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Why is Rickson Gracie billed as an Aikido teacher in The Hulk (2008)?

March 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Yoga Techniques





Ok you have Rickson Gracie who is world renowned as one of the top Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructors. Rickson also trains in Yoga, as part of his personal training and well being regime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH31NDIlFIM

Now you have the movie The Hulk with Edward Norton and Rickson is showing him his Yoga techniques in order to teach him to control his anger. Then on the closing credits you see him billed as Banner’s Aikido instructor… Why? I have trained in Aikido, Yoga, and BJJ, and I can tell you with some authority that nothing shown in the movie had anything to do with Aikido. Sure they have breathing exercises, but they don’t use those specific ones. If they didn’t want to bill him as a BJJ instructor, which is what Rickson is in real life, why not simply bill him as his Yoga instructor? I’m not really interested in idle speculation, I’m wondering if someone knows the “actual” reason why they did this, as there doesn’t seem to be any logical reasoning behind it.


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  • garritynet

    There is a scene in The Hulk where Edward Norton knocks some guys from his job around. That fight scene is apparently Akido and Gracie choreographed it.

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