Renzo Gracie recently offered a perspective that challenges long-held assumptions about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, making it clear that his family does not “own” the art they helped spread worldwide.
Renzo stated the following in an interview with Raphaella Amorim:
The Gracies are not the owners of jiu-jitsu. The Gracies are the guardians of this incredible art. Our obligation is to improve jiu-jitsu and influence people so they improve as well.
For him, the path forward is simple:
What is the best way to do it? Teaching.
Because when you teach from the heart and show everything you know, questions will come up in front of you to solve.
He takes the same approach in his personal teaching:
I want all my knowledge to move forward, I teach everything I can, I don’t hide a position because I want it to come back to me. For me, the knowledge and the questions that come from sharing are what I can work on and develop. And this will reach the perfection of jiu-jitsu one day.
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