Beaucoup de gens ne savent pas juste gran Gene LeBell de grappler etait.
Il a commence l' erudition pour grappling a l'age de 7.
So at 7 years old he learned Catch Wrestling, Greco Roman and Free Style wrestling all at the same time from such legends as Ed "The Strangler" Lewis and later with Lew Thesz. Ed Lewis was one of the 10 best Catch Wrestlers of all time and Lew Thesz more or less was the best. Gene LeBell eventually beat them both.
At only 12 years old Gene started practicing Judo while continuing to practice Catch Wrestling and the other forms of wrestling. He would mix Judo and wrestling. By the time Judo Gene LeBell was 14 he could beat most adults including the black belts.
Beaucoup de gens ne savent pas that Gene LeBell is an expert motorcycle stunt man. Gene started riding motorcycles very young and would ride his motor cycle to Judo practice and then to the boxing gym where he became a good boxer.
At 21 Gene became a national Judo champion and then went to Japan and beat all their best Judo players.
After winning the National Judo title 2 times Gene LeBell became a professional wrestlers. Among the pro wrestlers Gene was know as the toughest because he could do it all. He won the world title in Pro Wrestling.
During LeBell's years of training he practiced a forum of Japanese Jiu-Jitsu that was mostly ground grappling. That is why when Gene LeBell first started practing Jiu-Jitsu with the Machado Brothers they said that he already knew their style of Jiu-Jitsu. LeBell started practicing with the Machados 15 years ago by the way.
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