On January 18th, Professor Pedro visited VB Black Belt Guy Scruderi in his beautiful school in Jupiter, Florida.
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On January 4th, Professor Gui returned to the VB Study Group in Veesp, Netherlands led by Eric van Looijen for the annual Valente Brothers Seminar. Professor Gui taught two specialization seminars, focusing on headlock defenses and the closed guard.
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.
“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.
The second Youth Fellowship Challenge this year was a great success, with record numbers. Thank you for making this event so special for our young champions.
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.
Professor Gui Valente visited our Valente Brothers study group in Sheffield/Chesterfield, England once more.
Last week Professor Pedro participated in an education fair, organized by the Brazilian Consulate, in Boca Raton. He spoke about the 753 Code and how it can help parents and teenagers as they prepare to enter college life.
On October 1st, Valente Brothers celebrated the Hélio Gracie day. Since Grandmaster Hélio left us on January 29th, 2009, the VB family has celebrated Grandmaster Hélio’s birthday in all its locations throughout the world. This year, at our headquarters in North Miami Beach, Professor Pedro, Gui and Joaquim have taught some of their Grandmaster’s favorite techniques and details.
Professor Pedro Valente visited the Columbia Self Defense School in South Carolina and taught adult and youth seminars.
