Grappling Fight Team (most commonly known as GFTeam) is a
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 ...
(BJJ) academy and team. GFTeam is one of the strongest BJJ competition teams, having produced multiple world champions and regularly finishing in the top 10 of international championships teams ranking.
History
It was started in 1993 as part of
Universidade Gama Filho, a university in
Rio de Janeiro as Universidade Gama Filho (UGF) or Gama Filho Jiu-Jitsu.
It was developed under coaches Pedro Gama Filho and Paulo Jardim then under
Julio Cesar Pereira, Marcus Bello and Alexandre Baraúna. In 2004 the team cut ties with the university following the death of Pedro Filho, in 2007 Julio Cesar founded Grappling Fight Team or GFTeam.
GF Team headquarter is located in Bairro do Meier,
Rio de Janeiro.
Grappling fight team has more than 30 affiliate academies in the world.
In 2023, GFTeam was ranked No.9 for male and No.2 for female athletes at the
2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
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.
GFTeam was ranked No.3 in the
IBJJF Top 10 Academy Rankings for the 2022/2023 season.
On September 13, 2023, GFTeam announced that they were merging with JiuArt in order to form a new competition team.
Notable members
Current and former members:
* Thamires Aquino
* Alexandre Barauna
*
Mayssa Bastos
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* Marcus Bello
*
Claudio Calasans
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* Jaime Canuto
* Ricardo Evangelista
*
Dante Leon
* Amanda Nogueira
* Gutemberg Pereira
* Denilson Pimenta
* Rafaela Pires
*
Rodolfo Vieira
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References
Brazilian jiu-jitsu organizations
2017 establishments
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