Gracies

"Na, I doobt no," Cosmo; for, ye sae, as I hae h'ard my father say, the Gracies are a 'terrible for min'in'.

Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

BJJ even has multicultural origins (based on Japanese Judo and Euro-American catch wrestling, perfected by a Scottish-Brazilian family: the famous Gracies), which is one of the themes of the book.

World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010

In his mind, the grappling arts -- wrestling, judo, jujitsu, sambo, submission fighting -- are the most combat-relevant because, as the Gracies of Brazilian jujitsu fame have proven, most fights go to the ground and it is difficult to stop a grappler from getting hold of you if he wants to.

Barry Eisler Answers.... 2010

Their own failures taught them; they studied and trained and now compete with -- and often defeat -- the Gracies using the very techniques that won them their deserved success and renown.

Steven Weber: Obama in '12 Steven Weber 2011

Their own failures taught them; they studied and trained and now compete with -- and often defeat -- the Gracies using the very techniques that won them their deserved success and renown.

Steven Weber: Obama in '12 Steven Weber 2011

The Alliance for Women in Media -- which had been called the American Women in Radio and Television for the last 60 years -- is holding its first-ever Gracies in Los Angeles later in May.

Candy Spelling: Gracie Would Have Liked The Alliance for Women in Media 2010

-- Jessica Simpson on her much-panned reality series "The Price of Beauty," in which she globe-hopped to explore beauty in different cultures, reports Us. The pop singer got all teary talking about the show at the Gracies awards in L.A. on Tuesday night: "It's changing my life, and that's what it's all about."

Quoted: Jessica Simpson on her reality TV "missionary work" 2010

I was going through some of Aaron's files the other day in preparation for The Gracies and got lost in all the photos and scripts, remembering all the special women.

Candy Spelling: Gracie Would Have Liked The Alliance for Women in Media 2010

The man had a notorious feud with the Gracies in the 1990s in which he denounced brazilian jiu-jitsu and the UFC as fake and touted the superiority of wing-tsun.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “I Never Believed the Letters I Read in Penthouse Until It Happened to Me”: 2009

He set up various score-settling matches with the Gracies surrounded by much hoop-la only to back out of every single one of them.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “I Never Believed the Letters I Read in Penthouse Until It Happened to Me”: 2009