeless, Rickson is at such a high level man… He said he felt like he didn’t know any jiu-Jitsu he was dominated so bad …
@@adamturner8732 That's insane, that someone as good as Machado could feel like a white belt against anyone. It shows how next level Rickson was. Some people doubt Ricksons skills since there wasn't a lot of footage of him back then because of the time, but it's pretty obvious the information about how unbelievable he was is 100% true. A lot of top guys completely humbled by him.
In 1980, I was 15 y.o. and a blue belt in GM Alvaro Barreto´s Academy and went with a fellow to watch a black-belt tournament. At that time Jiu-Jitsu was basically a Rio de Janeiro Martial Art, was not spread even inside Brazil. We were watching the fights when a fighter outside the tatami captured my attention. He had been heating up for a long time, wearing only the lower part of the kimono. Fight comes, fight goes and that guy kept on heating up, alone. At a certain point he was melting like an ice cream under the sun. I said to my friend in a joky way: - see that "maluco" (crazy) guy heating up? He is already tired, he´s gonna loose his fight. My friend replied: - this is Rickson Gracie, the best of 'em. ( Rickson should be 19 y.o. and I had never heard his name before) He is the best ever not only because he is specially talented, but mainly because he was more focused and dedicated than anyone else. He saw it differently, he had already a professional mentality before professionalism came.
A true rare find would be Royce's last challenge fight at Torrance! It was late 1995. He wore a speedo, fought a kick boxer from Vegas. I was there ; -)
@@breakingthroughinside I'm surprised no one knows or talks about it. It was in the morning. The tape play for some time on the TV near the Juice Bar. Fast and easy fight for Royce. I don't recall how he got there, But he finished him with a Mounted Triangle with punches to the face (closed fist.) Royce took the fight serious. The guys in the instructors program loved to talk "insider infor!" Made them appear super cool, tight with Royce. The Kickboxer was supposed to emulate Maurice Smith and Marco Ruas. One of the instructors said Rorion did not Want Royce fighting Tank, or, Don Frye. Anyway, about a month later I saw Ken Shamrock at the Gracie Academy with some nerdy guys. Business? A couple of weeks after, Royce was offered a fight with Mark Kerr. During that camp Royce sustained a serious back injury. Career ending was the word.. I didn't see Royce for a couple of weeks. That's when Caique arrived. I was at the Gracie Academy for two weeks straight (15 days of classes, AM & PM) I was leaving California. Rorion gave me the deal, it was the first of the month and I was paying $180 a month for three classes a week.
when he's not doing cat and mouse he's doing dog and cat, tiger and dog. he adjusts to his opponent which is the true mark of a great teacher. amazing. classic and classy
Quite a few jiu-jitsu top names and competitors in history have trained with Rickson in Brazil and he tapped everyone out..9 times in a row according to one of the best guys in Brasil. Another top guy out of gracie barra said Rickson beat everyone so bad in a training session, people were shocked and left devastated after Rickson wiped the mat with them.. "He's sinister" according to a former top competitor in Brasil..
Yeah, people watch him and say it looks like jiu jitsu as evolved so much, and it has to some degree for sure. That said, it's mostly because Rickson uses jiu jitsu on the most basic level. Back then they would watch him and wonder how he would crush them so fast doing what he was doing in the most basic way. Guys today say the same thing. Rickson in his prime would be insanely hard for anyone.
It is great to see this vintage footage and Rickson was a pioneer. It does also show you how much bjj has evolved in a generation. I think most blue or purple belts could easily tap these people that Rickson is rolling with here in this video. This is not to minimize Rickson's skills because he is the GOAT. I mention that just to marvel at how much bjj has evolved and gotten into mainstream.
No one can make it look so effortlessly like Rickson, jujitsu evolved for the wrong reasons. It evolved to sport only. And left the fighting aspect out. Because people think winning a competition is more important. Then learning what could save a life. Sometimes classic is better
You only say that because Ricksons Jiu Jitsu looks so effortless and simple. Back then everyone thought the same thing. They said watching him they could likely tap him. In practice, Rickson tapped everyone, and he likely would do the same even to the top guys today, in his prime at least. Maybe not everyone, but it's hard to say. Be careful judging his jiu jitsu by video not a good idea, they did the same thing back then.
I bought this in VHS tape from a guy in japan who was selling NHB and grappling matches.....I would send him money in a envelope....wrapped in paper......100 bucks.....crazy. Good old days. Back then there wasn't any jiu jitsu schools so yes we had to learn from watching VHS tapes.
