Carlos Gracie Jr.

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Carlos Gracie Jr.

Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's sambo
Pan American Championships
	1980 San Diego	-80 kg

Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie Jr. is a Brazilian 8th-degree coral belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and instructor.^[1] A member of the Gracie family, he is the son of Carlos Gracie, and first cousin to the Machado family brothers.

Career[]

Gracie is the founder of the Confederação Brasileira de Jiu-Jitsu (CBJJ), also known as International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF), which runs multiple jiu-jitsu tournaments around the world, including the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Pan American Championship and European Championship. He is a co-founder of the Gracie Barra team.

Gracie is also the creator and director of Gracie Magazine, a monthly Brazilian jiu-jitsu publication.

Personal life[]

Carlinhos is one of twenty-one children fathered by Brazilian jiu-jitsu co-founder Carlos Gracie. He has three children: daughter Caroline, and sons Kayron and Kyan.^[2][3] Kayron is a black belt under his father and is a professor at Gracie Barra Rancho Santa Margarita.^[4]

Instructor lineage[]

Kanō Jigorō → Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr.^[5] → Carlos Gracie Jr.

See also[]

• List of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners

References[]

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