The Gracie family refers to the lineage of Brazilian businessman and politician Gastão Gracie. They are known as the founders of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and for their success in mixed martial arts, vale tudo, and submission wrestling competitions. As a family, they uphold the Gracie challenge. A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a recently emerged combat sport in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used, including striking and grappling. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mark Mullen applies an armbar to Ernesto Martinez during the Open “Tap Out” Tournament. ... Hélio Gracie vs. ...

Gastão Gracie founded the family as it is now known in the early 1900s while living in Brazil. He befriended Mitsuyo Maeda, a Japanese prize fighter while assisting Japanese immigrants in their move to the country. In exchange for his friendship and hospitality, Maeda offered to teach Gracie's son Carlos the Japanese martial art jiu-jitsu. Carlos along with his oldest son Carlson and brother Helio Gracie founded "Gracie Jiu-jitsu". This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... // Public flight demonstration of an airplane by Alberto Santos-Dumont in Paris, November 12, 1906. ... Mitsuyo Maeda was a Japanese judoka, catch wrestler and prize-fighter often referred to as Count Combat (or Conde Koma in Brazil, although he actually earned the nickname in Spain by 1908). ... Boxing, nicknamed the sweet science and also called pugilism or prizefighting, is a sport where two participants of similar weight attack each other with their fists in a series of two to three-minute intervals called rounds. In both Amateur and Professional divisions, the combatants (called boxers or fighters) avoid... A Japanese-Brazilian is an ethnically Japanese person born in Brazil. ... Carlos Gracie (1901-1994) is the founder of the Brazilian martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) along with his younger brother Hélio Gracie. ... Jujutsu (also jujitsu, ju jitsu, ju jutsu, or jiu jitsu; from the Japanese 柔術 jūjutsu gentle/yielding/compliant Art) is a Japanese martial art. ... Carlson Gracie Sr. ... Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu patriarch Helio Gracie was born in Belem, Brazil October 1, 1913. ...

Carlos Gracie, the first Brazilian to learn jiu-jitsu, in turn taught his brother Helio Gracie. This marked the founding of what is now called "Gracie Jiu-jitsu." He founded a martial arts academy to pass on this knowledge, and taught the fighting style to his family. Jujutsu (also jujitsu, ju jitsu, ju jutsu, or jiu jitsu; from the Japanese 柔術 jūjutsu gentle/yielding/compliant Art) is a Japanese martial art. ...

The most recent family champions have been Rolls Gracie and Rickson Gracie. The most successful current active Gracie is Roger Gracie, who holds the Confederação Brasileira de Jiu-Jitsu World Super Heavyweight and Pan-American Open Weight titles and the ADCC heavy weight and openweight champion. The most famous member of the Gracie family may be Royce Gracie, because of his famous fights inside the UFC. Rolls Gracie (March 28, 1951 - June 6, 1982) was a notable practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. ... Rickson Gracie (pronounced Hickson; born in Brazil, November 20, 1958[1]) is a martial artist and a mixed martial arts fighter who holds a 7th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. ... Roger Gracie Gomes is a highly-decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. ... Confederação Brasileira de Jiu-Jitsu The Confederação Brasileira de Jiu-Jitsu (CBJJ) or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Confederation is an organization that governs Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and holds several tournaments in Brazil. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... UFC is a TLA that can stand for Ultimate Fighting Championship Umeå FC This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

References

• BJJ.org. Gracie Family Tree, Belt Ranks of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructors and Students. bjj.org. URL last accessed on April 8, 2006.
• Gracie Seminars. GRACIE Family Tree. www.gracieseminars.com. URL last accessed on April 8, 2006.
• Gracie USA. The Real Gracie Family Tree. www.gracie.com. URL last accessed on April 8, 2006.
• International Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Federation. Family Tree. www.550media.com. URL last accessed on April 8, 2006.

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Other references

• Martial Direct book reviews
• Gracie US website