The Man Who Defeated Helio Gracie

[Tony10]

God, that picture again...

[desert eagle]

thanks for the informative thread

[Smokey_D]

Did anyone notice how Kimura passed Helio's guard? Very cool. He clearly dominated the fight.

It is BS that he had better "fighting will and spirit." If I fought a 10 year kid and toyed with him, but someone said, well this kid had more fighting spirit, I would be pissed.

Rorion should run for a political office. He can spin anything.

As far as the missing tape goes, I believe that this is all that exists of the fight or at least is publically distributed by the Gracies. Unfortunately, I don't think there were any Japanese news crews there with cameras.

[bbbb]

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?so what is the moral of the story...

[mma_fan81]

My favorite part is: "One instance, Wushi-Zima, a two time champion, was aroused by a commotion in the nearby woods"

[sirmattu]

How did he accomplish such a high dan at that age?

[cakegirl]

He practiced takedowns on trees at midnight??? I wonder if he actually took them down (i.e., uprooted them) or if it was just the early stage of the takedowns he practiced...

Cakegirl (going downstairs now to do 1000 pushups)

[wardancer]

How did he accomplish such a high dan at that age?

in those days, they did not have coloured (yellow, white, blue etc...). they only had white, brown, balck. getting 3 dan after 3 years was the norm for University students that studied under the founder.
the existing so glamorous black belt TMA belt is a concept new promoted by non-jap instructors.

[HappyJackSlade]

That was an awesome read.I just saw the video of the fight between Helio and Kimura