Throughout his entire life, Khonry Gracie has known that his father was special, that he was someone instantly recognizable by a wide cross-section of people around the world. Once as a child, he was walking with his dad — the legendary Royce Gracie — to a show in Las Vegas. About 30 feet from a door they were about to reach, they were suddenly faced by a mass of humanity. The way he tells it, Khonry remembers it as something like watching a huge wave crashing toward them, and that only a quick-acting bodyguard who literally picked up Royce to remove him from the fray kept them from being swallowed up.