Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
What the Samurais did with their swords, we do with our hands.
-Helio Gracie
Understanding Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is starts with knowledge about ancient hand to hand combat of samurai: Jujutsu and get to know about some of the key people in the history. After that knowing the man who shaped Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to the form we practice today: Grand Master Helio Gracie and try to understand his philosophy and founding principles is crucial.
We tried to mention a little about history and Grand Master Helio Gracie in our pages to be able to give you an idea.
There are plenty of original resources prepared for Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Some of them prepared by family members including Grand Master Helio Gracie himself, some of them gathered by other masters who meet with this art on their journey and make Gracie Jiu-Jitsu their lifestyle. You can find some of the resources and examples below this page.
Resources
- Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy
- Wikipedia : Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
- Wikipedia : Helio Gracie
- YouTube : AcademyCyprus
Information on this webpage prepared by collecting data from relative resources. AcademyCyprus is not an expert on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and is not a Gracie Academy Certified Training Center and none of the AcademyCyprus member has a Gracie Academy Instructor Certification. Our aim is provide basic knowledge that we gather from various resources to our local members and visitors as a brief summary especially in their native language.
AcademyCyprus, their employees or representatives are not sponsored, endorsed, controlled, licensed, certified or inspected by the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy or any related persons or entities.
