Valente Brothers
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Valente brothers jiu-jitsu is a world-class martial arts gym offering comprehensive training in brazilian jiu-jitsu, self-defense, and physical fitness. the academy features state-of-the-art facilities, expert instructors, and a supportive community. with a focus on technique, philosophy, and personal growth, students of all levels are encouraged to develop their skills and reach their full potential.
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What Reddit says about Valente Brothers
8 verbatim community mentions from r/bjj and city subreddits, unedited, positives and negatives alike.
Valente Bros are definitely an odd branch of bjj. Their gi sleeves are way shorter and they do punches and kicks as part of their curriculum. My first school back in the early 00's was a Gracie Miami affiliate and they drilled it into our heads that we were studying the true original form of Helio Gracie style of bjj and not the watered down stuff every one else was doing at the time. source, 2025 ↗
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I cannot nor would I speak for ANY affiliate gym. I've only attended the headquarters school in Miami run by the 3 Valente Brothers themselves...the school & curriculum approved by Helio himself & a place he would visit twice a year while still alive. It is the most organized jiu-jitsu curriculum I've ever encountered...the entire years of lessons, literally every day, is planned out in advance & is made up of very effective techniques that I & many others have applied effectively in real world encounters against aggressive attackers. The school is home to a large number of po source, 2025 ↗
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That's a bit rough. I guess you don't live in Miami? A membership at Riviera Country Club is brutal, you have to wait for an opening, inititiation fee is ... a LOT and dues, forget it. You can just head over to Valente Bros, pay a few grand for privates so you can start, pay the dues, for same money you get a black belt. Everyone's a surgeon, or their dad, grandad or brother is, Equally affluent crowd, everyone from same neighborhoods anyway, you see the same car brands outside, 1 mile away from each other. Yah, there's golf and tennis instead of jui jitsu, but you don't go there for the source, 2024 ↗
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I am from south Florida. A guy I know who got his black belt under the Valentes and now owns his own unaffiliated school told me that after getting his black belt he went to a seminar in NY and got to train with people outside his academy for the first time and got destroyed by purple belts and had a really had time with some blue belts, that he felt embarrassed of his belt. Take into consideration that he was in his early 30's at that time and had been training over 12 years. He originally had plans to open a school under the Valentes but this incident got him thinking. This guy was one source, 2024 ↗
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Miami 100% or MAYBE Las Vegas ,strong bar and club culture and all the things that come with it. Plus i dont think any of these cities have a stronger MMA/BJJ scene than the Miami metro, you have alot of serious competition in the area and people like the Gracies and Valente brothers (who trained under Helio) teaching there, also consider Ft.Lauderdale source, 2024 ↗
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go to an mma/bjj gym and stick with it. They will be your brothers through anything as long as your consistently in the gym. It helped my loneliness im a 20yo who’s been seeing escorts for 3 years I just stopped, you may feel like you have nothing in life but that means your life is a blank white canvas waiting to be painted your still young too and can choose the direction of your life. I went to trade school too to learn how to work on cars that’s a hobby that keeps me occupied too the car community is actually pretty big I’m sure you’d like it too.No girl cares I’m going to be honest just b source, 2024 ↗
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They haven't been a major team in a minute but Rilion Gracie/Gracie Elite has always been a good coach/team. You already said Fight Sports. Enrico Cocco's Zen Jiu-Jitsu, they aren't all affiliated with Fight Sports. Leo D’avila and Luccas Lira and the Atos Miami team are building something cool. Roberto Gordo is based in Florida. American Top Team fields some competitors. They don't have a John Danaher, B-Team, and Tackett brothers, which to me makes Austin, Texas the place to be, not Texas itself. But they have a nice scene. source, 2023 ↗
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My first school 20 years ago was a Gracie Miami affiliate run by the Valente Brothers. Pedro was a nice guy but they spoke a lot about how they train and teach the “true” art developed by Helio. They would make a point in saying most Gracie’s had already moved away from Helio’s style and were no longer true Gracie JJ. We did a shit load of self defense training (basically the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Book by Royce and Charles Gracie) and some rolling. My instructor was a purple belt at the time and as soon as I got my blue belt I quit. I got back into bjj 1.5 years ago and looked up my old instr source, 2023 ↗
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