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Georges St-Pierre, the UFC Welterweight Champion, and Gerard Mousassi, Strikeforce Lightheavyweight Champion, visited Gracie Barra students and trained for a day with the school’s owner and head instructor, Daniel “Montanha” de Lima. Gracie Barra Jiu Jitsu Miami, is a foundaction school of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo and Capoeira Southrn Florida. (via CommunityNewspapers.com)

Here is a great escape from the turtle position by www.tbjj.tv and Tinguinha.

The 2009 BJ Penn / Leo Vieira Issue is out with over 27 Techniques, DVD and 80 Pages of Full Color

From Gracie Tournaments

We are proud to announce sponsorship opportunities for the The Gracie Us Nationals and The Gracie Kids Worlds being held January 23rd and 24th 2010 as part of the Los Angeles Fitness Expo www.thefitexpo.com

With over 20.000 attendees in 2009, the LA Fitness Expo has become the premier martial arts destination featuring competitions and demos in MMA, Grappling, Jiu-Jitsu and Karate.  Gracie Tournaments www.gracietournaments.com is pleased to be returning with both of our events featuring over 800 competitors and hope that you will be able to join us.

Superfight - Cyborg Abreu vs Rolls Gracie, check out this match up fromthe UFC Fan Expo in Boston this past August, 2010.

Thanks Grappler's Quest for sharing the video and helping to promote submission grappling and BJJ.

It would not be inaccurate to state that the genesis of all mixed martial arts in the United States, comes from one place primarily, and that is Brazil. The roots of it go all the way back to the 1920's, as Carlos Gracie was studying jiu-jitsu, in his native country, under one of the renowned masters of the art, Mitsuyo Maeda. The entire Gracie family fell in love with jiu-jitsu, but it was Carlos' brother Helio who created a variation of it, and by necessity, as he suffered from dizzy spells and had to gear it to his own physical limitations. He did so by emphasizing ground work, submissions and choke holds, and thus what became known as "Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu" was born.

Helio built a reputation, and a clientele, by promoting himself through challenge matches, many of which came against competitors who practiced a different form of martial arts. Just about anything was allowed, including punches and kicks, and for this reason the nature of the competition took on the name of "vale tudo," which is Portuguese for "anything goes."