Any JiuJitsu movies out there?

Anyone know of any grappling movies out there good or bad? 5years ago I watched the movie Redbelt and for some people that didn't really care for it I thought the main actor did an excellent job with his technique (for not being a bjj practitioner) and I also liked how the movie had a more realistic approach to it, rather than the usual guy beating up on 10-20 people with machine guns. XD Speaking of a movie like that "Brazillian brawl" had some awesome choreography in it but was still pretty cheezy but fucking hilarious (especially the fat dude with the machine gun).lol I remember this old judo movie in black and white that was pretty badass with a john wayne type guy in it but I can't recall the name of the film, anyways it had an epic fight scene at the end of it. >=D

Return of the death knuckle is pretty badass.

Ive never been able to successfully land the death knuckle live in sparing though :-(

Check out Donnie Yen's "FlashPoint" on Netflix. Super cool how he translate from the kung fu of Ip man to the modern day combat system.

Kickboxer 4 has cameos from the Machados and several fights feature bjj.

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Kickboxer 4 has cameos from the Machados and several fights feature bjj.

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They made a Kickboxer 2,3 and 4!!??

Yup, with Sasha Mitchell playing JCVD's other brother, and then Mark Descascos took over the franchise for the fifth and final installment.

Yeah I actually knew about the machado bros being in kickboxer 4, I seen a wicked scene of one of them doing an armbar on an opponent.

Tokyo Zombie

Redbelt.

Choke.

It's an absolute cheesefest but Showdown in Little Tokyo showed some early 90's grappling from Brandon Lee when he fights Toshiro Obata. Takedowns, heelhooks, etc.

There's a Machado SUPER briefly attacking Steven Seagal in Under Siege 2 and Steven goes all Royce Gracie to the guys kidneys from the guard.

The Last Samurai shows real Ju jitsu aka the Japanese battlefield variety ;-)

The end of Lethal Weapon is famously choreographed by Rorion Gracie.

If you can find it, The Quest with JCVD is actually a fun movie with good martial arts.

Choke is an awesome documentary. Equally as good is The Smashing Machine. You owe it to yourself to buy a copy because one of the special features is a mini documentary on Renzo Gracie that is revealing and shows some hard, old school training.

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Return of the death knuckle is pretty badass.

Ive never been able to successfully land the death knuckle live in sparing though :-(

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Part 2 is coming :)

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Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo

Part 2 is coming :)

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fuck yeah!

The Quest is easily the most underrated JCVD movie ever. Great movie.

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It's an absolute cheesefest but Showdown in Little Tokyo showed some early 90's grappling from Brandon Lee when he fights Toshiro Obata. Takedowns, heelhooks, etc.

There's a Machado SUPER briefly attacking Steven Seagal in Under Siege 2 and Steven goes all Royce Gracie to the guys kidneys from the guard.

The Last Samurai shows real Ju jitsu aka the Japanese battlefield variety ;-)

The end of Lethal Weapon is famously choreographed by Rorion Gracie.

If you can find it, The Quest with JCVD is actually a fun movie with good martial arts.

Choke is an awesome documentary. Equally as good is The Smashing Machine. You owe it to yourself to buy a copy because one of the special features is a mini documentary on Renzo Gracie that is revealing and shows some hard, old school training.

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The Smashing Machine...great flick. The parts where they show him spreading open cuts during matches...gruesome stuff. Hard to forget.

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Part 2 is coming :)

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:-)

the quest and bloodsport had a profound influence on my personal development. :)

In terms of martial arts, Kickboxer played a large part in my appreciation and feel for standup (it's supposed to be Muay Thai, but they admit JCVD spent a majority doing Shotokon Karate, and the Muay Thai Tong Po does is more movie based not something you'd even see Anderson do).

For grappling, NBD1 and NBD2 show a decent amt of wrestling and jitsu, the end fight between Jake and Tyler in the first one shows a few sweeps, foot lock attempts, and an epic Rampage slam out of a leg triangle against the hood of a truck. NBD2 the end fight with our very own Einstein Epstein features a brutal Omaplata (I forget if the transition came from Rubber Guard). Case does a nice Samurai to Twister in the middle too during an exhibition fight he does at an exotic lounge.

Warrior was the best movie so far. By far. Excluding docs.

Warrior is by far one of my favorite movies. Especially that omo at the end.

I was bored one day and came across never back down 2 (never even watched the first one) but it caught me off guard when they were workin the rubber guard in that movie. Plus a few people in that movie that seem kinda familiar.

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Warrior is by far one of my favorite movies. Especially that omo at the end.

I was bored one day and came across never back down 2 (never even watched the first one) but it caught me off guard when they were workin the rubber guard in that movie. Plus a few people in that movie that seem kinda familiar.

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The quest is an awesome style vs style clash!
Rapid fire with Brandon Lee was good. but not much grappling.

Return of the death knuckle 2 will be awesome! :}

never back down 1 and 2 was awesome, epstein was so good in that role. not sure if he was just playing himself tho. which I find funny. in a good way. don't kill me epstein, respecth! <3

That Action "B" Movie that the Machados made.