@@devriestown nobody knows,he never does an interview and has no online presence,not sure if he even still trains but he was the top student inthe early 90s and should have been ricksons girst blackbelt.
Classic vid. Was hoping it was something I hadn’t seen but that’s ok. Im just here for all the comments on how every modern day Purple Belt would murder him. 😂
Same here. Seen this before. Hicardo…let us know when you get his video against Yoji Anjo. He told Joe Hogan he would release it when his new federation website hit a million members.
Yeah.. F**king millennial purple belts..Rickson is all self defense game..these new guys are all about flashy berimbolo non-sense..they don’t know what the F**k they are talking about. You hit them once and they become blue belts, hit them again and back to white belts- Carlson Gracie Sr.
I've heard so many stories from people who were there that just had no idea what to think of Rickson. Training with them was fun. Those were fun days back then
He was so far ahead of everyone, that the way he trained to improve himself was to sometimes submit people with one arm behind his back or two, and give them every position they wanted. He would do that against his own brothers to make it harder. He would also give himself a certain amount of time to submit guys, and he would have to do it with a specific submission. That was one way Rickson challenged himself. He talked about it in his autobiography.
Bruh, Rickson is a legit genius... Many have trained just as hard as him but his level skill may never be reached again.. He's the BJJ equivalent of Greco-Roman wrestling's Alexander Karelian, Michael Jordan, or Albert Einstein, or a Nick Saban of college football.... People that dominate their professions to such an extent that even if you don't like them, you HAVE to recognize greatness.. Roger is the ONLY BJJ guy who on that same level... One of his student's student (who actually trained many times under Rickson), says that Rickson is actually slight above Roger... IMO, he probably was a little biased but his reasoning and logic made sense... Won't mention his name out of respect but he's a well Respected black belt, teacher and has trained for well over 20 years, and can be seen in some the old grainy footage showing a young Rickson teaching and rolling at the old Gracie Academy in Torrance..
@@ryanparkercolour Pretty much all of the Gracies have said that Rolls was the best out of that generation. Unfortunately we never got to see what he could accomplish.
Remember that all the guys rolling today, that are really good at this, are standing on the shoulders of these guys that made sure to pass on their legacy with trumpets blaring so the world could take part of the knowledge and keep exploring the field.
One of my dads friends went to one of Master Rickson’s seminars back in the late 00s. Black belt, had been studying the art of JJ for like 12 years at the time and he had the honor to roll with Master Rickson and he says he has never felt like a white belt other than that occasion. He’s been tapped as a black belt but he has never felt so useless/helpless before.
Roger Gracie did the same to the best of the best : Buchecha, Romulo Barral, Marcelo Garcia, Rafael Lovato, Braulio Estima, Terere, Andre Galvao and the list goes on. Rickson is legend but it was a different era of jiujitsu.
It's much different doing it the random strangers and tuff guys of different weight and sizes. At times Rickson is even given up positioning. Just to see him escape then finish them.
And let's not forget the size difference. Rickson 5ft9in 185 pounds. Roger Is physical Beast don't even know his weight but you know it's much bigger than that.
@@hybridkempo6165 Rickson did this to random strangers “tough guys”who had no clue about what to do on the ground my friend. Marcelo Garcia did the same thing to bigger and stronger guys who were knowledgeable and were more capable than any of these guys and Marcelo is smaller that Rickson. It’s not the same doing this to random strangers who had no clue about jiujitsu, than doing it to bjj world champions like Roger did. Rickson is a legend but it was a different time. Do you think Rickson would have done the same to Marco Ruas, Sakuraba, Bas Rutten or Carlos Rosado?
It being in a different era of jiu-jitsu. Doesn't make it any less great. If anything my opinion that makes it even better. It's what got my attention and interest to train the art. Not a bunch of already highly-skilled Jiu-Jitsu guys Rolling in an academy or training and competition. Watching that is great, but that's for the already people who train in the art a see or feel high-level transition and timing for better positioning in Jiujitz.
@@hybridkempo6165 The Roger Gracie observation was in reference to him dominating the best of the best in the same way that Rickson did it to a group of untrained men. Roger and any other high level black belt would do the same that Rickson did here. The difference is that Roger did it to the best of the best unlike Rickson. If Marco Ruas was with this group it would be very different.
Everyone can have their heros, and Rickson is certainly great. But as an MMA fan it's always stood out to me that Rickson backed down from Sakuraba's challenge. Rickson didn't want to risk a loss and ruin his legacy.
Yeah well, that's BS. Rickson didn't back down, Saku & Rickson were all set to fight but tragedy struck and Rickson's oldest son Rockson passed away unexpectedly. After that, the fight wasn't important to Rickson and he pulled out understandably. He didn't back down.
