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Jean Jacques Machado (born February 12, 1968) is a Brazilian Jiu jitsu practitioner. He is one of the five Machado brothers ( Carlos , Roger, Rigan and John). Machado is nephew of BJJ co-founder and Grandmaster Carlos Gracie , and learned the martial art from an early age.
The most recent family champions have been Rigan Machado, Jean Jacques Machado and Carlos Machado. The most successful Machados in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Competition are Rigan Machado and Jean Jacques Machado, who is a multiple time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship medalist (Gold, Silver(X2)). [2]
Joe Rogan – an American comedian and color commentator for the UFC, black belt under Jean Jacques Machado, also a black belt under Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu. [94] Allan Mortimer – Bahamian olympian, began training under Ryron Gracie and Rener Gracie in February 2013 [95] and received his black belt in February 2017. [96]
In 1994, after watching Royce Gracie win an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event, Bravo decided to become a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, which he began under the tutelage of Jean Jacques Machado. [8] Bravo also attended a Jeet Kune Do academy from 1996 to 1998. [9]
It was then Soca decided to give Jiu-Jitsu a try. It was at Carlos Gracie Jr. Academy that Soca would begin learning under Jean Jacques Machado. Machado showed Soca the most effective techniques which helped establish the foundation for Soca’s legendary Jiu-Jitsu skill. Soca was awarded his black belt in 1994 by Carlos Gracie Jr.
In 2003, after earning a black belt under Jean-Jacques Machado, Eddie Bravo opened his first 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu school in Los Angeles, California.Bravo's system emphasizes developing students for submission-only grappling competition rather than points, he focused his jiu-jitsu training without the traditional gi, becoming one of the first jiu-jitsu schools in the US to do so.
(The Recording Academy, which has presented the Grammys since 1959, launched the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort in tandem with its MusiCares charity with a $1 million dollar donation.) By 11:30 ET ...
The academy became known as Gracie Barra in reference to the neighborhood. [3] In a year the academy went from 20 to 200 members including some of the students Gracie had coached at his brother's academy, such as Jean Jacques Machado and Renzo Gracie. [1] The team became one of the best in the world, winning the World Championship multiple ...