Tag Archives: Gracie Miami

Jiu-Jitsu in the Senate

By Ivan Trindade | Published: August 26, 2010

Portilla with the Valentes One of the students of GMA member school Gracie Miami, of the Valente brothers, just had a great achievement. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, a brown belt, got elected to the Florida Senate. Portilla began training in 1997. He was part of the first class of students when Pedro Valente arrived [...]

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Valente Jiu-Jitsu at Ft Lauderdale

By Ivan Trindade | Published: August 13, 2010

GMA members Valente Brothers, leaders of Gracie Miami, announce the oppening of a new branch of their academy. Valente Brothers Fort Lauderdale inaugurated its new 4,700 sqft facilty in great fashion. Professors Pedro, Gui, and Joaquim Valente, along with Professor James Robertoson and Fort Lauderdale Chief Instructor Bruce Belfield among several other students had an [...]

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Rickson is in the house

By Ivan Trindade | Published: March 26, 2010

This weekend has all the ingredients to become a historical one at Gracie Miami, in Florida. The Valente Brothers will be welcoming the legendary Rickson Gracie for a couple of sold out seminars. And the son of Helio Gracie is already among them. Read what the Valente wrote in their website: “Master Rickson Gracie arrived [...]

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Rickson in Miami: few spots left

By Ivan Trindade | Published: March 16, 2010

You got to hurry! There is only few spots left for Rickson Gracie’s class at GMA member school Gracie Miami. Don’t miss out. More info here.

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Rickson Gracie at Gracie Miami

By Ivan Trindade | Published: March 5, 2010

When his father Helio died last year, Rickson Gracie was not afraid to take to himself the responsability of spreading the word of Jiu-Jitsu around the globe. That is exactly what he is doing so far. Riickson’s mission will have another stop soon, in Miami, Florida. The udefeated MMA/BJJ legend has a seminar scheduled Valente [...]

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Some GMA Twitter facts

By Ivan Trindade | Published: March 2, 2010

RenzoGracieBJJ Ginastica Natural Seminar with at NYC Academy on March 28th http://www.ginasticanatural.com.br/novo/news/index.php?id_noticia_mostra=145 EmiratesBJJ RT: @BJJLegends Abu Dhabi BJJ Pro Canadian trials March 6 http://su.pr/1p3TCz ParagonAcademy First Paragon yoga class this Saturday at 11 am! ValenteBrothers Master Relson Gracie will be back @ Valente Brothers this Wednesday @ 8PM to teach a special workshop. http://bit.ly/9WVJW1 and [...]

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Gracie Miami students join aid efforts in Haiti

By Ivan Trindade | Published: January 21, 2010

The news came in the middle of the night, through Twitter.  One of the Valente Brothers twetted that four of their Gracie Miami students are in Haiti, helping the earthquake victims. We followed the link and came across this piece of news in the academy website: (…)Black belt Dr. Anire Okpaku and blue belts Dr. [...]

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It is never to soon to roll

By Ivan Trindade | Published: January 16, 2010

How old were you when you started training Jiu-Jitsu? As sooner as it was, probably Guilherme Valente has a student that will beat you at that contest in Florida. Meet Carson. He is 1 year and 8 months old and already has his Gi on. And as you can see on the picture, have the [...]

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The 300 of Miami

By Ivan Trindade | Published: January 11, 2010

We are not sure, but it is possible they’ve broken some kind of record on December 9th 2009. On that day, The Valente Brothers of Gracie Miami welcomed 300 students for the academy’s winter gragduation ceremony. Let’s repeat that information: 300 students!!! On top of that outstanding attendance, our GMA members had the presence of [...]

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