Weave your arm through you opponent’s leg so the knee shield is no longer an issue. Use your shoulder to drive the top leg to the mat. The pressure is important. It will allow you complete control.

See the full move below:

Professor:

Black Belt Renato Tavares

Address: 6200 20th St. suite 210 Vero Beach, FL 32966

Phone: 754 214 2351

Website: www.renatotavaresbjj.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/American.Top.Team.Vero.Beach

About:

Welcome to American Top Team of Vero Beach, the Treasure Coast’s premiere Brazilian jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts academy. We are the home of Renato Tavares Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and offer more than 30 classes each week of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Submission Grappling, Mixed Martial Arts, and Conditioning.  Our facility is 6000 square feet which includes a boxing ring, a MMA cage and over 2000 square feet of mats ensuring that you will have plenty of space to train.

American Top Team of Vero Beach is owned and run by Renato Tavares a world-renowned Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner who earned his black belt under the legendary Carlson Gracie.  A master technician, Renato has competed for more than 30 years and won over 200 Grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu events, including World Championship, 2 Pan Americans, Internationals, Nationals, and States. In 2009 he took 1st place in Florida States, Nationals, Pan American and Miami International Championships.  The academy also has 4 other black belts on staff.

All of our instructors have competition experience and classes are run in a professional manner ensuring our students enjoy their training in our world-class facility.  With programs for beginners to professional athletes, we have the highest level of instruction available for your entire family including the kids. Whether you are interested in self-defense, preparing to compete or just looking to “get in shape” be sure to stop in for a visit.

Video:

O “garoto” Renato Tavares em ação no Mundial 2012. Foto: Mike Calimbas

Nosso GMA na ATT Vero Beach, na Flórida, Renato Tavares continua caindo dentro das principais competições e mostrando seu Jiu-Jitsu. No próximo fim de semana, ele encara o primeiro Mundial Master & Sênior na pirâmide de Long Beach, na Califa.

“Na próxima semana vou para mais um Campeonato Mundial! Eu estava lá no primeiro em 1996, também estava no Abu Dhabi Pro 1 e não iria perder este Mundial Master & Senior. Vamos com tudo!”, disse o professor.

No vídeo abaixo, Renatinho ensina como ele gosta de arrochar o estrangulamento Anaconda. Repare que ele cata o braço como se fosse aplicar uma americana, mas puxa o braço para dentro e joga o peito, abraçando a cabeça e levando a mão ao bíceps. Para fazer o adversário batucar, basta colocar a outra mão na sua própria cabeça ou na do oponente.

Confira e diga: gostou da posição?

Renato Tavares in action at 2012 Worlds / Photo by Mike Calimbas

Our GMA at ATT Vero Beach, Florida, Renato Tavares is still at it displaying his Jiu-Jitsu at the big competitions. Next weekend he’ll be taking on the vets at the inaugural Master & Senior Worlds, in California’s Long Beach Pyramid.

“Next weekend I’ll be at another World Championship. I was at the first one, in 1996, and I was at the first Abu Dhabi Pro. I’m not going to miss this Master & Senior World Championship. Let’s go get ‘em!” said the Jiu-Jitsu professor.

In the following video, Renato teaches how he likes squeezing out the anaconda choke. Notice how he grabs the arm as though to sink a keylock but pulls the arm inwards and puts his chest behind it, pulling the head and grabbing the bicep with his hand. To make the opponent tap, all it takes is putting the other hand on his own head or his opponent’s head.

Check it out and let us know: How do you like the position?

Renato Tavares writes about his accomplishments in 2012

GMA member Renato Tavares, the leader of ATT Vero Beach and RT Association, has done a lot in 2012 so far. For that, he took the time to seat down and write about it:

“This year, 2012, has been by far the most rewarding year for me in my BJJ career: as a Coach, Competitor and Student .  The past years have brought great seasons and many titles. In 2009 I won Pans, Worlds FILA and 12 other events. In 2011 I won 3 golds at National and 1 gold at Worlds NoGi.

This year so far I competed in 6 tournaments. In 4 out of those 6 tournaments I competed Weight and Absolute and won 3 events in my division, received 2 second places and 4 Absolute titles.

The first tournament this year was Chicago Winter and I won my division.  I competed against 2 great competitors Daniel Alvarez and Elihu Ledesma.  In the Absolute again with Elihu and closed the bracket with my friend Giulio Timoteo.

At 2012 Pan Ams I competed in my division and did 3 fights.  I lost the final in the last 30 seconds to a great competitor Bernardo Pitel.

In preparation for Worlds I competed in Dallas where I won my division fight against Jon Darryl Bjorksten in the final and the absolute. I won Absolute, but I had 2 battles against  Ulpiano Malachias and Alexandre Ferreira.

For Worlds I dropped to Light Feather, I have not fought in this division since 1994.  I had a good first fight, but lost to Pablo Santos that finished 3rd at the division.

Then I competed in 2 more tournaments: Chicago Summer and Atlanta Open. Resulting in 1 First and 1 Second in my division and  2 more Absolute titles.

