SB Nation on MSN

‘Reborn from the ashes’: Rickson Gracie opens up on life with Parkinson’s, forgiveness, and invisible jiu-jitsu

Rickson Gracie’s life has dramatically changed. Once a popular powerhouse in Brazil, known for his extremely technical ...
Yahoo

MMA Legend Rickson Gracie’s Fight Against Parkinson’s: ‘I’m Not Scared of Death, but Quitting is Unacceptable’

THE GREATEST BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU fighter in the world is looking to fight me. “Put your hands up,” Rickson Gracie tells me as he advances. “Like you’re talking like an Italian.” I raise my hands as he ...
Sherdog

Rickson Gracie Details Fight Against Parkinson’s, Receives Support from Biggest Rival

Considered the greatest representative for jiu-jitsu practitioners in the 1980s and 1990s, Rickson Gracie revealed in 2023 that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. And it was the battle against ...
Sherdog

6 Questions for Rickson Gracie

Rickson Gracie believes jiu-jitsu has “lost its capacity” in today’s MMA. | Photo: Denis Martins More than a decade has passed since Rickson Gracie competed in mixed martial arts, but the 52-year-old ...
The Atlantic

The Martial Art I Can’t Live Without

Illustration by Oliver Munday. Sources: Miljan Živković / Getty; Vm / Getty On November 12, 1993, in a sports arena in Denver, a lean Brazilian man in an outfit resembling a pair of pajamas stepped ...