Carlson Gracie

One of the Gracie Family champions and first MMA trainer.

カーウソン・グレイシー

Born

13 August 1932, Rio de Janeiro

Died

1 February 2006, Chicago

Citizenship

Brazil

Sport

judo

Occupation

judoka

Carlson Gracie (August 13, 1932 – February 1, 2006) was a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. A member of the Gracie family, he was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, and nephew to Hélio Gracie, founders of Gracie jiu-jitsu.

Teachers

• Carlos Gracie

Students

• Stephan Bonnar
• Javier Vazquez
• Joe Moreira
• Julio "Foca" Fernandez
• Marcelo Saporito

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q5042914 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.