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Redneck,

You are referring to Ed O'Neill. He has been training Brazillian Jiu Jitsu under Helio Gracie for about 9 years. He is very good to say the least. BJJ is the real deal.

He probably studies with Royce or Rorion,who are Helio's sons.Helio has been retired for years and lives in the mountains of Brazil.He's well into his 90's and in great health,and still taps out young punks occasionaly just to keep his blood flowing. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

If you've ever seen a video of him,you'll know he literally has the biggest wrists for a man his size you'll ever see.He also must have balls about the same size,because he fought some guys 2-3 times his size in no holds barred chalenge matches that went on for hours.He fought one guy for 3 hours.When he fought Kimura (who came up with the submission named after him,BTW),he weighted well over a 100 pounds more than Helio,but he still went an hour and a half with him before his brother threw in the towel due to a broken arm.

He's one tough dude.

WB.

PS-back in the 40's or 50's,Helio challenged Joe Louis to a no holds barred match.If Joe won,Helio would pay him $50,000.If Helio won,Joe wouldn't have to pay him a dime.Joe Louis said no to the fight.......even though he was literally twice as big as Helio.FWIW.

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