Complex sentence: Caique earned the distinction of being one of very few non-Gracies to receive his black belt from Hélio Gracie, and was an instructor at the academy for many years before coming to Torrance, California in 1996 to teach at the new Gracie Academy.
Split into simpler sentences: Caique earned the distinction of being one of very few non-Gracies to receive his black belt and to teach at the academy. Caique tought at the original Gracie academy for many years before coming to Torrance, California in 1996 to teach at the new Gracie Academy.