Cheating us all by not teaching anymore. I just picked up one of my old Grappling Mags and Fabio Gurgel (after 4 world titles) said if you havent trained with Rickson you havent trained real jiujitsu... I've only heard that from every great instructor Ive trained with, Saulo after 3 world titles went to train with him and said he felt like he knew nothing , royler ,david adiv , paulo, the list can go on forever.
Why RICKSON why , please come back to the US and do a seminar tour.
You know--whatever. Rickson is great--so what. The old adage in Martial Arts--there's ALWAYS someone better. Let's see how Kron does against Garcia in the near future.
Rickson's good..but theres this cat named JW somewhere in Missouri that has off the chain jitz. Better take advantage and get a private if you re in the area. :)
in my opinion, rickson's legend status is a mix of his previous accomplishments, his skill and flawless technique, and hero worship-building.
every sport/martial art has/needs a legend/hero.
what are guys like filho supposed to say after training with him? yeah his technique was flawless and i learned alot, but his strength and timing isn't what it used to be?
there's alot of guys in the mma and sport bjj world that would run a train on rickson today. and that's o.k. it doesn't take away from his well deserved place in our history.
lol then shame on you my freng.. Ask ANYONE who has had the priviledge of training with him and theyll tell you straight. He's a one of a kind teacher.
One of the best if your lucky enough to get chance. He breaks things down like no other. And uses nothing but the basics to counter the "latest" fads or bjj games.
SO for a brief second remove Marcello's balls from your mouth and get in line for a private imo...* i kid about the balls of course