Royce Gracie, the last of his kind

Follow Gallerr Social Media:
Facebook: / gallerrapp
Twitter: / gallerrapp
Instagram: @gallerrapp

[@brazilianjiujitsuincorporated]

Master Royce awarded me my blue belt in July 1997. A very proud moment in my martial arts journey. 🙏

[@congac33]

Ha! Royce gave me my first two belt promotions as well back in 94-95ish. So I'm an old school BJJ head too!

[@brazilianjiujitsuincorporated]

Cool, you still train BJJ? I'm in Vegas, how about you?

[@paulsmith9069]

🤜🤛

[@airportchronicles199]

Wow, congrats!

[@tyronegray6726]

I got my blue belt from Royce in 1996. The day before the 96 Gracie Summer Heat Tournament!

[@SakranMM]

Watched him in first UFC when I was 14. My friends and I tried to imitate his fighting style, but we had no idea what we were doing. Because of Royce, this past year at age 40, I finally started training Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Thank you, Helio and Royce!

[@JoeyBaguez]

Michael Sakran good for you bro. I’m 43 and have some lingering injuries that I’m trying to heal but if I’m able to, my goal is to start jiujitsu.

[@keithminnich4017]

Royce is a legend! Respect!

[@petezm]

Wow...thats awesome Every jiu jitsu practioner should watch this Unfortunately, a lot of fighters care about his belt color even more than the knowledge. Before I got my black belt, I realize I was in a different but wrong way. When I got the brown belt I became worried because I taught the black belt was the final chapter and I wasnt prepared. But after a long time, I realize the black belt is just the beginning. My final message: dont worry about your belt color. Always wear it with pride. Respect everyone and give always your best. And most important of all: Dont try to prove yourself to others, prove yourself to you, being a good example for the next generations and honoring your masters Thank you

[@carzoparazzo9698]

In Judo the Black Belt is the beginning for those who doesnt understand Judo. The way of the master begins once you reach the black belt.

[@VitalityGracieGarage]

this is exactly what I teach the kids in my Gracie Garage. compare your today self to yourself from yesterday - not to other people - and forget about the belt color too.

[@0713mas]

To me this has always represented the fact that in non-sport Juijitsu, there are no advanced techniques! Only more refined fundamentals

[@brazilianjiujitsuincorporated]

BOOM 💥

[@presence9745]

He perplexed the UFC back in the day. Much respect for a pioneer.

[@ITSGLENN83]

His brother owned the organization at the time and hand picked the fighters so Royce can win. It was one big infomercial for BJJ

[@presence9745]

@@ITSGLENN83 you know nothing about early UFC

[@ITSGLENN83]

@@presence9745 Do you know who Rorion Gracie is? Did you know Gracie's like to bend the rules to their favor like the times Royce fought Shamrock.

[@presence9745]

@@ITSGLENN83 Shamrock is full of shit!! His excuse was that he wasn't allowed to kick ! Yeah..take your shoes off and then you were allowed to kick ! Dan Severn kept his shoes on and never made an excuse to losing to Gracie.

[@ITSGLENN83]

@@presence9745 hahahahaha dude you getting mad?

[@markdaniels4178]

I never studied under royce but I respect him, he was the man that introduced me to Brazilian jujitsu and judo but I'm still with judo to this very day, thank you professor Royce gracie

[@wanderalmeida9584]

Big thanks from Brazil!

[@marteld7789]

I saw Royce Gracie fight in the first UFCs. When he faced Shamrock and Severn I thought Royce would be destroyed.... But once I saw how effective BJJ was I told myself I have to learn this great art. It changed my life. Royce is one of my favorite fighters. While BJJ is not the perfect martial art (none is).....it is the most superior. Thank you Gracie Family for sharing this amazing self-defense system with the world.

[@marteld7789]

@Michael....go to the Gracie DoJo in CA and challenge them. They will suggest the mats...for your safety.

[@MichaelMiller-dc3qu]

@@marteld7789 you mean for their safety and their rules. Like I said, Eddie Bravo says the same thing as me. 🤩

[@jimq.customer4526]

@@MichaelMiller-dc3quand I would 100% take Eddie Bravo over you in a street fight on pavement and I dont even know who the fuck you are. Cause you're a nobody.

