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For those who love Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, you probably spend a few hours each week working out at the gym, honing your Jiu-Jitsu skills. In addition, you probably enjoy watching this high-intensity martial art on TV. So why not extend this just a bit further and relax with some martial arts movies that feature hard-core Jiu-Jitsu.
"Warrior" is a fantastic mixed martial arts movie which features a great deal of Jiu-Jitsu. This is the story of two brothers who have been estranged for many years and end up going head to head in mixed martial arts tournament where the prize is $5 million. Both men have heartfelt reasons for needing the cash; one is trying to struggling to support his wife and daughters while the other wishes to use the money to help the family of a fellow marine who died in combat. During the tournament, BJJ is featured throughout the fight scenes, especially utilized by the eldest brother.
Known more for his intellectual films than action movies, David Mamet is the man behind the movie, "Ronin." So if you liked that movie, you probably will enjoy his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu-themed movie, "Redbelt." This film is the story of a BJJ teacher who believes that competition is weakening for fighters and views Jiu-Jitsu as a way to defend oneself and become stronger mentally. Unfortunately, a tumultuous series of problems force him into the ring to compete in order to hold onto his school, which is struggling. In addition to the main stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Max Martini, several MMA greats are included in the film, including Randy Couture. Supposedly, Ejiofor trained up to 12 hours per day for months prior to filming in order to make the Jiu-Jitsu scenes as realistic as possible.
"Lethal Weapon" is a great movie on many of levels, but more importantly, it features some great scenes with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In fact, before he co-founded the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Rorion Gracie taught Jiu-Jitsu to Mel Gibson for this movie. At the end of the movie, Gibson overtakes the evil henchman Joshua (Gary Busey) with a triangle choke.
Some movies are just not very good, but they perhaps have some parts that are worth watching. A good example of this would be "Brazilian Brawl." While no one would argue that the Machado brothers are amazing at Jiu-Jitsu, their acting does leave something to be desired. Nevertheless, all five of them are featured in this film, so if nothing else, you will enjoy some fantastic fight scenes. Carlos Machado also choreographed fight scenes and occasionally was featured in episodes of "Walker, Texas Ranger." So, consider watching a few episodes of that 1980s Chuck Norris classic.
It would certainly be convenient if you could become proficient in Jiu-Jitsu in a matter of minutes, but alas, that can only happen in the movies, specifically "The Matrix." After Neo asks, "I'm going to learn Jiu-Jitsu?" he is plugged into the matrix and later, he emerges saying, "I know Kung Fu." He doesn't really ever demonstrate the Jiu-Jitsu skills, but the film's martial arts scenes are considered to be some of the best fights scenes in the history of film.
"Warrior" is a fantastic mixed martial arts movie which features a great deal of Jiu-Jitsu. This is the story of two brothers who have been estranged for many years and end up going head to head in mixed martial arts tournament where the prize is $5 million. Both men have heartfelt reasons for needing the cash; one is trying to struggling to support his wife and daughters while the other wishes to use the money to help the family of a fellow marine who died in combat. During the tournament, BJJ is featured throughout the fight scenes, especially utilized by the eldest brother.
Known more for his intellectual films than action movies, David Mamet is the man behind the movie, "Ronin." So if you liked that movie, you probably will enjoy his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu-themed movie, "Redbelt." This film is the story of a BJJ teacher who believes that competition is weakening for fighters and views Jiu-Jitsu as a way to defend oneself and become stronger mentally. Unfortunately, a tumultuous series of problems force him into the ring to compete in order to hold onto his school, which is struggling. In addition to the main stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Max Martini, several MMA greats are included in the film, including Randy Couture. Supposedly, Ejiofor trained up to 12 hours per day for months prior to filming in order to make the Jiu-Jitsu scenes as realistic as possible.
"Lethal Weapon" is a great movie on many of levels, but more importantly, it features some great scenes with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In fact, before he co-founded the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Rorion Gracie taught Jiu-Jitsu to Mel Gibson for this movie. At the end of the movie, Gibson overtakes the evil henchman Joshua (Gary Busey) with a triangle choke.
Some movies are just not very good, but they perhaps have some parts that are worth watching. A good example of this would be "Brazilian Brawl." While no one would argue that the Machado brothers are amazing at Jiu-Jitsu, their acting does leave something to be desired. Nevertheless, all five of them are featured in this film, so if nothing else, you will enjoy some fantastic fight scenes. Carlos Machado also choreographed fight scenes and occasionally was featured in episodes of "Walker, Texas Ranger." So, consider watching a few episodes of that 1980s Chuck Norris classic.
It would certainly be convenient if you could become proficient in Jiu-Jitsu in a matter of minutes, but alas, that can only happen in the movies, specifically "The Matrix." After Neo asks, "I'm going to learn Jiu-Jitsu?" he is plugged into the matrix and later, he emerges saying, "I know Kung Fu." He doesn't really ever demonstrate the Jiu-Jitsu skills, but the film's martial arts scenes are considered to be some of the best fights scenes in the history of film.
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