These guys are legends!!! In the early 1990s after training in Karate, Wing Chun and Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, I cross trained with some other martial artists and NHB guys who had been to Holland, Thailand and Brazil, doing BJJ Lute Livre and Vale Tudo. I learned a ton of clinch work and grappling. After seeing UFC 1 on VHS me and some of my training partners became vagabonds traveling around and training at different schools including a Renzo Gracie juijitsu affiliated school and later with a Rigan Machado affiliated dojo. I have always focused on self-defense combative approach and love the idea of the original jits with hits, submission only 3 belt system using the white/light blue and navy blue belt! I have hardly even looked back at my JKD training, I guillotined armbar and RNC lots of guys until the early to mid 2000s unless they were BJJ guys most never saw it coming.

"qual é a sua graduação no jiu jitsu?" "GRÊMIO CHÊ"

What amazing history this lineage has

That's the coolest belt in all of martial arts!

Can anyone do this sir. I have been doing BJJ for 6 years now. Don’t care about the sport aspect, but have total respect for it. I am Pro Gracie way, and would love to honor them when the time comes. OSS 🙏

@ValenteBrothersTV

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. So far only those who have been awarded the Professors Diploma by grandmaster Helio have donned the navy belt.

Samurai Indigo (Aizome) Japan national soccer team named Samurai Blue Blue Judogi

I used to like blue … but since Helio choose that one already, I was okay accepting the Purple. 😅