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Royce Gracie

Tonight was the Royce Gracie Seminar - Gracie Tampa was packed.  My oldest son begged me to bring him.  Even Marcus Jones was excited to meet the man who brought BJJ to the spotlight.  It was easy to see why Gracie Jiu Jitsu became so studied.  Royce is not an imposing man, after meeting him it was hard to believe that this soft spoken Brazilian is such a dominant force in MMA.  It is a tribute to the Gracie family, that they can train and understand ground fighting so well, that Royce could go out and defeat men twice his size.  It was an honor to watch him teach and I am thankful that I am able to train and learn from one his first black belts in America, Hobby K.