RORION GRACIE IS THE CO-CREATOR OF THE UFC (ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP) AND VISIONARY BEHIND THE MMA (MIXED MARTIAL ARTS) REVOLUTION. HE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF "THE GRACIE DIET" BOOK, A UNIQUE FOOD COMBINATION CONCEPT DEVELOPED BY HIS UNCLE, CARLOS GRACIE, AFTER 65 YEARS OF RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION..
ROYCE GRACIE IS A RETIRED BRAZILIAN MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST WHO IS WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST FIGHTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT. HE ROSE TO FAME IN THE 1990S BY WINNING THE FIRST THREE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (UFC) EVENTS, IN WHICH HE DEMONSTRATED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU AGAINST OTHER MARTIAL ARTS STYLES. GRACIE'S SUCCESS POPULARIZED BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU AND HELPED ESTABLISH IT AS ONE OF THE DOMINANT STYLES IN MMA. ROYCE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UFC HALL OF FAME IN 2003.
RENER GRACIE IS A 4TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN GRACIE JIU-JITSU, AS WELL AS HEAD INSTRUCTOR AT THE GRACIE JIU-JITSU ACADEMY AND CO-CREATOR OF GRACIE UNIVERSITY. HE IS THE GRANDSON OF HELIO GRACIE, THE CREATOR OF GRACIE JIU-JITSU, AND THE SECOND ELDEST SON OF RORION GRACIE, WHO IS THE FATHER OF GRACIE JIU-JITSU IN THE UNITED STATES.
RYRON GRACIE IS A FOURTH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN GRACIE JIU-JITSU AND ONE OF THE HEAD INSTRUCTORS AT GRACIE ACADEMY. INTRODUCED TO THE ART BEFORE HE COULD WALK, RYRON’S EARLIEST MEMORIES ARE OF WATCHING HIS FATHER TEACH JIU-JITSU IN THE GARAGE AT THEIR HOME IN HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
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JULIANO’S SPORTING CAREER BEGAN IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, WHERE HIS GRANDMOTHER SUPPORTED HIS SWIMMING LESSONS IN A PRIVATE CLUB. HE SHOWED TALENT EARLY ON WHEN HE BECAME THE BEST BREASTSTROKE SWIMMER IN HIS REGION. NOW COMPETING AS A TRIATHLETE, JULIANO HAS MADE AÇAÍ ROOTS AN IMPORTANT PART OF HIS TRAINING REGIMEN. FRESH-HARVESTED AÇAÍ GIVES HIM THE STAMINA TO KEEP GOING HARD WHEN HIS COMPETITORS ARE SLOWING DOWN.
FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS, RODRIGO HAS TAKEN THE MOJO, “TRAIN + EAT HEALTHY + SLEEP + REPEAT,” VERY SERIOUSLY! THIS BRAZILIAN TRIATHLETE HAS COMPETED ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND NOW HE HAS EVEN MORE CHANCE TO KEEP CHASING THE TOP OF THE PODIUM WHILE LIVING IN SAN DIEGO AND INCORPORATING AÇAI ROOTS DAILY INTO HIS DIET. BESIDES BEING AN ATHLETE, RODRIGO PROMOTES BIKE TRAVELS AND TRIATHLON CAMP EXPERIENCES THROUGH 7SHERPAS.