Julio Cesar Pereira
Julio Cesar Pereira | |
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Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] |
22 December 1964
Team | GFTeam |
Rank | 7th deg. BJJ red and black coral belt[lower-alpha 1] Judo black belt |
Occupation | BJJ team leader |
Julio Cesar Pereira is a 7th degree red and black belt coral belt[lower-alpha 1] Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner from Brazil.[3]
An international master champion, two-time IBJJF World champion, two-times Pan American champion, eight-times Brazilian champion and 21 times champion of Rio de Janeiro State; Pereira is a renowned coach as the founder and team leader of GFTeam, one of the most accomplished competition teams in jiu-jitsu.[1]
Career
Julio Cesar Pereira was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 22 December 1964.[1] Pereira started training Jiu Jitsu from the age of 10 under Monir Salomão, founder of the Academia Monir de Jiu-Jitsu, and an Oswaldo Fadda black belt.[1] Pereira also trained Judo and Luta Livre. Pereira trained under Salomão until he received his black belt.[4]
In 1996 Pereira started coaching the grappling team of the Gama Filho University, alongside Marcus Bello and Alexandre Baraúna. In 2007 following the closing of the university's grappling program, Pereira founded a new team with the same group of fighters, independent of the university, called Grappling Fight Team (GFTeam).[1] To help athletes from humble background Pereira set up at the GFT headquarters, based out of the neighbourhood of Meier in Rio's north zone, a fighter house named Cachanga.[2] Under Pereira's leadership, the team became one of the most accomplished competition teams in jiu-jitsu, producing countless champions such as Rodolfo Vieira, Mayssa Bastos, Gutemberg Pereira, or Vitor Oliveira.[5] His coaching method is known to be based on a traditional high level jiu jitsu style through "very detailed technique tuition", "positional concepts" and "extensive sparring".[6]
In 2016, after 31 years at black belt, Pereira received his 7th degree coral belt in jiu jitsu from the IBJJF.[7] In 2018 he moved to Orange County, California that same year he won the South America IBJJF Master International, a traditional championship in the Olympic Park of Barra da Tijuca of Rio,[8] gathering the best South American BJJ veterans, Pereira won in the Master-Five medium heavyweight division.[9]
Championships and accomplishments
Some of Pereira's accomplishments:[1][2]
- Master International South America Champion (2018)
- 2 x IBJJF World Champion
- 21 x Rio de Janeiro State Champion
- 8 x Brazilian National Champion
Instructor lineage
Mitsuyo Maeda > Luis França > Oswaldo Fadda > Monir Salomão > Julio Cesar Pereira[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Under Oswaldo Fadda[2]
References
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