Julio Cesar Pereira

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Julio Cesar Pereira
Born (1964-12-22) 22 December 1964 (age 59)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1]
Team GFTeam
Rank7th deg. BJJ red and black coral belt [lower-alpha 1]
Judo black belt
OccupationBJJ team leader

Julio Cesar Pereira is a 7th degree red and black belt coral belt [lower-alpha 1] Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner from Brazil. [3]

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An international master champion, two-time IBJJF World champion, two-times Pan American champion, eight-times Brazilian champion and 21 times champion of Rio de Janeiro State; Pereira is a renowned coach as the founder and team leader of GFTeam, one of the most accomplished competition teams in jiu-jitsu. [1]

Career

Julio Cesar Pereira was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 22 December 1964. [1] Pereira started training Jiu Jitsu from the age of 10 under Monir Salomão, founder of the Academia Monir de Jiu-Jitsu, and an Oswaldo Fadda black belt. [1] Pereira also trained Judo and Luta Livre. Pereira trained under Salomão until he received his black belt. [4]

In 1996 Pereira started coaching the grappling team of the Gama Filho University, alongside Marcus Bello and Alexandre Baraúna. In 2007 following the closing of the university's grappling program, Pereira founded a new team with the same group of fighters, independent of the university, called Grappling Fight Team (GFTeam). [1] To help athletes from humble background Pereira set up at the GFT headquarters, based out of the neighbourhood of Meier in Rio's north zone, a fighter house named Cachanga. [2] Under Pereira's leadership, the team became one of the most accomplished competition teams in jiu-jitsu, producing countless champions such as Rodolfo Vieira, Mayssa Bastos, Gutemberg Pereira, or Vitor Oliveira. [5] His coaching method is known to be based on a traditional high level jiu jitsu style through "very detailed technique tuition", "positional concepts" and "extensive sparring". [6]

In 2016, after 31 years at black belt, Pereira received his 7th degree coral belt in jiu jitsu from the IBJJF. [7] In 2018 he moved to Orange County, California that same year he won the South America IBJJF Master International, a traditional championship in the Olympic Park of Barra da Tijuca of Rio, [8] gathering the best South American BJJ veterans, Pereira won in the Master-Five medium heavyweight division. [9]

Championships and accomplishments

Some of Pereira's accomplishments: [1] [2]

Instructor lineage

Mitsuyo Maeda > Luis França > Oswaldo Fadda > Monir Salomão > Julio Cesar Pereira [1]

Notes

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "The BJJ Champion Maker!". Elite Sports. 12 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Julio Cesar Pereira GF Team". bjjfanatics-br (in Portuguese). 1 January 1970.
  4. ↑ "GF Team Founder – Coral Belt Julio Cesar Pereira Returning To BJJ Competition". Bjj Eastern Europe. 31 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Sears, Michael (20 July 2018). ""Cachanga": GF Team's Secret Program For Producing Killer Competitors". FloGrappling.
  6. ↑ "Jiu Jitsu Coaching Methods". BJJ Heroes – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News. 16 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Julio Cesar Pereira, Samurai Master". BJJ Heroes – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News. 23 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Faixa-coral e líder da GFTeam, Julio Cesar lutará no Internacional Master de Jiu-Jitsu". Graciemag. 25 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Video: Coral-belt Julio Cesar Pereira wins at Master International". Graciemag. 30 July 2018.
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