YODA - As luck would have it, in addition to attending the Gracie Academy during the week there is a BJJ class of about 10 students on Saturdays...
Here is my experience and philosophy in a nutshell. Not sure which is the 'better' choice but my entire goal has been to find a martial art to...
I just found out that Reylson Gracie isn't the only Gracie school in Las Vegas. Carlos Catania, a long time friend and student of 8 years under...
Thanks Kamikaze. Based on some of the techniques I learned in Gracie's class I can see practicing some things by "pretending" there is someone...
Yeah because it's the most centric place to ask Aikido questions. There were also some great unbiased messages from there towards other martial arts.
I thought the Blue Belts were teaching the beginners but I was mistaken. The Blue Belt Assistants are sort of a stand in at times when the...
Didn't know they existed. I found Bubba, the official dummy the Gracie's use. He can be positioned to practice many of the BJJ moves.
When you're by yourself and have no partner around are there anny methods to building your skills and techniques? It's sounds odd trying to...
I'm assuming that because most of the locks in Judo are banned from competition that most instructors don't even bother to teach them...? The...
Totality - This is Reylson Gracie (son of Carlos Sr.), not Relson Gracie (son of Helio). All of Reylson's lessons include one instructor and two...
Went to my Reylson Gracie class tonight and trained one on one with a Brown Belt instructor. He taught me four technieques which is typical for a...
Hedgehogey - I am POSITIVE it is $80/class. Reylson even said "You go look at a car, you like the car, but it may be expensive. You take it for...
This morning I visited the MACHADO BJJ school here in Las Vegas. Great attitude, great instructors (Amilcar "Mica" Cipilli is lead instructor),...
Thanks for the responses. Coming from no martial arts background I wasn't sure if Gracie's price was acceptable, but the overall consensus (here...
That has nothing to do with it, although you're dead wrong.
Yeah, I could afford that no problem. It's the principal of the matter the sort of bugs me. Reylson Gracie is nice, but he started out by asking...
In order to fairly 'evaluate' my options (after looking at Aikido) I went to Reylson Gracie's academy this morning to see what it's all about. I...
There is an Aikido dojo just around the corner from my place and the instructor is Nidan. Is this is adequate level for someone to be teaching...
O-Sensei = Aikido as Budo O'Sensei = They're always after me lucky charms!!!
I hate to say this as I am not a negative person, but it's comments like this that turn me off and give a bad rap for those who really are...
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