[@ITSGLENN83]

If bjj is the most superior then why do wrestlers make up for the most mma champions.

[@turbothrottletrouble4217]

When Royce Gracie came to my gym (tk MMA and fitness in Dubai), I actually thought he was wearing a blue belt. Was quite confused too, then payed close attention then saw hints of black. I really was wondering why he has this belt instead of a coral belt or a red belt. This video definitely answers the question, thanks a lot!

[@gios420fightclub5]

If this is how Grandmaster Helio created his art than this is how it should be. No other way. Good for Royce.

[@eddieperez7683]

Meh

[@macaluso48]

POCONO MOUNTAIN MARTIAL ARTS CLUB it was Carlos Gracie who made the art and taught hello read reload Gracies book the story we know is very helio Gracie centric its to all True

[@scarred10]

@@macaluso48 carlos never made anything ,he trained judo for a few years with maedas students and then taught helio after george and gastao ,there was no creation at that point,it was judo for challenge fighting .

[@gunchief0811]

Why would u call him the last of his kind when he's busy passing on the knowledge and skill to the young Jedi who will carry the torch forward ..that's how it goes... The reason Royce knows this is because the men before him who were "THE LAST OF THEIR KIND" also imparted this martial art. Down to the next group of willing students...

[@mysty0]

Did your mama never teach you dont interrupt as a man prostrates himself before his lord and savior

[@willd6515]

@@mysty0 Well, that's a meaningfull reply................................

[@ultimotemplario8684]

Parabéns Royce por ensinar o Jiu-jitsu Tradicional. Deixou os pontos de lado e foi cultura a defesa pessoal!!

[@Sambo_Shorts]

I got to attend a seminar this year when he came to my gym. He was wearing the navy blue belt. It was very cool

[@dtna]

Royce my friend, I miss the good old days in the Redondo Beach garage.

[@carolyncervantes6828]

Love his video---Royce Gracie is one of a kind!!!!!

[@oganrafaeldeode5733]

Serve de exemplo para todos os praticantes para que não se percam nas armadilhas do Ego, mestre Hélio deixou essa sabedoria , o legado, e a responsabilidade que é ter s habilidade de incapacitar o adversário sem dar nenhum soco. Só agradeço ao mestre Royce e sua família por terem levado o nome do nosso país para o mundo inteiro provando que o Brasileiro é forte e capaz de alcançar o inimaginável se tiver esforço, dedicação e comprometimento. OSS

[@presence9745]

Several fights in one night back then and the guy won the championship 3 three times.

[@mrmurphypiers1241]

Steroid cheat I bet he still looks under his bed at night in case 'Sakuraba' is under there

[@MinhaFamiliaAQBJJ]

He looks like the skull on stone cold steve Austin's vest

[@airportchronicles199]

Wow...thanks for the insight!

[@eliotquintana9802]

I watched goyce in ninety seven

[@bobjones-hs5nc]

I can't believe how Jiu jitsu just has it all, I always thought it should be either you know it or not and then there are instructors. I never knew about this belt system, Helio had everything right.

[@AZtheOG]

Carlos Gracie was only promoted to blue belt by Mitsuyo Maeda. Helio Gracie learned from watching Carlos teach students later on. That's why they only wear the blue belt. They self promoted themselves after to black belt and red belt

[@bobafatt2155]

A Z , I thought only karate guys did Self promotion

[@uchim4ta633]

Historically gracie jiujitsu was just a made up art by these guys who took a few classes and started their own business. Overtime techniques would get better obviously through training and resources from books at that time...also frequent challenge matches. Obviously they work because Judo works lol. Just goes to show you with enough actual training you can learn indirectly. After all they were never Dan rank holders under Maeda or any Judoka which is what gjj/bjj really is hence the gi etc.

