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Royler Gracie tours Australian GMAs

Four times world champion and GMA member Royler Gracie (graciecompetitionteam.com) spent the begining of August touring Australia. He taught seminars in many different academies, two of them also GMA members. On August 4th and 5th, Royler paid a visit to Gracie Sydney, of Bruno Panno. Later on, on August 14th, Royler was the main guest of Paulo Tavares...

So what’s keeping the no-time limit match from happening?

On July 12, now a month ago, you read here on GRACIEMAG.com that negotiations were underway for a match that could rattle the foundations of the sport. Rubens Cobrinha and Rafael Mendes were called on by a group of investors spearheaded by Bray Deavours to take part in a match without time limit, to the finish,...

Royler Gracie at PT Academy

GMA member Paulo tavares, head of Paulo Tavares Academy, invites Jiu-Jitsu lovers for a very special seminar. Next August 14th, none other than Royler Gracie will be in Ernia, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Royler Gracie will be teaching some of the moves that made him four-time world champion and three-time ADCC champion. The cost...

Honolulu Open brings back great Hawaiian battles

There’s bit over a month left before the Honolulu Open kicks off on September 4, but there’s already a bunch of people focused on the event. Black belt Jonatas Tagarela (Atos), for example, has already told GRACIEMAG.com he’s in. The championship marks the return of IBJJF competitions to Hawaii. In 2997 and 1998, the entity held...

Royler Gracie Australian Tour

Our GMA member Bruno Panno, leader of Gracie Sydney is promoting an Australian Tour of his master Royler Gracie. The four times world champion will be in Australia from July 31st to August 14th. The tour of seminars will stop by in six different cities. On top of that, Brunno will be organizing the 2nd Annual GSA Royler...

Royler and Jiu-Jitsu’s value in MMA

Ever since he was a kid, Royler Gracie has been used to the challenges and matches where his family members and he himself defend Jiu-Jitsu’s effectiveness. The so-called "vale-tudo" evolved and is now known as MMA, a sport in ascension in terms of fan numbers throughout the planet. Starting in 1993, Jiu-Jitsu gained worldwide acclaim with...

Royler confirms Saulo in International

Gracie Humaitá has dominated the International Masters and Seniors in recent years, but, at last year’s installment, it was overcome by Gracie Barra. Team leader Royler Gracie guarantees the team is in good stead to make it back to the top of the winners’s podium. “The team has gone through a revamping with Rolker in Brazil...

Royler vs João Roque at ADCC 1999

Before Jacaré vs Cachorrão (2003), before Roger vs Xande (2005), a classic no-gi bout from 1999 marked the saga of the ADCC, a submission grappling tournamentnow held every other year. Check out this electrifying game of kinetic chess between two little guys under the classic ADCC rules whereby points were not counted during the first five...

Royler teaches and hands out promotions at University of Jiu-Jitsu

Four-time Jiu-Jitsu world champion Royler Gracie dropped in at University of Jiu-Jitsu academy , home to Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, in San Diego, California. Kid Peligro was there to get it all on the record. The place was packed with more than 20 black belts and 60 participants. Besides the seminar, which included beasts like Demian Maia,...

The charm of competing in the heart of Orange County

The University of California Irvine Campus opened its doors in 1965 with 1,539 students, a staff of 241, a faculty of 119 and 43 teachers’ assistants. From the 8th to the 11th of April, a similar number of people will fill the university gymnasium, competing, cheering, and feeling the excitement. Even those who aren’t Anteaters. That’s the...