@@rnkmode1876he had several months before Rocksons passing after Royler got double wrist locked by Saku. Kept making excuses like "ohhh hes not a warrior Takada deserves a rematch" That right there you can smell P - mode on Rickson the so called "Grizzly Bear" He had from Fall, 1999 to Summer, 2000 to make the call out but didnt.
@dboygamer8184 oh ok were you the Matchmaker, because I was in my early 20's back then and I remember reading that Rickson vs Sakuraba was going to happen, I don't know the date of when it was set but obviously it would've been set in early 2001 being as Rockson passed in December and fight was immediately canceled trust me it was almost at the stage where they were going to start to promote it. Because of that tragedy Rickson lost interest understandably.
@@rnkmode1876 Rickson for the next 8 years talks shit about the current top fighters at the time. I can tap and beat Fedor out. Big Nog has no guard. Wanderlei sucks, Im rooting for Arona. Wallid Ismail is average. Brock Lesnar is weak. Marco Rua is average. Shane Carwin is weak. Sakuraba average always lucky BIG TALK from a guy who spent his years fighting Japanese pro wrestlers ducking. Even Marco Ruas, Wanderlei Silva called him out to PRIDE no answer.
love the sentiment, but in all honesty, i strongly believe Gordon could take Rickson, both at their primes, just on the sheer fact that Gordon already evolved from Rickson's style. different eras obviously, just another Lebron vs Jordan discussion.
Pride was early MMA with no weight classes. Gracie went in there, most of the times being 10-30 lbs smaller than his opponent. He went in there with little striking skills. Yet, he won. If you ever trained martial arts, you would acknowledge that.
@@minkowski4d "If you ever trained martial arts, you'd know how to use Google." What an ignorant comment. Quiet boomer. No one cares about how you did taekwondo in a strip mall.
Il a fait de même à Paris le 19 novembre 1995....Avec son frère ils alternaient des combats amicaux où ils laissaient leurs opposants essayer de les soumettre et à la première ouverture, c'est eux qui finissaient.....J'avais été beaucoup impressionné de leurs maitrises. C'était au début de l'avénement du JJB, aujourd'hui en 2024 le développement fut tel, que de nouveaux prodiges sont apparus.....il en va ainsi de générations en générations.....Reste des très grands du sol !
Jiu-Jitsu has become a sport and lost it's martial aspect for many students. That is why you see the techniques you do. Most schools don't teach self-defense and don't spar with gloves on.
I’ve seen Rickson vs Anjo tape. His daughter is one of my best friends and I happen to be watching old pride videos with Kron at his house and the commentary started talking about it so me and my other friend made him show us
Would like to know more about this moment in BJJ history. This is early 90's? Is he introducing BJJ to some group or organization? It does not appear the people he is rolling with have any experience.
That was the whole point in the early 90s. Nobody in the martial art world in the US give a shitt about a bunch of skilled Jiujitsu Blackbelt in their own competing or demonstrating by watching. You had to small kine put us on our ass and smash us to make us believer. Lol!
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ Absolutely, he could tap each one in 10 seconds or less if he wanted. I am a GB faixa preta. I know playing cat and mouse when I see it. Have a great day.
No, if that were the case, then it means Rickson had about 8 seminars total (8×50=400). He had many fights outside of the seminars. He also had many more seminars than 8.
Are the guys in the gi Judo guys? I can see the ground attacks as judo players not being used to dealing with submissions. Also the wrestlers you can see how they post on their attacks. Most grapplers did not know about submissions until BJJ came around. Great video, thank you for sharing.
What? Judo guys knew well of submissions, I trained Judo in the 1980s. All the applications, straight, bent armbars, gi chokes, etc. were there. But mostly due to rules/time limits, Judo grappling was fairly basic at least over here. Rickson was miles ahead of most Judo guys I knew. I would think it is fair to say that Judo groundwork much much more athletic in its application. I would even say there applications of triangle choke entries was more advanced than BJJ.
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Thank you for this video!
Those were the days when after attending a seminar changed your life for many years. I was at the seminar where the instructor did the same sequence on 20+ participants. He would pull the guard, scissor sweep to the mount, and armbar everyone. We all new what is going to happen, but nobody could stop it.
very good point. they dont make seminars like this anymore
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ respectfully disagree. Clark Gracie visited us, did a seminar about how to set up and how to finish his favorite submission: omoplata. End of the day he rolled with everybody and tapped pretty much all of us with it.
