*Please* tell me you plan to learn some 52 Blocks along this journey... Can hardly imagine a greater missed opportunity given the title of this series.
I have been a karate practitioner for about 10 years and I have studied basic Akido jujutsu and a little Kung Fu. Last year I took the live courses with the Gracie's because I wanted to learn how to fight on the ground and I have to admit it was awesome . Even thou I had a grappling dummy I learned a-lot from the Gracie brothers. There technic really complemented my Karate. One day I'm going to take a class at there university. Also thank you for interviewing him because as a practitioner of the arts I feel that you have more of the understanding of there philosophy.
I love the part about u at the college 😂and that’s why I love jiujitsu so much we don’t have to hit or kick anybody to win the fight I wish more karate and taekwondo schools would start teaching this and not just kicks and punches .🥋
Very informative video. My only concern is that of merely on observational one. Based upon one thing that is said at the beginning, and one thing that is not being mentioned. I have tremendous respect for any and all martial arts (having trained in enough of them), so my comment is not to intended to nitpick Gracie Jiu-jitsu, as I know that have concepts on their curriculum to handle most common things. That being said if this episode deals with mainly self defense and not sport aspects of how one would use this art, calling the close clinch around the other person's waist while not having any control of where their arms go, a "green zone" implying you are completely safe is a bit inaccurate, especially if the person being grabbed feels at a disadvantage, decides to pull a knife and start stabbing where the defender is completely open, like the weak side and back. And in sport this is never a concern because no weapons are allowed. But a street fight or violent altercation, you don't know whether or not the person is carrying a weapon like a knife, thus you always assume they are and that you have to have a strategy for dealing with it if and when they deploy such. And so far all that has been discussed is solely from an unarmed perspective of both parties. Secondly, and again this is based upon more where I live than the general consensus of law enforcement policy, but for him to make the claim that he could be our in public mounted on top of someone, and cops could drive by, see this situation (not fully understanding it simply by sight alone) and just keep on driving, because in his opinion he's not "fighting" with the person he's mounted on top of, because he's simply trying to control them; that premise is still slightly arrogant. As I don't know of any cop that would see a potential assault situation and simply keep going about their day without investigating first. And responding officers don't immediately know who the defender or aggressor is just by sight, so they would often jump to the defense of whoever appears to be losing at that time. Again my comment is not meant to bad mouth Gracie Jiu-jitsu or any martial art, as it has like most effective martial arts has good sound concepts and body mechanics and tactics. But when talking about or teaching it for self defense, out on the street, the street is not the safe, sterile, debris-free, perfect weather climate, ideal lighting environment of the classroom dojo setting. If one is in a trash strewn back alley, with all sorts of trash and potential makeshift edged and impact weapons; those concepts being taught will help some. But I would think the ground of that type of environment would be the last place where one would choose to take them to them ground. If you get taken to the ground, beyond your control (due to bad terrain, weather conditions, losing your footing) such tactics are wonderful to have but one could still possibly sustain injury even by gaining the top dominant position. Better to use such skills to try to create distance and not wind up on the ground. I am sure when it comes to teaching law enforcement officers and civilians (or I would hope) that such would be addressed or covered to much greater extent. But if this is some viewer's first exposure to the concepts of Gracie Jiu-jitsu and street self defense and violent altercations, then it might leaving them wondering or having dangerous false misconceptions of the dangers that exist in a violent altercation and why they should be avoided in the first place. Still a great video overall, I have enjoyed each of the ones so far and look forward to the next one. Thank you so much for sharing.
Mr. Fletcher, your points were very well thought out and communicated. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. I appreciate your support. Thank you! William
Good concern, but if you know jiu jitsu you are not hanging around in a standup clinch for long….the stop there is for illustration, you close the distance and take them down…control the arms, especially if a knife could be in play
Your Channel is awesome, I'm a Subscriber now. I plan on training myself in the Martial Arts starting a UA-cam Channel based on that. Anyway, I hope to see you in Cobra Kai Season 5, I wanna see Dennis assist Silver/Cobra Kai and hopefully Barnes wreck havoc on the Larussos/Miyagi Do. Keep up the great Work 👍!
Thank you. Truly and utterly. I understand that this is worth beyond recognition. Thank you and Ryron for collaborating, recording and sharing. Thank you.
FANTASTIC interview, thank you so much for uploading. I had the pleasure of training with Ryron once. He treated me like a friend, and was so humble and gracious to a measly brand new white belt. I walked away SO IMPRESSED with his Jiu-Jitsu (he is of course an upper echelon Jiu-Jitsu fighter and teacher), but also walked away EVEN MORE impressed with his character and kindness. I am a fan of his for life.
That bloke is always nice to hear. He has a way of carrying himself! Nice episode. Now that you have done BJJ have you thought about to do its brother Judo?
His advice to create an enjoyable, satisfying existence is actually deeply wise. If it’s not perfect, modify it and make it perfect for you. Applied to budo and all of life the same. Great teacher and love training in GJJ, practical and egoless.
Very nice video but couldn't you find a traditional jujitsu school that teaches the complete art this is no offense to the gracies they do what they do But they are not a traditional jujitsu school....
Love Ryron's philosophy.
If you ever felt like quitting jiu jitsu just listen to Ryron talk about the art. Big picture!
Love this 52 Masters series 👏👏👏👏
Great interview!!!!
*Please* tell me you plan to learn some 52 Blocks along this journey... Can hardly imagine a greater missed opportunity given the title of this series.
Been loving these. Great work! 🔥
Only 263 likes.... that's crazy! Excellent interview.
