Renzo Gracie Newfoundland offer instruction in Gracie Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts and Karate. A typical class includes warm-up exercises, stretching, strength training and cardio, techniques and drills, grappling, sparring, and self defense. We are a Renzo Gracie Academy affiliated school (www.renzogracie.com) and offer classes for kids and adults.
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At the age of six, he began training with his uncle, Rilion Gracie, one of the most technical BJJ practitioners and coaches. During his early teenage years, Rolles trained at the world-famous Carlos Gracie Jr. Gracie Barra School in Rio de Janeiro. The Gracie Barra School holds the most major titles in the world in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. During this time at Gracie Barra, Rolles also trained with his cousin, Renzo Gracie, world-renowned MMA and BJJ fighter, who has defeated five UFC champions. In 1996, Rolles moved to Santa Catarina, Brazil, to live and train with his Uncle Rilion. After only six months, Rolles became the 1996 BJJ Pan American champion. Rolles continued his Jiu-Jitsu training for two more years in Santa Catarina. However in 1998, he moved to Boca Raton, FL to work on his stand-up game. Rolles excelled at his Judo training and soon took two major state titles. In 1999, Rolles moved back to Rio to train and compete, winning several more national and world titles over the next few years. Rolles moved to New York City in 2004 to teach and train again with Renzo Gracie, at the Renzo Gracie Academy. Rolles is the Head Instructor at the Renzo Gracie Academy in Holmdel, New Jersey. He teaches private seminars all over the world with clients such as The New York Jets, NYPD, Fort Meyers Police Academy and the United States Navy Seals. Rolles is focusing on his MMA career under the training of Renzo Gracie in Holmdel, NJ and Greg Jackson in Albuquerque, NM. His physical training is coordinated by Martin Rooney, a physical therapist and performance enhancement specialist who has supervised the training of several NFL, MLB, MMA and Olympic athletes.
TEAM RENZO GRACIE NEWFOUNDLAND are pleased to announce we will be taking a team to train at Renzo Gracie Academy in NYC. Any students interested in traveling from Newfoundland to New York for a week of training at Renzo Gracie Academy should contact Tom Dunne at 709-433-2345 or submit the form on our contact page.
Rolles Gracie Seminar May 8th, 2010 - 2pm to 5pm / Cost: $85
ROLLES GRACIE
Rolles Gracie Jr. was born into the world’s first family of fighting on July 14, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the grandson of Carlos Gracie Sr., the founder of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and son of Rolls Gracie, who is widely considered to be the Gracie family’s most legendary Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. Rolles is physically the largest in the history of the Gracie clan, standing at 6’ 4” and weighing 250 pounds. He is a second-degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a multi-title holding champion, not only BJJ, but also in Judo and submission wrestling. Rolles began his Jiu-Jitsu training around the same time that he learned to crawl. Working out on the mats with his father, Rolls, was an everyday part of life. Rolles trained with his father through his younger years until Rolls’ tragic and accidental death in 1982.
Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
Weight: 250 lbs (113.64 kg)
Fight Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Strengths: Submissions
Born: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fighting out of: New York City, NY
Team: Renzo Gracie / Jackson's MMA