UFC’s Royce Gracie Teaches Police Officers Jiu-Jitsu
This week, the Moore Police Department is hosting a unique training for police officers around the world. World-renowned MMA fighter and UFC Hall of Famer, Royce Gracie, is in town to teach the art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for health, fitness, self-defense
The Gracie family is well known to martial arts enthusiasts across the world; as perhaps the only martial arts practitioners as recognizable as Bruce Lee, the Gracies practically invented the modern form of Jiu Jitsu, known as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. “As the story goes, at the turn of the 20th ce…
Carlos, Helio, Carlson Gracie to Have Statues Erected in BrazilConsidered by many as the birthplace of jiu-jitsu and MMA, the city of Rio de Janeiro will officially pay homage to three of the sport’s most important pioneers: Carlos, Helio and Carlson Gracie. The three masters will have statues erected in their honor on Tonelero street in Copacabana, one block away from the Carlson Gracie Academy.
via Sherdog