On November 12, 1993, in Denver, USA, a 27-year-old young man from Brazil became famous by defeating three different genres of fighting masters of boxing, wrestling, and French fighting (French kick boxing). He took the martial arts he represented to another level, letting more people in the world know that there was such a strong martial art in Brazil. This man was named Hawess Gracie, and the martial art he practiced was called Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, also known as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Since then, Hawes has continued to stage the victory scene that swept the three in 1994 UFC 2 and 4, and if it is not Hawes's physical problems in UFC 3, then he will probably win the championship four times in a row.
Hawes Gracie
Just as Hawes was sweeping through all kinds of strong enemies in the United States, a 21-year-old young man was shocked by Hawes, who thought that this person had real kung fu, and this martial art was really good at one-on-one. In this way, in 1994 he began his own jiu-jitsu journey. His initiation teacher was Hoys's older brother, another warrior of the Gracie family, Ryan Gracie, who awarded him a blue ribbon in 1995 and followed 400 undefeated "God of War" Rexon Gracie to learn Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Lexon Gracie
In 1997, at the age of 24, the young man came to Beijing, his favorite city of his life. In 1998, he opened China's first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gym in Beijing. At first, he only rented a space, did not have his own museum, and all of them were with friends to communicate. In this way, friends bring friends, and the number of people studying is increasing.
During this period, he also met Li Haisheng, the "wrestling king" of Beijing. Li Haisheng's family also practiced martial arts, Li Haisheng practiced classical wrestling, Li Haisheng's brother practiced judo, and Li Haisheng's younger brother practiced freestyle wrestling. After getting acquainted with each other, they became friends, and when they became familiar with each other, they told them what the project of jiu-jitsu was all about. And let more people know about the MMA sport, they will often play with each other, and there will be some small MMA competitions.
The trick cross solid in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
In 2003, he was 30 years old and thirty years old, and it was not appropriate to call him a young man at this time. An impressive thing happened this year. In 2003, he was kicked off in an MMA match and broke his arm, and in the case of an injured battle, he finally subdued his opponent with one hand with the brazilian jiu-jitsu trick cross. The competition also gave him some inspiration, after the competition was injured, the medical conditions were limited, and the doctor still asked for it himself. If the MMA movement wants to develop better in China, it must be formalized. So the idea of starting a professional competition was born in his mind. Thus was born China's first professional MMA event, which was called "Hero List".
He is the first person in China's MMA, Bi Si'an, and the martial fans who are familiar with him call him Andi. He still teaches brazilian jiu-jitsu every day. In his words, learning jiu-jitsu can make you stronger. When jiu-jitsu is someone riding on my stomach, I can still protect myself, and I can also fight back.