Richard Bresler

United States

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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    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

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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

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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.
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