Rickson Gracie FAQ

[Title Fight Productions]

Here is a detail about Andre Galvo and Rickson that i heard:
That's why in the famous interview where he was asked "did you spar with rickson?.... could you move?" Andre replied with "yes.. my eyes".

there are very few true lol moments on teh interntes........this is one of them.:wink:

 

[Hades666]

One difference i've noticed between american and brazilian run schools is that americans seem to think its more about the moves. Who knows this move or that move. But the brazilians think more about the leverage behind the move. The actual science of it.

And thats what rickson specializes in, he just really understands leverage and applying it to the human body

i train at rickson and you are totally right, for technique training we pretty much train all the fundamentals as opposed to the 50 different guards you can do, we do get some training on all the crazy stuff u see in comp here and there but mostly on defending it or passing the guard, ricksons academy stays true to training more self defense oriented techniques, which is one of many reason i love training there

 

[Mr. Sandman]

i train at rickson and you are totally right, for technique training we pretty much train all the fundamentals as opposed to the 50 different guards you can do, we do get some training on all the crazy stuff u see in comp here and there but mostly on defending it or passing the guard, ricksons academy stays true to training more self defense oriented techniques, which is one of many reason i love training there

Would you mind telling me how much time Rickson dedicates to stand up sparring, if any. Thanks

 

[Hades666]

Would you mind telling me how much time Rickson dedicates to stand up sparring, if any. Thanks

well kron is the main instructor and we do standup sparring at least twice a week if not more so i would say it is a 70/30 ratio, kron has really good standup so he likes to incorporate that into his training, he has sick seionages (sp?), literally threw me onto my head one time

i did get to train with rickson last week (not roll with, i wish), he came in during open mat and showed the more dedicated people that stay late some guard passes, it was amazing to watch kron do the guard pass pretty good on a brown belt and then watch rickson do it to perfection, the brown they were doing it on is dope and rickson effortlessly tooled him and it was funny when kron was doing it, he's just shakin his head talkin shit, lol, even though kron did it well just not perfect

 

[Blunt Trauma]

Here is a detail about Andre Galvo and Rickson that i heard:

This was in japan when andre and the bunch of brasa guys were training at a gym and rickson was there also (in his street clothes). It wasn't like andre and rickson had a jiu jitsu match and rickson won. When andre says that rickson is the best he has ever seen this is why:

Rickson saw andre training/sparring with someone and sees some aspect of andre's mount that can be improved. Rickson says to andre something like "hey, i think that i have some details that would help you if you want and would let me." ofcourse andre says "yes, please tell me". So rickson tells andre to do x y z differently. Rickson starts talking to someone and when he looks back at andre, andre isn't really getting what rickson told him. So me puts on his gi and goes to andre "mount me". Andre mounts him and rickson shrimps him back to guard. Andre is like "WTF??". So they do this several times and rickson escapes mount every time. now rickson says "i'll mount you and you try to escape". Andre can't even move. He gets cross choked repeatedly and they stop and rickson and andre go over the details of the mount position.

That's why in the famous interview where he was asked "did you spar with rickson?.... could you move?" Andre replied with "yes.. my eyes".

Now, it's not like rickson took him down and passed his guard. BUT this shows the high technical comprehension of rickson gracie when it comes to jiu jitsu.

I don't doubt this story but I think Galvao was a bit star struck and his immobility with the legend mounted on top of him, had a psychological component to it.

People forget that Takada shook off Rickson from the mount momentarily, the second time around.

 

[Supereem]

People forget that Takada shook off Rickson from the mount momentarily, the second time around.

Things like this in his MMA fights kinda kill the legend for me.

 

[Deleted member 267581]

well kron is the main instructor and we do standup sparring at least twice a week if not more so i would say it is a 70/30 ratio, kron has really good standup so he likes to incorporate that into his training, he has sick seionages (sp?), literally threw me onto my head one time

i did get to train with rickson last week (not roll with, i wish), he came in during open mat and showed the more dedicated people that stay late some guard passes, it was amazing to watch kron do the guard pass pretty good on a brown belt and then watch rickson do it to perfection, the brown they were doing it on is dope and rickson effortlessly tooled him and it was funny when kron was doing it, he's just shakin his head talkin shit, lol, even though kron did it well just not perfect

Is kron able to catch rickson yet? or at least have the upper hand when they roll? I know rickson doesn't live in the us anymore, but when they come by they must roll still.

 

[HEAVY GRAPPLER]

Would you mind telling me how much time Rickson dedicates to stand up sparring, if any. Thanks

I know Hades666 is in a better position to answer this - but I have some small perspective to offer. Though I am not sure if you mean striking or throwing.

If you mean throwing...

Shane Rice (Rickson BB) was my principal instructor for 7 months. He said ran the classes at our club the same way as the Rickson Academy.

We trained "Judo" every day. He called it Judo explicitly and knew the Japanese names for the throws. Usually we drilled one or two techniques a day.

One day a photography student came in and asked to snap some pics of people sparring. The only people left were Shane and a BJJ white belt who holds a brown in Judo. They agreed to spar Tachi Waza only. Shane tossed the guy around like a sack of potatoes.

