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Rorion Gracie: “There Are Too Many BJJ Black Belts Who Don’t Know How To Teach”

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July 9, 2026

Rorion Gracie, credited with bringing BJJ from Brazil to the United States and helping launch it through the early UFC, says the sport’s global growth has come with a serious downside… A shortage of instructors who actually know how to teach. Speaking on The Ageless Warrior Lab podcast, Rorion said his concern isn’t with how […]

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