@@tribefitnessandmartialarts3109 Clark....Gracie 😉
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ if half a seminar is destroying students with very little knowledge that is very poor coaching.Theres no benefit to it at all other than self promotion which is why it was done in these days,bjj wasnt know at all outside brazil.
Yeshua Christ is the truth reach out, nothing but respect
You lasted more than 30 seconds against Rickson Gracie before being submitted: Congratulations, you're above average!
@@SamSam-80
Rickson gracie vs Rigan Machado.
Rickson gracie vs Joe Morera.
Rickson gracie vs Murillo Sa.
Rickson gracie vs Sergio Penha.
Rickson Gracie in Sambo.
Rickson Gracie in Judo.
@@SamSam-80 on another post you asked for videos of Rickson rolling well now you got stop trolling. Also Rickson vs Fabio Gurgel Rickson vs Zulu
Of course Rickson is a monster grappler just stupid could not give him that, but i just saw him here submitting a bunch of beginners
@@solickkin5551 A lot of that stuff was so long ago. Don't expect to get all that footage ever. You'll only get a very small amount of what you want there.
Take that as a compliment Sir. 😂
Around 1997 I was in Gracie Humaitá and Rickson rolled with around 30 black belts, each one tapped out twice.
@@SamSam-80 lol go to any bjj school and you’ll be humbled.
My brother rolled with Rickson, he’s a purple belt, and man, he said it was hopeless, Rickson is at such a high level man… He said he felt like he didn’t know any jiu-Jitsu he was dominated so bad …
Black belts some of the greatest that rolled with him said they felt like first day white belts. No joke. Even Machado said this...
@@adamturner8732… :) Yeah Rickson is just different, so dominant…
@@adamturner8732 That's insane, that someone as good as Machado could feel like a white belt against anyone. It shows how next level Rickson was. Some people doubt Ricksons skills since there wasn't a lot of footage of him back then because of the time, but it's pretty obvious the information about how unbelievable he was is 100% true. A lot of top guys completely humbled by him.
In 1980, I was 15 y.o. and a blue belt in GM Alvaro Barreto´s Academy and went with a fellow to watch a black-belt tournament. At that time Jiu-Jitsu was basically a Rio de Janeiro Martial Art, was not spread even inside Brazil. We were watching the fights when a fighter outside the tatami captured my attention. He had been heating up for a long time, wearing only the lower part of the kimono. Fight comes, fight goes and that guy kept on heating up, alone. At a certain point he was melting like an ice cream under the sun.
I said to my friend in a joky way:
- see that "maluco" (crazy) guy heating up? He is already tired, he´s gonna loose his fight.
My friend replied:
- this is Rickson Gracie, the best of 'em. ( Rickson should be 19 y.o. and I had never heard his name before)
He is the best ever not only because he is specially talented, but mainly because he was more focused and dedicated than anyone else.
He saw it differently, he had already a professional mentality before professionalism came.
A true rare find would be Royce's last challenge fight at Torrance! It was late 1995. He wore a speedo, fought a kick boxer from Vegas. I was there ; -)
Oh wow. I dont have that one
Tell us more
@@breakingthroughinside I'm surprised no one knows or talks about it. It was in the morning. The tape play for some time on the TV near the Juice Bar. Fast and easy fight for Royce. I don't recall how he got there, But he finished him with a Mounted Triangle with punches to the face (closed fist.) Royce took the fight serious. The guys in the instructors program loved to talk "insider infor!" Made them appear super cool, tight with Royce. The Kickboxer was supposed to emulate Maurice Smith and Marco Ruas. One of the instructors said Rorion did not Want Royce fighting Tank, or, Don Frye. Anyway, about a month later I saw Ken Shamrock at the Gracie Academy with some nerdy guys. Business? A couple of weeks after, Royce was offered a fight with Mark Kerr. During that camp Royce sustained a serious back injury. Career ending was the word.. I didn't see Royce for a couple of weeks. That's when Caique arrived. I was at the Gracie Academy for two weeks straight (15 days of classes, AM & PM) I was leaving California. Rorion gave me the deal, it was the first of the month and I was paying $180 a month for three classes a week.
@@jiujudo1307 Caique awarded me my blue belt back in January 1999 at Gracie academy in Torrance , I was visiting from UK to train ✌️
@@MistaJayLJ Nice.
when he's not doing cat and mouse he's doing dog and cat, tiger and dog. he adjusts to his opponent which is the true mark of a great teacher. amazing. classic and classy
your a master to notice that
Quite a few jiu-jitsu top names and competitors in history have trained with Rickson in Brazil and he tapped everyone out..9 times in a row according to one of the best guys in Brasil. Another top guy out of gracie barra said Rickson beat everyone so bad in a training session, people were shocked and left devastated after Rickson wiped the mat with them..
