I am doing the same thing as my family, for 100 years already. Soul of People – Martial Arts News – Summer

The 1990 MMA legend Renzo Gracie shook the past at a recent tournament in Singapore. The 51-year-old Brazilian has proved that his hands remember how to squeeze his rivals from the throat. Lenta.ru will talk about the descendant of the descendants of Brazilian jiu-jitsu the illustrious coach, an uncompromising fighter and a five-minute criminal.

Renzo Gracie was born into an athletic family. His grandfather – Carlos Gracie, – one of the makers of the fact that in modern mixed martial arts (MMA) the case happens again and again to a tough battle in the stalls, throttling and the pain. Together with his brother Heliu, they founded the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Because Renzo on the family was written: strangle and teach to strangle. He began the glorious work of ancestors in Brazil. Jiu-Jitsu Gracie helped him survive in battles according to the rules of the vale tudo (read: without rules). And in the mid-1990s, Renzo immigrated to the United States. In 1945 New York the Brazilian had his own Academy of Jiu-Jitsu. Since 1996, many famous fighters have performed combat fights, participated in the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) and other promotions. Well, Guy Ritchie. Do not laugh, the director of the black belt "Big Kush" in Brazil Jiu-Jitsu

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In 1995, Gracie reached the final of the World Combat Championships. It should be noted that according to the regulations, wrestlers and drummers were divorced until the decisive match. Renzo, as grapepler, was ranked as the first. In the starting battle, the Brazilian was opposed by the Dutch judo wrestler, Ben Spikers.

Spikers did not wait for the match directly and began to inflict psychological blows on the opponent. In the form of phone fonts the night before the tournament. Unfortunately for the Dutch, the technique of contactless combat did not work. The next day, Renzo "strangled" the opponent, and, remembering Spikers his pampered, in the appendix walked on his head. Of course, the Brazilian is excused later. But the Internet remembers everything.

In the decisive battle, Renzo repressed kickboxer James Werring. He shared the fate of the Spikers. It's funny that Gracie originally took part in the tournament, while he was looking for a meeting with American fighter Bart Veil. The owner of the old-school powers and star-striker shorts awarded titles to the schootfighting (1945- 1945) hybrid wrestling and competitive fights won in Japan. Specifically, the titles were, but Vail, using the level of knowledge then of the citizens and the lack of YouTube, omitted the fact that for any brutality, the scenario of closing duels was negotiated in advance. It is no wonder that Vale has withdrawn from the tournament. To his credit, however, it should be noted that the American still had some fights not according to the scenario. Where he has shown himself to be an ordinary soldier.

In 1997, he was always willing to properly drop Brazilian jujitsu . This was used to organize a tournament on ruleless fighting in Rio de Janeiro. The Pentagon Combat event fell in history. But, alas, not for sporting reasons.

Six fights have been announced. The last of these was the confrontation between Renzo Gracie, the master of Brazilian jujutsu and Eugeniu Tadeu, who practiced the lute liver, or the Brazilian free fight. A mixture of judo, a style of catechism, percussion techniques in a hot latin-american sauce.

The love of Jiu-Jitsu fans for lute liver fans was so great that tournament promoters deliberately reduced the quota of tickets. . Despite this, Tadeu fans have infiltrated the arena in advance.

The achievements of the Gracie family astonished the world. But from time to time they looked at the Brazilians with a smile. Thus, the legendary judoka Masahiko Kimura flew to Rio to show more of the local wrestler in Marakan. Gracie likes to remember the intrepidity of Helio facing the Japanese champion. Ostensibly doomed, but full of hope to defend the honor of [Jiu-Jitsu] Brazilian The family chronicles draw from a Japanese giant, although his shirts were very modest – 170 centimeters with a weight of 85 kilograms. Helio, in truth, was higher, and only slightly easier. Anyway, Gracie lost to Kimura. The Japanese applied to gyaku-udeh-gara, influencing Helio's elbow. The Brazilian refused to admit defeat, for him the decision took his corner, throwing the towel. Since then, the home of the Japanese entered the arsenal of Brazilian wrestlers jujutsu as a "kimura".

After nearly forty years, Gracie again encountered a threat from the east. The new enemy was Kazushi Sakuraba. The wrestler and wrestler has collected a lot of scalps for his career – Vitor Belfort, Quinton Jackson, Ken Shamrock. But Sakuraba's specialty was precisely the representatives of the proud family of Gracie. At first, the Japanese defeated Royler, brother Royce. And later, the most triple champion of the UFC. Years later, however, the Brazilian will take his revenge. But his victory can not be described as pure: after the match, Royce was found guilty of using anabolic steroids.

In August 2000, during the Pride 10 tournament, the "Gracious Hunter" met another victim. They became Renzo. The Brazilian is skillfully opposed to the known to his Japanese creativity. But the forces were unequal. As a result, ironically, Renzo was caught in a kimura. But the most surprising is how the descendant of the first Gracie took his defeat. Renzo stood up and asked for a microphone and publicly acknowledged that Sakuraba was superior to him as a fighter.

In 2010, it seemed that Renzo was pbading his last fight. The retreat failed – at the UFC at Abu Dhabi the Brazilian without glory lost to the American Matt Hughes. Four years later, the name Renzo surfaced in sports media titles. He fought again, but already outside the ring

Once late New York in the evening, Renzo, with his family and friends, was returning from the party. The company decided to make a small detour through one of the bars. The conflict with the bouncer resulted in a lawsuit. Renzo threatened the prison for a group attack. The Brazilian himself will extend his hands and call it an exaggeration. He did not beat anyone, he just threw the bouncer on the floor. Gracie's prisons will be avoided. Renzo went on to deal with the court and long disappeared from the radar again.

Singapore Promotion One Championship decided to ponostalgize. During the tournament, Reign of Kings announced the 51-year-old Renzo's battle with 43-year-old Yuki Kondo, who also tried to take advantage. Yes, and a lot more experienced fighter with a record of 60-35. While Gracie has only 14 wins and seven defeats,

"I'm doing what my family has been doing for 100 years.The soul of the people", – summed up Renzo after the victory.