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Where does Bruno Bastos black belt come from? Osvaldo Fadda profile from MaxBJJ.com

Oswaldo Baptista Fadda (January 15, 1921 – April 1, 2005) son of an immigrant Italian family who moved to Brazil in the early 1900’s was a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, reaching the rank of “nono grau”, a 9th Dan Red

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Part 2 of 5 of Coach Bruno Bastos seminar at UFC fighter Stanislav Nedkov’s camp

Here coach Bruno Bastos shows a simple yet effective pass that can be made into a very good drill to enhance your game.

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Bruno Bastos shows a Spider Guard Pass (video)

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Bruno Bastos shows the 50/50 Guard Pass (video)

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Nova Uniao at 2013 World BJJ Championships from NovaUniao.com

NU AT THE 2013 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 0SUBMITTED BY SCOOP ON WED, 05 JUNE 2013, 06:53 With the biggest tournament of the year in the books, Nova Uniao can officially say it has 3 world champions! The team couldn’t be happier with our

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A Letter from Bruno Bastos about his Retirement from Adult Competition, and the next step in his Life as a Coach and Practitioner of BJJ

People, my “retirement” was only for the IBJJF Worlds adult category. Everyone should know their own time and I feel that after years that’s my one.  I’m at a stage in my life that I still want to be #

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Houston Open Results for Nova Uniao

HOUSTON OPEN 0SUBMITTED BY SCOOP ON FRI, 22 FEBRUARY 2013, 06:47 Another podium finish added to the excitement for Nova Uniao last weekend. The Houston open took place and the NU team showed that the plans of getting back on the podium

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Bruno Bastos on the art of producing a juvenile World Champ

  Marcelo Dunlop @MarceloDunlop June 16, 2012 Leave a comment! How do you polish up a young blue belt to the point of putting him atop the winners’ podium at a Jiu-Jitsu World Championship? Bruno Bastos and team Nova União

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Bruno Bastos Discusses Training for Copa Pódio and Shows Half-Guard Pass

Vitor Freitas @Vitorbjjfreitas January 2, 2013 Bruno Bastos is one of the aces on the card for the Copa Pódio Heayvweight GP. (Personal archive photo) The year is now underway and with it comes the 2013 Jiu-Jitsu season. The first

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Watch Brown Belt Kaue Damasceno vs. Rodrigo Pinheiro at Texas Trials

Vitor Freitas @Vitorbjjfreitas February 8, 2013 Kaue Damasceno celebrates victory. (Photo by Mike Calimbas) The new generation is coming and already showing what it’s bringing to the table. The latest leg of the WPJJC Trials took place last weekend in

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