Choreographer

Rorion Gracie

Brazilian martial artist

Born 1952 · Rio de JaneiroBrazil
Rorion Gracie
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Rorion Gracie is a Brazilian choreographer, born in 1952 in Rio de Janeiro.

Biography

Rorion Gracie (Portuguese: [ˈʁɔɾjõ ˈɡɾejsi]; born January 10, 1952) is a Brazilian-born Gracie jiu-jitsu Grand Master, a prominent member of the Gracie family, writer, publisher, producer, lecturer, lawyer and the co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the oldest son of Hélio Gracie and one of the few people in the world to hold a 9th degree red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and is widely recognized as one of the men responsible for introducing Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to the United States and the world. He was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame in 2009.

From the Wikipedia article “Rorion Gracie”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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