The first Mixed Martial Arts champion of the modern era, This 34 year old Gracie is one of nine children of which seven who are boys. He began training Jiu-Jitsu at an early age as a game with his father Helio.

Royce began to compete in tournaments at the early age of 8 years old. By the time he reached 16 he received his blue belt and in less than two years was awarded his Black Belt. At the age of 18, Royce moved to the United States to live with his older brother Rorion. Together they began teaching private lessons out of their garage somtimes more than 10 hours per day. Rorion and Royce opened the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy eleven years ago in Torrance, California. Today the Gracie Academy in California is one of the largest martial arts schools in the country.

Prof. Royce was the first Mixed Martial Arts champion of the modern era, winning the first ever UFC - an open weight, no time limit event that revolutionised the Martial Arts. Today more than 10 years later Royce is fighting professional Mixed Martial Arts in Japan and the USA.

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Royler Gracie was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He started practicing Jiu-Jitsu at the young age of 3 years old. As soon as Royler was old enough to compete he started to build his illustrious competitive career. For more than 20 years Royler has been competiting as a black belt and has had more than three hundred matches during that time span. Royler has won the world championships four years running along with several national and regional titles. He was the most active sport Jiu-Jitsu competitor during that time and has always been ready to test himself against opponents of all sizes. A fire burns inside of Royler which propels him to accomplish what no other has in the sport. 

* Special Sydney seminar and Competiton over a 2 day weekend is proudly sponsored by the Grappling Store.

Rodrigo Gracie was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, son of Jiu-Jitsu Grandmaster Reylson Gracie and grandson of the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie.

He started training when he was only 4 years old; at the age of 7 he participated in one of his father's internal championships and won his first jiu-jitsu fight. Rodrigo began teaching Jiu-Jitsu at the age of 14 and was awarded the black belt at the age of 18 under his father.

He then came to the United States to teach at his father's academy in California. A few years later, he went to New York City to train and work with his cousin Renzo Gracie. (Because Renzo's system of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu had a different focus than his father's, Rodrigo decided to begin his training at the brown belt level and soon after, he was awarded the black belt under Renzo. Since then, he has been teaching his knowledge to others and currently has his own school in New York.

Today Rodrigo fights Mixed Martial Arts regularly and has wins over some of Japan's top Mixed Martial Arts fighters

Dates have been set for most capital cities.

Cost: $120 for 3 hour seminar

Rodrigo Gracie seminar will cover Gi, No-Gi & MMA 

* Details for Melbourne, Brisbane and some Sydney dates are still yet to be confirmed.