By Kevin Tano<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Nov. 17., the University of Guam held its 28th Presidential Lecture Series, welcoming special guest Royce Gracie.<\/p>\n

Gracie is a well-known mixed martial artist and pioneer of Brazilian Jiujitsu.\u00a0 He is also an Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall-of-Famer.<\/p>\n

In attendance at the lecture were students and other jiujitsu practitioners.<\/p>\n

Gracie spoke about his life experiences and the evolution and philosophy of Jiujitsu.<\/p>\n

Because leverage plays a big part in jiu-jitsu, he explained that jiujitsu is a self defense style.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s self defense, it’s not about beating up people,” said Gracie.<\/p>\n

Gracie is expected to fight Ken Shamrock on Feb. 19, 2016,in the next Bellator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Kevin Tano On Nov. 17., the University of Guam held its 28th Presidential Lecture Series, welcoming special guest Royce Gracie. Gracie is a well-known mixed martial artist and pioneer of Brazilian Jiujitsu.\u00a0 He is also an Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall-of-Famer. In attendance at the lecture were students and other jiujitsu practitioners. Gracie spoke about … <\/p>\n

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