"He's sinister" according to a former top competitor in Brasil..
But he wouldn't face Sakuraba in Pride...
His son died around the time that fight was on the horizon to be made according to Rickson.
Who? There's relatively little footage of Rickson rolling - a lot of speculation and rumor.
Antônio Shembri from Gracie Barra and Fabio Gurgel. I'm brazilian live in Rio so I know it's a true story.
@@Murphy920it’s true. People didn’t film as often then. Most people didn’t have a phone, let alone bringing a camera to every spar
I have only been in bjj for a year. From what I can tell, Mr. Gracie is using the most basic techniques on an otherworldly level.
Yeah, people watch him and say it looks like jiu jitsu as evolved so much, and it has to some degree for sure. That said, it's mostly because Rickson uses jiu jitsu on the most basic level. Back then they would watch him and wonder how he would crush them so fast doing what he was doing in the most basic way. Guys today say the same thing. Rickson in his prime would be insanely hard for anyone.
Check out Roger Gracie videos,he even says it himself he just uses basic bjj nothing flashy
Again, the best jiu jitsu Chanel on TH-cam!!
Thanks so much brother. Please Share it out ;)
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ will do 👍🏼
The guy at 13:00 came so close to inventing the buggy choke early 😂
Thanks for posting! I have this, I think it was on one of the Gracie in-action tapes?
not this one. thanks for watching
Luckily, I was there.
oh wow thats awesome
It is great to see this vintage footage and Rickson was a pioneer. It does also show you how much bjj has evolved in a generation. I think most blue or purple belts could easily tap these people that Rickson is rolling with here in this video. This is not to minimize Rickson's skills because he is the GOAT. I mention that just to marvel at how much bjj has evolved and gotten into mainstream.
No one can make it look so effortlessly like Rickson, jujitsu evolved for the wrong reasons. It evolved to sport only. And left the fighting aspect out. Because people think winning a competition is more important. Then learning what could save a life. Sometimes classic is better
@@stur6722these kinds of comments are so clueless.
You only say that because Ricksons Jiu Jitsu looks so effortless and simple. Back then everyone thought the same thing. They said watching him they could likely tap him. In practice, Rickson tapped everyone, and he likely would do the same even to the top guys today, in his prime at least. Maybe not everyone, but it's hard to say. Be careful judging his jiu jitsu by video not a good idea, they did the same thing back then.
I bought this in VHS tape from a guy in japan who was selling NHB and grappling matches.....I would send him money in a envelope....wrapped in paper......100 bucks.....crazy. Good old days. Back then there wasn't any jiu jitsu schools so yes we had to learn from watching VHS tapes.
crazy
I was at this seminar. Rickson tapped me in under 30 seconds… and I was just a spectator
Any wrestlers ??
thanks so much for sharing this.
I was there. At the time I was below 185 lbs, so I rolled with his student (and lost)
mark eccard,he was a brown belt at the time,had a falling out with rickson and got his black from the machados.
@@scarred10 what happened?
@@devriestown nobody knows,he never does an interview and has no online presence,not sure if he even still trains but he was the top student inthe early 90s and should have been ricksons girst blackbelt.
Grappling attire for the day tank top and parachute pants 🤦
Think someone wants to take a roundhouse to the dome with a pair of those on?!?
Classic vid. Was hoping it was something I hadn’t seen but that’s ok. Im just here for all the comments on how every modern day Purple Belt would murder him. 😂
ha ha ha thanks for checking it out
Same here. Seen this before. Hicardo…let us know when you get his video against Yoji Anjo. He told Joe Hogan he would release it when his new federation website hit a million members.
Yeah.. F**king millennial purple belts..Rickson is all self defense game..these new guys are all about flashy berimbolo non-sense..they don’t know what the F**k they are talking about. You hit them once and they become blue belts, hit them again and back to white belts- Carlson Gracie Sr.
And it looks like Rickson is just toying with the opponents. Think about if he really pushed it. Holy shit.
Its hilarious people say that comment but I was an old school blue belt took ten years off and submitting modern day Browns when I came back.
Wow, he tips people so effortless, even in the points in which it would seemingly never work.
Because all the opponents are entirely useless,even his colour belt mark eccard was destroying everyone.
OSU! keep up the awesome work on your channel!
thanks for watching it
even with this low quality video of probably the 90s its unbelievable
it just looks so easy
right?
