#37 Ryan Young - Preservation & Transmission of Rickson Gracie Jiu Jitsu

Chris has a conversation with 3rd degree black belt Ryan Young who runs Kama Jiu Jitsu's Dallas Texas location. Ryan has been training since 1989 under Relson Gracie in his home state of Hawaii. He talks about the early days of Jiu Jitsu in America and how he eventually met Rickson Gracie student and Dirty Dozen member Dave Kama. Chris and Ryan also talk about the preservation of Rickson Gracie lineage Jiu Jitsu as a holistic system, the difficulties of teaching and learning the art, and what is lost in modern Jiu Jitsu. Kama Jiu Jitsu and Instagram Sponsored by Datsusara "Hemp Gear for Victory" Intro and outro music by Twenty Shades of Red with excerpts from a speech by Alan Watts (Do You Do It, or Does It Do You).

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#37 Ryan Young - Preservation & Transmission of Rickson Gracie Jiu Jitsu is an episode from The Datsusara Podcast by Chris Odell.

This episode is 01:23:44 long.

This episode was published on Sep 24, 2025.

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