Congratulations to all new blue, purple, brown and black belts.
“A black belt is a white belt that never quit”.
Thank you for another great year at Valente Brothers.
Tag Archives: North Miami Beach
“Valente Brothers gave an entire day of world class jiu-jitsu training teaching the Miami Beach SWAT operators effective techniques to take control of unarmed combative subjects.” – Miami Beach Police Department.
On November 2nd and 3rd, Professor Pedro Valente returned to Cantu’s Self-Defense to visit VB black belts Roy Cantu, Calvin Carter and all students. On Saturday, Professor Pedro taught and evaluated three youth classes. On Sunday, Professor Valente taught the traditional adult five elements workshop.
The Self-defense challenge was very successful and brought together VB students who demonstrated great technical skills. The finalists are: Jessie Worbington, Tony Andre, Emanuella Grabarnick, Jason Propsom, Daniel Levin and Harrison Rosenthal.
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On June 3rd, the 2019 Summer Belt Ceremony was held in our headquarters in North Miami Beach. Students were awarded blue, purple, and brown belts. The ceremony ended with a great surprise. A US Special Forces operator awarded Valente Brothers a beautiful plaque for our school’s contributions in assisting the training of, arguably, the most elite unit of the United States military.
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100s of youth students and parents flocked into the VB Headquarters for a great day of learning how to face challenges.
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On Thursday, May 9th, 2019, Valente Brothers won the Focus Brasil Award. VB was recognized as a top martial arts organization in Florida. The Focus Brasil Award is a prominent organization in the Brazilian community in the United States. VB has been a leading force in the martial arts instruction for over two decades in South Florida. Professor Gui Valente with his wife Laura Valente represented Valente Brothers during the award ceremony. During his speech, Professor Gui dedicated the award to his father Dr. Pedro Valente Sr..
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The Fudoshin Challenge promotes competition for development and not for ego. We could not be happier with the level of respect and discipline that exists on our mats. Congratulations to all who accepted the challenge and a big thank you to our students and friends who supported the event.
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Retired United States Army Lieutenant General Michael Ferriter visited Valente Brothers on Monday, March 4th. Professor Gui Valente first met General Ferriter in 2008 at Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq. Gui spent nearly two weeks teaching the men and women of the US military and allied forces.
General Ferriter, who holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, was very impressed with the Valente Brothers building and museum. After his private lesson with Gui Valente he stated on his Facebook account, “the Valente Brothers are Jiu-Jitsu icons who studied the history and have incredibly high wisdom. The culture of respect is the first thing you feel.”
In 2018, General Ferriter was named President and CEO of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio.
We at Valente Brothers would like to express all our gratitude for General Ferriter’s service to our United States of America.
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Pedro, Guilherme and Joaquim Valente on the February cover of the renowned martial arts magazine, Gracie Mag.
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