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Originally Posted by gracilva
why would bruce lee go to brazil to study with the gracies when....
1.the gracies were unheard of then (except for brazil)
2.bruce lee was a very competent ground fighter, he just thought it was too boring for movies.
i "love" the gracies but every now and then i take the time to pull my tongue out of their asses just to think!
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No they were NOT unheard of.The Machados were in Texas and had there challange matches posted in newspapers.The Gracies were actually selling training courses in the back of Kung Fu magazines.I was a Bruce fan and taking TKD when I was in the service at the age of 17.I even knew about them.
I think that Bruce would very much have been willing to train with them.That is what made his philosophy one to follow.He embraced every martial art as a source to learn from.He already had the MMA mentality going on.