Also known as

Dedé Pederneiras

Description

Brazilian jiu-jitsu coral belt and MMA coach, black belt under Carlson Gracie (1988); organised the first Brazilian national jiu-jitsu championship (1993), co-founded Nova União with Wendel Alexander and coached UFC fighters such as José Aldo.

Teachers (1)

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  Carlson Gracie

  sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single source.

  “André received his black-belt by the hands of Carlson Gracie in December 1988”

  — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

Lineage

• Brazilian jiu-jitsuCarlson Gracie ← Carlos Gracie · 2 generations

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu

  receipt_longBlack belt Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  BJJ Ranking System (1988-12)

  granted by Carlson Gracie

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source.

  “André received his black-belt by the hands of Carlson Gracie in December 1988”

  — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

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