Mauricio Villardo

Mauricio Villardo
Born	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence	Wellington, Florida, United States
Style	Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
Teacher(s)	Royler Gracie,
Rank	3rd Degree Black Belt
Website	http://www.brjj.com

Mauricio Villardo Reis (born January 14, 1975) best known as Mauricio Villardo is a third-degree black belt under Royler Gracie, head instructor of Gracie Humaitá and he is also a former World Champion of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship for the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. Living close to the beautiful beaches, Mauricio's hobby was surfing, but once he experienced Jiu-Jitsu, he fell in love with the sport. Mauricio’s first experience with the martial arts was not Jiu-Jitsu. When he was seven,he began practicing Judo at Clube do Flamengo,in Rio de Janeiro. At the age of fifteen, Mauricio began to practice Muay Thai. A few months later, a friend invited him to visit a Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy and for Mauricio, it was love at first sight.

Mauricio began to compete at local and regional tournaments in Brazil. During this time, he began to assist Professor Royler Gracie with classes. He won many major tournaments including the 1996 first World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and many . In 1997, Mauricio accomplished a lifelong dream receiving his black belt from the hands of his professor Royler Gracie.

In 2002 Mauricio moved to south Florida. He liked the United States and decided to continue teaching his style of jiu-Jitsu in the Palm Beach County, Florida area. Since 2002, Mauricio has been developing and expanding Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the West Palm Beach area where he lives and operates academies in Wellington and Boca Raton.

Instructor lineage

Mitsuo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Hélio Gracie → Royler Gracie → Mauricio Villardo

See also

• Gracie Humaitá

References

• International Federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. World Championship, Results. ibjjf.com.

External links

• The Mauricio Villardo Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu web site
• Academia Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
• Rilion Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy

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Name	Villardo, Mauricio
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Date of birth	January 14, 1975
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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