Carlos Gracie Jr.


Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie Jr. is a Brazilian 8th-degree coral belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and instructor. A member of the Gracie family, he is the son of Carlos Gracie, and first cousin to the Machado family brothers.

Career

Gracie is the founder of the Confederação Brasileira de Jiu-Jitsu, also known as International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, which runs multiple jiu-jitsu tournaments around the world, including the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Pan American Championship and European Championship. He is a co-founder of the Gracie Barra team.
Gracie is also the creator and director of Gracie Magazine, a monthly Brazilian jiu-jitsu publication.

Personal

Carlinhos is one of twenty-one children fathered by Brazilian jiu-jitsu co-founder Carlos Gracie. He has three children: daughter Caroline, and sons Kayron and Kyan. Kayron is a black belt under his father and is an instructor at the Gracie Barra Mission Viejo.

Instructor lineage

Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Carlos Gracie Jr.