Helio Gracie, one of the main creators of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu that gained worldwide popularity, has died.
He was 95.
Gracie died this morning and was buried in this afternoon near his home in the mountain resort town of Petropolis near Rio de Janeiro, according to a short statement posted on the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy Web site.
The Agencia Estado news service said he died of pneumonia.
Gracie introduced a series of adaptations to traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu that emphasized leverage and position as a way to compensate for size differences among opponents.
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