220 pound wrestler with shoes on shoes up
Rickson: “Hahahaha! You have no leverage here!”
The way he effortlessly, steam rolls through everyone! 😮
Right
👏 thanks for uploading this
thanks for watching
I love how rickson puts himself into disadvantageous positions then works himself outta them
Oss
Shawn Michael's starting us out with his footlock defense
Há haHa ha ha
Triangles and armbars for days. Looked like voodoo magic back in the day.
still dont understand all of it
The way rickson controls his opponents, I have words. He is alone there on the mountain top
These guys are complete novices mostly, anyone would destroy them
The most relaxed fighter you will ever see.
I can't even pay attention this long, let alone rolling.
OSS! Rickson the Best!
oss
I've heard so many stories from people who were there that just had no idea what to think of Rickson. Training with them was fun. Those were fun days back then
He was so far ahead of everyone, that the way he trained to improve himself was to sometimes submit people with one arm behind his back or two, and give them every position they wanted. He would do that against his own brothers to make it harder. He would also give himself a certain amount of time to submit guys, and he would have to do it with a specific submission. That was one way Rickson challenged himself. He talked about it in his autobiography.
You can here him do his breathing techniques as he does it. Love to see it💯
Everytime there's new Rickson content, half the bjj world takes it as gospel =)
It sorta is
Bruh, Rickson is a legit genius... Many have trained just as hard as him but his level skill may never be reached again.. He's the BJJ equivalent of Greco-Roman wrestling's Alexander Karelian, Michael Jordan, or Albert Einstein, or a Nick Saban of college football....
People that dominate their professions to such an extent that even if you don't like them, you HAVE to recognize greatness.. Roger is the ONLY BJJ guy who on that same level... One of his student's student (who actually trained many times under Rickson), says that Rickson is actually slight above Roger... IMO, he probably was a little biased but his reasoning and logic made sense... Won't mention his name out of respect but he's a well Respected black belt, teacher and has trained for well over 20 years, and can be seen in some the old grainy footage showing a young Rickson teaching and rolling at the old Gracie Academy in Torrance..
@@tajm9220 lol the Gospel of Rickson strikes again.
@@tajm9220 guess you never saw this
th-cam.com/video/rKpMP-0zORg/w-d-xo.html
@@ryanparkercolour Pretty much all of the Gracies have said that Rolls was the best out of that generation. Unfortunately we never got to see what he could accomplish.
Remember that all the guys rolling today, that are really good at this, are standing on the shoulders of these guys that made sure to pass on their legacy with trumpets blaring so the world could take part of the knowledge and keep exploring the field.
One of my dads friends went to one of Master Rickson’s seminars back in the late 00s. Black belt, had been studying the art of JJ for like 12 years at the time and he had the honor to roll with Master Rickson and he says he has never felt like a white belt other than that occasion. He’s been tapped as a black belt but he has never felt so useless/helpless before.
I never saw Rickson against a big black belt, to see his domination unfortunately
Roger Gracie did the same to the best of the best : Buchecha, Romulo Barral, Marcelo Garcia, Rafael Lovato, Braulio Estima, Terere, Andre Galvao and the list goes on. Rickson is legend but it was a different era of jiujitsu.
It's much different doing it the random strangers and tuff guys of different weight and sizes. At times Rickson is even given up positioning.
Just to see him escape then finish them.
And let's not forget the size difference. Rickson 5ft9in 185 pounds. Roger Is physical Beast don't even know his weight but you know it's much bigger than that.
@@hybridkempo6165 Rickson did this to random strangers “tough guys”who had no clue about what to do on the ground my friend. Marcelo Garcia did the same thing to bigger and stronger guys who were knowledgeable and were more capable than any of these guys and Marcelo is smaller that Rickson. It’s not the same doing this to random strangers who had no clue about jiujitsu, than doing it to bjj world champions like Roger did. Rickson is a legend but it was a different time. Do you think Rickson would have done the same to Marco Ruas, Sakuraba, Bas Rutten or Carlos Rosado?
It being in a different era of jiu-jitsu. Doesn't make it any less great. If anything my opinion that makes it even better. It's what got my attention and interest to train the art. Not a bunch of already highly-skilled Jiu-Jitsu guys Rolling in an academy or training and competition. Watching that is great, but that's for the already people who train in the art a see or feel high-level transition and timing for better positioning in Jiujitz.
@@hybridkempo6165 The Roger Gracie observation was in reference to him dominating the best of the best in the same way that Rickson did it to a group of untrained men. Roger and any other high level black belt would do the same that Rickson did here. The difference is that Roger did it to the best of the best unlike Rickson. If Marco Ruas was with this group it would be very different.
