Helio Gracie Quotes

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• Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and…
• Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.
• For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just…
• A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.
• I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose.
• For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'
• I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves.
• Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.
• Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.
• You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.
• The Jiu Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong.
• Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.
• To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.

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