Eduardo "Veio" de Lima is a 6th degree black belt in

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

(BJJ) under Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie, Jr. and the head of Gracie Barra Clearwater. He has won several gold medals in the black belt divisions at the

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s. Eduardo began training in BJJ at age nineteen after his friend Renzo Gracie recommended he try a class at the Gracie Barra Academy in

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. For the first two years, he studied under

Jean Jacques Machado 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 ...

, then the head instructor, who awarded his blue and purple belts before leaving for

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. From then on Carlos Gracie, Jr. was his instructor and awarded his brown and then black belt (the latter in 1997 after 8 years of training). As a purple belt, Eduardo was made an instructor for white belts and less experienced blue belts, but by the time he was promoted to brown belt, everyone was attending his class, including black belts. Once he reached the rank of black belt, Eduardo was made the head instructor of Gracie Barra.

Roger Gracie Roger Gracie (born Roger Gracie Gomes; 26 September, 1981) is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist and former professional Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) competitor. The son of coral belt Mauricio Gomes and grandson of BJJ founder Carlos Graci ...

, one of the most successful BJJ competitors today, was one of his pupils in the children's class during his tenure as instructor. In 2000, with the help of Carlos Gracie, Jr. and American businessman Bob Rosseti, Eduardo came to the United States. He taught BJJ out of a

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until he was able to start his own school in

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. While in America, he has trained award-winning white, blue, purple, brown and black belt competitors. He is also a member of the

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References

# Gracie Barra Clearwater

''graciebarraclearwater.com''. URL last accessed on July 20, 2006. # Gracie Barra
Carlos Gracie Jr Team - Gracie Barra Black Belts
''graciebarra.com.br''. URL last accessed on July 12, 2006. # BJJ.org

''bjj.org''. URL last accessed on July 12, 2006. # International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation

''cbjj.com.br''. URL last accessed on July 12, 2006. # Florida Federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

''floridajiujitsufed.com''. URL last accessed on July 13, 2006.

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Gracie Barra Clearwater
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