re BJJ
have you ever trained with Eddie Bravo and what are your thoughts on his "rubber guard" technique?
Dear Old School Lifter,
Initially, because I was Royler's lawyer who negotiated the contract for his match in Metamoris against Eddie Bravo, people thought I didn't like
Eddie. I never met Eddie during the 1.5 years of negotiating. It was all about business. I did however have words with Ralek Gracie and told him to
tell Eddie's Instructor, Machado to go fuck himself. The issue of "Pants-Gate" had heated up and I wasn't going to let anyone insult my client.
After the match, I met Eddie and he could not have been more of a gentleman and nice guy. He took some very funny photos of him pulling on my
pants in reference to the whole controversy.
I will say this, without revealing some behind the scenes Royler information of pre-fight, I can tell you that Eddie Bravo is an extremely gifted BJJ
competitor. He is tough, well trained and extremely educated in the world of BJJ. My admiration for him reached its height when we met and he was
so nice and humble and friendly and even complemented my loyalty to Royler and my legal skills. But, having watched him compete just before we met,
I already thought of him as a world class BJJ guy.
People can say he made a living over tapping out Royler and if he did, well, that's just great business and marketing. But don't be mislead, he is a shark
on the mat.
His "rubber guard" is way beyond what my flexibility can muster. He is quite proficient using it but I am not sure it is good for everyone and I am not sure
it would work so well against the very best in the world. However, he uses it as well as anyone I've ever seen. I enjoyed watching him on the Joe Rogan
video where Rickson Gracie shows up. He was very respectful towards Rickson and Rickson, to my surprise, was overly deferential and obviously impressed
by Eddie's techniques as he actually showed them on Rickson. Of course, I was 2 feet away when Royce was running around "trying to" find Eddie and fight him
for the all-important offense of "disrespecting the family." Grow up.
Harley