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Valente Brothers Fort Lauderdale continues to grow

This Monday, Professor Gui Valente visited Valente Brothers Fort Lauderdale and taught the fundamentals class. After the class, Professor Gui awarded multiple stripes to students and congratulated the fine work of Instructor Bruce Belfield. Aside from the the fabulous job establishing Valente Brothers Jiu-Jitsu in East Broward, Instructor Bruce is a Fort Lauderdale Police detective and SWAT team member.

Since the school’s recent relocation to the new and bigger facility the number of students training under instructor Bruce has risen very quickly and the atmosphere is great. The school currently teaches classes from Monday to Saturday to adults and children. For more information please visit the school’s page

Valente Brothers 1st Black Belts

After eighteen years since Pedro Valente started teaching jiu-jitsu in Miami and 28 black belts have been awarded, Valente Brothers would like to honor its first black belt recipients Jimmy Robertson and Carlos Villares. Both of them were classmates of Pedro Valente at the American School in Rio de Janeiro and moved to Miami in 1993/94 to attend university. Through their dedication to jiu-jitsu and the Valente Brothers School they consolidated their skills as practitioners and teachers and were awarded the coveted VB Black Belt in 2003 during that year’s Annual Dinner. Today Jimmy is a dedicated and talented professor who is admired and appreciated by the entire Valente Brothers family and Carlos, in addition to his toughness on the mat, is a successful business man who has been able to auspiciously utilize jiu-jitsu off the mat in his flourishing career. Valente Brothers is proud of Jimmy and Carlos’ achievements and recognizes their loyalty and commitment.