In 2 days Professor Valente taught youth and adult classes to 100 plus students.
Pavel Bure is recognised as one of the rarest talents in NHL history. Last night, November, 12, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. “I think it’s the biggest achievement you can get in hockey,” said Bure. “The selection committee combines everything you’ve done for hockey worldwide, so for me it’s a huge honor. It feels great.” Nicknamed “The Russian Rocket” for his speed, Bure played for 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) at Valente Brothers, he was the fastest student to ever receive the Purple Belt. In 2010, he placed 3rd in the Hélio Gracie Challange.
As one of the best young Russian players in the world, Bure joined the Vancouver Canucks for the 1991-92 season. Bure’s amazing combination of elite speed, shooting accuracy, hands and athleticism allowed him to become on the best goal scorers hockey fans have ever seen.
After seven seasons with the Canucks, Bure was dealt to the Panthers, where he won back-to-back Rocket Richard Trophies as the league’s leading goal-scorer (he also led the league in goal scoring with Vancouver in 1993–94, before the trophy’s inauguration).
In 702 games during his 12 NHL seasons, Bure scored 437 goals with 342 assists for 779 career points. He scored 50-plus goals in a season five times and 30-plus goals seven times.
Mayor George Vallejo, with the honorable presence of Royce Gracie, presented the key of North Miami Beach to the Valente Brothers
Royce Gracie will return to Miami after winning another title.
This year, voters from all over the world chose Royce Gracie as the most revolutionary fighter of all time.
The poll was held at the UFC’s website and gave voters the opportunity to choose among four of the greatest fighters in the history of the Octagon, Royce Gracie, Anderson Silva, Matt Hughes and Chuck Liddell.
For over 3 hours Grandmaster Rorion Gracie interacted with students about the Gracie Diet and the Jiu Jitsu Lifestyle. Over 80 students attended the Talk. This was the first of a series of Talks that the first son of Helio Gracie and Red Belt will be doing around the country and internationally. All students, visitors, instructors and professors were extremely happy with the format and the great knowledge shared by Rorion. The Talk was extremely informative and motivational. Several students commented that they were leaving the school and heading straight to the supermarket to buy fruits and vegetables. Another student, a 11 year old orange belt, said that from now on he would never drink sodas again.
Valente Brothers, through Professor Gui Valente was on this week’s Isto É Gente, the Brazilian version of People magazine. Featured on Fernanda Barbosa’s column, Gui gave healthy tips for Brazilian coming to Miami. The list inclued restaurants, art, the Farmers’ Market, and activities that the Miami lifestyle offer.
Today, October 1st, Grandmaster Helio Gracie would be turning 99 years of age. We will be celebrating the life of our Grandmaster during tomorrow’s Youth, Funadamentals classes in all our locations.
The XII Hélio Gracie SD Challenge was once again a success. All participants demonstrated a high level of proficiency and performed at a high level. This year’s winner was Purple Belt, Justin Moody. Coller Cambas and Juan Guerra took second and third places respectively.
The Hélio Gracie Self Defense Challenge was devised by the Valente Brothers in 2000 to preserve and promote a vital element in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu that was slowly being forgotten: Stand up Self-Defense. With the tremendous growth of sport jiu-jitsu, most instructors were lured by the prestige and excitement connected with positive tournament results and started focusing their classes almost exclusively on point grappling rather than realistic street fighting. However, several jiu-jitsu masters still regard the defenses against strikes, bear hugs, headlocks, collar grabs and other common street attacks as the most important component of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
Under the supervision of Grandmaster Hélio Gracie, this challenge was elaborated to test students’ technique and reflexes as they perform defenses against randomly selected stand up attacks. The attacks are executed in a realistic manner by the professors and expert judges award points based on the participants’ precision, technical proficiency, timing and realism. After three rounds the top contestants are announced to the audience.
Valentina Zelyaeva from the Blog Organice Your Life Interviewed Professor Gui Valente. He talked about the Gracie Diet, why he came to Miami and some Jiu-Jitsu philosophy.
To read the full interview click on the picture below.
Professor Pedro Valente on the history of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Belt System and the method currently used at Valente Brothers.
Valente Brothers acknowledges and respects the fact that today, Jiu-Jitsu federations and many academies utilize different systems both for adult and youth students.