Royce Gracie Brazilian Jujitsu Gi Videos

Royce Gracie Brazilian Jujitsu Gi Videos

Royce Gracie is the brother of Rickson, Rorion, and Relson Gracie, and became well-known in the United States during the start of the Ultimate Fighting Championship Pay Per View Series during the mid 1990's. Royce brought BJJ to widespread attention with a string of submission victories over larger opponents, winning 11 matches by submission, and was the tournament winner of UFC 1, UFC 2, UFC 4, and fought to a draw with Ken Shamrock in the superfight at UFC 5. These results contributed to the movement towards grappling, cross-training and mixed martial arts.

Introduction of Jiudo in Brazil

Maeda met an influential businessman named Gastão Gracie who helped him get established. In 1917, his son Carlos Gracie, watched a demonstration by Maeda at the Teatro da Paz and decided to learn jiu-jitsu. In 1921, Gastão Gracie and his family moved to Rio de Janeiro. Carlos, then 17 years old, passed Maeda's teachings on to his brothers Osvaldo, Gastão and Jorge. Hélio was too young and sick at that time to learn the art, and due to medical imposition was prohibited to take part in the training sessions. Despite that, Hélio learned jiu-jitsu by watching his brothers. He eventually overcame his health problems and is now considered by many as the founder of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (though others, such as Carlson Gracie, have pointed to Carlos as the founder of the art).

Hélio competed in several submission judo competitions which mostly ended in a draw. One defeat was by visiting Japanese judoka Masahiko Kimura, whose surname the Gracies gave to the arm lock used to defeat Hélio (the Gracies threw in the towel only after Kimura had broken Hélio's arm). The Gracie family continued to develop the system throughout the 20th century, often fighting vale tudo matches (precursors to modern MMA), during which it increased its focus on ground fighting and refined its techniques.