Our Lineage Is Your Lineage
Lineage.
Carlos Gracie → Helio Gracie → Carlos Gracie Jr. → Roger Gracie → Alex Faria.
What Lineage Means
Lineage refers to who awarded a practitioner their Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Black Belt, and also shows how that belt can be traced back to the Gracie family, the founders of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Lineage is a traditional concept in martial arts that illustrates loyalty to your teacher. In BJJ, it is a way to ensure that a person's Black Belt is authentic.
A genuine Black Belt is considered a "Professor" of the art and is deemed to have enough knowledge and skill to recognize and promote students when they are ready. Authentic lineage ensures the quality of these BJJ professors.
