BruceLeeMMA
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Need pictures of Renzo's house.
bro do you live in holmdel?
Rich, aristocratic family even before they blew up.
Need pictures of Renzo's house.
I know it varies from Gracie to Gracie, but it made me curious when I saw the main page story about Ralph offering Roy Jones Junior 1million per minute to fight him. Ofcourse I don't believe that he would have actually paid him that much, it did make me wonder how much cash the family really has.
Anyone have any real knowledge of this?
Most do it in Gi's actually.They had some setbacks. And not every Gracie is rolling in dough.
Gracie Barra schools tend to be costly so I'd expect them to make good coin.
What's your basis for that? I haven't found them to be more expensive than other schools in any given area.
It's a huge family, so it completely depends on the individual. If you're talking about historically, they owned land and were moderately wealthy, but I don't think they were rich. Today the ones who have been more successful at teaching, competing, fighting, etc. are the more wealthy ones. Royce does well giving seminars around the world. Rickson made some good money from his fighting days and is probably getting by on teaching nowadays. Royler also has a lot of students, so that's supporting him (although I doubt he's that wealthy from it). Renzo does pretty damn well from what I hear, since he's got an enormous student base in Manhattan, and a ton of affiliate schools around the tri-state area. And Carlinhos runs both Gracie Barra and the IBJJF, so that speaks for itself.
As for the other 100 or so Gracies, I'd say they probably make enough to get by on teaching, but are not by any means wealthy.
Need pictures of Renzo's house.
You guys needs to think BIG like Rener and Ryron:
Gracie University Online:
Enrollment: 35,455 Students from 171 Countries.
I know it varies from Gracie to Gracie, but it made me curious when I saw the main page story about Ralph offering Roy Jones Junior 1million per minute to fight him. Ofcourse I don't believe that he would have actually paid him that much, it did make me wonder how much cash the family really has.
Anyone have any real knowledge of this?
Renzo got a nice house.
You guys needs to think BIG like Rener and Ryron:
Gracie University Online:
Enrollment: 35,455 Students from 171 Countries.
IIRC, that figure on the website is very misleading, as it includes all the people who registered for free (which was a lot of people, as you have to register to see the content).
I would assume the number of people actually paying for the full program and studying the material is significantly lower.
IIRC, that figure on the website is very misleading, as it includes all the people who registered for free (which was a lot of people, as you have to register to see the content).
I would assume the number of people actually paying for the full program and studying the material is significantly lower.
Most do it in Gi's actually.
That would be too messy.
Renzo's got a freakin elevator in his house (or so I've been told).
But that's not family money, that is money Renzo made himself. He came to NY in 1993 and was teaching a few students out of a studio that he shared. He wasn't even in the US all year. Then over time his base grew, he switched academy locations a few times, until he ended up where he is today. The academy used to just be in the basement, but recently they expanded to include the ground floor. Renzo has over 1000 students at his main academy, and has 2 branches (NJ and CT), and tons of affiliates (like where I train).
What I'm saying is that Renzo made his money himself, and earned his reputation by fighting and training champions. Nobody handed it to him.
What's your basis for that? I haven't found them to be more expensive than other schools in any given area.