Master Carlos Gracie Jr. leads the annual graduation ceremony at the Gracie Barra HQ

This is a short film of the 2016 annual Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu graduation ceremony led by master Carlos Gracie Jr. and Professor Philipe Della Monica and held at the Gracie Barra Headquarters in Irvine, California.

Master Carlos speaks about the importance of leading by example and Professor Della Monica talks about the graduation itself and why the student shouldn't focus solely in earning the belt.

This ceremony gathered over 250 people on Sep 27, 2016 and had a presence of the following blackbelts from Gracie Barra:

• Marco Joca
• Otavio Sousa
• Rodrigo Augusto
• Alex Hsiung
• Roberto Tussa
• Paulo Castro
• Rafael Ramos
• Luca Atalla
• Carlos Chalita
• Mikey Gomes
• Al Thompkins
• Brearin Land
• Ivan Llumba
• Budo Jake
• Mike Dykes
• Hector Tapia
• Ale Ogawa
• Jesse Hughes
• Fabio Machado
• Henrique Carepa
• Guilherme Cotliarenko
• Les Tate
• Rod Quevedo
• Felipe Guedes
• Kenny Tanny
• Mike Colon
• Pshemek Drabczynski
• Eddie McGowan
• Brent Littell
• Garrett Glava
• Guy Sharf
• Tom Meregillano
• Eddy Dinero
• Rafael Sanchez
• Thiago Nascimento
• Nathan Wilcox
• Danny Viso
• Fernando Nassif
• Fritz Rodriguez
• Greg Geithner

Press play and enjoy this important moment for so many BJJ students