Pedro Vianna started his martial arts history when he was 7 years
old practicing Judo, and since then he has never stopped. At 13 he
started taking self defense classes, which made him interested in
ground fighting, thus leading his training to Jiu-Jitsu. In 1991, at the age of 15, he joined The Carlson Gracie Academy
with Carlson Gracie Jr. and Marcelo Alonso as his masters. In 1999
he was graduated with a brown belt.
From 97 to 99 he owned an academy called Leme Jiu-Jitsu, where
he taught under Carlson Gracie Jr.
In 1999, Pedro moved to Chicago, Illinois, USA, and became the
main instructor at The Carlson Gracie Jr. School. Then in the same
year he practiced MMA (vale tudo) for the first time.
In 2000 he graduated with a black
belt under Carlson Gracie Jr. In the following year he returned
to Brazil and joined Brazilian Top Team where he taught until June
of 2004. Nowadays he is living in Chicago where he is the head of Brazilian Top Team Chicago.
Pedro also gives Jiu-Jitsu private
lessons, self defense classes and promotes seminars.
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