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  • Richard Bresler

    United States
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    Description

    American jiu-jitsu black belt under Rorion Gracie, one of the first Americans to train Gracie jiu-jitsu (from 1979, Redondo Beach); author of "Worth Defending" and a self-defence teacher in Los Angeles.

    Teachers (1)

    • Rorion Gracie
      sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
      Probable
      Single source.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      (1979)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
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      Single source.
      visibilityFirst-hand
      “I started training in July 1979 in Redondo Beach.”
      — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info
      “is a sixth degree black-belt under Rorion”
      — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

    Lineage

    • Brazilian jiu-jitsuRorion Gracie ← Hélio Gracie ← Carlos Gracie · 3 generations

    Sources

    “Richard Bresler is arguably the first American jiu-jitsu practitioner and one of the few Americans belonging to the second-wave.”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

    Cite and reuse

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    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Richard Bresler. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMHN7XG9WA0DDFYE8WG8YB - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M5HMHN7XG9WA0DDFYE8WG8YB, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Richard Bresler}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMHN7XG9WA0DDFYE8WG8YB}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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    https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMHN7XG9WA0DDFYE8WG8YB

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