Hélio Gracie was the first (and only) Gracie to actually use the letter 'H' to pronounce the 'H sound' at the beginning of his name. Somewhere along the Gracie family line, everyone started to use 'R' as the first letter of their name, yet insists that the beginning of their name begin with that infamous silent 'H'. It makes you wonder if Hélio Gracie could be written as 'Rélio Gracie' and still have that 'Ha' sound. I woke up today with that epiphany and the only thing I can think of is the day when someone names their kid 'Randsome Gracie'. Ramburger Gracie would be a good name also.

Rener Gracie thought it would be fitting to tie his hands to his waist and roll with a purple belt in his academy. He did this to clearly illustrate his grappling superiority over 99.9% of the human race. That percentage would also extend to alien life on other planets, but until the human race makes first contact, extraterrestrial life is just a collection of unverified rumors. The Drake Equation is just a romanticize view of our universe.

Oh, yeah. Rener Gracie. Watch this video before my attention span dwindles again.

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+14 # Guest 2012-06-25 19:12

DAAAANG!Rener is awesome!

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+1 # Sambro 2012-06-26 18:08

Hélio named his kids with R because there isn't a curse word that starts with R.

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+12 # Guest 2012-06-25 19:16

0:24 Sluuurp

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+6 # Guest 2012-06-25 19:17

damn, now thats skill

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-15 # Guest 2012-06-25 19:35

I think it's a better illustration of how much that purple belt sucks than how good Rener is.

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+7 # Hans Von Twatwaffle 2012-06-25 19:41

I think it's a great video illustrating that regardless of a physical handicap anyone can be badass at Jitz with the proper dedication and training.

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+8 # Guest 2012-06-26 07:30

not that purple belt.

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+6 # Guest 2012-06-25 20:30

My instructor went to Brazil when he first started out and a 70+ year old black belt tied one arm down and told him "I will submit you with an armbar." (Not 100% sure it was an armbar, but he called his shot regardless).

Needless to say, they rolled a handful of times and he got submitted with the exact submission the 70 year old called each time.

Good shit.

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+7 # Guest 2012-06-25 21:42

this is the most amazing thing i've seen for like the last 2-3 months. holy shit, nothing else to say. shit that purple belt would've subbed me more than a few times in 2-5 min. i can only imagine what it would be like to roll with a Gracie blackbelt of this caliber. color me impressed

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+1 # Guest 2012-06-25 22:07

Harder to do armbars and kimuras this way...

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-4 # Guest 2012-06-26 01:53

Rener sometimes used his hands to push off or hold the other guy down. still impressive.

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+5 # Sherko 2012-06-26 09:52

That purple belt should've used soccerkicks and footstomps.

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+2 # Guest 2012-06-26 09:53

Jiu Jitsu was coined in Japan and MMA has been going on all over the world since the beginning.

Silly Gracies...You guys all have already been destroyed!

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+11 # KingGhidorah 2012-06-26 11:06

Damn right.

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-3 # Guest 2012-06-26 10:30

wait till he rolls with a ressler. better yet a boxer. Gracies are not relevant anymore they refused to evolve in MMA

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+12 # KingGhidorah 2012-06-26 11:11

Quoting Fat pikachu:

wait till he rolls with a ressler. better yet a boxer. Gracies are not relevant anymore they refused to evolve in MMA

"Resslers" are the toughest.

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+10 # Guest 2012-06-26 12:19

Quoting Fat pikachu:

wait till he rolls with a ressler. better yet a boxer. Gracies are not relevant anymore they refused to evolve in MMA

This is bjj, not mma

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-1 # Guest 2012-06-26 16:07

i know is bjj, thing is they think they are the best and are very arrogant.

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+1 # KingGhidorah 2012-06-26 11:10

Props to Rener though, cuz that was quite impressive.

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+1 # Sambro 2012-06-26 11:26

Fake. I would kick Rener's ass if he had no arms.

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-4 # Guest 2012-06-26 15:50

When an "r" is at the beginning of a word in Portuguese it is pronounced like an "h".....you're joking right? or you don't do BJJ?

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+1 # Guest 2012-06-27 14:36

no collar chokes?????? come on....

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