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| Professor
Pedro Sauer |
| Personal
History |
| Certifications |
| Teaching
History |
| Work
with Military and Law Enforcement Agenices |
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| Personal
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| Professor
Pedro Sauer was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where from
an early age, he began training in the martial arts. At age five,
he began boxing and later took up judo and taekwondo. At age fifteen,
however, his friend, Rickson Gracie, invited him to train jiu-jitsu
with his younger brother, Royler, who at the time was only nine years
old. The outcome of this experience convinced him that jiu-jitsu was
the most effective of all the martial arts, and he began training
the very next day. Pedro
worked towards a double major (Economics and Business Administration)
in college, and took post graduation course at Fundacao Getulio
Vargas. He worked in Brazil as a stockbroker for eleven years before
deciding to move to the United States and pursue a career teaching
jiu-jitsu. In 1990, he moved to California with the original wave
of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructors. He lived in California with
Rickson Gracie and trained daily with the Gracie brothers (Rickson,
Rorion, and Royce), their father, Helio Gracie, their cousin, Renzo
Gracie, and the Machado Brothers, as well as many others. In December
of that same year, he moved to Utah where he has lived for the past
eight years, pioneering brazilian jiu-jitsu in the American southwest.
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| Certifications |
| 1985
- Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Helio and Rickson Gracie
1986 - Tecnico de Jiu-Jitsu. This is a special certificate given in
recognition of superior technical mastery of the art of jiu-jitsu,
given to only a handful of students by Helio Gracie. 1990 - Certified
Black Belt Instructor by Robson Gracie and the Federacao de Jiu-Jitsu
Black Belt Judo 1993 - 3rd Degree Black Belt from Rorion Gracie 1996
- Level 6 Instructor Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy (Rorion and Royce Gracie)
2000 - 5th Degree Black Belt under the Federacao de Jiu-Jitsu 2003
- 6th Degree Black Belt |
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| Teaching
History |
| Pedro
Earned his Black Belt from Helio and Rickson in 1985. Long recognized
for the superior technical efficiency of his jiu-jitsu, he then began
his career as an instructor in 1986 when asked to teach with an organization
known in Brazil as Corpo/Quatro (Body of Four) where he taught and
continued his training under renowned jiu-jitsu instructors Alvaro
Barreto (who is a red belt master under Helio Gracie). After
moving to Utah in December of 1990, he taught as one of only two
non-Gracie black belts under the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy (run by
Rorion and Royce Gracie). In October of 1996, he became an official
representative Black Belt Instructor under the Rickson Gracie American
Jiu-Jitsu Association.
Currently,
Pedro Sauer is transitioning to the Northern Virginia area, where
he will be teaching full time here at One Spirit Martial Arts starting
in September 2006. He also has several affiliated schools across
the country, and he visits them on a regular basis to give intensive
instruction to the students and instructors. He is one of the most
highly sought after instructors in the U.S. (of any martial discipline)
and has presented hundreds of public seminars around the nation
in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky,
Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah,
and Virginia. (In Virginia alone, Pedro has done over 25 seminars.)
On May
17 2005, he was named "Best of the Best BJJ Instructor"
in a worldwide poll conducted by the renowned Abu Dhabi Combat Club
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| Work
with Military and Law Enforcement Agenices |
Pedro
works extensively with military groups in Virginia, including the
Marines and various groups from the Navy SEAL teams (including the
snipers). He has also trained FBI and CIA agents in Texas. SWAT
teams in Colorado and Utah. Also in Utah, Pedro has trained the
police in Provo, Orem, DARE officers, the Sheriffs department in
Salt Lake City, POST (Police Officer's Standard Training) in SLC,
and also the Orem Fire Department.
Pedro's
skill, confidence, and fearlessness as a jiu-jitsu practitioner
win him the respect of all that work with him. However, it is through
his sincere personality, his passion for teaching, and his ability
to transfer his skills to his students in an efficient and professional
manner, that he has earned the loyalty of students across the nation,
and has established himself as one of the premiere military and
law enforcement instructors in the U.S. |
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