This past weekend I was invited to go over to Arizona for two very special occasions. The first was to award our affiliate and my good friend Jay Pages his second degree on his black belt. For many, degrees on black belt are a way to mark the time, for Jay this is not the […]
Jiu Jitsu News
7th American Cup
This weekend was awesome! It was the 7th annual American Cup and as a team we managed to take home 1st place in the adult division, 2nd place in the masters and 2nd in Juvenile division. We took first in EVERY absolute from Juvenile through black belt proving once again that Technique Conquers All! I’d […]
Pans 2014!
Last weekend the team traveled to Irvine California for the 2014 Pan American Games (Pans). Pans is consistently the biggest tournament of the year and it held true to form again this year. Although I did not compete I went down to support the team and Jiu Jitsu. It is always great to catch up […]
CTA Wins SF OPEN!
Today was awesome! We won the sf open and it was amazing to share this moment with our entire team. 18 months ago I would never imagine that we would be here. Supporting us today we had team members from Canada, Oregon, Arizona, Missouri, Minnesota, and Minnesota. To support them I didn’t compete and chose […]
CTA Arizona welcomes Jay Pages
As 2013 comes to a close my association, or rather OUR association continues to get better and better. In Arizona we already have two very good affiliate’s in Mike Martin from Strong heart mma, and Kevin Scott from Phoenix BJJ and MMA. This past week we added a third! It is my pleasure to announce […]
Caio Terra most technical fighter 2013
Last weekend was amazing. After winning my super fight, I did a seminar with my good friend Carlos Condit and met some very nice people. As much as I like competing, I love sharing the mats with others and spreading jiu jitsu so the experience was awesome. After the seminar it kept getting better as […]
No Gi Worlds
I am blessed to have lived an amazing life. I’d like to thank all my family, friends, team members and everyone who has supported me along my journey. I could not have done it with out you guys. This weekend, I won my 6th and possibly last no gi world championship. Although it was great […]
We have arrived!
In the spring of last year we launched the Caio Terra Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Association. Founded with a belief in the greater good, that all of our members, whether world champions or brand new white belts are equally important, we started to build our future. Two months ago I made a decision, instead of doing […]
No-gi Pan American Championship 2013!
I typically don’t write much but decided to this time. This past weekend Samir, Queixinho and Caio headed to NYC to conduct seminars and compete in the 2013 Pan American No Gi Championships. The end result was awesome; Samir Chantre won his second No-Gi Pan’s title in a row, closing out in the final with […]
ADCC Trials
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” ~ Collin Powell. This past weekend, our team went down too the ADCC trials and all of our hard work, and sacrificed paid off. Bringing a team of 10 athletes we took home a total of 11 […]
