Lead in US by famous BJJ female fighter, Hannette Staack, and her coach Andre Terencio, the group came from Texas, Chicago, California and also from the affiliated academy of Marcos Cerqueira. In Rio, they competed, get to know BRA021 social project, train with locals and experience Brazilian cuisine.

Largest group from FBJJA came to Rio and had a blast. From boat tours, passing to hang-glide and helicopter flight, exclusive class with GM Alvaro Barreto, compete in Rio State championship, daily training at X-Gym with Master Behring and lots of fun during the tours in Rio and in Búzios this trip was unforgettable for [...]

Teaching in Gracie Tijuca the power house that produced so many world champions Vini hosted his first BJJ camp with students from Australia (under Prof Bernardo Trekko) and France. This 10 days trip to Rio de Janeiro was full of BJJ (Rio Open International Championship and daily sessions at Gracie Tijuca), cultural exchange, local parties [...]

From the 5th times BJJ World Champions Alliance Exchange was made to improve the technical level of its worldwide associates by coming to São Paulo (HQ) or Rio de Janeiro for a week-long of intensive training. We hosted the very first team in Rio de Janeiro that came from Bahrain (UEA) to compete at Rio [...]

They came to Rio de Janeiro looking for: fun, training, tours, local’s experience and got much more. Renato Tavares Jiu-Jitsu Association has 15 affiliated academies in USA lead by Master Renato which is a 4th degree black belt in BJJ under GM Carlson Gracie and member of famous ATT. The group had an amazing experience [...]

From two different affiliated academies in Ontario, CAN, they came together to the “Wonderful City”. They competed with locals, experienced new flavors with Brazilian cuisine, train BJJ at Master Behring’s academy, have fun and tour in Rio’s famous and local spots.

No opportunities were wasted during their vacation adventure: from training with some of the world’s best BJJ instructors such as Grand Master Flavio Behring and Grand Master Alvaro Barreto to visiting the beautiful Buzios Peninsula, the group had many wonderful experiences. To top it all off, they even had a chance to compete in a [...]

Having accommodations only one block away from one of the best spots in the area made it easy for plenty of rest; relaxation on the warm white sands of Ipanema Beach after a hard day of training. During their stay, RST set up multiple training sessions with top Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Grappling coaches as [...]