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Chuck and Bob Wall visited the Gracie family in Rio, Brazil and experienced the training first hand and were impressed so much that Chuck wanted his Black Belts in the UFAF to learn the system. In 1988 they flew to Las Vegas and taught for the first time there.
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Chuck Norris “this is Rickson, Champion of Brazil and probably Champion of the world, and this is Royce he is another Gracie brother”
that is what made Royce wanna be the best Gracie ever,,
after Chuck Norris dissed him hahaha
jk
What the Gracie family has given to the world is beyond compare and can never be repaid. Thank you Gracie Family and much respect.
Very interesting post. Cool to see BJJ taught as a new technique to Americans in the 80s. Thanks Bruno. Btw, is this the first time the Gracies made it to the States?
Great Post. Thanks Bruno
This is GOLD Bruno, thank you!
I love Chucks open mind to BJJ. Most people back then did not respect BJJ at all. Thank you to Chuck for bringing Carlos Machado (Gracie cousin) to Texas.
This is great. Good to see how progressive the Gracies were back then and Chuck Norris as well for introducing an effective style to his students. That’s mutual respect.
Never heard of these so called “Gracie’s”.
Just started Jiu Jitsu a few weeks ago, we’ve been learning some of these same basic moves. Cool to see the techniques havent changed in 25 years.
We all owe Gracie family respect. Osu
Chuck Norris FTW
Yeah, Bruno. This version is lacking a bit in quality. Let me know when this comes out on Bluray so I can watch it on my plasma with surround sound. Thank you.
Amazing. It’s great to know that Norris was always so open minded. Most classically trained martial artists scoffed at bjj back then, but he understood the importance and benefit of even a small amount of knowledge in grappling (bjj, judo, wrestling) along with your knowledge of striking. I learned that lesson a little late unfortunately…
Is Chuck rollin with the Russian from The Chinese Connection there at the end?
You’re the man Bruno!
Chuck Norris was once bitten by a cobra, and the cobra died.
way ahead of their time. awesome find Bruno
Chuck Norris doesn’t hold his breath, he takes air hostage.
i have all the respect for what they give us but admit that nowadays havin a seminar
… like that with all those gracie’s would ask a god amount of money to follow it!!
Chuck Norris is God.
@ 17:47 Rorion Gracie: “Nobody can kick the guy from here, only in movies.. we will let Chuck do this one in the movies…(Laughing). But you know what I’m saying.. the guy jumps from over here and kills him over there..it’s not like that”
Chuck Norris: “IT IS!!!”
In 1972, Carley Gracie moved to the United States, where he fought challenge matches and trained students up and down the eastern seaboard. Carley was the first member of the Gracie family to teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the United States, and gave classes at locations in Virginia and Florida before moving to California in 1979. He eventually opened a school in San Francisco, California, where he currently teaches.[2]
I love how people love the gracies for coming to america but anyone who went to japan and saw them doing it were saying oh silly asians. Kind of like when the gracies went to japan and got smoked, thank you judo masters and jui jitsu fighters from japan who taught the russians sambo and the gracies jj.
@kdaddy61987
That’s the truth. Notice how Rorion Gracie said ‘gracie’ jui jitsu came from japan but they changed 60% of it. I would like to know which moves they invented 4 real…
And if they did invent a lot of moves.. Why did they stop? Looks like the 1st generation of the Gracies were the intellectual ones
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