Gastão Gracie Filho was one of the founding members of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in the 1920's. The brother of Carlos, Oswaldo, George and Helio Gracie, Gastão Gracie is foreseen as the quieter of the founding members of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy, a man with strong spiritual beliefs who led an interesting life with great importance in the development of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at its embryonic stage.