Gracie Barra
Encyclopedia
Gracie Barra is one of the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
associations, with over 400 black belts
and 150 schools or affiliates worldwide. It is headed by Carlos Gracie, Jr.
, son of Carlos Gracie
the first Gracie to ever learn Jiu-Jitsu from Japanese emigrant to Brazil Otávio Mitsuyo Maeda
.
school in the world, located in Barra da Tijuca
, Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil
. Gracie Barra's black belts include numerous world class instructors and athletes.
Associated with the school is the Gracie Barra Combat Team, a stable of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters who compete in mixed martial arts
matches. Associated with Gracie Barra Academy, the team is most famous for its fighters Renzo Gracie
, Roger Gracie
, Lucio Rodrigues, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, one of only five martial artists ever to have defeated Chute Boxe fighter Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling 99 kg champion Marcio Cruz
.
(Purple Belt and above)
(Blue Belt and below)
associations, with over 400 black belts
and 150 schools or affiliates worldwide. It is headed by Carlos Gracie, Jr.
, son of Carlos Gracie
the first Gracie to ever learn Jiu-Jitsu from Japanese emigrant to Brazil Otávio Mitsuyo Maeda
.
school in the world, located in Barra da Tijuca
, Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil
. Gracie Barra's black belts include numerous world class instructors and athletes.
Associated with the school is the Gracie Barra Combat Team, a stable of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters who compete in mixed martial arts
matches. Associated with Gracie Barra Academy, the team is most famous for its fighters Renzo Gracie
, Roger Gracie
, Lucio Rodrigues, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, one of only five martial artists ever to have defeated Chute Boxe fighter Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling 99 kg champion Marcio Cruz
.
(Purple Belt and above)
(Blue Belt and below)
associations, with over 400 black belts
and 150 schools or affiliates worldwide. It is headed by Carlos Gracie, Jr.
, son of Carlos Gracie
the first Gracie to ever learn Jiu-Jitsu from Japanese emigrant to Brazil Otávio Mitsuyo Maeda
.
school in the world, located in Barra da Tijuca
, Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil
. Gracie Barra's black belts include numerous world class instructors and athletes.
Associated with the school is the Gracie Barra Combat Team, a stable of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters who compete in mixed martial arts
matches. Associated with Gracie Barra Academy, the team is most famous for its fighters Renzo Gracie
, Roger Gracie
, Lucio Rodrigues, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, one of only five martial artists ever to have defeated Chute Boxe fighter Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling 99 kg champion Marcio Cruz
.
(Purple Belt and above)
(Blue Belt and below)
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...
associations, with over 400 black belts
Black belt (martial arts)
In martial arts, the black belt is a way to describe a graduate of a field where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is commonly the highest belt color used and denotes a degree of competence. It is often associated with a teaching grade though...
and 150 schools or affiliates worldwide. It is headed by Carlos Gracie, Jr.
Carlos Gracie, Jr.
Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie, Jr. is a 7th degree Red and Black Belt URL accessed on June 7, 2009 in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . He started the Gracie Barra Academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is head of the Gracie Barra, one of the largest and most successful worldwide Jiu-Jitsu associations...
, son of Carlos Gracie
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...
the first Gracie to ever learn Jiu-Jitsu from Japanese emigrant to Brazil Otávio Mitsuyo 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...
.
History
Carlos Gracie Jr. is the founder and head instructor of the Gracie Barra Academy, the largest Brazilian Jiu-JitsuBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
school in the world, located in Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca is a famous neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located southwest of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra, as it is popularly known, will have most of the venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics, which will be the first edition held in South America. Barra is well-known for its...
, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Gracie Barra's black belts include numerous world class instructors and athletes.
Associated with the school is the Gracie Barra Combat Team, a stable of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters who compete in mixed martial arts
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...
matches. Associated with Gracie Barra Academy, the team is most famous for its fighters 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...
, Roger Gracie
Roger Gracie
Roger Gracie Gomes is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. Roger was awarded his black belt by his cousin Renzo Gracie at the behest of Carlos Gracie, Jr. whilst training in New York in 2003. He is currently a second degree black belt...
