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Alliance is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu association. Alliance was founded by Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti and his students: Fabio Gurgel , Alexandre Paiva , and Fernando Gurgel. Alliance Global headquarters is in Atlanta , Georgia, at the Alliance Martial Arts Academy, where "Jacare" is the head instructor.
Alexandre "Gigi" Paiva (born March 4, 1967, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a long standing figure, having been involved in Jiu Jitsu since the early 1980s, in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu community who has made a number of important contributions to the sport which are referenced below.
One of the best jiu-jitsu competitors of his generation, Gurgel is a 4-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion (1996–2001), Brazilian National champion and European Open champion. Gurgel is the co-founder of the Alliance Jiu Jitsu team, president of the Professional League of Jiu-Jitsu, and is regarded as one of the top coaches in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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Bernardo Faria currently runs his own Jiu Jitsu academy in Bedford, Massachusetts. [10] He is a member of Alliance Jiu Jitsu team and Marcelo Garcia Association. [11] On Faria's YouTube channel, "BJJ Fanatics", he regularly posts techniques alongside other Jiu Jitsu practitioners and MMA fighters such as Dean Lister, John Danaher and Gordon ...
Romero Cavalcanti (born October 22, 1952) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master and the founder of Alliance Jiu Jitsu.He is one of the six men who were promoted to black belt by Rolls Gracie prior to his fatal 1982 hang gliding accident.
Isaque Bahiense is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt world champion competitor and professor, and founder of the Dream Art Project. [1] He had trained at Alliance Jiu Jitsu previously. [2] His world champion students include Anna Rodrigues. [3]
Cobrinha has won a total of six world championship titles in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a black belt in the featherweight (or lightweight) category. He started training BJJ in 2000, received his black belt in 2005, and has since medaled in every World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in which he has competed - a total of ten. [ 3 ]