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    By BJJ Heroes on May 14th, 2012

    Reyson Gracie

    Reyson Gracie is a 9th degree red belt in jiu jitsu. Being the third son of Gracie jiu jitsu founder, Carlos Gracie, Reyson helped to spred the jiu jitsu gospel around Brazil, namely in Manaus (state of Amazon) and Bahia where he became the president of the local jiu jitsu federation.

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    By BJJ Heroes on May 13th, 2012

    Travis Lutter

    Travis Lutter is a jiu jitsu black belt under Carlos Machado and a former professional MMA fighter, famous for his win of The Ultimate Fighter (season 4) tournament and his run in the UFC’s middleweight division. Before his MMA career, Travis led a very successful grappling one with medals at important tournaments such as the North American ADCC trials and the World Jiu Jitsu Championships.

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    By BJJ Heroes on April 29th, 2012

    Pedro Hemeterio

    Pedro Hemeterio was one of Carlos and Helio Gracie’s best students through the 1940s and 1950s decades. Hemeterio was also the first student of the gracie academy to achieve the 9th degree in jiu jitsu – red belt. Originaly from the state of Ceará in Brazil, Hemeterio also spent time in Sao Paulo where he helped develop the sport there.

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    Reyson Gracie

    Reyson Gracie is a 9th degree red belt in jiu jitsu. Being the third son
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    Ben Baxter

    Ben Baxter is a jiu jitsu black belt graduated by the iconic Wellington “Megaton” Diaz
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    Travis Lutter

    Travis Lutter is a jiu jitsu black belt under Carlos Machado and a former professional
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    André Terêncio Interview

    André Terêncio, also known as André “Negão” is one of the leaders of the Brazil
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    Rodrigo Cabral Interview

    Rodrigo Cabral A good friend of BJJ Heroes, Rodrigo Cabral “Brucutu” has moved toTexas, US recently
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    One of the men responsible for GFTeam’s success, Huanderson Pavão is one of those guys
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    World Professional Jiu Jitsu Cup 2012 Results

    Detailed results of the 2012 professional World Jiu Jitsu Cup held in Abu Dhabi. You
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    Pan Am Jiu Jitsu 2012 Results

    The best Pan American Jiu Jitsu Championship result database is here, with all the results
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    Pan American Jiu Jitsu Championship Broadcast 2012

    Wow, it doesn’t seem right but it is, the Pan American Championship is at our
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    Gracie Barra Team

    One of the most widely recognized Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academies in the world, the Gracie
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    Carlson Gracie Academy

    One of the most talked about academies in the world, the Carlson Gracie academy reached
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    Cia Paulista

    The Companhia Paulista, commonly know as Cia Paulista, is a historical Brazilian Jiu Jitsu team
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    Vitor Toledo

    Vitor Toledo, also known as “Gigante” is a jiu jitsu black belt under Erivaldo Junior with a long list of achievements in the black belt medium heavy weight division. Since moving to the Atos team Toledo started making a bigger impact in the main events of the BJJ calendar, namely two silver medals at the Pan American & the World Pro Cup (2012). Vitor is also the cousin of another established black belt, Eduardo Toledo.

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    Relson Gracie

    Relson Gracie is the second oldest son of the late Grand Master Helio Gracie, he is also a jiu jitsu coral belt (8th degree) who pioneered the sport, being its messenger in the archipelago of Hawaii (where he was the first to establish a Gracie Jiu Jitsu academy). Relson was also the first Gracie representative to truly embrace surfing, a trend that was followed by many of his family members and BJJ practitioners throughout the world.

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    Victor Costa

    An accomplished Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt with numerous medals in some of the most prestigious grappling tournaments in the world, Victor Costa is also the founder of Koral Fight Co. a jiu jitsu brand of kimonos and fightwear.

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    Rogerio Poggio

    Rogerio Poggio is a renowned 4th degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Master Tolita “Pitoco” Jordan, who is one of the founders of the famous Infight jiu jitsu team. Poggio has also led a successful competitive career with wins at tournaments such as the Mundial, the South American championships and the Brazilian nationals.

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    Craig Kukuk

    An important figure in the history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Mr Craig Kukuk is widely recognized as the very first American born black belt in the sport, having learned directly from the Gracie family through Rorion Gracie and later Royler Gracie who awarded Kukuk his black belt.

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    David Juliano Lemes

    David Juliano is a BJJ black belt competitor in the feather weight division, who often competes for Atos Jiu Jitsu. David has won important titles at black belt such as the South American title, the European Open and many other tournaments at a national and international level.

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    Koji Shibamoto (Tri-Force)

    Koji Shibamoto is one of the top jiu jitsu competitors in the rooster weight division of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. A former top level Judo competitor for Tokai University, Koji has won numerous important BJJ tournaments such as the European Open and the Mundial.

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    Fernando Paradeda

    One of the main people behind the organization of the World Professional Jiu Jitsu Cup event, Fernando Paradeda is also a well accomplished jiu jitsu black belt under the legendary Ze Mario Sperry, having been one of the strongest BJJ competitors for Brazilian Top Team in the early 2000′s.

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    Samy Al Jamal

    Samy Al Jamal is a 4th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and one of the highest ranking BJJ coaches of Arabic origin. He has been one of the great propellers for the sport in countries such as Jordan and Palestine where he made BJJ available by starting the very first grappling and MMA academies in these countries (Source MMA), opening it also to women and the under privileged, forming, very possibly, the first women’s BJJ team in the Middle East and the first MMA academy in Palestine.

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    Rodrigo Fajardo “Pimpolho” (Gracie Barra)

    Rodrigo Fajardo is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under the illustrious Gustavo Muggiati who fights for the Gracie Barra – Curitiba team camp. Rodrigo Fajardo has been a top competitor for the medium heavyweight division since the mid 2000’s conquering several important tournaments including the European Open, the Brazilian national championship and the south American championship.

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