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.” 

Master Rickson Gracie will return to Miami to teach a 2 day seminar.  Valente Brothers students around the world will once again be attending the event. The seminar will take place on April 7th and 8th. The 2 day seminar will consist of 6 hours, including technical training, drills, Jiu-Jitsu philosophy and a Q&A session.  Due to the high demand of this special and rare opportunity registration will initilly be for both days only.  Since the announcement that Rickson would teach in Miami was made, many students from other schools all around the US and even other countries have contacted Valente Brothers to secure a spot in the seminar. Currently, we are only accepting registrations from Valente Brothers students. The deadline to register for Valente Brothers students is March 3. Students from other schools are currently being placed on a waiting list and will be selected on a first come first serve basis.

Rickson, son of Helio Gracie, was born into Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. At fifteen he started to teach the art, and by eighteen he received his black belt from his father. When he was twenty years old he was selected to represent the Gracie family in one of the family’s most important challenge fights against the famous 230-pound Brazilian brawler Zulu. Rickson, in an amazing display of technique and mettle, defeated Zulu, who until that time had enjoyed a 140-match, undefeated record. With this victory, Rickson gained immediate national acclaim as the top fighter in the world, leaving his mark on the history of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and the Gracie challenge. Five years later Zulu requested a rematch and lost to Rickson again, in Maracanazinho before an audience of 20,000 spectators.

Rickson is a 7th Degree Red and Black Belt, whose technique is considered to be the finest expression of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in the world. His innate talent and early mastery of the art have resulted in an impeccable undefeated record in more than 400 fights.

When: April 7 1PM-4PM & April 8 11PM-2PM

Where: Valente Brothers – 3165 NE 163 Street – North Miami Beach

Cost: $375 (Both days and VB members)

Registration: Valente Brothers students should register and pay by March 3. All other students should email us at info@ValenteBrothers.com.

Students from other schools are currently being placed on a waiting list and will be selected on a first come first serve basis.

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Valente Brothers Professors and Instructors taught a 2-hour seminar on key defensive techniques and strategies against commom attacks with the batton, bottle, knife and gun. Over 60 students from Headquarters, Fort Lauderdale and PembrokePines attended.

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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. 

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.