Kron Gracie by eDojo

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Kron Gracie: Rough Guide.

A couple of years ago, CageFilm documented a 2 week road trip to the USA Visiting a number of the top BJJ and MMA gyms on the West coast. 2 proffesional MMA fighters from the UK - Alex Reid and Gaz Rorriston went with producer - Tim Lord to train at each gym and interview the instructors. Amongst the gyms visited was the Rickson Gracie Academy in Los Angeles The team caught up with resident black belt instructor and son of Rickson Gracie - Kron Gracie.

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Reid So, Kron Gracie! Tell me how long have you been training?

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Kron Ever since I can remember, Ive always had it (BJJ), Ive always been around Jiu Ro Jitsu, training with the gi, training with my dad...

Reid And do you enjoy teaching?

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Kron Yeah, I really enjoy teaching, I think teaching for me, is everything you know. It's one of the main reasons I train. I feel like when I teach Jiu Jitsu, Im spreading the technique.

Reid Have you always wanted to teach? Or when you were growing up, was it like 'I wana be like my dad, I wana be a ﬁghter and teach Jiu Jitsu...'

Kron Yeah, I always wanted to teach Jiu Jitsu, to be a ﬁghter, to train, to compete, Kron applies a choke to Alex

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Gaz You've been doing very well with competition lately, have you any aspirations to ﬁght MMA and if so, can we look out for you soon or in time?

gh Kron Gu Im not gonna do MMA right now but deﬁnitely in the future, but not for a while. ide I have allot to learn still in Jiu Jitsu, I still like to compete. Reid If you wanted to do MMA, you've got a very high pedigree and all the right people around you to look after you. Kron Yeah but Im still very young and I still need to learn allot more before I step into that ﬁeld.

Kron Armbars Gaz

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Reid It's quite amazing being here, Im kinda in awe of it being the 'Rickson Gracie' academy! But he's your dad! Gaz Do you feel like you have some big shoes to ﬁll when you enter competition? R

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Kron Gu ide Of course you know, I do feel like I have allot of pressure on me, but thats what it take you know. It's what I have, I had that and I also had the best instructor so... it evens out! Gaz You're dads a very interesting man, it strikes me that his views towards competi‐ You're dads a very interesting man, it strikes me that his views towards competi tion and everything else is an extension of his Jiu Jitsu. He's more interested it seems to me from interviews Ive seen and read to be a Jiu Jitsu practitioner first and foremost and a competitor second. Is that true, and if so, are you the same? Kron I think that my dad first ... I think that is right, I think that he teaches first and he competes to keep up with what he teaches. I think he's a better instructor than he is a fighter, not that he's not the best at fighting, but I think that his teaching skills is what really puts him at that level. I think for me, teaching is my life and competing is also in my life so. It's both you know... Gaz How does your family feel about you competing, is it something they want you to do, or is the world your oyster if you wanted to do something else, if you really wanted to, do you feel theres not any family pressure that would say you could not quite right now? If you wanted to!

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Kron If I wanted to quite I could quite, you know, nothing nobody would say would eﬀect me. But I think that is just a family tradition to be ﬁghters. I think Im just another person in the family that competes, and does what my grandfather created you know. Thats it. Copyright EDOJO.TV 2010

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DEFENSE AGAINST STANDING GUILLOTENE CHOKE

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Gaz applies standing Guillotene Choke to Kron

Kron reaches over Gaz’s far shoulder and drops his weight.

Kron blocks Gaz’s hips with his other hand, preventing Gaz from posturing under the choke

Kron circles away from the choke

Kron blocks Gaz’s knee on the outside as he circles

Using his weight, posture and block, Kron trips Gaz and drives to the ground

Kron puts his left hand on Gaz’z hips Kron’s right hand presses on Gaz’s to creat base and leverage throat creating pressure

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Gaz releases the hold and Kron has side control

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Reid How far is the beach from here! Kron about 10 minutes.

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Kron Yeah, I like to go in the ocean, surf you know, being in the ocean cleanses me you know, I feel that its a must when you live close to the ocean. Gaz I see your mum watching right now, does she ever worry about you?! In competi‐ tion or anything like that? Kron Oh she worries about me in anything! Gaz Thats interesting! even in a Jiu Jitsu family, she's a mum ﬁrst and a Jiu Jitsu fan second! Kron Yeah! Reid Kron, thank you very much! Thank you for choking me out, bending me, twisting me, I loved every minute of it! Gaz Thank you very much its been a pleasure

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Sweep to Achilles Foot Lock

Ro Kron blocks his opponents hip with his right foot

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Kron’s left leg then passes deep be- Kron then catches his opponets leg tween his opponents legs and wraps his own left leg around the trapped leg

By rotating to the side, Kron now has Kron lowers his right foot from the Using legs, Kron drives his opponents his opponents leg trapped between hip and ‘pinches’ his opponents leg trapped leg sideways and backwards his own legs between Kron’s knees to the ground

Kron controls his opponents leg and Krons right hand holds his opponents Kron braces and hips forward while arching back, creating pressure on positions himself towards the shin while his left works up behind the leg and submitting his opponent trapped foot the achilles tendon

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