Royler Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Seminar at Lyndhurst Martial Arts school

Savarese Jiu-Jitsu in Lyndhurst NJ held a Royler Gracie northern NJ jiu-jitsu seminar last night. Over 50 people were in attendance for the 4x World Champion’s teaching. Professor Chris Savarese, owner of the school said on his Facebook page “Thank you to Royler Gracie for an awesome seminar that my students were raving about afterwards. You set such a great example for our art and bring the same passion, excitement and love of teaching that you did when I was still a white belt. It was my great honor to have you teach on my mats. Thank you to David Adiv as well for coming and always answering every question I have on BJJ. I hope you guys realize how lucky we were to have 2 of the best BJJ instructors in the world on our mats tonight. Thanks Angelica Oliveira for jumping in and helping our women as well. Tonight was a great night.” Savarese received his blackbelt from Gracie in 2008.

Royler Gracie

Royler GracieÂ is a retired BrazilianÂ jiu-jitsuÂ practitioner and competitor. He also was a Mixed martial artist who fought mainly in Japan. He ran the Gracie HumaitÃ¡ school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for many years under his father GrandmasterÂ Helio Gracie’s direction, but currently resides in San Diego.Â Royler is a member of the famousÂ Gracie family as son to the late GrandmasterÂ Helio Gracie and brother of Rickson, Royce, Relson, Rolker and Robin.Â He holds a 7th degree red/black belt in the style pioneered by his family, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, also known as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.Â Prior to his retirement, Royler competed in the black-belt ranks for 20+ yearsÂ andÂ is a 4xÂ World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, 3x Pan Am Champion and 3x Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling Champion, all in the Pena/Featherweight Black Belt Category. He is a legend in jiu-jitsu circles.