This year has been the Rewarding Year not only for just my competitions, but for RT Association.  For the first time since I start my association 7 years ago, and the last 3 years we started to put RT Association to compete as a team, we received our first trophies from IBJJF in Dallas at Dallas Open. We received 2nd Place in the kids division and 3rd in the Adult division, competing against teams like, Nova Uniao, Lovato, Alliance and Gracie Barra.

Being able to put your hand on one trophy like that is showing that the RT Association is headed in the right direction.  A couple of months after that amazing accomplishment for the RT Association,  I received the Certificate of Appreciation from IBJJF saying  we(RT Association) had an outstanding performance.

When I traveled to Brazil in the beginning of September, I had the most amazing personal experience.  I held a seminar in the city Teresopolis, where I began my BJJ training in 1974.

This was such a great feeling to teach and train with people who saw me compete as a Black Belt when they were doing their first steps in BJJ.

The main reason for this seminar was to do a tribute to the 2 greatest Masters: Grand Master Geny Rebello and Master Elias Martins.  These Masters formed a massive amount of great competitors, coaches and men.  They put Teresopolis on the BJJ map known for a City of Champions, like Helio Moreira Soneca, Robson Moura, Marcel Ferreira, Suyan Queiroz, Feijao and 100 other great competitors.

Friday night around 7pm, the evening before the event, I went to Master Elias, age of 79, to remind him about the event. To my surprise, I walked in and he had 16 students training bjj in his house.

The next day was the ceremony and it was truly amazing. There were 12 Black Belts, 20 other students, 1 Red Belt and 1 Coral Belt on the mat.

Once again full of surprises, Master Elias(age 79) with all his experience was drilling the movements at the seminar. I was amazed how humble he was to ask questions to be able to learn the movements I was demonstrating.

That just made my year and motivated me even more to do what I love to do, teach BJJ.

The year is not over yet and I am sure more great moments are coming from Worlds Masters and Seniors and the Miami Open, but I couldn’t wait to finish this year to share these amazing moments with you.

Hope this motivates you to keep training, learning and enjoying the BJJ Life style.”

For more info, go to rtbjja.org.

New Generation Challenge

GMA member Renato Tavares invites for the New Generation Challenge.

The event is an amateur MMA competition scheduled August 25th, in Melbourne, Florida.

Registrations are open for male and female competitors.

For more info and to register, go to nafafighters.com.

Renato Tavares ensina na ATT. Foto: Arquivos GRACIEMAG.com.

O berimbolo, posição esquisita que leva o lutador a posições vantajosas, tem sido um grande trunfo em campeonatos.

Renato Tavares, nosso GMA na ATT Vero Beach, na Flórida, está sempre competindo e se atualizando. E o que é melhor, dividindo com a gente. Abaixo, ele ensina duas raspagens do berimbolo. Confira:

Renato Tavares teaches at ATT. GRACIEMAG.com archive photo.

The berimbolo, an odd position that places fighters in advantageous positions, is a card up the sleeve of anyone who can use it at championships.

Renato Tavares, our GMA at ATT Vero Beach, Florida, is always sticking his neck out in competition and getting updated on all the latest and greatest. And the best part, he shares his findings with us. Like in the video below, where he teaches two sweeps from berimbolo position. Check it out.

GMA member Renato Tavares invites all for the Vero Beach BJJ Open 2012.

The championship is scheduled next Saturday, February 11th.

The cost t register is $55.

It is a Gi only tournament.

For more info, go to renatotavaresbjj.com

GMA member Renato Tavares will be in Weston, FL, on December 3rd.

The leader of ATT Vero Beach will be teaching a seminar at ATT Weston.

Tavares will teach gi and nogi techniques.

The cost is $40 for early registration and $50 at the door.

For more info, call (954) 349-4900 or go to renatotavaresbjj.com

For the second year in a row, GMA member Renato Tavares entered his Team to compete at the Miami Open Intenational.

Like last year, the week before the tournament many of his students from different states and countries came down to train for the Miami Open.

“This year we had a big boost, Vitor Toledo from Atos came and trained with us for 8 days before the big event,” tell us Renato.

Schools from Kentucky, Oklahoma, Kansas, Maryland and couple guys form Panama came to compete and moved the Renato Tavares BJJ Team from 19 to 37 competitors and the results were Awesome!  We came home with 30 medals: 9 Golds, 10 Silvers and 11 Bronzes.

ATTVB’s Melissa Bentley received 1st in white belt last year and this year she fought 6 times and got 1st in her division and 2nd in Absolute.

On the Black Belt light, Renato Tavares won the 3rd title in Miami Open and Triton’s Piet Wilhelm got 3rd which gained more points for the RTBJJ Association.

Aumakua’s Fred Ramie hurt his triceps in the beginning of his first match but he pushed forward and won his first match, after won the semi finals by submission and lost by one point his final match, showed a lot heart.

KCBJJ’s Jason Bircher did his second tournament as a Black Belt and won the Black Belt feather Master and Derby City MMA’s Nicholas Albin got second in Heavy Adult.

This was a great weekend for the association and Renato is already looking forward to 2012:“Now the team is going to take the gi out and train hard the nogi Worlds in California.”

For more info, go to renatotavaresbjj.com