Rickson Gracie: Choke
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Movie Reviews of Rickson Gracie: Choke
Movie Review: Could be better!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
Well, unfortunately or not i had already seen a lot of this video on Youtube and i didnt know it, until i bought it The content is good but its not worth the money. Actually i bought it because im a brazilian jiu jitsu athlete and a big fan of Rickson Gracie, but i think the video could have shown more training aspects, what its really interesting for me. As a documentary is ok, but once more, its not worth the money,it could be a little bit cheaper.Movie Review: Great buy
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is right up there with The Smashing Machine. Great look into MMA at its roots. Hopefully a new documentary like this surfaces in the future because they sure are great to watch.Movie Review: Rickson the Great
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great look into a few days and hrs inside the legend known as Rickson Gracie. Anyone who really knows BJJ and it orgins knows Rickson is arguably the greatest fighter ever. This video really shows you how great Rickson was for his time and shows how far advanced he was. This video left me wishing I could see more of Rickson and wondering what if he competed today. It is a great inside look to how the baddest man alive flet and dealt with pre fight gitters. Long Live Gracie Jiu Jitsu!Movie Review: Decent fights, but this video was no fun at all...
Summary: 1 Stars
I just started learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and think its a great and amazing fighting style, but this movie didn't really capture my interest at all. It could be that I just don't watch BJJ or MMA or whatever at all, but the fights were pretty short and mostly disappointing. I did see the general idea behind Gracie fighting style in action, which was good. However, to me (someone just starting to learn BJJ), this wasn't all that exciting. I didn't get to see a lot of moves, and many counters happening. Similarly, to someone who only likes martial arts enough to watch the occasional Jet Li movie...well, there's a reason that movies show striking martial artists rather than grapplers, its just more exciting, so this documentary wouldn't really appeal to those guys. And to people who do watch a lot of MMA and real fighting, I'd guess that watching UFC would be a lot more entertaining.
However, I do think that this must be a more significant video for its "historical" value. My understanding is that BJJ wasn't well known back in 95 when this vale tude (or whatever its called -- no rules fighting) tournament happened. So for that reason Rickson must have been a big deal and something exciting at that point.
Don't get me wrong, I think that guy is awesome, but the movie was no good. Good fighter does not equal good movie producer.
Movie Review: A good documentary on early years of MMA
Summary: 4 Stars
A good look at the life inside and outside of the ring of an mixed-martial-art contestant, Rickson Gracie. His family helped popularize the concept of MMA competition for North American audiences with the debut of the Ultimate Fighting Champsionship back in 1993 in Denver, Colorado. Even though Rickson is probably the strongest Gracie in terms of physical and technical abilities, the family chose Royce to compete in UFC to demonstrate that a physically small person can defeat much larger opponents using superior grappling techniques.
If you're a fan of MMA, this is a good DVD to watch to see how competition has evolved over the years.