When you step into your gym to train this week, it might behoove you to know where it all came from.
This relic of a video shows how things were in 1950s Rio de Janeiro. Brothers Carlos Gracie and Helio Gracie were working hard to promote the martial art they formatted after learning it from Mitsuo Maeda. Click play and enjoy this comprehensive tour of Gracie jiu-jitsu, complete with English subtitles.
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