Everyone can have their heros, and Rickson is certainly great. But as an MMA fan it's always stood out to me that Rickson backed down from Sakuraba's challenge. Rickson didn't want to risk a loss and ruin his legacy.
Yeah well, that's BS. Rickson didn't back down, Saku & Rickson were all set to fight but tragedy struck and Rickson's oldest son Rockson passed away unexpectedly. After that, the fight wasn't important to Rickson and he pulled out understandably. He didn't back down.
Rickson ganhou muito mais sem lutar com Sakuraba. No final, é sobre negócios.
@@rnkmode1876he had several months before Rocksons passing after Royler got double wrist locked by Saku. Kept making excuses like "ohhh hes not a warrior Takada deserves a rematch"
That right there you can smell P - mode on Rickson the so called "Grizzly Bear"
He had from Fall, 1999 to Summer, 2000 to make the call out but didnt.
@dboygamer8184 oh ok were you the Matchmaker, because I was in my early 20's back then and I remember reading that Rickson vs Sakuraba was going to happen, I don't know the date of when it was set but obviously it would've been set in early 2001 being as Rockson passed in December and fight was immediately canceled trust me it was almost at the stage where they were going to start to promote it. Because of that tragedy Rickson lost interest understandably.
@@rnkmode1876 Rickson for the next 8 years talks shit about the current top fighters at the time.
I can tap and beat Fedor out.
Big Nog has no guard.
Wanderlei sucks, Im rooting for Arona.
Wallid Ismail is average.
Brock Lesnar is weak.
Marco Rua is average.
Shane Carwin is weak.
Sakuraba average always lucky
BIG TALK from a guy who spent his years fighting Japanese pro wrestlers ducking.
Even Marco Ruas, Wanderlei Silva called him out to PRIDE no answer.
That is the same as going 50-0 in one day "
Gavioes da fiel...Nos somos os GAVIOES ! 🦅
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Wow all of the almost in amazing shape … inspiring
Amazing 😻 watching Rickson….!!!!
He's the best
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ probably would have beaten even Roger…!
Thanks for sharinr
Classic!!!
oss
Gordon: I'm the goat
Rickson: You have chosen death
love the sentiment, but in all honesty, i strongly believe Gordon could take Rickson, both at their primes, just on the sheer fact that Gordon already evolved from Rickson's style. different eras obviously, just another Lebron vs Jordan discussion.
Sakuraba....
The best.
Killer Gracie
@@DonskoyBR-c9l kkkkkk sempre tem um que dói o cotovelo
@@drk360 no chance
@@caduguimaraes dor de que?
Kkkkkkkkk
Rickson é lenda no JJ mas no vale tudo só pegou galinha morta.
Fujickson
OMG......i am loathed to say it....................nobody started standing......................
It’s impressive to see them observe in silence out of respect. Solemn rolls 🙏🏻☯️.
They had no idea of his background then.
Not a Gracie fan however, Rickson's Newaza skills are outstanding!👍
lmao
Lol k guy 😂
Taking a shot every time Rickson taps. Who’s with me?
You didn't take any shots?
Tapping guys who are wearing sweat pants and sneakers, just like the guys he fought in Pride.
Pride was early MMA with no weight classes. Gracie went in there, most of the times being 10-30 lbs smaller than his opponent. He went in there with little striking skills. Yet, he won.
If you ever trained martial arts, you would acknowledge that.
@@minkowski4d "If you ever trained martial arts, you'd know how to use Google." What an ignorant comment. Quiet boomer. No one cares about how you did taekwondo in a strip mall.
Il a fait de même à Paris le 19 novembre 1995....Avec son frère ils alternaient des combats amicaux où ils laissaient leurs opposants essayer de les soumettre et à la première ouverture, c'est eux qui finissaient.....J'avais été beaucoup impressionné de leurs maitrises. C'était au début de l'avénement du JJB, aujourd'hui en 2024 le développement fut tel, que de nouveaux prodiges sont apparus.....il en va ainsi de générations en générations.....Reste des très grands du sol !
Legend. Wish he didn’t refuse the fight against Saku
Wow, watching the Master is so impressive and inspiring
Amazing! dangerous from everywhere
he really was
Rickson is artiste
Very
The beast!!!
Brazil is country of artiste
Yes
An honourable legend.
Bad ass 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for sharing, priceless!
