André Pederneiras

Brazil

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)

  • 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
    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

Lineage

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

Sources

“He is also the co-founder of Nova União (alongside Wendel Alexander) but is perhaps best known for being the coach of many UFC fighters.”
— Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5H6JAFSCCPHYGCEHM8C7CKZ
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Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). André Pederneiras. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H6JAFSCCPHYGCEHM8C7CKZ - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5H6JAFSCCPHYGCEHM8C7CKZ, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {André Pederneiras}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H6JAFSCCPHYGCEHM8C7CKZ}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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