Ralph Gracie

Brazil
Born 1971-05-25, Rio de Janeiro
17.3

Also known as

The Pitbull

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)

  • Carlos Gracie Jr.
    sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
    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
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    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
    “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 link history info

Lineage

Ranks (1)

  • sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu
    receipt_longBlack belt Probable
    Probable
    BJJ Heroes states Carlos Gracie Jr. awarded Ralph his black belt; date not stated
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    BJJ Ranking System
    granted by Carlos Gracie Jr.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    BJJ Heroes states Carlos Gracie Jr. awarded Ralph his black belt; date not stated
    “It was his uncle who awarded Ralph his black belt in the family trade.”
    — BJJ Heroes. Ralph Gracie (BJJ Heroes). BJJ Heroes link history info

Students (1)

  • Dave Camarillo
    sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
    Probable
    BJJ Heroes, the standard BJJ lineage reference, explicitly records Camarillo's black belt under Ralph Gracie; single secondary source
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    BJJ Heroes, the standard BJJ lineage reference, explicitly records Camarillo's black belt under Ralph Gracie; single secondary source
    “Dave Camarillo is a Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) black belt under Ralph Gracie”
    — BJJ Heroes. Dave Camarillo (BJJ Heroes). BJJ Heroes link history info

Sources

BJJ Heroes. Ralph Gracie (BJJ Heroes). BJJ Heroeslink history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01KZQ5XKW34RHMNCH3AB1ZR596
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Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Ralph Gracie. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZQ5XKW34RHMNCH3AB1ZR596 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01KZQ5XKW34RHMNCH3AB1ZR596, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Ralph Gracie}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KZQ5XKW34RHMNCH3AB1ZR596}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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