Gracie Diet is flexible but it definitely prohibits consumption of pork and its derivatives and adopts abstinence from alcohol and tobacco. Personal life Gracie fathered 21 children, 13 of whom earned the rank of black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. At the time of his death, Gracie had twenty-one children, one hundred and six grandchildren, and one hundred and twenty-eight great-grandchildren. In 2009, Carlos's daughter Reila Gracie (mother of Roger Gracie) published a biography, Carlos Gracie – O Criador De Uma Dinastia; its English translation is titled Carlos Gracie: The Creator of a Dynasty. Instructor lineage Kanō Jigorō → Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. See also Gracie family List of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners References 1902 births 1994 deaths Sportspeople from Belém Brazilian people of Scottish descent Martial arts school founders Carlos People awarded a red belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu 20th-century philanthropists