Charles Gracie is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

 practitioner and occasionally mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

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Biography

Gracie started training in jiu-jitsu when he was 5. He was instructed by his uncles Rolls Gracie

Rolls Gracie

Rolls Gracie was a notable practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a member of the Gracie family.- Biography :...

, Carlos Gracie Jr. and Reylson Gracie

Reylson Gracie

Reylson Gracie is the son of Carlos Gracie the co-founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.- Biography :Grandmaster Reylson Gracie is an 8th degree red and black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Reylson Gracie is known around the world due to his unique self-defense program and his teaching style...

 and received his black belt at the age of 20. In 1986, Gracie relocated to Salvador Bahia to promote and teach Gracie jiu-jitsu. He established the Bahia Jiu-Jitsu Federation in 1993, and is currently president. Gracie was promoted to 5th degree black belt in May 1999. He made his MMA debut with a win over Assuerio Silva

Assuerio Silva

Assuerio Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer, having most recently competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pancrase. He became the Heavyweight King of Pancrase on May 30, 2007, defeating Tatsuya Mizuno.Silva holds a professional fight record of 13–6–01, the...

. Gracie is currently a 6th degree black belt and operates a school in Tracy, California

Tracy, California

Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County, California, United States and an exurb of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 82,922 at the 2010 census.-History:...

, with affiliate schools throughout California and Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

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He is the son of Jiu-Jitsu Grandmaster Robson Gracie

Robson Gracie

Carlos Robson Gracie is the 2nd son of Carlos Gracie, the founder of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and a member of the Gracie Family. Grandmaster Robson is a 9th degree red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is the father of several children including notable black belts Charles Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Flavia...

 and the older brother of Renzo Gracie

Renzo Gracie

Renzo Gracie is a Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr. and a former mixed martial arts competitor in the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He is member of the Gracie family of Brazil. He is the son of Robson Gracie, grandson of Carlos Gracie, nephew of Carlos...

, Ralph Gracie

Ralph Gracie

Ralph Gracie is a Brazilian martial artist. Like other members of the Gracie family, he competed in mixed martial arts. He is the son of Robson Gracie and brother to Charles Gracie, Renzo Gracie and the late Ryan Gracie, both of whom have competed in various fighting events...

, and the late Ryan Gracie

Ryan Gracie

Ryan Gracie , was a Brazilian mixed martial artist with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He was a member of the Gracie family, and the grandson of Carlos Gracie, one of the founders of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...

. He is also the older brother of Flavia Gracie and uncle of Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and competitor Kyra Gracie-Guimaraes

Kyra Gracie

Kyra Gracie Guimarães is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and grappling world champion.-Biography:She is one of the few Gracie women to achieve a black belt in BJJ and is the first Gracie female to actively compete in the sport...

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In 2002, Gracie co-wrote a book on Brazilian jiu-jitsu with his cousin Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, a UFC Hall of Famer and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. A legend and pioneer in the sport of mixed martial arts, he is widely considered to be the most influential figure in the history of modern MMA.Gracie gained fame for his...

 entitled "Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Self Defense Techniques".

Personal

Gracie is married and has two children; son Riury and daughter Victoria. Both train in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under their father.

Instructor lineage

Jigoro Kano → Tsunejiro Tomita

Tsunejiro Tomita

, born , was the earliest disciple of judo. His name appears in the first line of the enrollment book of the Kōdōkan. Tomita, together with Saigō Shirō, became first in history of judo to be awarded black belt grade by the founder of judo Kanō Jigorō, who established the ranking system...

 → Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda

Mitsuyo Maeda

,a Brazilian naturalized as Otávio Maeda,was a Japanese judōka and prizefighter in no holds barred competitions. He was also known as Count Combat or Conde Koma in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, a nickname he picked up in Spain in 1908...

 → Carlos Gracie, Sr.

Carlos Gracie

Carlos Gracie was the first Gracie to learn Judo from Otávio Mitsuyo Maeda. Based on this judo training, Carlos and his brothers founded the martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...

 → Robson Gracie

Robson Gracie

Carlos Robson Gracie is the 2nd son of Carlos Gracie, the founder of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and a member of the Gracie Family. Grandmaster Robson is a 9th degree red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is the father of several children including notable black belts Charles Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Flavia...

 → Charles Gracie

Mixed martial arts record

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|Loss
|align=center|2–1
|  MikitoAndre Mikito
| Technical Submission (rear naked choke)
|Desafio de Gigantes 10
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1:49
|Amapá

Amapá

Amapá is one of the states of Brazil, located in the extreme north, bordering French Guiana and Suriname to the north. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south and west is the Brazilian state of Pará. Perhaps one of the main features of the state is the River Oiapoque, as it was once...

, Brazil
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|Win
|align=center|2–0
|  BalaSandro Bala
| KO (soccer kicks)
|Bitetti Combat Nordeste 1
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:49
|Natal, Brazil
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|Win
|align=center|1–0
|  SilvaAssuerio Silva

Assuerio Silva

Assuerio Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer, having most recently competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pancrase. He became the Heavyweight King of Pancrase on May 30, 2007, defeating Tatsuya Mizuno.Silva holds a professional fight record of 13–6–01, the...

| Submission (triangle choke)
|Extremo Combate Bahia Open
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1:01
|Bahia, Brazil
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External links

• Charles Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy