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TONIGHT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HONOR OF MY LIFE, AS WE HAVE GRANDMASTER RELSON GRACIE ON "THEREAL". A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE GRACIE FAMILY . THE FAMILY THAT CHANGED MARTIAL ARTS FOREVER, AND CHANGED LIVES FOR THE BETTER. RELSON IS THE BROTHER OF RORION, ROLLS, RICKSON, ROYCE, ROYLER AND ROLKER, AND COUSIN RENZO. HE IS THE SECOND ELDEST SON OF THE GREAT GRANDMASTER HELIO GRACIE, AND NEPHEW OF CARLOS GRACIE, THE FOUNDERS AND INNOVATORS OF GRACIE JIU JITSU. RELSON HAS ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST HONOR ONE CAN ACHIEVE IN JIU JITSU, THE REDBELT, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO HIM BY HIS BROTHER RORION, AND IS A SIGN OF A LIFETIME DEDICATION TO JIU JITSU, A GRANDMASTER- HE IS A VERY DOWN TO EARTH GUY, COOL AS CAN BE, AND FUNNY- BUT ASLO IS DEVASTATING WITH HIS WELL DESERVED NICKNAME "CAMPEAO". WHICH MEANS CHAMPION IN PORTUGESE. RELSON IS UNDEFEATED IN COMPETITION, HE WAS THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL CHAMPION IN HIS WEIGHT CLASS AND OPEN WEIGHT FOR OVER 22 YEARS, AND IS ONE OF THE BEST JIU JITSU INSTRUCTORS IN THE WORLD. HE ALSO HAS A SON RHALAN-WHO IS SPREADING THE GRACIE WAY IN SAN FRANCISCO. THIS WILL BE A TRIBUTE TO A MAN, WHO HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO JIU JITSU, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS A FAMILY FOR WHICH I HAVE DEEP ADMIRATION AND RESPECT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO RELSON ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM HIS BEGINNINGS IN BRAZIL, TO BUILDING HIS EMPIRE WHICH STARTED IN HAWAII -TO HIS FIGHTING YEARS, WHICH INCLUDED CHALLENGE MATCHES, OVER 100 STREET FIGHTS AND COMPETITIONS THAT HE HAS COMPETED IN AND ORGANIZED. AND NOW TRAINING HIS CURRENT COMPETITION TEAM. HE TEACHES HIS STYLE WHICH IS BASED ON STREET EFFECTIVE, SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES, WE WILL TALK ALL THIS AS WELL AS HIM LIVING THE THE JIU JITSU LIFESTYLE AND HIS PASSION FOR SURFING.