LEGENDS OF JIU JITSU: Roberto ROLETA Magalhaes BJJ History Esqui-Jitsu Inverted Guard BJJ Pioneer
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Roberto Magalhães, commonly known by jiu-jitsu practitioners and fans as “Roleta”, is regarded as one of the All-Time Greatest BJJ competitors of the sport and one of the greatest innovators of the modern grappling game, particularly through his inverted guard, a position that revolutionized the sport in the 1990s. A 4x World Champion, Roleta earned his black belt training under Carlinhos Gracie in the Gracie Barra academy of Rio de Janeiro, later opening his own academy, Roleta BJJ.
Roberto Magalhaes was born in Aracajú, in the Brazilian northern state of Sergipe.
During his pre-teens Magalhães became invested in karate, spending the following 5 dedicating his after school time to the Japanese martial, even though his older brothers practiced jiu-jitsu. Roberto’s resilience to grappling was based on the assumption that karate was the superior art for self-defense, but at the age of 17, while watching over a jiu-jitsu class Roleta noticed the instructor showing a move that could have saved him a while back in a street brawl. This led him to add jiu-jitsu to his weekly activities with coach Joe Moreira.
Moreira remained Roleta’s coach up until the student’s purple belt, a time in which Roberto won a few local tournaments while maintaining his contact with karate, however, after this rank Magalhães opted to relinquish the striking aspect of his life to pursue grappling greatness. With that in mind Roleta moved to Rio de Janeiro to train at the Gracie Barra team, with Carlos Gracie Junior, one of the most famous academies in Brazil.
During this period he also found that trusting on what he was being shown technique-wise would not be enough. He wasn’t an explosive guy and if everyone was learning the same techniques, the feeling was the most athletic guy would always have the advantage. Trusting his creativity, and being an engineering student, he started thinking of new positions, this became his obsession developing them 24/7. He stated on his website back in 2010 that he would often think of a position in the middle of the night and grab a piece of paper to write it down so he wouldn’t forget. This perseverance ended in Roberto creating many positions and being referenced by many as one of the revolutionary creators of the Inverted Guard.
In 1996 Roleta was given his black belt with the intent of fighting in the World Championships that year. The big duel between the Carlson Gracie Academy and Gracie Barra was on the horizon and Carlson Gracie had an Ace in the Meio Pesado category by the name of Walid Ismail who had been undefeated for a few years. Carlos Gracie planned to use his own “secret weapon” in Roleta Magalhaes, and it worked. Walid was surprised by Roleta’s “strange” new position and ended swept by Roleta which was enough to win the bout between the two. Roleta would go on to win the tournament which was the very first World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, a deed Roberto would savor 3 more times in his career.
Roberto Magalhaes continued his rampant career through the late 1990s and the early 2000’s getting the reputation of the best guard in Jiu-Jitsu during that period, a very impressive title as the guard has been arguably BJJ’s greatest contribution to Martial Arts. During this period, Roberto Magalhaes also reached academic prowess by finishing his masters in Industrial Engineering. He retired after his glorious competitive period dedicating himself to teaching BJJ in both Brazil and the United States.
Many of today's current guards can be attributed to the Esqui-Jitsu style created by Roleta such as the Inverted Guard of Ryan Hall, the Tornado Guard of Roberto Cyborg Abreu and even the Lapel guards or Squid guard of American Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Keenan Cornelius.
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Meu grande amigo de infância e adolescência, Roletinha!!! Osss
Caracaaaa.. que doidoooo
Great video!!! Bravo and thank you for your great work and contributions to jiu-jitsu!!
I’m so happy to see you do this story on Roleta. Roleta was the true innovations in the art. I meet Roleta in 2000 while training at Gracie Barra but truth is I know about him a few years before and his game was maybe the biggest inspirations to my Jiu jitsu and still it’s today 20+ years later Roleta is one of a kind and should be much better known now days. His innovations are just as impactful as Keenan or the Mandes bros
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Yes he was. thanks so much for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video. Please SHARE it out if you can
Excelente vídeo!!! Roleta, meu primeiro professor de JJ - 1993, ele ainda não era preta! Uma grande honra, memórias que guardo com carinho...até hoje uso técnicas que ele me ensinou!!!
Roleta é foda. Eu o conheci nesse canal e passei a admirá-lo.
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Ele e foda mesmo. Obrigado pra assistir amigo :)
@JoaoPaulo-rn4qp
3 жыл бұрын
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ Seu canal é excelente! Obrigado por disponibilizar isso.
Maybe my favorite from the old school!
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
one of my favourites as well
Yes! Thanks for riding this !
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure. glad you enjoyed it brother
Amazing work thank you 🙏
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
thanks for watching
Super cool and informative! I loved the voiceover
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it
Great job on this one, Riccardo! This is exactly the type of thing the sport needs. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks John. Appreciate that
Love the history videos
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
thanks brother
Great work Ricardo! And what a technician and innovator Roleta was...
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. Yes he was amazing
Esquijitsu.... Memoravel essa luta com Wallid!
Great vid. Stuck in another lockdown watching this makes me miss training/rolling/sparring so much...😏
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching. Please share it out
thx a lot
Amazing video!!!
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
thanks so much :)
Great film ! Thanks Riccardo for your amazing work to keep the memory of BJJ alive ! So many great content !
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
my pleasure. glad you enjoyed it
Killer edit! Thank you for what you do for the sport. I feel like I was there. Soo cool
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. If you felt like you were there my mission was accomplished
@eibelerp
3 жыл бұрын
Mission accomplished 🙏🙏
Flexibility & technique Always in shape. Master of BJJ....true warrior.
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
yes he was. techinque over strength
yea buddy!
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching it :)
I heard off my coach that Rolerta had a full time job as an engineer at the same time
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Yes he did. Crazy right?
ESSA GUARDA É LENDÁRIA
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Muito Legendario mesmo
Thanks Baleia 🐋
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching brother :)
Hi, Is this video part of a documentary?
@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ
3 жыл бұрын
no. this is the full thing. lets call it a mini doc. there isnt too much footage of roleta out there so worked with what I had
Fuckin best channel on youtube