About
BJJ Revolution Team
 The
BJJ Revolution Team is the brain child of Rodrigo Medeiros. Rodrigo
is creating a new, elite competition team in association with Julio
Fernandes( Foca) with the goal of developing a nationwide and international
top competition team.
Rodrigo
was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He started training in Judo
when he was 5 years old, and has a brown belt in Judo. At 12 years
old he started training in Jiu-Jitsu, invited by his friend Maneco,
who is a black belt from Carlson Gracie. After training with Maneco,
he trained with Carlson Gracie, and has been with Carlson for over
20 years now.
Rodrigo
has his own Academy in Rio in Leblon Beach. It has been operational
for 12 years, and has produced many champions like Carlson Gracie's
Academy. It is an affiliate of Carlson Gracie's Academy in Rio.
Rodrigo has been living in California for 7 years and opened two
academy locations: in Pacific Beach (San Diego) and La Habra (Los
Angeles), and has been producing many champions with a high level
of instruction to competitors and students who want to learn the
art of jiu jitsu.
Rodrigo
has competed in over 80 different Jiu-Jitsu tournaments and almost
300 competition matches, winning most of them. He won 1st place
in the Rio De Janeiro State tournament in July of 2000 and 1st place
in the 2001 world championship in Rio de Janeiro. Rodrigo was Brazilian
champion five times, from 1991-1995. He was considered the best
technical athlete of all the tournaments, including the Brazilian
championship and the Rio De Janeiro championship.
He
is also a member of Carlson's elite team. And he has been raised
with some of the top names of the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu history, like
Alan Goes, Murilo Bustamante, Mario (Zen Machine) Sperry, Carlos(Carlao)
Barreto, Wallid Ismail, Ricardo Liborio, Roberto (Bebeo) Duarte,
Rey Diogo, Dela Riva, Cassio Cardoso, Carlson Gracie Jr., Marcelo
Alonso, Bolao, Maneco, Clovis, Crezio Chaves, Julio Fernades, Marcos
Soares, Conan, Rosadao, Rinaldo Santos, Parrupinha, Toco, Renato
Tavares and other great fighters.
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