Iceland 1 person How it arrived (4) Teachers holding a nationality their students did not, earliest student first. swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu United States · Matt Thornton → Gunnar Nelson Ireland · John Kavanagh → Gunnar Nelson New Zealand · John Danaher → Gunnar Nelson +1 more Brazil · Renzo Gracie → Gunnar Nelson Styles practised (1) Brazilian jiu-jitsu founded c. 1925 People (1) Gunnar Nelson Brazilian jiu-jitsu · 1988 · Akureyri All countries