Edgar A. Bravo (''

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instructor,

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, and musician. After earning a black belt in

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

in 2003, Bravo began teaching his own self-developed style of jiu-jitsu and founded 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu. He is also the creator of the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) grappling competition and the EBI ruleset. He is a recurring guest on ''

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'' and the ''Tin Foil Hat Podcast''.

Background

Bravo was born on May 15, 1970. His original name was Edgar A. Cano, but he later legally changed his surname to Bravo, the name of his stepfather. Both of his biological parents are Mexican. Growing up, Bravo took to music and started to play the drums and guitar. He formed several bands with aspirations of one-day becoming a famous musician. Bravo also developed an interest in athletics playing

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and joining his high school's

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team. In 1991, Bravo moved to

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, California to pursue a music career and formed a band titled Blackened Kill Symphony. He got a gym membership as he wanted to avoid "looking like a slob" while performing but only visited twice. Bravo then began taking

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classes. In 1994, after watching

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win an

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(UFC) event, Bravo decided to become a

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practitioner, which he began under the tutelage of

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. Bravo also attended a

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academy from 1996 to 1998.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu

In 1998, Bravo decided to stop attending other

schools to focus solely on Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Around this time, he received a blue belt and started developing ways to finish opponents with a "Twister", a specific

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. In 1999, Bravo earned a

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and began developing his signature

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, the

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. In 2003, Bravo entered the 145 lbs/66 kg division of the Abu-Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) Submission Wrestling World Championship as a brown belt after winning the North American trials. Bravo defeated Gustavo Dantas in the elimination round by

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in what was considered an upset.Roy Billington
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Bloody Elbow, July 4, 2017 Bravo then faced four-time world champion and three-time ADCC champion

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in the quarter-finals. Bravo traded comfortably top positions with Gracie throughout the match before deploying his game of rubber guard, and eventually winning via a triangle choke. Bravo would then lose to eventual-tournament champion Léo Vieira in the semi-finals. Upon his return to the United States after the competition, he was awarded a black belt by Jean Jacques Machado and subsequently opened his first 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu school in Los Angeles, California, a no-gi jiu-jitsu system. In 2014, after having both retired from competition for years, Bravo and Royler Gracie agreed to have another grappling contest. It was a twenty-minute submission-only match which took place at

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III. The contest started with Bravo pulling quarter guard and defending Royler's top attacks before reversing to an offensive attack around the eight-minute mark. After a few reversals from both competitors, Bravo was able to deploy a series of techniques from

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, and put Gracie into an "electric chair" maneuver. In the closing minutes, Bravo had Gracie in a

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but Gracie declined to tap as time ran out and, thus, the match was ruled a draw.

Grappling Promotional Career

Also in 2014, Bravo founded the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI), a no-gi submission-only grappling tournament. In 2016, it was announced that the EBI and UFC partnered together to feature EBI events on the UFC's streaming service Fight Pass. Later, Bravo also introduced

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to his events; an altered form of submission grappling which allows open-hand strikes while on the ground. After EBI 17 on September 29, 2018, Bravo took a break from running the organization and instead devoted his time to developing Combat Jiu-Jitsu. It was then that he began holding the Combat Jiu-Jitsu World Championships and continues to do so today. After several editions of the CJJ World Championship, Bravo announced that the Eddie Bravo Invitational would be returning in 2022 for the first event in almost four years. At the same time, Bravo embarked on a new project that would combine both the EBI and CJJ rulesets into a single event that would be available exclusively to female competitors. The result was Medusa Female-Only Jiu-Jitsu, which ran their first successful event on October 2, 2021, featuring an EBI Strawweight tournament and a CJJ Bantamweight tournament.

Instructor lineage

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Carlos Gracie Sr. Carlos Gracie (September 14, 1902October 7, 1994) was a Brazilian martial artist who is credited with being one of the primary developers of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Along with his younger brother Hélio Gracie and fellow students Luis França a ...

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Carlos Gracie Jr. Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie Jr. is a Brazilian 8th-degree coral belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and instructor. A member of the Gracie family, he is the son of Carlos Gracie, and first cousin to the Machado family brothers. Caree ...

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Submission grappling record

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Personal life

Bravo has one son born in 2012. Bravo is a strong proponent of

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, attributing it with helping his creativity in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He is often ridiculed for easily believing many

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, and has spoken about his belief in the

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conspiracy theory and the 9/11 controlled demolition conspiracy theory.

Media

Books

*''Jiu Jitsu Unleashed'' (2005) *''Mastering the Rubber Guard'' (2006) *''Mastering the Twister'' (2007) *''Advanced Rubber Guard'' (2014)

DVDs

*''The Twister'' *''Mastering the Rubber Guard'' *''Mastering the Twister''

Filmography

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References

Sources *

External links

10th Planet Jiu Jitsu
– Official website for Eddie Bravo & 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu {{DEFAULTSORT:Bravo, Eddie 1970 births 9/11 conspiracy theorists American cannabis activists American conspiracy theorists American podcasters American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu American sportspeople of Mexican descent Brazilian jiu-jitsu trainers Flat Earth proponents Martial arts school founders Living people People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu People from Santa Ana, California 20th-century philanthropists