[@carzoparazzo9698]

Youhave to understand that one thing is Jiu-Jitsu and another is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

[@AZtheOG]

@@carzoparazzo9698 Who the hell are you? I don't have to understand or believe any BS

[@uchim4ta633]

Carzo Parazzo I’m not gonna argue about techniques because like I said Judo works. Wrestling works. Need examples? Kimura or Sakuraba. Notice how the gracies make up excuses or back stories whenever those matches come up. Also I’m not going to take away credit from the gracies, I’m just here to help lay out some truth. Originally this whole thing was a Japanese engineered art/system adopted and essentially “remixed” to the gracie taste. From then on it drew in from other grappling arts/systems plus experience from full contact matches making it even more dynamic and progressive as we know and love today. My main point is that bjj/gjj is a bit silly when you wanna talk tradition and origins when you can’t even go back into the Japanese side of it with notable names not just Maeda but Kano etc. Kano was the one who organized the classical Samurai grade Jujutsu into Judo. The gracies never learned that pedigree of Jujutsu (Samurai) , if so then they would have knowledge of swordsmanship because that’s what Jujutsu was mainly developed for in the first place. Also if the gracies were in fact trained in “Japanese Jujutsu” (Samurai) then they would have known basic takedowns like throws and sweeps easily found in Judo as well as wrist indexing methods for wrist manipulation, again for the blade or Katana aspect. There’s a reason why many old school Jujutsu looks the same because of the sword... also if they surely did train classical Jujutsu they would have also worn a Hakama in practice like Aikidoka. BTW Aikido is based off classical Jujutsu . Correct me if I’m wrong but some people who have something to say still can’t distinguish a gi from a kimono, Judo from Jujutsu. These same people probably don’t even understand the meaning of the gi and the Japanese Dan ranking system or just the culture in general yet it is exploited and pretty much appropriated for commercial or fashion trends Btw I also train in bjj but I just have a thing for history and Japanese culture

[@RicardoAlvarez-pf1oh]

Very deep and that's bad ass hooyah

[@mohdarif8948]

"one of his kind" Wallid Ismail; "porra hold my salad"

[@sRicFlair]

Who the fuck is wallid ismail?

[@OGG619]

@@sRicFlair rookie

[@wevertonlucas5817]

Nossa a cada época que passa ele tá mais parecido com pai dele ,as expressão no olhar .. impressionante

[@minlee5376]

Wow thank you for sharing this

[@AA-nx8ki]

They changed history of martial arts I love bjj

[@jackreacher4488]

I don't like Royce. Respect to him for UFC, but he's said some very stupid things over the years. About 4 years ago, a couple of his family members had lost their mma fights, and he berated them publicly, said they were idiots for diluting their jiu-jitsu by training in striking, and how he was an all time great because his jiu jitsu was pure. He failed to mention how the first UFC was stacked in his favor.

[@jackreacher4488]

@Whammer79 I'm not saying he wasn't good, but they definitely stacked the odds in his favor. They could have had him fight Telia Tuli, the sumo wrestler, but his jiu jitsu would have been severely impeded. Shamrock wasn't much of a challenge, the fight didn't last 5 minutes. They could have found a decent wrestler that could have defended a double take down. UFC 1 was about showing north America the effectiveness of bjj. It's very effective, but they didn't get any catch wrestlers, or decent strikers for a reason.

[@jackreacher4488]

@Whammer79 And there were wrestlers that had experience with other type of grapplers, judo/jiu jitsu. Watch Jesse Enkamp's video with Bill Wallace where they discuss UFC 1

[@jackreacher4488]

@Whammer79 Ken Shamrock himself said that Royce chocked him because he grabbed onto his gi, without it the choke wouldn't have worked.

[@jackreacher4488]

@Whammer79 I have. He grabbed onto his sleeve. Had he not been wearing a gi, Ken might have gotten out. I'm not saying Royce would have lost, just that a few things were in his favor.

[@jackreacher4488]

@Whammer79 Royce defeated Severn in the event where Severn refused to strike anyone, he almost won that night using only wrestling. He did win in ultimate ultimate 95 I think, after convincing himself it was okay to strike his opponents in the octagon. Sadly, Royce was not there. Would have been an interesting fight.

[@anthonyl9126]

Gracie: last of his kind Sakuraba: exists.

[@Luketa1978]

He defeated sakuraba on the second fight . And besides that your lack of bjj history is shameful...

