When Kama met Gracie - Kama Jiu-Jitsu in Irvine - The Origin

[@duncansutherland47]

Pure self defense oriented Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is what lured me to it.

[@MrFourmidable]

Outstanding videos!!! I hope you guys are Kama Jiu-jitsu and Texas are hanging in there during and after the storm. NC is praying for you.

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

thank you, brother. we really appreciate your prayers. thankfully, we are in Dallas, which is about 4 hours away from Houston, which is getting the worst of it. we hope they're all doing well, given how things sound from up here.

[@padialjiujitsu]

Very good videos, You got a fan here. Congrats

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Sandro Padial thank you!

[@RedSplinter36]

I wonder... my personal instructor and instructors certification in JKD/Kali is under Paul Vunak (Whom I train with multiple times a year), he opened the first Savate kickboxing gym in California with his friend Daniel Duby... Vunak was one of the very first Americans to train with the gracies in their garage days. He still talks so highly of and pays so much credit to them for his method of understanding the martial arts... I wander if Professor Kama and Guro Vunak have a connection some where. That would be cool! Along with my certification in JKD/Kali under vunak I have certs under Guro Inosanto as well. A black belt under the machados. I love how our lineages and such cross paths!

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Jesse Rangel, Ken Gabrielson is #2 in the dirty dozen and was also a well-known student of Paul Vunak.

[@RedSplinter36]

Kama Jiu-Jitsu that is so awesome! Thank you professor, I hope to visit you and the Kama gym in the near future!

[@RedSplinter36]

Kama Jiu-Jitsu with Vunak our "R.A.T." system/SEAL team 6 program is based on a conversation between Paul and Rickson about combat survivability... to be like a rat... an animal that survives anything and any situation haha

[@xmanrules2001]

Jesse Rangel Paul Vunak was a very cool guy. I met him training at the Gracie Academy and at Rickson's

[@raymondr2821]

Awesome video thank you

[@DanTaylorZa]

Great video!

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Dan Taylor, thank you.

[@27dforce]

Great info and video! Rickson and the rest of the Gracies are great but I've been watching Roger Gracie for a while now and to me, he's one of the best in the family and the the world for sure. Thoughts? In grappling comps, he's 71-7-1, and his losses were by points not submissions.

[@ctsd623]

Roger is the best sport jj gracie, but not the best mma gracie. Sport jj and mma jj are different

[@lukphom3727]

Do you guys still keep in touch regularly with rickson Gracie ?

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

Yes

[@lukphom3727]

Kama Jiu-Jitsu that’s dope as hell you should bring him to one off your classes one day!!

[@guitarfan84]

Random question professor, but what are Master Rickson and Professor Kama's Favourite takedowns?

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Izzy Matt, hard to say, since they are not "technique fighters. They are more "feel" fighters who tend to "feel" your openings and exploit the path to least resistance. Very different approach than most people.

[@LarryGB1]

Does anyone have photo's or movies of Maeda training the gracies??

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

not us.

[@thebladespawn]

Shout out to El Camino college!!!

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Long_Way, lol. I used to love right down the street!

[@joeschmoe9154]

Another Great Video!! Being able to say you learned BJJ with lessons from Royce and Rickson Gracie is like saying you learned how to program Computer Software under Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Something I was wondering. I know that BJJ was pretty much unheard of in the US until the 1980s. Now that it has had close to 40 years to work its way into the American Mains stream do you have an estimate of how many Qualified BJJ Black Belts ( who are comptetent to teach) are in the US Now?

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Joe schmoe, absolutely no idea.

[@joeschmoe9154]

Figured it would be hard to track. BJJ is getting bigger and bigger. Sometimes I will read about or see an article about a BJJ black belt teaching out in East Bum$%^^ and it ends up by lineage they are only one or two "generations" from the Gracies.

[@RichardYu1983]

How many years did you train with Rickson and how many non-Brazilian BB's does he have?

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Richard Yu, Prof Dave has been with Rickson since the late 1980s. Basically, as soon as Rickson made it to the US, Professor Dave was learning under him. Dave started training with the Gracies in 1986. There are many people who have received their black belts from grandmaster Rickson. I'm not sure how many of them have been training under grandmaster Rickson day in, and day out, which is something different, altogether.

[@RichardYu1983]

How many is many? Like 50?

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Richard Yu, no idea. But for those with Dave Kama type exposure to GM Rickson, probably a handful.

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Richard Yu, sorry, Prof Dave has been training under GM Rickson the entire time Rickson lived in the USA (late 80s?).

[@CodyCannon11]

Kama Jiu-Jitsu that is something very few people recognize as a difference. There is nothing wrong with affiliates, but training as an actual student for many years multuple times a week just isnt the same as meeting him once or twice a year. I am very envious (in a good way) of you and Professor Kama. You two and the few that have many hours with Rickson are lucky individuals.

