Mickey Gall; Throwback Jiu-Jitsu

To say that the effect that UFC 1 had on the martial arts landscape was “groundbreaking”, would still feel like a mild understatement. To buy into the mantra of all of the martial arts that always claimed to be effective towards bigger and badder opponents is one thing. But to actually witness a little scrawny guy in his “Karate Uniform” (most people didn’t understand the difference) dispose of those other fighters that resembled action figures with relative ease, is a bit of a mind warp. You see, up to that point, most of the world only fixated on the physical beauty of a Bruce Lee, and the mysticism of ninjas, monks, Mr. Miyagi and any other non-westerner who flailed their appendages in the name of kick-ass and secret sects.