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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Caio recently visited his Canadian affiliate, Gravity BJJ for the second time this year and held the biggest seminar in Vancouver this summer. Over the course of 4 days over 75 people attended! Day 1 (Thursday) started off informally as Caio rolled with about 10 guys before the start of the seminar. As people strolled […]
This past weekend my thoughts were with Manny Diaz, who went to Brazil to compete at the Copa Podio tournament. Manny works full time, is a father, a husband and an amazing human being. What he has accomplished in little over 4 years has been spectacular and this past weekend he took another giant step […]
This has been a very busy couple of weeks for every one in our association! In the Northwest our affiliates were preparing for the Oregon Open, one of the biggest and oldest tournaments in the Pacific Northwest. At home, we were preparing for American Nationals as well a getting Manny Diaz ready for his big […]
For many years I have been lucky enough to travel around the world conducting seminars, meeting great people and sharing my philosophy. A little over two years ago I opened a gym, the Institute of Martial Arts in San Jose and have seen it steadily grow into one of the bay area’s premier academies. We […]