[@dswynne]

I know that from another video from Kama Jiu-Jitsu, that BJJ is a general term for any Jiu-Jitsu that came out of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, and that GJJ is a modified version of Judo, which is a modified version of Jujutsu/Japanese Jiu Jitsu. So, my question is this: is there a video on YT that explains the differences between BJJ, GJJ, Judo and JJ/JJJ, and which one would is best for a "noob" like myself to learn? Where I live, in the SF Bay Area, there are many schools to choose from, including a few operated by a Gracie family member. I am partial to the idea of learning Jujusu, since it is the root of the bunch...

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+DSWynne not sure about jujutsu, but Ralph Gracie is there. (I think) GM Carley Gracie is there. Dave Camarillo is there, as well. All good options, for sure.

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+callsignViper, and Cesar is near there, as well.

[@CodyCannon11]

Well my friend, it is hard to say. Just as a heads up, Japanese Jiujitsu is not all one art. Much like Kung Fu or Silat there are hundreds of different schools, that teach very different things and can look drastically different from each other. While I am not a student of Japanese Jiujitsu, I would caution you in thinking all of them are fairly similar. They can literally vary as much as some being based upon strikes and joint locks whereas others are focused on weapons, and some focus on ground work and grappling. The example of Judo is a good one, as Jigoro Kano combined many different schools of thought into one more updated version that was allowed to be practiced. (Tenjin Shinyo ryu, Kito ryu, sekiguchi ryu, seigo ryu, and maybe some others). Each system had something to offer, and at the same time they were more like cousins to each other like Karate and Kendo are cousins. So, you aren't mistaken thinking that Jiujitsu is the base for these more modern arts, it doesn't necessarily mean that in choosing Japanese Jiujitsu you will learn a more "pure" form of that art. You can learn from all of them and all would benefit each other, but to practice from the school that influenced Judo and GJJ it would be hard to say. Even if you are able to find a Japanese Jiujitsu school (much rarer than Judo or BJJ) it may not be the style you are looking for. I say this as an individual who loves training in any art. I feel I can learn something from everyone, even if I have my own personal favorite I put the most time in. So, I don't wish to push you away from any system, just to help you make a decision that will guide you closer to whatever it is you are wishing to learn. To help you make a better choice, based upon what you are looking for.

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Cody Cannon, when I moved to SoCal in '92, I tried to get more training time, so I dropped in on a Japanese Jujutsu school at a local YMCA. COMPLETELY different. Ended up taking the back of a black belt, sunk a choke, was SHOCKED that I got it, and promptly let it go. Went through the motions for the rest of the class. Thanked them, and never went back. Ended up working out a deal with Master Fabio Santos to get another day to train at the Gracie Academy.

[@CodyCannon11]

Kama Jiu-Jitsu Ouch, that must have felt very awkward for both you and your partner. I have had similar experiences with some different striking schools. The value of taking a trial lesson at a different school is so important. If I hadnt been lucky with my father being a very effecient martial artist, and going to different schools with me when I first started, it woulf have been exponentially more difficult to find a decent school, or art that suited me. Have you decided to train in any other systems after that experience? By the way, thank you for your responses. It makes me love your channel that much more knowing you care about the comments so thank you. Living in So-Cal back in the day must have been amazing. So many quality BJJ gyms to train in, and so many great instructors only a sneeze away. Haha.

[@naseralnaser3687]

could you please make a video showing some sport bjj techniques that are not a street applicable and commonly used in competitions.

[@alexneville8168]

What drives me nuts is when people say Rickson ducked fighters or couldn't hang with today's fighters. What do you say to those people?

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

The only person people really say that about was Kazushi Sakuraba (the "Gracie Hunter") which Rickson was slated to fight at first.... until Rickson's oldest son died unexpectedly before they could. You can't compete in your top form when something like that happens. It wrecked Rickson mentally as any good father would when they lose a child. I think it would have been unfair to expect Rickson to fight afterward. Both of them have talked about the missed chance, but such is life sometimes. - Rusty

[@higorguerreiroalves9269]

Teacher has to put legend in Portuguese for us Brazilians to prestige their videos

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Alves negodan Negodan you can submit Portuguese subtitles for your fellow Brazilians. That way you can share with others!

[@higorguerreiroalves9269]

I wanted to say, sir, to put the legend, not me.

[@mathieudekleer3228]

Hi I am from the netherlands , just wondering If he is actually so good as everyone say he is.. and Why are the so many "Rickson haters"!

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

at the risk of sounding like a Rickson "fanboy," yes, he is that good. a lot of the "hate" comes from people who have never met/trained with him who want to believe their professor is the best ever, or someone who their professor says is the best ever, is the best ever. many masters of today will say Rolls was the best (which he could very well have been), which is their right. problems are two fold 1) rickson beat rolls while rolls was still in his prime, 2) rolls died at such a young age, he was never able to reach his full potential, which could have ended up surpassing Rickson's eventual level of proficiency.

[@Lucas-wt5hs]

Bom vídeo! OSS

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Lucas Pereira obrigado!

[@jnkoa33]

Sign me up

[@jw4111]

Great video!

[@KamaJiuJitsu]

+Jon Wallace, thank you!