Luke Beston

Luke Beston has been a student of the martial arts for close to 20 years, and holds the following ranks and teaching certifications:

Luke was first introduced to Gracie Jiu Jitsu when Prof. Carlos Gracie Jr visited Australia in 1995. Over the next 10 years Luke travelled countless times to train at many of the best academies throughout Australia, Brasil and the U.S.A.

During this time Luke has won a number of Grappling titles as well as being crowned the 2001 NSW Pankration Champion.

In December 2005, Luke was awarded his Black Belt by Gracie Academy head instructors Prof. Royler Gracie & Prof. Rolker Gracie and Gracie Sydney head instructor Prof. Bruno Panno. This achievement made luke the first ever person from New South Wales to receive a Black Belt from the Gracie family.

As a grappling coach Luke has produced many champions at the state and national level, as well as winning the overall 2005 & 2008 NSW BJJ Federation team championship.

Luke is a regular contributor to BLITZ martial arts magazine. Some of his writing can be viewed on the Articles page of this website.

Angela Gracie is the granddaughter of Prof. Carlos Gracie Sr and niece of Prof. Helio Gracie, the masterminds of Gracie Jiu Jitsu.

She is responsible for the day to day running of the academies. She is also the founder of GracieSeminars.com, the world's number 1 source for Gracie Jiu Jitsu seminars.

Angela will be glad to answer any enquiries relating to enrolments, privates, seminars, merchandise and associations and affiliations.

The great-granddaughter of Grandmaster Carlos Gracie, Karmen Izaguirre, is a Gracie Jiu Jitsu Orange Belt under her uncle, Prof. Royce Gracie.

Karmen first began training Gracie Jiu Jitsu under her father, and Royler Gracie Black Belt Prof. Jason Izaguirre

Karmen is the only member of the legendary Gracie family to live and train in Australia, and is an assistant instructor for the Kids classes at Beston-Gracie Jiu Jitsu