Roger Gracie

[Chickenjorge]

does anyone have a biography of him, or know about him.

i mean, why is his academy in england? and is he half english?

or....why does he have a white/european complexion to him, & not so much of a brazilian one, like the other gracies?

sorry if i come off as a little dumb, but i'm just curious, especially since the first japanese gracie was born not too long ago, and now it seems like the gracies are just becoming bigger and bigger, and more international.

[VENDO]

does anyone have a biography of him, or know about him.

i mean, why is his academy in england? and is he half english?

or....why does he have a white/european complexion to him, & not so much of a brazilian one, like the other gracies?

sorry if i come off as a little dumb, but i'm just curious, especially since the first japanese gracie was born not too long ago, and now it seems like the gracies are just becoming bigger and bigger, and more international.


the gracies are fucking everyone arent they?lol..



Roger Gracie Gomes is a highly-decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He is a member of the Gracie family, the son of Reyla Gracie, daughter of Carlos Gracie, and Mauricio Motta Gomes, one of the 6 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts of Rolls Gracie.

Gracie is one of the most successful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Wrestling exponents active today, enjoying an intense rivalry with grapplers such as Xande Ribiero and Ronaldo de Souza. His most notable achievement to date is winning the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in 2005, taking 1st Place in the 88 - 98kg and Open-weight categories by submitting all 8 opponents, a feat that had not previously been achieved.

Gracie is the main instructor at The Roger Gracie Academy located in West London, England. His fellow instructors include Felipe Souza and Jude Samuel.

Gracie defeated Ron Waterman in his mixed martial arts debut by armbar submission in the 1st round.

ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championships
ADCC 2005

88 - 98kg: 1st Place
Openweight: 1st Place
ADCC 2003

88 - 98kg: 3rd Place

CBJJ World Championships
2006

Black Belt -97kg: 1st Place
Black Belt Open Weight: 2nd Place
2005

Black Belt -97kg: 1st Place
Black Belt Open Weight: 2nd Place
2004

Black Belt -97kg: 1st Place
Black Belt Open Weight: 2nd Place
2003

Black Belt Open Weight: 2nd Place
2002

Brown Belt -91kg: 1st Place
Brown Belt Open Weight: 1st Place
2001

Purple Belt -85kg: 1st Place
2000

Blue Belt -85kg: 1st Place

CBJJ Pan American Championships
2006

Black Belt -97kg: 2nd Place
Black Belt Open Weight: 1st Place
2002

Brown Belt -91kg: 1st Place
Brown Belt Open Weight: 1st Place
2001

Purple Belt -85kg: 1st Place
2000

Blue Belt -85kg: 1st Place
1999

Blue Belt -79kg: 2nd Place




CBJJ Brazilian Championships
2001

Brown Belt -91kg: 1st Place
1999

Blue Belt -79kg: 1st Place




CBJJ European Championships
2005

Black Belt -97kg: 1st Place
Black Belt Open Weight: 1st Place

[VENDO]

ne he's not half englsih, he's full brazilian.

but they have academy's all over the world.
and the gracies are all over in brazil, so they sent him to england.
and what gets me is that he's 6'4, he's the tallest gracie.

[VENDO]

this should be moved to the MMA forum.

now that he's an MMA fighter.

[Chickenjorge]

wow. 6'4

he's huge.

[xhale]

if you look at the gracie family tree you will notice a lot of the gracies remarried a few times... thats why there are so many kids :)

refer: http://www.gracie.com/family/tree.html

[VENDO]

tall as mother fucker!!

That's three inches taller than me.

[Fantouz]

I used to train with him in his academy in London. The story is basically his father, Maurcio Motta Gomes a Rolls Gracie black belt who looks like an older Roger, openend a BJJ academy in Birmingham 10 years ago and opened another two academies or so in England. He then went on to bring Roger and Felipe de Souza to teach at the academy.

Roger's mother is Reyla Gracie; his parents are now divorced. He is the grand-son of Carlos Gracie Sr and in the academy their is a huge portrait of his grandfather. Not of Helio. He used to live in Rio prior to moving to England and i think he used to train in Gracie Barra when he was there. Also he is a Carlos 'Carlinhos' black belt, he was not ranked by his father.

[VENDO]

I used to train with him in his academy in London. The story is basically his father, Maurcio Motta Gomes a Rolls Gracie black belt who looks like an older Roger, openend a BJJ academy in Birmingham 10 years ago and opened another two academies or so in England. He then went on to bring Roger and Felipe de Souza to teach at the academy.

Roger's mother is Reyla Gracie; his parents are now divorced. He is the grand-son of Carlos Gracie Sr and in the academy their is a huge portrait of his grandfather. Not of Helio. He used to live in Rio prior to moving to England and i think he used to train in Gracie Barra when he was there. Also he is a Carlos 'Carlinhos' black belt, he was not ranked by his father.


Nice info, but you said, what was said before.lol

[Fantouz]

Nice info, but you said, what was said before.lol

Just wanted to give it a small spin... but yeah you're right!:sifone:

[VENDO]

haha.

[xhale]

my whole vacation in london consisted of drinking at night and rolling at his academy... i met the guy but never rolled with him... his students will be some of the best bjj fighters in the world... and they were suprisingly nice i thought they were going to charge me for the week or so that i was there... ill admit i was there for maybe 4 hours a day.