BJJ in Rio

The city of Rio de Janeiro has many great jiu-jitsu masters, and if you want to train BJJ in Rio you will be spoiled for choice. Hidden in plain sight is the esteemed yet relatively unknown Fabricio Martins. While many visitors focus on the big name teams and famous fighters, Read More

Home to Rodolfo Vieira, the man many consider to be the number one heavyweight black belt in the world today, Grappling Fight Team (known as GFTeam) is well-known in the BJJ community as a home of champions. The team has international representatives in Europe and North America, Read More

Gracie Barra is an internationally-recognised association with a network that comprises hundreds of jiu-jitsu schools across the world. The team’s name comes from the location of their first academy, namely Barra da Tijuca. This academy is the original Gracie Barra, and is Read More

Roberto Correa de Lima is a fifth degree black belt better known by his nickname ‘Gordo‘. A childhood friend of Renzo, Ralph and Ryan Gracie, Gordo grew up alongside them on the mats and he still has close ties to the Gracie family. Gordo is best known as the creator Read More

Ricardo De la Riva is one of the most famous jiu-jitsu practitioners of all time. His name is spoken in academies across the globe due to the position that bears his name, the popular De la Riva guard. It is from this position that many fashionable techniques, such as the Read More