, Lucio Rodrigues, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, one of only five martial artists ever to have defeated Chute Boxe fighter Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling 99 kg champion Marcio Cruz
Márcio Cruz
Márcio "Pé de Pano" Cruz is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. In BJJ, he is a third degree black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr....
.
External links
(Purple Belt and above)
(Blue Belt and below)
Sources
Gracie Barra is one of the largest Brazilian Jiu-JitsuBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
associations, with over 400 black belts
Black belt (martial arts)
In martial arts, the black belt is a way to describe a graduate of a field where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is commonly the highest belt color used and denotes a degree of competence. It is often associated with a teaching grade though...
and 150 schools or affiliates worldwide. It is headed by Carlos Gracie, Jr.
Carlos Gracie, Jr.
Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie, Jr. is a 7th degree Red and Black Belt URL accessed on June 7, 2009 in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . He started the Gracie Barra Academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is head of the Gracie Barra, one of the largest and most successful worldwide Jiu-Jitsu associations...
, son of Carlos Gracie
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...
the first Gracie to ever learn Jiu-Jitsu from Japanese emigrant to Brazil Otávio Mitsuyo 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...
.
History
Carlos Gracie Jr. is the founder and head instructor of the Gracie Barra Academy, the largest Brazilian Jiu-JitsuBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
school in the world, located in Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca is a famous neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located southwest of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra, as it is popularly known, will have most of the venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics, which will be the first edition held in South America. Barra is well-known for its...
, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Gracie Barra's black belts include numerous world class instructors and athletes.
Associated with the school is the Gracie Barra Combat Team, a stable of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters who compete in mixed martial arts
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...
matches. Associated with Gracie Barra Academy, the team is most famous for its fighters 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...
, Roger Gracie
Roger Gracie
Roger Gracie Gomes is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. Roger was awarded his black belt by his cousin Renzo Gracie at the behest of Carlos Gracie, Jr. whilst training in New York in 2003. He is currently a second degree black belt...
, Lucio Rodrigues, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, one of only five martial artists ever to have defeated Chute Boxe fighter Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling 99 kg champion Marcio Cruz
Márcio Cruz
Márcio "Pé de Pano" Cruz is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. In BJJ, he is a third degree black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr....
.
External links
(Purple Belt and above)
(Blue Belt and below)
Sources
Gracie Barra is one of the largest Brazilian Jiu-JitsuBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
associations, with over 400 black belts
Black belt (martial arts)
In martial arts, the black belt is a way to describe a graduate of a field where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is commonly the highest belt color used and denotes a degree of competence. It is often associated with a teaching grade though...
and 150 schools or affiliates worldwide. It is headed by Carlos Gracie, Jr.
Carlos Gracie, Jr.
Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie, Jr. is a 7th degree Red and Black Belt URL accessed on June 7, 2009 in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . He started the Gracie Barra Academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is head of the Gracie Barra, one of the largest and most successful worldwide Jiu-Jitsu associations...
, son of Carlos Gracie
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...
the first Gracie to ever learn Jiu-Jitsu from Japanese emigrant to Brazil Otávio Mitsuyo 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...
.
History
Carlos Gracie Jr. is the founder and head instructor of the Gracie Barra Academy, the largest Brazilian Jiu-JitsuBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
school in the world, located in Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca is a famous neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located southwest of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra, as it is popularly known, will have most of the venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics, which will be the first edition held in South America. Barra is well-known for its...
, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Gracie Barra's black belts include numerous world class instructors and athletes.
Associated with the school is the Gracie Barra Combat Team, a stable of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters who compete in mixed martial arts
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...
matches. Associated with Gracie Barra Academy, the team is most famous for its fighters 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...
, Roger Gracie
Roger Gracie
Roger Gracie Gomes is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. Roger was awarded his black belt by his cousin Renzo Gracie at the behest of Carlos Gracie, Jr. whilst training in New York in 2003. He is currently a second degree black belt...
, Lucio Rodrigues, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, one of only five martial artists ever to have defeated Chute Boxe fighter Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling 99 kg champion Marcio Cruz
Márcio Cruz
Márcio "Pé de Pano" Cruz is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. In BJJ, he is a third degree black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr....
.
External links
(Purple Belt and above)
(Blue Belt and below)
Sources
