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Draculino Warns BJJ Instructors Against Posing As Life Coaches: “They Think They’re Gurus Or Something”

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October 8, 2026

Draculino, who has spent more than 40 years on the mats, has a message for the modern Jiu-Jitsu world: instructors should not cast themselves as gurus or life coaches. The coral belt grew up alongside the Gracie family in Rio de Janeiro’s Barra da Tijuca and built one of the most respected academies in Brazilian […]

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