Julio Cesar Pereira
{{short description|Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach from Brazil (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox martial artist
| name = Julio Cesar Pereira
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|12|22}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil{{cite web |date=2010-02-17 |title=Julio Cesar Pereira |url=https://www.bjjheroes.com/bjj-fighters/mestre-julio-cezar-pereira |website=BJJ Heroes – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News}}
| occupation = BJJ team leader
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| rank =8th deg. BJJ red and white coral belt{{efn|name=rank|Under Oswaldo Fadda{{cite web |date=2024-06-20 |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/gfteameurope/posts/2885496098247670/ |title=Mestre Julio Cesar was officially awarded from the IBJJF the 8th degree red-white coral belt after 38 years as black belt |website=GFTeam Europe - FB}}}}
Judo black belt
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Julio Cesar Pereira is an 8th degree red and white belt coral belt{{efn|name=rank}} Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner from Brazil.{{cite news |date=1970-01-01 |title=Julio Cesar Pereira GF Team |url=https://bjjfanatics.com.br/blogs/news/julio-cesar |website=bjjfanatics-br |language=pt}}
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.
Career
Julio Cesar Pereira was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 22 December 1964. 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. Pereira also trained Judo and Luta Livre. Pereira trained under Salomão until he received his black belt.{{cite web |date=2018-07-31 |title=GF Team Founder – Coral Belt Julio Cesar Pereira Returning To BJJ Competition |url=https://www.bjjee.com/articles/gf-team-founder-coral-belt-julio-cesar-pereira-returning-bjj-competition/ |website=Bjj Eastern Europe}}
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). 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.{{cite web |date=2022-05-12 |title=The BJJ Champion Maker! |url=https://www.elitesports.com/blogs/news/master-julio-cesar-pereira-the-bjj-champion-maker |website=Elite Sports}} 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.{{cite web |last=Sears |first=Michael |date=2018-07-20 |title="Cachanga": GF Team's Secret Program For Producing Killer Competitors |url=https://www.flograppling.com/articles/6219627-cachanga-gf-teams-secret-program-for-producing-killer-competitors |website=FloGrappling}} 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".{{cite web |date=2016-05-16 |title=Jiu Jitsu Coaching Methods |url=https://www.bjjheroes.com/bjj-news/jiu-jitsu-training-systems |website=BJJ Heroes – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News}}
In 2016, after 31 years at black belt, Pereira received his 7th degree coral belt in jiu jitsu from the IBJJF.{{cite web |date=2016-06-23 |title=Julio Cesar Pereira, Samurai Master |url=https://www.bjjheroes.com/editorial/julio-cesar-pereira-samurai-master |website=BJJ Heroes – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News}} 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,{{cite web |date=2018-07-25 |title=Faixa-coral e líder da GFTeam, Julio Cesar lutará no Internacional Master de Jiu-Jitsu |url=https://www.graciemag.com/faixa-coral-e-lider-da-gfteam-julio-cesar-lutara-no-internacional-master-de-jiu-jitsu |website=Graciemag}} gathering the best South American BJJ veterans, Pereira won in the Master-Five medium heavyweight division.{{cite web |date=2018-07-30 |title=Video: Coral-belt Julio Cesar Pereira wins at Master International |url=https://www.graciemag.com/video-coral-belt-julio-cesar-pereira-wins-at-master-international |website=Graciemag}}
Championships and accomplishments
Some of Pereira's accomplishments:
- Master International South America Champion (2018)
- 2 x IBJJF World Champion
- 21 x Rio de Janeiro State Champion
- 8 x Brazilian National Champion
Instructor lineage
Mitsuyo Maeda > Luis França > Oswaldo Fadda > Monir Salomão > Julio Cesar Pereira
Notes
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References
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Category:Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Category:People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Category:World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship medalists
Category:People awarded a coral belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Category:Martial artists from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Martial arts school founders
Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States