Aventura Police at Valente Brothers
Tuesday, 20 April 2010 at 14:51
Yesterday the City of Aventura’s Police Department began a weeklong defensive tactics course at Valente Brothers Jiu-Jitsu. Nearly one hundred officers from the department will attend the course, which was designed to better equip them with the most efficient police survival techniques. Because of the invaluable efforts of Lieutenant Brian Pegues and Chief of Police...
Rickson lands in Miami
Friday, 26 March 2010 at 15:31
This weekend has all the ingredients to become a historical one at Gracie Miami, in Florida. The Valente Brothers will be welcoming the legendary Rickson Gracie for a couple of sold out seminars. And the son of Helio Gracie is already among them. For more info, go to the GMA...
GMA Blog: few spots for Rickson at Gracie Miami
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 at 16:27
You can read on the GMA blog that the Valente Brothers are offering a very special seminar with BJJ legend Rickson Gracie, next March 27th-28th. But if you don't hurry, you will miss it. There are few spots left. Click here and know more about...
Learn from Rickson at Gracie Miami
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 at 16:52
Rickson Gracie will be in Miami for a seminar at Gracie Miami, of our GMAs the Valente brothers. Class will be held on the 27th and 28th of March and will include a tribute to the late Grandmaster Helio Gracie, Rickson’s father, who passed away a little over one year ago. The deadline for sign-ups is...
A white belt with black belt lungs
Thursday, 04 February 2010 at 12:36
Martin Stepanek, one of the all-time greatest divers in the world, started practicing Jiu-Jitsu in North Miami Beach, at the basic class taught by Professor Pedro Valente of Gracie Miami. Invited by two of the Valente brothers’ blue belts, experienced divers Brett Scaglione and Jared Schmelzer, Martin was impressed by the simplicity and effectiveness of Jiu-Jitsu. After...
Valentes throw party at Gracie Miami
Wednesday, 13 January 2010 at 15:49
For the first time the Valente brothers promoted four new black belts at Gracie Miami, in December. But the end-of-the-year party of Helio Gracie’s youngest students was much more than that. The following video features interviews and highlights from a milestone day in the academy’s history. View Valentes'...
Valente brothers receive Royce in giant ceremony
Friday, 11 December 2009 at 9:09
The belt promotion ceremony at the Valente brothers’ Gracie Miami again beat all expectations as it drew 300 students to the academy in North Miami Beach. Pedro and Guilherme Valente rewarded several students and were paid a special visit from Master Pedro Valente, and none other than Royce Gracie, who traveled to Miami especially for the...
