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Description

Brazilian martial artist and member of the Gracie family, founder of the Ralph Gracie Academy. A former Vale Tudo fighter and BJJ competitor, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s where he built a competitive team.

Teachers (1)

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  Carlos Gracie Jr.

  linkBrazilian jiu-jitsu 2

  Probable

  BJJ Heroes records that Ralph trained under Carlos Gracie Jr. in the early Gracie Barra days and received his black belt from him; single secondary source

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  BJJ Heroes records that Ralph trained under Carlos Gracie Jr. in the early Gracie Barra days and received his black belt from him; single secondary source

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Ralph trained extensively with his uncle Carlos Gracie Junior in the early days of Gracie Barra... It was his uncle who awarded Ralph his black belt in the family trade."

  — BJJ Heroes. Ralph Gracie (BJJ Heroes). BJJ Heroes linkinfo

Ranks (1)

• linkBrazilian jiu-jitsu

  receipt_longBlack belt 2

  Probable

  BJJ Heroes states Carlos Gracie Jr. awarded Ralph his black belt; date not stated

  BJJ Ranking System

  granted by Carlos Gracie Jr.

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  BJJ Heroes states Carlos Gracie Jr. awarded Ralph his black belt; date not stated

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "It was his uncle who awarded Ralph his black belt in the family trade."

  — BJJ Heroes. Ralph Gracie (BJJ Heroes). BJJ Heroes linkinfo

Students (1)

• Da
  Dave Camarillo

  linkBrazilian jiu-jitsu 2

  Probable

  BJJ Heroes, the standard BJJ lineage reference, explicitly records Camarillo's black belt under Ralph Gracie; single secondary source

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  BJJ Heroes, the standard BJJ lineage reference, explicitly records Camarillo's black belt under Ralph Gracie; single secondary source

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Dave Camarillo is a Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) black belt under Ralph Gracie"

  — BJJ Heroes. Dave Camarillo (BJJ Heroes). BJJ Heroes linkinfo

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