- Marcelo Rezende
is home to Brazil's greatest BJJ fighters and inumerous times world champion team.
Marcelo went on to win the
Pan American Championship and completed his university degree in business administration. He then went on a three-month trip toAustralia to improve his English, during which he met experts in othermartial arts and was invited to teach in Blue Mountains.Marcelo decided to stay in
Sydney in an effort to make BJJ as big in Australia as in Brazil and set up the [http://www.graciebarra.com.au/ Gracie Barra Sydney School] with the support of his master, Carlos Gracie Jr.Since arriving in Australia, Prof. Marcelo Rezende has been working hard. He fought the first black belt match in Australia and
New Zealand . He has also opened numerous affiliated branches in both countries given seminars and has developed new arrest procedures for theNSW police. He has also taughtgrappling techniques to rugby teams like the ROOSTERS andBrumbies .Marcelo is also the founder and director of the NSW Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation and coach for many champions in Jiu Jitsu,
Submission Wrestling andMixed Martial Arts with International standard. One of his students is the famous fighterMark Hunt , the K1Kickboxing Grand Prix Champion now fighting inMixed Martial Arts withPride FC inJapan with victories over super stars such asWanderlei Silva andMirko Filipović giving him the position of the Top 5Heavyweight MMA fighter in the world.Marcelo has opened the first
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu course for overseas students, called the Australian Institute ofBrazilian Jiu Jitsu . Now with his new project is giving the opportunity to the overseas to come to Australia and train full time in BJJ doing a professional course. The [http://www.aibjj.com/ AIBJJ] is affiliated to Australian Academy of Sport and Fitness who is taking care of the students.External links
* [http://www.graciebarra.com.au/ Marcelo Rezende - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]
* [http://www.aibjj.com/ Australian Institute of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (AIBJJ)]
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