Quotes About Gracie Jiu Jitsu

#1. Learn Gracie Jiu-Jitsu so that when a giant walks by, you don't think to yourself 'oh no,' you think to yourself 'how interesting!

Rener Gracie

#2. The big, strong, tough guy goes to class, and he keeps getting tapped by the skinny, technical guy. It begins to change him. It makes him humble. That's what Jiu Jitsu does to you. It makes you humble.

Relson Gracie

#3. There's more philosophy in jiu-jitsu mats than in any Ivy League school in America.

Renzo Gracie

#4. Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.

Helio Gracie

#5. Jiu-jitsu puts you completely in the moment, where you must have a complete focus on finding a solution to the problem. This trains the mind to build that focus, to increase your awareness, your capacity to solve problems.

Rickson Gracie

#6. When you do Jiu Jitsu, you won't look at a bigger guy and say 'oh no', you'll look and say 'how interesting!'

Rener Gracie

#7. I do Jiu Jitsu so I can protect you when I fight you.

Ryron Gracie

#8. There is no losing in Jiu-Jitsu. You either win or you learn.

Carlos Gracie Jr.

#9. I' ve always been a fan of the basics. After you have a good solid foundation of Jiu-Jitsu, the rest comes by instinct. You create, invent. The rest is easy. The difficult part is the beginning.

Carlos Gracie Jr.

#10. I believe that man is the product of natural evolution that is born from the conflict of being a prisoner and separated from nature, and from the need to find unity and harmony with it.

Erich Fromm

#11. You can't drown your troubles ... because troubles can swim.

Margaret Millar

#12. Jiu Jitsu is about waiting for the right time to do the right move.

Ryron Gracie

#13. Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

Helio Gracie

#14. It was the kind of kiss that made
me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.

Stephen Chbosky

#15. Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Ambrose Bierce

#16. Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.

Helio Gracie

#17. A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.

Helio Gracie

#18. The idea of jiu-jitsu is to give the little guy a chance to beat the big guy.

Royce Gracie

#19. If rulers refuse to consider poems as crimes, then someone must commit crimes that serve the function of poetry, or texts that possess the resonance of terrorism.

Hakim Bey

#20. Jiu-Jitsu for sure will save your ass, one way or another. Not necessarily a physical fight but also being able to deal with yourself, know about yourself, and really improve yourself as a whole.

Kron Gracie

#21. Spend more time in a Jiu Jitsu gi than in street clothes.

Ryron Gracie

#22. If you are not comortable to deal with an opponent 50 lbs heavier than you, there is something wrong with your Jiu Jitsu ...

Rickson Gracie

#23. Sometimes, you don't have to win, you cannot win. but that has nothing to do with losing.

Rickson Gracie

#24. Anyone who is serious about jiu-jitsu should know that the ability to defeat an opponent is nothing more than a metaphor for the ultimate combat, for the most significant victories are the ones we accomplish within ourselves

Rorion Gracie

#25. The Jiu Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong.

Helio Gracie