![]() ![]() When Carlos was late for a private class, 16 year old. I hope some of you start to research the Gracie family and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – I think it’s important to know about the origins of the art we practice. His brother Carlos Gracie was teaching Jiu-Jitsu under Mitsuyo Maeda, a Japanese Judoku living in Brazil. Pictured left to right back row first – Rickson, Rolls, Carlos, Helio, Robson, Mauricio Motta Gomes, Royler, Carlos Jr, Crolin, Rorion, Rolker, Royce Gracie. Pictured at the top of this post is one of my all time favourite Gracie family pictures – a very famous picture within our community. ![]() The famous Wallid Ismail vs Royce Gracie match was the most famous example. As a reaction, Carlson said that he would train his fighters to defeat Helio’s sons. And even then the differences would be slight as some of the Gracie's back then taught and trained at both academies so there was definitely some knowledge transfer between the two. Carlson Gracie Junior is a 5th-degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under his father, Carlson Gracie (sr) being also the head representative of the Carlson Gracie Association, as well as the head coach of the Carlson Gracie Academy in Chicago, IL where he moved to from Rio de Janeiro in 1996. Helio Gracie was against Carlson’s decision to teach Jiu-Jitsu to common people. Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Rolls Gracie > Romero Cavalcanti > Fábio Gurgel> Leo Negao > Me > You I think the biggest difference would be for any of the Gracies who originally trained out of Carlson Gracie's academy as opposed to Helio Gracie's academy. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu continues to evolve to this day. Helio Gracie developed a system to emphasise leverage, giving smaller and weaker people the opportunity to defend themselves. At the age of 17, Helio was called on to teach when Carlos, the instructor at the time, was not available for one of his students lessons. In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu we often hear people referring to ‘lineage’ – in other words, who their teacher’s teacher was and who that teacher’s teacher was right back to Mitsuyo Maeda a Japanese Judo practitioner who taught Carlos Gracie. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu gave way to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu also referred to in short as ‘BJJ’. Researching the Gracie family and the early days of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu right up to the first world championships held in 1996 and beyond, is fascinating. The history of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is very interesting, there is much to read and the stories are many. ![]()
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