Episode 165 - Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Richard Bresler

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

Wrestling, Wellness, Brazilianjiujitsu, Sports, Interviews, Mma, Bjj, Health, Chewjitsu, Injuryprevention

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Richard Bresler is a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, Rorion Gracie's first Jiu-Jitsu student in America, and the author of the book "Worth Defending: How Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Saved My Life."

Richard shares his story of how he met Rorion Gracie, how he started training , how jiu-jitsu offers a new beginning, what it was like training with Rorion Gracie, meeting and training with Rickson Gracie, his experiences from the early Gracie challenge matches, being a part of the first UFC and what it was like attending UFC 1, the story behind Royce Gracie being chosen to fight in the first UFC, Richard’s falling out with Rorion, Richard's relationship with the Gracie Family today, and his book, "Worth Defending: How Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Saved My Life."

You can purchase the book and learn more at https://worthdefendingbook.com/ and Facebook/Instagram @wothdefendingbook

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0:00.0	What's up guys? So today on the podcast, we have Horian Gracie's very first American student,
0:06.6	I believe, a guy who actually lived with Horian Gracie, who met the Gracies, all those guys,
0:12.2	which, you know, for us in Jiu-Jitsu, you know, the, the graces are an important part of our history.
0:18.8	And a guy that got to meet them like in 79 and was it with
0:23.5	the 80s lived with horian lived with him crazy was there for the very first ufc and who had some
0:28.7	involvement in investing he got to see all that stuff on the ground level um so this is going to be
0:33.4	mostly in this podcast kind of a kind of a fun a fun, a fun history lesson, if you will.
0:39.3	Like it's, it's like when you, uh, when you, when you talk to someone was there and saw
0:44.0	something, what was it like? You know, like, you know, it's going to talk to my grandfather
0:47.7	about stuff he saw when he was younger. Sure. What was it like? You know, it's kind of
0:51.5	that, like, you're getting to hear from these cool stories about like what things were like back then.
0:55.5	And hopefully it'll be kind of an entertaining story for you guys to hear, you know, from the guest today, which his name is Richard Bressler.
1:04.1	So we'll jump into the podcast.
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