Jiu-jitsu Grand Master Helio Gracie passed away at the age of 95 in Brazil on January 29, 2009. On February 7, 2009 the Gracie Academy in Torrance, California, held a celebration of Helio Gracie's life and contribution in jiu-jitsu. In this video, Helio Gracie's second son Relson discusses his father.
2009 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt World Champion Penny Thomas (pennyfighting.com) reviews some of the results from the weekly BJJ polls from thefightworkspodcast.com. During the competition footage, you see Andre de Freitas (Cesar Gracie) against Joao Assis (checkmat) at the 2009 American National Jiu-Jitsu Championships. Data Penny covers: 13% have been to Brazil to train BJJ. 28% have used BJJ in a real life self-defense situation. 46% believe that BJJ teammates should not be able to verbally agree on 1st and 2nd place if they close out the brackets in competition. Only 75% believe they deserve the belt they wear. 60% are not satisfied with the takedown instruction at their academy. Most BJJ students pay between $100 and $125 per month for classes. 64% do strength training to enhance their BJJ. 44% believe BJJ is more martial art than a sport. If there were no BJJ, 51% would not be training another sport and be as healthy as they are. 61% of BJJ students have changed schools....
Video taken at the 2009 United States Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Championship in Carson, California. Joao Assis (Check Mat) is in the white gi and JT Torres (Lloyd Irvin) is in the blue gi. Note the use of the 50/50 guard, which has been the focus of heated debate in 2009 in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu community. Make sure to check out the live blog and online web stream of the 2009 adccs over on thefightworkspodcast.com!
Video taken at the 2009 United States Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Championship in Carson, California. Mackenzie is a member of BJJ Revolution and Gracie is part of Gracie Barra. Mackenzie begins this absolute division match attempting to pull guard and is on his back. Jacob Mackenzie won gold in the lightweight brown belt division in this tournament and Kayron Gracie won gold in the middleweight division.
Video taken at the 2009 United States Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Championship in Carson, California. Saulo Ribeiro (University of Jiu-Jitsu) takes on Renato Tavares (American Top Team). Saulo is wearing the white gi and Renato is in the blue gi.
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Video taken at the 2009 United States Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Championship in Carson, California. Tudor (BJJ Revolution) is in the black gi and Megaton (Gracie Humaita) is wearing white. Make sure to check out the live blog and online web stream of the 2009 adccs over on thefightworkspodcast.com!
Video taken at the 2009 United States Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Championship in Carson, California. Joel Tudor is in the black gi and Rani Yahya is in the white gi. Make sure to check out the live blog and online web stream of the 2009 adccs over on thefightworkspodcast.com!
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Video taken at the 2009 United States Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Championship in Carson, California. Saulo Ribeiro represents Gracie Humaita and the University of Jiu-Jitsu (UNIJJ), and Luigi Mondelli comes from American Top Team (ATT). Make sure to check out the live blog and online web stream of the 2009 adccs over on thefightworkspodcast.com!
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