You dont see control or pressure like this anymore
All you see is scrambling
double guard pulls to see who can get a leg lock first. The new jiu-jitsu trend is pretty lame.
the game is so much better than it was then - it's evolved exponentially
BJJ has become faster, spazzier and reliant on fast submissions.. probably cause of the influence of no gi culture and schools after the eqrly 2000s
But is it effective?
Jiu-Jitsu has become a sport and lost it's martial aspect for many students. That is why you see the techniques you do. Most schools don't teach self-defense and don't spar with gloves on.
Amazing 🤯
OSS
Second guy he looked like he almost took his arm off lol.
Ha ha yup
This is awesome you can hear him do his bird call breathing he does
Bird Call breathing? Where?
What year did this take place?
Judging by the long hair he had, which you can see he also has in the backgrounds of UFC 2 when walking out with Royce...I'd say around 93/94
@@simpsthreedee3818 That sounds about right.
@@simpsthreedee3818 yeah,it was before vale tudo japan 94 and after he had left rorion so probably 93
I was there. Rickson did not roll with 50 guys in a row. More like 20-25. Mark Eccard rolled with the lighter guys.
Oh wow
Amazing
I’ve seen Rickson vs Anjo tape. His daughter is one of my best friends and I happen to be watching old pride videos with Kron at his house and the commentary started talking about it so me and my other friend made him show us
Oh wow
he could go far with that arm bar game
Bem que o jornalista Marcelo Alonso falou que o Rickson era muito mais dominante que o próprio Gordon Ryan nos dias atuais.
He is a king
Nice
Thanks
I love brazil is country of artiste
Oss
Dam i wanna see this on blue ray or hd4k.... 🍸👍
😂 yes I'm not sure why Riccardo didn't "enhance" the video CSI-style
لم تر عيني مثله قط.
Mean:
لم تشاهد عيني مثله
Who is the brown belt? Is it Rockson? Looks a lot like Rickson and Kron to me.
Its mark eccard,ricksons star pupil at the time,this was around 1993/94.kron wasnt barely even born then.
Keenan, Craig Jones, Gordon Ryan, MG can do the exact same thing here, IMHO.
Would like to know more about this moment in BJJ history. This is early 90's? Is he introducing BJJ to some group or organization? It does not appear the people he is rolling with have any experience.
That was the whole point in the early 90s. Nobody in the martial art world in the US give a shitt about a bunch of skilled Jiujitsu Blackbelt in their own competing or demonstrating by watching. You had to small kine put us on our ass and smash us to make us believer. Lol!
Rickson is playing with these Guys.
Right?
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ Absolutely, he could tap each one in 10 seconds or less if he wanted. I am a GB faixa preta. I know playing cat and mouse when I see it. Have a great day.
Impressionante
Isso
Rickson didn´t fight against Mark Coleman or Fedor. That would have been interesting or against Sakuraba who beat many Gracie´s including Royce.
Looks like Michael Jackson
ha ha little bit
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Samael,
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What styles are these ?!
I had this on vhs.
me too
Maestro Rickson - The GOAT !! Respect from Finland!!
The BEST under Rolls Gracie!!!
absolutely
So is it the case that this is technically 50 of the matches included in the 400-0 record??
lol who knows
No, if that were the case, then it means Rickson had about 8 seminars total (8×50=400). He had many fights outside of the seminars. He also had many more seminars than 8.
Ask him
He is not fighting there, he is teaching.
It’s a made up record
They had the baggiest gi's back then.
Old school
Looks like Steven Seagull seminar lol. I see his opponents wearing black belts but acting like they can't do anything lol
Are the guys in the gi Judo guys? I can see the ground attacks as judo players not being used to dealing with submissions. Also the wrestlers you can see how they post on their attacks. Most grapplers did not know about submissions until BJJ came around. Great video, thank you for sharing.
What? Judo guys knew well of submissions, I trained Judo in the 1980s. All the applications, straight, bent armbars, gi chokes, etc. were there. But mostly due to rules/time limits, Judo grappling was fairly basic at least over here. Rickson was miles ahead of most Judo guys I knew. I would think it is fair to say that Judo groundwork much much more athletic in its application. I would even say there applications of triangle choke entries was more advanced than BJJ.
The king of jujitsu
He was playing with them. Image meeting this guy for real in a fight
25:32 *you lost TWICE IN A ROW MAN..... I dunno.....betta pack it in, dawg!!!*
who is the other guy rolling?
which one?
There is another guy rolling with opponents while Rickson is rolling too.
@@xale07 mark eccard,left rickson as a brown belt to go to the machados where he got his black belt.He still teaches but you never hear of him.
@@scarred10 thanks!!
24:49 No quiero dormirte 👏👏👏👏😎
Rickson is the best