Last weekend was amazing. After winning my super fight, I did a seminar with my good friend Carlos Condit and met some very nice people. As much as I like competing, I love sharing the mats with others and spreading jiu jitsu so the experience was awesome. After the seminar it kept getting better as […]
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No-gi Pan American Championship 2013!
I typically don’t write much but decided to this time. This past weekend Samir, Queixinho and Caio headed to NYC to conduct seminars and compete in the 2013 Pan American No Gi Championships. The end result was awesome; Samir Chantre won his second No-Gi Pan’s title in a row, closing out in the final with […]
Arm Bar counter to the counter
Every month or two depending on how much time I have I plan on releasing a new technique. This months technique is the counter to the arm bar counter. Being a smaller martial artist and jiu jitsu practitioner, I typically find that when I am executing a move if I don’t react correctly and rely […]
2013 European Champ, Caio Terra!
I won my 2 matches at my weight at Rome open but decided not to compete at the absolute because I was feeling a little sick and wanted to focus on the Europeans the next day. I won my 2 matches again on my weight and then went to the absolute where I also won. […]
Caio wins 7th World Championship!
“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.” Vince Lombardi After taking some time to reflect I would like to say thank […]
Mundial Camp huge success!
For 16 days the Institute of martial arts in San Jose was host to our official 2013 mundial camp. Top black belts from all over the world as well as other jiu jitsu players came together with one purpose to train and get better. In addition this year we had the help of Italo Vilardo, […]
Pans 2013
When I was a white belt, if you ever told me I would win the Pan American Games I would say you’re crazy. Today it happened for the third year in a row and the feeling is amazing, the only thing that would have been better would have been to close out my division with […]
San Francisco Open
This past weekend SF Open was an amazing experience. Although our association is less than a year old we had affiliates from three different academies (one from Oregon!) make the trip to represent! Ashley Florence, Aaron Zaballos, Manny Diaz, won their division and Ruben Quevedo won his division AND the absolute. Claudia Diaz, Andy Hung, […]
Pan’s Camp 2013
Caio Terra and the Institute of Martial Arts is proud to present the 2013 Pan American Camp!! THIS CAMP IS OPEN TO EVERYONE, regardless of belt, skill level, and association. You don’t have to be a competitor to do this camp. No one is obligated to participate or finish ANY of the training’s, go at your own pace. The […]
American Nationals Day 1
Today I led the team to battle at the IBJJF American Nationals. It was great to compete with so many of my students and training partners and I am excited about the future of our association. In the brown belt division Manuel Diaz in his first competition with his new belt, submitted everyone to take […]
