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JJ Machado and his brothers are actually (illegitimate?) cousins with Rickson and Rorion. Chuck Norris initially started out training in Rorion's school which was part of network of "Gracie" branded schools. I think because of Chuck's movie career spending six months on the set and six months off, he started training with the Machado brothers. Chuck became fast friends with the Machados and gifted them a school in a building he owned. They set up the school under the name "Carlos Gracie", but their cousins, particularly Rorion, who was now a lawyer told them to call their academy "Machados" instead.