I have been a karate practitioner for about 10 years and I have studied basic Akido jujutsu and a little Kung Fu. Last year I took the live courses with the Gracie's because I wanted to learn how to fight on the ground and I have to admit it was awesome . Even thou I had a grappling dummy I learned a-lot from the Gracie brothers. There technic really complemented my Karate. One day I'm going to take a class at there university.
Also thank you for interviewing him because as a practitioner of the arts I feel that you have more of the understanding of there philosophy.
this was excellent
It is so nice to listen to ryrons wisdom without him beeing interruped by his entertaining brother ;) ^^
The Karate Kid universe meets brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
I love the part about u at the college 😂and that’s why I love jiujitsu so much we don’t have to hit or kick anybody to win the fight I wish more karate and taekwondo schools would start teaching this and not just kicks and punches .🥋
My style aikido gracie fighting mma
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Very informative video. My only concern is that of merely on observational one. Based upon one thing that is said at the beginning, and one thing that is not being mentioned. I have tremendous respect for any and all martial arts (having trained in enough of them), so my comment is not to intended to nitpick Gracie Jiu-jitsu, as I know that have concepts on their curriculum to handle most common things.
That being said if this episode deals with mainly self defense and not sport aspects of how one would use this art, calling the close clinch around the other person's waist while not having any control of where their arms go, a "green zone" implying you are completely safe is a bit inaccurate, especially if the person being grabbed feels at a disadvantage, decides to pull a knife and start stabbing where the defender is completely open, like the weak side and back. And in sport this is never a concern because no weapons are allowed. But a street fight or violent altercation, you don't know whether or not the person is carrying a weapon like a knife, thus you always assume they are and that you have to have a strategy for dealing with it if and when they deploy such. And so far all that has been discussed is solely from an unarmed perspective of both parties.
Secondly, and again this is based upon more where I live than the general consensus of law enforcement policy, but for him to make the claim that he could be our in public mounted on top of someone, and cops could drive by, see this situation (not fully understanding it simply by sight alone) and just keep on driving, because in his opinion he's not "fighting" with the person he's mounted on top of, because he's simply trying to control them; that premise is still slightly arrogant. As I don't know of any cop that would see a potential assault situation and simply keep going about their day without investigating first. And responding officers don't immediately know who the defender or aggressor is just by sight, so they would often jump to the defense of whoever appears to be losing at that time.
Again my comment is not meant to bad mouth Gracie Jiu-jitsu or any martial art, as it has like most effective martial arts has good sound concepts and body mechanics and tactics. But when talking about or teaching it for self defense, out on the street, the street is not the safe, sterile, debris-free, perfect weather climate, ideal lighting environment of the classroom dojo setting. If one is in a trash strewn back alley, with all sorts of trash and potential makeshift edged and impact weapons; those concepts being taught will help some. But I would think the ground of that type of environment would be the last place where one would choose to take them to them ground. If you get taken to the ground, beyond your control (due to bad terrain, weather conditions, losing your footing) such tactics are wonderful to have but one could still possibly sustain injury even by gaining the top dominant position. Better to use such skills to try to create distance and not wind up on the ground. I am sure when it comes to teaching law enforcement officers and civilians (or I would hope) that such would be addressed or covered to much greater extent. But if this is some viewer's first exposure to the concepts of Gracie Jiu-jitsu and street self defense and violent altercations, then it might leaving them wondering or having dangerous false misconceptions of the dangers that exist in a violent altercation and why they should be avoided in the first place.
Still a great video overall, I have enjoyed each of the ones so far and look forward to the next one. Thank you so much for sharing.
Mr. Fletcher, your points were very well thought out and communicated. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. I appreciate your support. Thank you!
William
Good concern, but if you know jiu jitsu you are not hanging around in a standup clinch for long….the stop there is for illustration, you close the distance and take them down…control the arms, especially if a knife could be in play
Your Channel is awesome, I'm a Subscriber now. I plan on training myself in the Martial Arts starting a UA-cam Channel based on that.
Anyway, I hope to see you in Cobra Kai Season 5, I wanna see Dennis assist Silver/Cobra Kai and hopefully Barnes wreck havoc on the Larussos/Miyagi Do.
Keep up the great Work 👍!
Thank you. Truly and utterly.
I understand that this is worth beyond recognition.
Thank you and Ryron for collaborating, recording and sharing.
Thank you.
FANTASTIC interview, thank you so much for uploading. I had the pleasure of training with Ryron once. He treated me like a friend, and was so humble and gracious to a measly brand new white belt. I walked away SO IMPRESSED with his Jiu-Jitsu (he is of course an upper echelon Jiu-Jitsu fighter and teacher), but also walked away EVEN MORE impressed with his character and kindness. I am a fan of his for life.
So am I!
Thank you for watching and for your kind words.
William
That bloke is always nice to hear. He has a way of carrying himself! Nice episode. Now that you have done BJJ have you thought about to do its brother Judo?
This is a great episode! I love the rawness and all the great info!
His advice to create an enjoyable, satisfying existence is actually deeply wise. If it’s not perfect, modify it and make it perfect for you. Applied to budo and all of life the same. Great teacher and love training in GJJ, practical and egoless.
Amazing discussion, thank you
Very nice video but couldn't you find a traditional jujitsu school that teaches the complete art this is no offense to the gracies they do what they do But they are not a traditional jujitsu school....
He professor is super coming voice an energy.
Lots of Respect
maybe one day you could make the 53 rd video with kalaripayattu from india, the mother of all martial arts according to some martial artists.
What a fantastic conversation.
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