To demonstrate some of that power, Vitor Terra made a video showing a few techniques that can be used to prevent attacks by knives and fists. Check them out right here.

Helio Gracie. Photo by Luca Atalla

There is a big controversy regarding modern BJJ. Could the gentle are not be as gentle as they say? There are those who claim that, without strength, the athlete cannot win. There are also those who believe that technique can outdo power. But what did Helio Gracie think about all this?

A rabid champion of the philosophy of the lever, the grandmaster liked stressing his power disadvantage, and that properly used technique explained his wins. However, Helio didn’t completely neglect his muscles. The secret was in another detail: the right time for using them.

Forgetting about the use of strength in order to learn how to use the lever was Helio’s recipe. Power, he thought, was to be only used at the precise moment. He gave the example of his kids:

“If they need to fight one, two, ten hours, they will, because they don’t muscle. When he needs to, he uses power on top of the technique.”

See in the video the rare class with Helio Gracie to start your year on the right foot.

22nd street and 10th ave right now two guys following me, can’t help but have a big smile upon my face Im talking about a happy one ;-))))

Waiting for them… Are they really thinking I’m drunk??? They have to be kidding. Hahahaha

25th and 10ave they are getting closer lol

pic.twitter.com/bBJtLtVb by Renzo

I just stop to take a pic, they pretend they are looking at the window, can’t lie… My blood runs in a different speed, man I miss Brazil

JiuJitsu ;-))) never leave home without it pic.twitter.com/bBJtLtVb

Please hold there for just a couple minutes be right back

They are coming closer, asking for a cigaret lol can’t help but have a smile in my face. I don’t smoke. Pretend to wobble. They smile

Back as he runs, no chance to catch him… Even though I began to try to run after him, I realize How slow I was. F***k it :-///

This one asks me why did I do that, pretending to be stupid, one little kick to the ribs makes him whine and apologize, as I’m writing this.

I ask him if he was planing to rob me, he says no. All he wanted was a cigarette, lol I can’t help but have a big smile upon my face, and ..

The certainty that if it was an ordinary man he would be sad about his stolen goods. F*****g c**t cries like a bitch when the tide turns…

I can’t help but take a pic as his nose bleeds and he wines and asks why did I do that… Like he doesn’t know the reason…

pic.twitter.com/THjUYQkR by Renzo

My f*****g hands hurt, hurt like hell… pic.twitter.com/THjUYQkR

Drove around two blocks… The other fellow disappear, I’m heading home… Angry for not finding the second one. Guess no sleeping tonight

I knew it yessss

There is basic things like you don’t come back to where the problem was.. You just don’t, I knew he would, just going around the block would

Be enough… Dumb f%#^ I just gave him the old style Raccoon, it has been a while since the last time I did.. Choke him out 3 times…

And before he woke up I did hit each eye socket at least twice, tomorrow he will wake up like a raccoon, and every time he woke up I was…

Whispering at his ears.. That’s what death feels like it.. Don’t do that again. My f*****g hand hurts, :-/ a lot

Next time I will use only the elbows, damn I miss that feeling, sometimes I wonder if the easy life has been making me pic.twitter.com/aXBkOM7O

Soft.. All those years in Brazil, without knowing if I would make it home had to count for something, I can’t lie I could have jump in a cab

pic.twitter.com/aXBkOM7O by Renzo

But I could not help, I could spot them from a mile away, walking was my option, thank you mayor Giuliani, nobody carries a gun in our…

Beautiful state, my lucky day, their bad day… My hand hurts and @FrankieEdgar is here at 9:30am for some training, shoot damn little guy

Could not take a second pic guys sorry, believe I try, as I reach for my iPhone he almost took off :-/ fast mofo

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The text above is a compilation of the snippets posted by Renzo Gracie in the wee hours of the morning this Friday, likely the first time an attempted mugging has been reported real time over Twitter. Direct from Manhattan, NY.
How you like that, Joseph Wambaugh?