For this week’s Essential Series Entry, we’re looking at my favorite ten gi less grappling events or specials. The criteria is simple, these are the ten events that I feel everyone could be happy with as a part of their collections. The only guideline that I have imposed on myself is that I pick only one event from each production.

Here we go again! The second installment of my ten essential grappling dvds. To qualify each DVD must be focused on gi less grappling of any sort - that is all! Once again, these are in no particular order or ranking and each production is allowed one title on the list.

6. Real Pro Wrestling Season 1 - This dvd has the best combination of production value and tenacious wrestling that I have seen in an event. Basically, Real Pro Wrestling is a league event that pitted former collegiate wrestlers against each other in a national elmination series. Greco stars faced off against their freestyle counterparts and the result was explosive action, great reversals, and the most athletic takedowns I have seen.

When I first thought of the idea of showcasing a certain athlete and his material, Rigan Machado was the first person to come to mind. The reason is simple… Rigan has a ton of knowledge, experience, and product both written and video from multiple publishers, therefore he was a prime candidate for the Essential Series. In addition, Rigan is respected as one of the greatest BJJ practitioners of his era and is also one of the five famous Machado brothers of jiu-jitsu.