Vale Tudo
Choke is a documentary about Rickson (pronounced Hickson) Gracie and mixed martial arts. Rickson Gracie is a Brazilian fighter with a black belt in judo, karate, and jiu-jitsu. He held a record of more than 350 wins with no losses in mixed martial arts competition. In Choke they go into the training of Rickson and his previous matches. The main story though is the tournament he is to go in; where many believe he would have his first loss. Also there are two sub stories about two other fighters who will be in the tournament. After winning that match he got a few minutes to rest until he had to face Rickson. He ended up loosing, but after the match mentioned how he would be interested learning Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.The other sub story is about Koichiro Kimura, a Greco Rom
The movie shows Rickson training with his brother Royler Gracie who is also in mixed martial arts competitions. He explains his form of jiu-jitsu, which in the martial arts circuits is known as Rickson Gracie jiu-jitsu. He is also shown training with his father Helio Gracie. They show his last match in his native Brazil against a fighter named Zulu. This was his last fight before going to Japan. He is the winner of the Japan Vale Tudo tournament which the movie focuses on. He wins the tournament by beating Yoshihisa Yamamoto by submission (choke), then Koichiro Kimura by submission (choke), finally Yuki Nakai by (choke). an National wrestling champion. He had only participated in shoot fighting matches previously. This was his first time involved in a competition with the rules of Vale Tudo; he
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