25/08/2026
🌟 KNOW YOUR LINEAGE 🌟
Sharing this one again because it’s worth a recap.
A quick history lesson, because history is important, and so is understanding your place in the landscape of martial arts.
Pictured here is John Will with Rigan Machado and Helio Gracie. The second photo is Jesse Millar, Horsham BJJ Head Coach, and Trent Rice, Bear Cave BJJ Head Coach, with John.
Jesse and Trent first met and trained together at Redcat Geelong under John Will.
John was Australia’s first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt in the 1990s and more recently became the first Australian to receive his coral belt.
John trains under Rigan Machado, who trained under Carlos Gracie Snr and Helio Gracie, two of the founding figures of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Rigan’s family.
So what we do on the mats at Horsham BJJ is connected to a much bigger story, one that goes right back to the early days of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Know your lineage.
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