I think this provides some perspective on the emphasis Rickson and his students place on standing techniques.

 

[Mr. Sandman]

I know Hades666 is in a better position to answer this - but I have some small perspective to offer. Though I am not sure if you mean striking or throwing.

If you mean throwing...

Shane Rice (Rickson BB) was my principal instructor for 7 months. He said ran the classes at our club the same way as the Rickson Academy.

We trained "Judo" every day. He called it Judo explicitly and knew the Japanese names for the throws. Usually we drilled one or two techniques a day.

One day a photography student came in and asked to snap some pics of people sparring. The only people left were Shane and a BJJ white belt who holds a brown in Judo. They agreed to spar Tachi Waza only. Shane tossed the guy around like a sack of potatoes.

I think this provides some perspective on the emphasis Rickson and his students place on standing techniques.

Very nice, you guys are lucky. That's the way it should be.

 

[SHEWINS]

excellent thread guys, I love all the old school history. Really good stuff Ive been reading it in work for the last few hours while trying to avoid doing everything else i should be doing.

 

[Hades666]

Is kron able to catch rickson yet? or at least have the upper hand when they roll? I know rickson doesn't live in the us anymore, but when they come by they must roll still.

yeah they roll, but not to see who will tap out who, rickson is still in great shape and even though he may not be as athletic as kron, i have no doubt rickson would tool kron, the other day rickson was showing a guard pass and had kron do it against a brown, when kron started struggling a little to pass, rickson just shook his head and told him, "time was up 30 seconds ago, you waste too much energy" then rickson gets up and goes in the browns guard and while the brown was defending (and this brown belt is a very good one, im not talkin about a brown just because he was training for 10 yrs, the guy is good) rickson does the same pass with no effort all while talking and explaining, the skill level between kron and rickson is still a huge, huge gap, and that says alot because as u all know, kron is amazing, and rickson is...the man

 

[Hades666]

I know Hades666 is in a better position to answer this - but I have some small perspective to offer. Though I am not sure if you mean striking or throwing.

If you mean throwing...

Shane Rice (Rickson BB) was my principal instructor for 7 months. He said ran the classes at our club the same way as the Rickson Academy.

We trained "Judo" every day. He called it Judo explicitly and knew the Japanese names for the throws. Usually we drilled one or two techniques a day.

One day a photography student came in and asked to snap some pics of people sparring. The only people left were Shane and a BJJ white belt who holds a brown in Judo. They agreed to spar Tachi Waza only. Shane tossed the guy around like a sack of potatoes.

I think this provides some perspective on the emphasis Rickson and his students place on standing techniques.

i miss shane, too bad he is stuck in canada, he did have really good throws, i started training with him as well back at ricksons and everyday he usually would start class by showing standup techniques before moving to the ground, his class progressed like a fight, started with standup, then maybe a transition, and then a sub, then it would be time for open mat

 

[Hades666]

shane liked to train standup alot, losing him at ricksons really sucked, damn immigration laws!!

 

[Title Fight Productions]

I don't doubt this story but I think Galvao was a bit star struck and his immobility with the legend mounted on top of him, had a psychological component to it.

People forget that Takada shook off Rickson from the mount momentarily, the second time around.

I don't doubt this story............................ i just kinda doubt this story.


Funny how people seem to have a reason to dismiss ALL the "stories" in regards to Rickson's rolling.

My thing is this is a sport plagued with rivalries and family disputes, a sport born and bread in the ultra egotistical alpha male family of the Gracie's amounts the very proud and fire'y people of Brazil. And yet, to this day no one has come out and said anything in regards to "i did o.k. againts Rickson"?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!??

Come on......

 

[koolinkunming]

I've hinted to the wife that I want the Renzo DVD for Father's Day.

I am a collector of music - I love having the original package but I'll sacrifice just to see it.

I've had a friend look all over to download it and burn it - does anyone have a link?

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[Cannibal Matt]

*cough*emule*cough,cough*verycd.com*cough,cough*type in Renzo*hack,hack, snorts then horks on the ground*

I have Legacy now. I just don't want to take a second mortgage out for Choke.

 

[Blunt Trauma]

I don't doubt this story............................ i just kinda doubt this story.


Funny how people seem to have a reason to dismiss ALL the "stories" in regards to Rickson's rolling.

My thing is this is a sport plagued with rivalries and family disputes, a sport born and bread in the ultra egotistical alpha male family of the Gracie's amounts the very proud and fire'y people of Brazil. And yet, to this day no one has come out and said anything in regards to "i did o.k. againts Rickson"?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!??

Come on......

You missed my point.

First off, Sergio Penha more than held his own. Secondly, The fact of the matter is that both Takada fights were caught on tape. watch it and I dare you to refute my claims that Rickson was "de-mounted".

BTW you are barking up the wrong tree. I'm a big Rickson Gracie fan.

 

[nefti]

sergio got tapped by rickson twice.

 

[Blunt Trauma]

sergio got tapped by rickson twice.

Sergio was a bonafide purple belt.

Accounts of the story vary but one common point everyone made was that Sergio gave him a lot to handle and was injured when they fought.

 

[nefti]

and when they fought again rickson tapped him.