04.03.2008 Triangle choke from the spider guardRodrigo Medeiros is not that “do as I say, not as I do” kind of teacher. Whoever has the opportunity to train with the black belt from Carlson Gracie’s golden generations, which includes such names as Murilo Bustamante, José Mario Sperry, Ricardo Libório and Wallid Ismail, knows that they are absorbing knowledge from a real competition hog.
First published feb 2007
In his career, which began at 5 years of age, in Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo competed in more than 80 different tournaments, and remains active to this day, having won, among other titles, the black belt lightweight International Master and Senior category in 2001. Now living in the United States for the last 11 years, Rodrigo is responsible for two successful academies in California, one in Pacific Beach, San Diego, and the other in La Habra, Los Angeles, and that is where he has pursued his development as a teacher and followed the progress of his students. From the many things he has to teach, Rodrigo set aside the following move for GRACIE Magazine readers.
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