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Dr. Penglase Publishes Interview with Rolker Gracie

An interview that Dr. Ben Penglase carried out with Rolker Gracie, on the history of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, was just published in The Rio Reader (Duke University Press, 2016).  Rolker Gracie is the son of Helio Gracie (one of the people who developed Brazilian jiu-jitsu), and is the brother of Royce Gracie (who fought in the first UFCs) and mixed martial arts legend Rickson Gracie.