In American cinema was in the first leathal weapon movie where Mel Gibson fights Gary Busey and applies a triangle choke to Busey's bad guy Joshua.
Gibson's character, Martin Riggs, was apart of the US special forces and received specialized training in hand to hand combat. Gibson trained with Rorion Gracie to bring a real and effective unknown fighting style to Hollywood to give the character and story legitimacy. This brought jiu-jitsu to the american public in 1987, 6 years and 2 leathal...
TIL that the first form of jiu-jitsu
Gibson's character, Martin Riggs, was apart of the US special forces and received specialized training in hand to hand combat. Gibson trained with Rorion Gracie to bring a real and effective unknown fighting style to Hollywood to give the character and story legitimacy. This brought jiu-jitsu to the american public in 1987, 6 years and 2 leathal...
TIL that the first form of jiu-jitsu