Gracie Barra Fort McMurray

Gracie Barra Fort McMurray

Hi and welcome to our club online we hope that you will come and join us been part of our family sharing experiences in the beautiful art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

If you are looking for a fun way to release stress or training for competition you can be certain to be challenged in a safe, positive, and an athletic manner.

Our website is an extension of our Jiu-Jitsu Academy where you will find all the information about our Martial Arts programs (Kick Boxing & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) and more.

If you are not yet a Gracie Barra Fort McMurray member contact us today to schedule for your free two day trial.

Message from Master Carlos Gracie Jr.

“At the heart of the Gracie Barra Family’s extraordinary success over the years is our strong philosophy and mission as a group, a foundation which our masters laid many years ago, but is constantly being reinforced by the great people that make our community.

Jiu-Jitsu is a beautiful art, and we have a vision of how it should be taught as a means for individual development going beyond the competitive realm. To achieve this vision, we must remember to come together as a family, always putting the team in front of individual.

For that, we will fight to the end for what we believe is right”.

Master Carlos Gracie Jr. (Founder)

Professor Carlos Gracie Jr. is the founder and head instructor of the Gracie Barra Academy, the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school in the world, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The son of Carlos Gracie, the pioneer of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie Jr., has produced well over 200 black belts in his tenure, which today includes numerous world class instructors and athletes.

At the heart of the Gracie Barra mission statement is the goal of training both the body and spirit, going beyond the ‘winning-losing’ or ‘contest’ philosophy present in other martial arts.

Instead, Professor Carlos Gracie Jr. emphasizes the fundamental principle of Jiu-Jitsu: “Minimum effort for maximum efficiency,” a method of utilizing strength through gentleness, an expression exemplifying both the mental and physical aspects of Jiu-Jitsu. In Professor Carlos’ mind, Jiu-Jitsu was in fact a method of education, which could be used to foster one’s personal development. Professor Carlos considered the goals of Jiu-Jitsu to revolve around three aspects: physical education, personal achievement, and ethical growth. In other words, through the practice of Jiu-Jitsu, one would complete their personal development through the training of body and mind, becoming a person better able to contribute to society and the world. Recognizing the never-ending quest for self-perfection, even today Professor Carlos continues to study these techniques and principles with his students.

The constant development of techniques demonstrates Professor Carlos’ adherence to these principles, continuously striving for further progress and knowledge.

In spreading the values of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Professor Carlos is also the head of the IBJJF International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation the largest international organization for overseeing the growth of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The IBJJF is the organizer of the largest competition tournaments in the world including the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship (”Mundials”), the Pan-American Championships held in Dominguez Hills, California, the European Championships held in Portugal, also held annually, last but not least the Asian Championships held in Japan.

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