Renzo Gracie crown collection
BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU ACADEMIES
Renzo Gracie crown collection
BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU ACADEMIES
Grandmaster Carlos Gracie pictured above with his younger brother and Co-Founder, Helio Gracie.
The story of the Gracie family is an incredible, well-documented chain of events, with more than a hundred years of tradition, generations of sons and daughters carrying the torch, masters and students of all creeds, reaching all corners of the world.
The Gracie’s revolutionized self-defense training, their vision resulting in a major change in combat sports, giving birth to Mixed Martial Arts and some of world’s biggest sports organizations and star athletes.
The history of Jiu Jitsu is rich with accounts of marvel, from the arrival of Count Mitsuyo Maeda from Japan to Brazil, legendary battles between the Gracie Family and representatives of other martial arts, to the first UFC.
Grandson of GM Carlos Gracie, Master Renzo Gracie founded The Renzo Gracie Academy in 1996 in New York City and brought BJJ from Brazil to the East Coast.
One of Martial Art history’s most beloved Masters and fiercest competitors, Master Renzo has created one of the most successful teams in the world continually producing champions at the highest level of BJJ and MMA.
His professors and affiliate academies have branched out all over the world to share their love of Jiu Jitsu, and we continue his legacy in Jersey City, Belleville & Harrison