Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Association

Beschreibung

The Gracie Barra Company - GB Family - is a global organization formed by more than 100 BJJ schools that has the mission of training body, mind and spirit through the highest level of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instruction as a means for individual development and the strengthening of the family spirit, going beyond the competitive realm. Inside the GB Family, the famous martial arts principle of maximum efficiency minimum - "Seiryoku Zenyo" - is not restricted to a general principle behind the practice of self defense techniques, but serves as a moral beacon that guides the behavior of each and every Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner - instructors and their students.

Since inception in 1972, the GB Family has been in constant growth. Under the leadership of Master Carlos Gracie Jr., Gracie Barra has evolved from one small school at the suburb of Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, to more then one hundred schools all around the globe, forming a community of thousands of individuals in the five continents.