Jiu-Jitsu is self-defense
What is Jiu-Jitsu to you? Check out the video of Gracie Miami first, and comment later. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PFuXGMpWRY
Valente brothers
Piquet races with Jiu-Jitsu printed in his car
Guilherme Valente was thrilled today when he saw what was new about Nelsinho Piquet’s car in Nascar. The pilot had a sticker of Valente’s school…
Helio versus Kimura, sixty years on
By the Valente Brothers Sixty years ago, on October 23, 1951, arguably the most important fight in Jiu-Jitsu history took place in Rio de Janeiro.…
Look who showed up to train
This month's issue of GRACIEMAG, in bookstores across the US, shows Jiu-Jitsu from a somewhat different angle: the gentle art as an agent for change,…
Behind the scenes of a cover without borders
This month's GRACIEMAG cover was produced in Europe, during a seminar tour with the Valente brothers. Pedro, Guilherme and Joaquim traveled to Monaco and the…
Royce seminar, belt ceremony at Gracie Miami
It's still far away but the first week of December should be one for the books at GMA member school Gracie Miami. The Valente Brothers…
Pedro Valente to receive red belt this Thursday in Rio
A student of Helio Gracie, a doctor and teacher, Pedro Valente will receive the gentle art's highest honor today, when he will be awarded his…
Valente Brothers negotiate Jiu-Jitsu reality show in the USA
Under the title “The brothers who teach FBI agents”, our GMAs the Valente brothers were featured in “Veja Rio” magazine during the Brazilian carnaval festivities.…
“Jiu-Jitsu isn’t for the strong, it’s for the physically weak, for women”
Who was it that used to defend this thesis statement? None other than Grandmaster Helio Gracie, who left us two years ago on January 29, 2009...
Inside a seminar with Royce and Royler
The class was held at the Valente brothers' Gracie Miami academy. Check out how it went! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccv4NhAQ1jU
Rio de Janeiro newspapers feature Jiu-Jitsu against bullying
Two of Rio de Janeiro's biggest newspapers, O Dia and Marca.BR, featured the gentle art this Monday. They covered the work being done by the…
Jornais do Rio dão destaque ao Jiu-Jitsu contra bullying
Duas das maiores publicações da imprensa carioca deram destaque à arte suave, os jornais “O Dia” e “Marca.BR”. Nas páginas, o trabalho feito pelos Valente…