Red Belt (9th degree black belt and above) is the highest rank attainable by a BJJ instructor (also the name for a terrible movie but we'll skip that anomaly). There aren't many of these grandmasters around but they are there, somewhere, mostly in Brazil, a few in America. You can bet one thing - they have stories to tell, they know a lot about the sport and they've probably seen it all already.
Film maker Hywel Teague, owner of the popular video site BJJ Hacks, will be making a documentary about these extraordinary men. He will track down, interview and film the remaining red belt masters living in Brazil. It'll be an amazing film. In his words: "it will be an intimate and revealing look into the art of jiu-jitsu, focusing on a group of men with amazing history in the sport."
Hywel has form. He made the awesome films on Kyra Gracie, Miyao Brothers and a whole ton of BJJ films for BJJ Hacks. Formerly, he was also editor of Fighters Only, one of the the biggest MMA magazine publications in the world.
The red belts Hywel wants to film each have over 50 years of grappling experience. We're talking about guys who were learning their craft when jiu jitsu was barely known about in Brazil. As Hywel says, these guys are now mostly retired and sadly been largely forgotten.
"Most exist outside of the knowledge of those within the jiu-jitsu world. The attention is firmly on current world champions, but we should be careful not to forget the lessons these masters can teach us."
So here's how you can help. Go visit the http://www.redbeltbjj.com/ and read more about the film. Hywel needs to raise money to make the film. The fund raising website is here: http://www.indiegogo.com/redbeltsbjj
Listen to Hywel describe the project on the FightWorks Podcast.
You can buy items or just donate. I'm supporting the campaign by offering strictly one-off art prints, signed and sent by me to the donor. There's other cool stuff too, like rare BJJ gis, videos, books, prints and all manner of goodies. The spending of every cent involved will be on full public display - no shady hand dipping into the pot here, it's all above board.
Genuinely it's a media project that I want to see get made. I hope you can help too.
.
Hywel has form. He made the awesome films on Kyra Gracie, Miyao Brothers and a whole ton of BJJ films for BJJ Hacks. Formerly, he was also editor of Fighters Only, one of the the biggest MMA magazine publications in the world.
The red belts Hywel wants to film each have over 50 years of grappling experience. We're talking about guys who were learning their craft when jiu jitsu was barely known about in Brazil. As Hywel says, these guys are now mostly retired and sadly been largely forgotten.
"Most exist outside of the knowledge of those within the jiu-jitsu world. The attention is firmly on current world champions, but we should be careful not to forget the lessons these masters can teach us."
So here's how you can help. Go visit the http://www.redbeltbjj.com/ and read more about the film. Hywel needs to raise money to make the film. The fund raising website is here: http://www.indiegogo.com/redbeltsbjj
Listen to Hywel describe the project on the FightWorks Podcast.
You can buy items or just donate. I'm supporting the campaign by offering strictly one-off art prints, signed and sent by me to the donor. There's other cool stuff too, like rare BJJ gis, videos, books, prints and all manner of goodies. The spending of every cent involved will be on full public display - no shady hand dipping into the pot here, it's all above board.
Genuinely it's a media project that I want to see get made. I hope you can help too.
.
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