Kyra Gracie on starting in BJJ

Kyra Gracie

"They said: 'that's good, that's enough for you but you're taking it too seriously. It would be hard for you to make money from Ju Jit Su. You're a girl, leave this to us." 

Kyra Gracie's cousins and uncles weren't exactly over the moon when she started BJJ  but now that she's been World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion, Pan American, Brazilian and and Asiatic BJJ Champion on multiple occasions, she says they're changing their tune. Now, it's more like this: "Now fathers come to me and say: 'Hey Krya my daughter's training, she's wants to be a black belt like you' And they are very excited about it."

This is a great interview with her talking about how she got started, the inspiration she got from her mother - also a fighter - and of course from the famous boys in her family.

Thanks to Carlo at SHOCX in Brussels for the link!