Ed O’Neill recently addressed a class at the Gracie Academy recalling his first interaction with Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and how he became enamored with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 17 years ago.
The story is very funny, especially when he recounts how Rorian Gracie asked O’Neill if he thought he could hold him down for a mere three seconds. O’Neill was confident that he could keep Gracie down for such a short time, considering he outweighed him by a fairly significant amount. O’Neill failed in his attempt to keep Gracie on his back.
O’Neill then tells the class that he immediately made up his mind to learn BJJ, signing up for classes the next week.
O’Neill eventually earned his black belt after 16 years of training, joking “16 years, this must come naturally to me.”
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