[@anthonyl9126]

@@Luketa1978 oh moan groan

[@oneguy7202]

@@Luketa1978 he was on road and if you see the fight saku won, Gracie like always have the favour of the judges

[@ITSGLENN83]

@@Luketa1978 "BJJ history" look up catch wrestler Rufino Dos Santos. Helio, Carlos and George Gracie are scumbags and poor sports for what they did and for what their BJJ couldn't do. May they roast in hell. BJJ history is a shame in its self.

[@COLT.45.357MAGUM]

Royce tem a mesma expressão facial do Venerável Mestre Hélio Gracie! Esse tem história, perpetuação JiuJitsu!

[@rustybuckets9580]

I trained with Royce many years ago in Torrence. I have nothing but respect for him and his accomplishments. Just wish they would stop with the "Gi" - People don't walk around with a Gi on and the chance of you fighting someone with a Gi is zero.

[@tirsonacholibre5586]

kasuzhi sakuraba TOYED this man and other gaycie in their own game what a shame

[@greasebob]

Toyed for an hour and thirty minutes, then lost the rematch, lol.

[@lietenant_dan8v246]

Like him or not he's a beast for fighting several fights a night

[@benhartland4708]

Yes! and everyone he fought was bigger/stronger than him!

[@mauricio.santtos]

Royce fez oq poucos teriam coragem em sua posição. E passou a inspirar muitos sejam ou não do Bjj

[@marcelocorreaalves6387]

Parabens ao royce pela honra o respeito e o amor que ele demonstra para o seu pai o grande mestre helio gracie isso e uma coisa que nao se ve mais nessa geracao de hoje em dia nossa que saudade daquele tempo

[@dnickx]

We need an Instructional by Royce Gracie!!

[@00Noontide]

Powerful

[@subsonic9854]

Any ranking system is ok unless you become obsessed with rank or start to overvalue it.

[@michaelstrong4823]

Nice title. Did something happen to Rickson, Royler or Renzo? Last of WHAT kind exactly?

[@drewsky1008]

Respect...✊

[@ITSGLENN83]

Hispect...✊

[@callactm14]

I better go to sakuraba

[@stoneyroller1]

He also got popped for taking peds while winging about people smoking weed.

[@alonzokincaid1362]

Max Bateman yeah didnt he cheat vs sakuraba?

[@yip0p]

@@alonzokincaid1362 sakuraba got caught with it too.....

[@yip0p]

@@alonzokincaid1362 everyone did it back then

[@lemmingsinsight89]

@@yip0p Hahahaha I call bullshit on that.

[@heavyartillerysgt.g4367]

Well, nuff said about that

[@ImranAli-tm3rq]

No cauliflower ears why?

[@hhjb636]

Imran Ali stayed away from submission wrestlers I suppose.

[@matsuwd-emethdaath4002]

His guard play kept opponents away from his head area. Its really a case of styles...he didn't grow up wrestling nor trained with wrestlers...different schools of thought and methodology vs BJJ

[@greasebob]

Rickson and Royler dont really have them either. If you dont spend a lot of time clinching and drain the blood when you do burst a vessel, cauliflower ears are very avoidable.

[@josemartin1727]

Because of their technique.

[@jeanjoe662]

Com certeza o Mestre Royce Gracie é um dos poucos, uma lenda viva!

[@KPho150]

The dude's still teaching? That's great!

[@JR-xo5jp]

First and last of his kind !

[@darylfields]

I'm a judo fan but I like Royce because he doesn't like this over the top flashy sport bjj everyone does now

[@Murphy920]

It's so weird how they lie about the belt system. The only historical evidence shows that Helio and Carlos wore black belts since the beginning.

[@LH74]

He is awesome. He is the man, the Navy belt is old school original and I wish that’s the way it still was. I don’t really like the idea of 5 belts or more. Guys should just show up, roll, and learn.

[@DavidAdiv]

👑

[@gabrielalicea4803]

Osss! Respect.

[@silvanomarquesdacosta7189]

Please tradução!

