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Description

Brazilian jiu-jitsu grand master, the second oldest son of Helio Gracie, who pioneered the sport in Hawaii, where he established the first Gracie Jiu Jitsu academy in 1988. A 9th degree red belt, he is the teacher of the Migliarese brothers of Balance Studios in Philadelphia.

Teachers (1)

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  Hélio Gracie

  linkBrazilian jiu-jitsu 3

  Confirmed

  BJJ Heroes records Relson's lineage as Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Relson Gracie and states that Helio handed Relson his black belt after seven years as a brown belt; Wikidata also lists Helio Gracie as his student of (P1066)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  BJJ Heroes records Relson's lineage as Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Relson Gracie and states that Helio handed Relson his black belt after seven years as a brown belt; Wikidata also lists Helio Gracie as his student of (P1066)

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Relson Gracie"

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

  "Helio Gracie had Relson wait 7 long years in the brown belt division before he handed him his black belt."

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

Ranks (2)

• linkBrazilian jiu-jitsu

  receipt_longBlack belt 2

  Probable

  BJJ Heroes states Helio Gracie handed Relson his black belt after seven years in the brown belt division, but does not give a promotion date

  BJJ Ranking System

  granted by Hélio Gracie

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  BJJ Heroes states Helio Gracie handed Relson his black belt after seven years in the brown belt division, but does not give a promotion date

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Helio Gracie had Relson wait 7 long years in the brown belt division before he handed him his black belt."

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

  receipt_longRed belt, degree 9 2

  Probable

  BJJ Heroes describes Relson as a jiu jitsu red belt (9th degree); the promotion date is not given in the source

  BJJ Ranking System

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  BJJ Heroes describes Relson as a jiu jitsu red belt (9th degree); the promotion date is not given in the source

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "he is also a jiu jitsu red belt (9th degree)"

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

Students (2)

• Ri
  Ricardo Migliarese

  linkBrazilian jiu-jitsu 3

  Confirmed

  Wikipedia explicitly records that Ricardo received his black belt from Relson Gracie in December 2005; the Balance Studios website names Relson Gracie as their instructor

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  Wikipedia explicitly records that Ricardo received his black belt from Relson Gracie in December 2005; the Balance Studios website names Relson Gracie as their instructor

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Ricardo received his black belt from Relson Gracie in December 2005 and is one of only 28 people to receive this honor from Relson"

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Ricardo Migliarese. Wikipedia (English)linkinfo

  "The Migliarese Brothers are the founders of Balance Studios and have over 30 years of experience in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu"

  — (2026). Balance Studioslinkinfo
• 
  Phil Migliarese

  linkBrazilian jiu-jitsu 3

  Confirmed

  Wikipedia records that Relson Gracie became Phil Migliarese's mentor and promoted him to black belt in March 2003; the Balance Studios website names Relson Gracie as their instructor

  (1988)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  Wikipedia records that Relson Gracie became Phil Migliarese's mentor and promoted him to black belt in March 2003; the Balance Studios website names Relson Gracie as their instructor

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Relson focused his attention on Migliarese's training and became his mentor."

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Phil Migliarese. Wikipedia (English)linkinfo

  "The Migliarese Brothers are the founders of Balance Studios and have over 30 years of experience in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu"

  — (2026). Balance Studioslinkinfo

Sources