08.02.2009 Tribute to Helio touches MiamiHomage to the Grandmaster brought together over 350 people 
There was not enough room at the homage to Grandmaster Helio Gracie / Photo: publicity
Yesterday was a day of strong emotions in Florida’s most well-known city. Organized by brothers Pedro and Guilherme Valente, the homage to Helio Gracie, who passed away on the 29th, brought together over 350 people, who visited the Gracie Miami academy to remember striking moments from the late grandmaster’s life.
“Our ceremony was incredible. It all took place in a marvelous and efficient manner. My brother Pedro started off the memorial thanking everyone for their presence and reading a message sent from our father. In a beautiful speech, he remembered the creation process Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as Helio Gracie revolutionized the relationship between the weak and the strong providing the physically disadvantaged with a power that had never been materialized in the martial arts. Next, we showed a video of the last seminars the Master held at our school in 2005, 2006 and 2007,” recounted Guilherme Valente.
“After the video, my brothers and I, Pedro and Joaquim, told never-before-heard stories about what we witnessed throughout our lives with the Master. To finish, we played a touching slideshow, with historic images of Grandmaster Helio Gracie throughout the years up till 2009,” he added.
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