again in January 1984 during their second encounter. Relson trained Rickson for both events in anticipation of fighting Zulu himself. Move to the United States In 1985, Relson moved from Rio de Janeiro to Monterey, California at the request of Carlos Sauer. In Monterey, Relson taught at the Eseline Therapy Institute for a year and a half. In June 1988 he moved to Honolulu and continued to teach. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was relatively unknown outside of Brazil at the time. Relson taught out of his garage in the evenings after a hard day's work in the construction industry. However, the popularity of Jiu-Jitsu soon spread throughout the island of Oahu, and in the same year he expanded his classes to athletic facilities at the University of Hawaii at Manoa because of growing demand until 1996, while continuing to teach out of his garage. Relson organized the first tournament outside of Brazil in Honolulu in 1992. Involvement with MMA In 1993, Ultimate Fighting Championship held its first event, UFC 1, which would launch the career of Royce Gracie. Relson helped Royce train for the event. Royce won three of the first four UFC events. Tournament competition in the 1990s and beyond In 1997 Relson Gracie brought a team from Hawaii to the second World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships and became the first team outside of Brazil to win a division. Two of Relson's students, Kendall Goo and Kelly Matsukawa, took first and second place in the Adult Blue Belt Pessidissimo division. In 2000 the Relson Gracie Team joined forces with Gracie Humaita and placed in every division at the Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships in Florida: 1st in the Female and Master/Seniors divisions, 2nd in the Juvenile, and 3rd in the Adult. Relson is also affiliated with some tournaments: the Relson Gracie National Jiu-Jitsu Tournament has been held annually in Columbus, Ohio since 1997. Due to the success of his inaugural National tournament, Arnold Schwarzenegger approached Relson to start the Arnold-Gracie World Submission Championships in 2000, also held in Columbus. On January 25, 2020, Relson was arrested in a bus in Rio, Brazil, on charges of drug trafficking. Relson was in possession of medical marijuana, which he obtained legally with a prescription, and which had been legalized in Brazil in December 2019. He was released less than a week later. Black Belts under Relson There are many black belts given by Relson across his