休克, 卷. 2

With 休克, 卷. 2 (亞馬遜附屬鏈接), 羅伯托·佩德雷拉（Roberto Pedreira）在他認為是巴西全盛時期的故事中講述了巴西柔術的故事, 1950 – 1960. 除了卡洛斯（Carlos）和赫利奧（Helio Gracie）, 其他幾個學院, 例如奧斯瓦爾多·法達（Oswaldo Fadda）的, 也在蓬勃發展. 柔道漸漸流行，但沒有克服柔術.

Vale Tudo matches were at the height of their popularity and regularly televised. Gracie Academy students were featured on television with other grapplers and professional wrestlers in competitive grappling contests.

Helio Gracie took part in the most important matches of his professional fighting career in his late 30s and early 40s. Helio drew with and defeated Kato. He lost to Kimura and Waldemar Santana. Despite the losses, Helio fought well for his age and emerged with a stronger reputation than when he entered the contests.

然而, the most significant development in the spread of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was the emergence of the second generation of Gracies, Carlson and Robson Gracie, plus their close friend Joao Alberto Barreto. Throughout the 1950s, these three men defended the reputation of the academy against all challenges. While Carlson was considered the family champion after avenging his uncle’s loss to Santana, Robson fought many challenge matches during this time. It was only Robson’s small size, which prevented him from answering all the challenges made to the academy.

While Pedreira still shares his rather low opinion of Carlos and Helio Gracie, he obviously respected the younger Gracies. While he does change his opinion of one of the second generation in the last volume of 休克, he writes well of them in this volume. Fans of BJJ history should read this volume to learn more about Robson and Joao Alberto Barreto alone.

休克, 量 2 is more readable at half the length of 量 1. 量 2 is 443 pages. While a more developed narrative style would help the reading experience, this book is a must read for those interested in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu history not told from a Gracie perspective.

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