Cesar GracieCesar Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Grappling Instructional Series

I want to rate this DVD a five star, however cannot. DVD has been tried in two different players and get the same error message: Cannot read disk. Was about to return, and decided to try it in my computer where it played just fine.

I don't know Brazilian jiu jitsu, (due to there being no place to learn in my area), I've had an interest in it for the past few months from watching UFC, so I thought I'd buy this DVD to see what its all about, and its a great set.I know its always better to learn from a teacher instead of a video, but you can pick up quite a bit of info on these discs, Cesar Gracie does a great job demonstrating the moves, he makes them very easy to follow and shows you what to do and what not to do on each move, and it's not cheesy like some older martial arts videos I've seen.I've been practicing the moves with a couple of buddies in my dining room and they actually work, its pretty cool,(except for the carpet burns). I know I'd get tapped out in a second by 99% of white belts who actually take classes but I've only had the DVDs for 2 weeks. Its pretty fun, I've gotten to the point where I can spot out and pull off some chokes, armbars, sweeps, and takedowns when wrestling around with my buddies, so you know, you will pick up some stuff from the videos, if you sit down and practice everything on the DVDs you could do all of the moves, thats how easy Cesar Gracie makes it to understand the moves.There are moves for sport (with gi) and street (w/o gi), for most people like me, some of the "sport" moves you can't do unless you happen to have a gi laying around or you practice on someone with a coat on or something, but most of the moves you could do with or without a gi.I don't know what someone who knows BJJ would think of the videos aside from the other reviews written on here, but for the average person like me who would like to learn some stuff, and has no other way, I would highly recommend this, its really well presented. I'm not trying to say these moves are easy to do, because most of them aren't theres a lot of thinking involved in these moves, but they ARE easy to learn how to do, I can't stress enough on how good of a job Cesar Gracie does explaing the moves.

Why would you learn ground fighting from anyone other than the family that invented it?I wrestled in HS, fought many bare knuckle fights, and have recently (8 months back) gotten into jiu-jitsu and kickboxing. Just as most would, I've tried to get an edge on my learning curve by purchasing gym mats to train at home (as well as training in the mma academy), and various BJJ instructional DVDs.The DVD sets I've purchased are: Marcelo Garcia (Series 2), Saulo Ribeiro (BJJ Revolution series), Mario Sperry (Vale Tudo series 1, 2, & 3), and this Cesar Gracie set. I've had a chance to compare the different styles, techniques, and educational approaches. What I've found is that each of these DVD sets is of great value because you can pick up something from each one to improve your game. Based on my experience here are the things I liked and did not like about the Gracie DVD set.Things I liked:1) Cesar Gracie explains the moves well2) He goes over the moves several times for reinforcement3) He also focuses on key details for the particular move to work4) He explains how the opponent would react and what variations you could apply5) The DVD production is pretty good: good lighting and the mats create good contrast to view the demonstrations6) Nice mix of ground and stand up techniques: sport and street7) Basics are the Key!8) Great value for your money!!!Things I did not like:1) The organization of the lessons. The beginners DVD is designed for someone who's had at least 3 to 6 months of BJJ. No instructional DVD out there seems to go into much detail of the basic positions, goals of BJJ, energy conservation & breathing, position & exercise drills, balance & body sensitivity, faking/setting-up, and learning to think several moves in advance.2) On some of the lessons I felt like Cesar Gracie was a bit too quick3) This DVD is a bit outdated but still very good material.Conclusion: I am very pleased with this purchase.

These DVDs are great. My previous set of videos in my collection was the Gracie Jiu-jitsu videos done by Rorion and Royce Gracie. After watching this series by Cesar Gracie, I was able to learn many additional moves. This series covers many moves not shown in the Rorion Gracie series, and vice versa. This makes me feel that this series serves as a good addition to what I saw before, rather than being a complete library of jiu-jitsu moves (probably no DVD series can do that, but I have yet to watch the Kukuk A-Z 11 DVD set or the Froes BJJ 11 DVD set :p).Just additional thoughts here and there:-I was expecting some more emphasis on no-gi street grappling, but I was still satisfied with what was shown.-I was surprised that he demonstrated many sweeps from the guard, which I happen to like very much.-The price is reasonable for the amount of materials shown.This set is a great addition to any jiu-jitsu library.

Love this series,the fundamentals are broken down & repeated/drilled so you’ll understand & retain the details.I was first interest in learning these techniques from Cesar Gracie,as he’s Nick & Nate Diaz’s Jiu-Jitsu professor;both fighters have amazing technique & solid fundamentals elements that are often overlooked in today’s Jiu-Jitsu.This would be an amazing gift for a beginner or anyone looking to solidify their Jiu-Jitsu techniqueAlso the seller shipped this product from quite a distance & it was here within less than 2 weeks big props to him or her for that.

Bonjour,franchement c'est un trés bon produit, 3dvd jjb de haut niveau, j'exagere pas si je dis que ça merite même 100€ car il est recommander pour les profs comme pour des débutants qui veulent accélerer leur apprentissage du jiu jitsu brésilien.un chef-d'oeuvre