60 in June. Been going to a Gracie school since last July….LOVE IT ! I am chubby and out of shape but getting better slowly. My friends think I’m crazy. But I love the chess match, love my buddies at the school, love the exercise. I do feel like I have been hit by a bus most days, but I train 3-4 days a week and try to take a day in between to recover. Will I be a 70 year old black belt ?…who knows. But I’m enjoying the journey.

I trained with Helvecio during my stay in Rio. Great guy and a very friendly and nice person, all the best to you and the whole De La Riva academy. Respect

This dude is my new role model. I turned 40 in May and my wife's present to me was finding a BJJ academy. I've been training a little over a month and I love it! Check me out 10 years from now.....; )

Just turned 19 . Thought there was no hope for me, but now I believe I can train BJJ

So many talk of giving back, making a difference, and being a positive role model. Thank you Helvecio Penna for walking the walk. You have our utmost respect.

One of the best JITS productions yet. Thanks.

Helvécio one of the greatest human beings I ever met, trained and have as friend. Osss

I was waiting to see a documentary on this guy. Thanks JITSmagazine!!

Grande Mestre Helvecio!!! Osssss

Mad respect!!. Thank you very much for these videos.

Awesome!!! Such an inspiration, it's never too late to start training.

ja tive a oportunidade de me deparar com essa figura respeitosa do Helvecio no mundial de jiu jitsu em são paulo hj vi essa reportagem e sinto orgulho de ter visto esse grande ser humano pessoalmente... Parabens... Exemplo pra todos...

YOU ARE AMAZING, Helvecio, just an amazing human being in every single way! That's all I can say... Much luck to you and your project and God bless you for that!!!

You guys did amazing on this documentary!

Met this guy in person at Curitiba Winter Open, such an amazing soul, such an amazing energy! God bless you Mr. Penna!

Amazing Human Being at testament to his legacy and the the Legacy to Brazilian JiuJitsu! As a 14 year martial artist I am still relatively pretty young but having a base in the striking aspects of the martial arts there are some techniques that dont come as easily as they used to anymore. However w/ Jits i pray and hope i can keep going as long as Helvecio. Studying Jits for the past 2 years and watching this gives me huge inspiration! Obrigado!

A GREAT man and mentor giving back...BUSHIDO!!!

What a great man!

This guy is basically my idol.

Very cool and awesome work w/ the kids! They must love you H.Penna!!!! Best wishes, Tatijana

Grande vídeo! Um belo trabalho! Parabéns e muito sucesso!

i love how jiu jitsu helps people of all ages its amazing, so amazing

You rock Helvecio.

great teacher... amazing person!

Inspirational.

helvécio e show !!! oss!!

Sensacional!!!! osss

So much respect.

Ok just got inspired!!..he’s my inspiration!..🤙🏽 I’m 39 blue belt..

Great video

. Be careful of the old man in a sport where so many young men quit.

i am over 50 and still BJJ ! he is an exemple for me and us ! :) Bertrand (from France)

esse tem meu humilde respeito,,,, grande mestre,,,,, sou de sp, mas tem meu respeito onde for

Great guy!

Respect.....Jiujitsu crosses all age barriers.....its all healthy

Yes. One thousand times yes.

I got up off the chair after this video and hit some barbell squats and cancelled my plans TO CANCEL jiu-jitsu practice tomorrow after seeing this. I am only 50 - long way to go to get to Helvcio's prowess.

Real master osss

amazing

Wow. What a role model.

Awesome human

Cool

This is exactly how i wanna be when im his age !! Just living the jiu jitsu lifestyle !! Osss

En 2020 il est encore à Lisbonne pour le championnat d'Europe une légende

Boa!!

Eu sou brasileiro não desisto nunca sangue de brasileiro terra de guerreiro

Really nice documentary on Master Helvecio. As a side note, there's a saying amongst Judokas: "Before 30 years old the randori is focused on Tewaza after 30 enjoy Newaza".

Amazin video Amazin Human beeing...Jiu Jitsu 4 Everybody!

What is the music in this video?

Is MKimonos going to donate gis to the social project he works with?

i started at 30

AWESoME HUMAN BEING!

#hespect

I keep hearing the words Brotherhood and Cult in most of the BJJ Videos & mini documentaries. WHY ?

But he was in Judo before...i think this is not a good example.

What do you do when kids have behavior problems but say "jiu-jitsu," makes them uncomfortable? But then they develop worse behaviors the response is "there just kids," and jiu-jitsu/martial arts is hard so we don't like it. So they believe it is correct behavior to belittle, the true practitioner. I ignore it mostly but the harassment became more advanced and used techniques and technology to splice annoying signals and phrases. That were negative and self defeating in nature, I was homeless for a very long time and went through real hardships. Because of these signals if it wasn't for jiu-jitsu I wouldn't know if I would be alive.

HESPECT.

He did some Judo, so what? It's like saying that a guy who did boxing until his early thirties and then became really good at BJJ has no credibility. Or a guy who just hit the gym 6 days a week, then started BJJ in his early thirties and got really good has no credibility. Not everyone finds BJJ when they're 10 years old and is black belt by 20.