Saturday, February 16, 2019
Facebook Instagram Twitter Google+ Pinterest
  • Home
  • Spotlight
  • Techniques
  • Reviews
    • Academy
    • Book
    • DVD
    • Gear
    • Gi
    • Online Instruction
    • Seminar
    • Tournament
  • Galleries
  • Videos
  • Opinion
  • Special Offers
  • News

Subscribe to this RSS feed
Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:21

Helio Gracie, Dies at Age 95, BJJ Legend and Jiu-Jitsu Innovator

Helio Gracie, the father of modern Jiu-Jitsu, died on Thursday in the city of Itaipava, Rio de Janeiro. The BJJ master was 95 years-old.

Helio is the father of, Royce and Rickson Gracie. Royce Gracie  (in the Winter Issue of BJJ Legends Magazine ) won the Ultimate Helio Gracie and Penny ThomasFighter Championship (UFC) three times between 1993 and 1994. Rickson is know as one of the worlds best Jiu-Jitsu masters today. Helio himself holds the record for the longest uninterrupted match, 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Gracie schools across the globe, including the United States, Israel, Europe and Latin America, were closed Thursday in tribute to Helio's passing.    Helio, in his later years noted that the sport became too commercial. To main-stream Jiu-Jitsu into a sport the evolution led to rules and timed rounds.

According to Gracie (quoted by www.news.cn ), "this favors the stronger, heavier and better trained fighter. The Jiu-Jitsu that I created was designed to give the smaller and weaker fighters a good chance at defeating their bigger and stronger opponents".

 

Published in Latest
Read more...

Site Map

  • Features
  • Book Reviews
  • Variations
  • Typography
  • Menu Options
  • Extensions
  • Tutorials
  • Installation
  • Logo Editing
  • Forum Guides
  • Gantry
  • Preset Styles
  • J! Stuff
  • Member Access
  • Category Blog
  • Web Links
 

Contact Us

 
BJJ LegendsMag is dedicated to spreading the instruction of Jiu-Jitsu across the word.
If you have content you would like to share, visit our BJJ facebook page and contact us.
 
+1 (888) 534-3633

 
 
BJJ Legends Magazine
PO Box 2517
Orange CA 92869