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Hélio Gracie (October 1, 1913 – January 29, 2009) was a Brazilian martial artist who together with his brothers Oswaldo, Gastao Jr, George and Carlos Gracie founded and developed the self-defense martial art system of Gracie jiu-jitsu, also known as Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ).
The fight between Japanese judoka Masahiko Kimura and Brazilian jiu-jitsu founder Hélio Gracie was held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on October 23, 1951. It was held as a special challenge, with no titles on the line: Gracie was the self-proclaimed national jiu-jitsu champion, [1] seen as a regular judo 6th dan by Kimura, [2] while Kimura himself was coming from a career in ...
The Gracie jiu-jitsu ranking system is a method of signifying competency and moral character of a jiu-jitsu practitioner, developed by founders Carlos and Hélio Gracie, and utilized by members of the Gracie family. Similar to the IBJJF Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system, the Gracie system has a number of key differences. Most notable is the ...
Isa Boletini - nationalist guerrilla fighter [2] Asim Vokshi - volunteer in Spanish Civil War [3] Sulejman Vokshi - military leader and commander of the League of Prizren [3] Haxhi Zeka - nationalist leader [3] Bislim Bajgora - nationalist leader; Shote Galica - nationalist guerrilla fighter who was declared as the People's Heroine of Albania [3]
New Spirit Party (Partia Fryma e Re); Reformist Party ORA (Partia Reformiste ORA); People's Movement of Kosovo (Lëvizja Popullore e Kosovës); Socialist Party of Kosovo (Partia Socialiste e Kosovës)
2 April 1999 Hashim Thaçi: Thaçi I 15 December 1999 none Interim: 4 March 2002 Bajram Rexhepi: Rexhepi: 2001: 3 December 2004 Ramush Haradinaj: Haradinaj I: 2004: 8 March 2005 Adem Salihaj: Salihaj 25 March 2005 Bajram Kosumi: Kosumi 10 March 2006 Agim Çeku: Çeku 9 January 2008 Hashim Thaçi: PDK, LDK, KDTP, SL: Thaçi II: 2007 2010: 17 ...
Following the 1991 population census, in which LDK President Rugova also called for boycott, resulting in only 9,091 Albanians recorded which composed around 2.53% of the Kosovar population, the LDK called the Albanian people to leave and boycott all state institutions until the solution of the Albanian national question.
The three core organizations that constituted the LPK were the Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Albanians in Yugoslavia (Albanian: Partia Komuniste Marksiste-Leniniste e Shqiptarëve në Jugosllavi - PKMLSHJ), the National Liberation Movement of Kosovo and Other Albanian Regions (Albanian: Lëvizjes Nacionalçlirimtare të Kosovës dhe Viseve të tjera Shqiptare - LNÇKVSHJ) and the ...