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While Gracie University® is internationally famous for the quality of its group classes, some people prefer to start with private training. Private classes enable the instructor to teach the lessons in the order that will optimize learning and to adapt techniques to suit an individual’s strengths and weaknesses. Each private lesson begins with a ...

Every month in the United States, three million children miss school due to fear of bullies. In the Gracie Bullyproof® program, our goal is to instill in your child unshakable confidence so they can overcome bullies without violence. Due to the non-violent nature of the techniques, CNN, ABC, NBC, and Oprah have featured the Gracie Bullyproof program as one ...

ACCELERATE YOUR IN CLASS PROGRESS FROM HOME Every Gracie University® student receives access to GRACIEUNIVERSITY.COM, an interactive online training video archive with every technique in the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® arsenal. THE PERFECT WAY TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR TRAINING As a result of teaching self-defense to thousands of students for nearly a century, the Gracie Family has discovered that the ...

Japanese Jiu-Jitsu (practiced as Judo) was introduced to the Gracie family in Brazil around 1914 by Esai Maeda, who was also known as Conde Koma. Maeda was a champion of Jiu-Jitsu and a direct student of Kano, at the Kodokan in Japan. He was born in 1878, and became a student of Judo ...

The application of traditional Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® transcends the application of chokes, joint locks, immobilizations, throws, and strikes. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is a way of life. Beyond the mat, members of the Gracie family live balanced, healthy lives based on the same philosophy that governs their unique self-defense system. Grand Masters Carlos and Helio Gracie believed ...