[@kennethcavalier6201]

One of the legends much respect Royce Gracie thank you for bringing Jiu-Jitsu to the United States

[@marcusweaver9728]

Is that Pete Roberts narrating?

[@Lorendrawn]

It's young Rener Gracie (I think)

[@marquisedwards9218]

Man fuck the gracias!

[@klebersonmorais8812]

Uma legenda seria bom.

[@starlord2858]

Eddie Bravo saw the Royce Gracie Jiujitsu logo and said he's part of the illuminati #Conspiracy #LookIntoIt

[@abelvaleriano7785]

👍👍👍👍

[@matthewradkovich2632]

You mean he rejected the Judo belt system (not federation). Don't forget BJJ came from judo... He rejected judo and the belt system because they wouldn't rank his poor techniques past 6th dan. So he dropped out to start his own system so he can rank himself up..

[@elber9199]

Faltou a tradução em português

[@gordonwasauchimmer7886]

The best Jiu-jitsu fighter from the world 👍ever....

[@blakolawton5205]

Just that name scare formal fighters

[@oneguy7202]

Rolls Gracie just laugh

[@Samurai.way7]

Oss

[@kmeyers85]

Wish we'd do away with belts. Student belt and Instructor belt is enough.

[@Lorendrawn]

It is good to have white belts and non white belts though just so you know who to avoid for first roll of the day.

[@mjolnir9855]

And get smashed to death by another white belt who’s been training for 10 years? Noooooooo. Colored belts help orientate me, thank you. This art has gotten so deep that I appreciate the colors to know who I’m rolling with.

[@deansolistino]

I know Tyson would knock this guy out

[@leandrop.2999]

Bla-bla-bla.....thanks Gracie family but today Bjj is what it is thanks to guys like Marcelo Garcia, Bochecha, Daculino, Ribeiro's bros and a lot of other names, the only one to take the Gracie's name ahead in bjj was Roger, all other Gracies are arrogants, cheaters and with no important achievements. My opinion......

[@Combatinho]

I agree sport bjj owes a big thanks to guys like Marcelo, but I wish self defense bjj would advance as much as sport.

[@scarred10]

nobody outside bjj knows who any of those sport guys are,everybody knows the gracies due entirely to royce and rorion and the UFC.Without Rorion there would be no bjj outside brazil.

[@greasebob]

Man all those guys you named never won any fights. They are purely sport jiu-jitsu. Royce fought bare knuckle for the first 5 UFCs. No achievements? 3x bare knuckle tournament UFC champ at 176 lbs are some decent achievements. What about Renzo, Rickson, and Royler? Renzo and Royler have both won ADCC titles AND MMA fights. Rickson is the GOAT. You cant erase history because you dont like it.

[@tomgreen8390]

Only a blue belt , yeah go get a black belt and then maybe

[@oliverreno4734]

Here's my 2 cents. Royce is a legend, not only does his skill in GJJ earn him that title, but the fact that he demonstrated the art of BJJ to the world and put his life on the line countless times is the reason why so many people (including myself) practice it to this day. Personally though, I think the guy is a hypocrite and generally the more I hear about him the less I like. He's famously arrogant, been caught cheating multiple times (either by using PEDS or just general Gracie rule bending) and is incredibly deprecating of the achievements of others in the JJ community who demonstrably have either revolutionised or improved the art as a whole. But then again many Gracies are the same, just do some internet searching and you'll quickly find that the so called humble nature/beginnings of the whole family is a complete fabrication. For decades in Brazil they often acted no higher than petty thugs, throwing their weight around and bullying others. Of course you can't generalise an entire family, but look up some of the stories involving Royce, Renzo, Ryan, Ralph, Relson, Royler, Rickson and many others; and you'll be quite shocked.

[@Combatinho]

Also Helio's attack with family members on Manuel Rufino was legendary cowardice.

[@DanielRodriguez-cv3xb]

Royce Gracie is one of the best UFC fighters in the UFC is like he created the UFC but Matt hughes had it the power to sexually abuse him

[@jeremysipes44]

He was over the hill.Matt Hughes is GSP'S bitch.🤣

[@devriestown]

He's a bum

[@jeremysipes44]

He's a legend and you are 💩.