Author Archives: Gui Valente

On Sunday, May 20, our youth students will participate in the Summer Youth Fellowship Challenge. The YFC has been carefully designed to be a multi-cultural learning experience and to allow children the opportunity to exhibit their skills in an atmosphere of cooperation and respect for fellow participants. This event provides our students the opportunity to build confidence that will last a lifetime. To register, please contact our front desk by Thursday, May 17th. 
Below, watch a special highlights clip of a previous YFC where over 100 young Jiu-Jitsu practitioners participated. The video was shot and cut by our purple belt student Eric Mainade. All students are invited to attend.

Professor Pedro Valente visited, Valente Brothers Black Belt Roy Cantu’s, school in Houston, Texas for a series of seminars and belt promotions. The school has been growing exponentially in the last couple years using the Valente Brothers instructional method for both, adults and children.

Professor Pedro, was once again impressed with the technical level of all students and congratulated  Head Instructor Roy Cantu for the fine job he is doing in maintaining the Valente Brothers methodology and philosophies in Houston, Texas. Instructor Roy trained for over 10 years before receiving his Instructor’s Black Belt.

Your company faces a much bigger opponent. Is there a way to turn your competitor’s size into an advantage for you? Your fiercest rival is gaining momentum in the marketplace. How can you turn that energy against him? Your biggest competitor keeps beating you to the punch, cutting into your business with superior speed. What can you do to flip the situation around and win back your customers?

These are comon questions in business that can be answered using the Jiu-JItsu philosophy and strategy.

Jiu-Jitsu emphasizes winning in combat by using your opponent’s weight and strength as weapons against him, while preserving your own mental and physical energy. It embodies the principle that good technique can win out over sheer strength.

Valente Brothers purple belt, Alan Macken is one of the many prominent businessman at Valente Brothers that use this milineary philosophy to succeed in the business world.

An entrepreneur and self-starter, Alan S. Macken is a 23-year real estate professional. During a career that began in 1986, Alan has honed his skills as a developer, investor and constructor. He has negotiated a variety of transactions for and worked successfully in partnership with the Coca-Cola Corporation, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Circle K Corporation, Texaco Gasoline, Bank of Puerto Rico (Banco Popular) and USA Grocers Corporation.

Alan is currently running for the prestigious Miami Herald award, the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge. Click on the link below to vote on Alan’s Bid That Projectbusiness plan.

Vote today to help our fellow VB win!

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Rhalan, Rickson, Relson Gracie and Pedro Valente

Master Relson and his son, black belt Rhalan Gracie, arrived today to support Rickson Gracie’s seminar. This will be the first time in almost 20 years that brothers Rickson and Relson will share the mat. The 2 day seminar starts this Saturday at 1PM.

Rickson Gracie visited Valente Brothers and watched tonight’s sparring class. Rickson, demonstrating his great carisma, greeted all the 40 plus students that were in attendance and thanked everyone for the warm welcome.

The sold out seminar will take place on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday 1 – 4PM
Sunday 11AM -2PM

On Friday, March 30, Professor Rener Gracie, from the Gracie Academy in Torrance, California and Grandmaster Hélio Gracie’s grandson visited Valente Brothers and offered a special and free Triangle workshop to all Valente Brothers students. The 2 hour seminar covered a varitety of details to improve the application of the traingle choke from the guard postion. Valente Brothers students packed the mats and the class was a total success.
Note – Next weekend Master Rickson Gracie will be joining us for a rare 2 day seminar. 

Professor Gui Valente has been keeping the Jiu-Jitsu life style in London sharing Jiu-Jitsu with friends.

On Friday professor Gui Valente arrived in Guatemala City for the first time to teach exclusive seminars to Roberto Fleischmann’s students. Gracie Guatemala is a school of self-defense that follows 100% the methodology of the Valente Brothers. Black Belt Instructor Roberto Fleischmann brought Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to Guatemala and has been a student of Royce Gracie and the Valente Brothers for over 15 years.  Professor Pedro has been teaching in Guatemala at least once a year since 2003 and since then, there has been a very strong connection between Valente Brothers and Gracie Guatemala.

Professor Gui, taught a special class to US Navy Seals stationed in the country. The American operatives are there to help train Guatemalan forces to fight drug cartels. On Saturday, Gui taught two seminars. The first, a 4 hours seminar that covered striking and clinching techniques, takedowns, grappling and the Jiu-JItsu philosophy. Lastly, Professor Valente taught a fun and instructional youth class. Gui was very impressed with the high level of all students, “Professor Fleischmann and all students are doing a great job and I really felt like home, I hope to be back very soon.”