"Hespect!": A Dictionary of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Paperback

by Pedro Daddario (Editor), Deborah Gracie (Author)

Are you planning to visit Brazil? BJJ camp in Rio? Are you a BJJ traveler that runs into Brazilians all over the globe? Do you watch the Worlds and have a hard time picking out what the crowd is screaming from the stands? What the coaches are telling their athletes? Are you a Brazilian about to teach abroad and want to learn the teaching vocabulary first? Well.. "HESPECT " will get you started

Author Biography

Deborah Gracie Stambowsky is the daughter of Carla Gracie and Marcio "Macarrao" Stambowsky (8th degree coral belt) and sister to up-and-coming fighter Neiman Gracie. The second woman to earn the black belt in the family, Deborah has dedicated her time to the spreading of the art, having spent the last few years teaching in Abu Dhabi. A lover of surf and nature, Deborah has settled in Connecticut, USA, where she spends her time writing and thinking up ways to contribute to this wonderful art.