Sjokk, Vol. 2

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With Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon-tilknyttet lenke), Roberto Pedreira picks up the story of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in what he considers its heyday in Brazil, 1950 – 1960. Besides Carlos and Helio Gracie, several other academies, such as Oswaldo Fadda’s, were also thriving. Judo was gaining in popularity but had not overcome Jiu-Jitsu in popularity. Vale Tudo matches were at the height

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Sjokk, Volum 1

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Jeg leste nylig Choque: Den ufortalte historien om Jiu-Jitsu i Brasil, Volum 1 av Roberto Pedreira (Amazon-tilknyttet lenke), som forteller en alternativ historie om BJJs begynnelse enn vi har blitt fortalt av i forskjellige intervjuer med medlemmer av Gracie-familien. “Sjokk” oversetter til “sjokkerende” på brasiliansk portugisisk. While Pedreira exhaustively researches and cites primary sources, mostly Brazilian newspapers,

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Mens denne historien kan eller kan

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Professor Yamashita Kommer til Amerika i 1902

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Sam Hill, a Seattle businessman, brought Professor Yoshiaki Yamashita to the United States in 1902. Professor Yamashita intended to help spread Dr. Jigoro Kano’s relatively new martial art of Judo. Accompanying Professor Yamashita was his student Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda would go on to teach Carlos Gracie in Brazil. The Gracies modified the techniques into the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over

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How To Spread A Martial Art

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3 ganger over den siste 150 år, kampsportutøvere skapte mer moderne versjoner av eldre kampsport. I motsetning til mange tidligere systemer, innovatørene av disse moderne kampsportene valgte å dele denne informasjonen med utenforstående og spre kunsten sin rundt i verden. Jigoro Kanos formidling av judo er den beste case-studien for hvordan man kan utvikle og spre en kampsport

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