Internet Video #6
By Gerald Harris
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu on ESPN
This week's video of the week comes to us from an old ESPN feature on the Gracie family and their part in the development of the UFC. The best part of the video is listening to Helio talk about the early days of Jiu-Jitsu and the vision he lays out of the early days of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil.
One of the funny parts of the video, just before they talk about Helio beating up Japanese Jiu-Jitsu fighters, happens when the editors show pictures of Kimura and a few short clips of Helio and Kimura's fight together.
The video actually seems to have been chopped off a little early but it still holds some valuable information and it can almost serve as an historical primer for anyone wanting to know how Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu developed and how it gave birth to modern MMA and the UFC.
The URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8eITCJaiKU&search=jiu-jitsu
Enjoy!