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an article copied and pasted from www.bjjheroes.com

Fernando Augusto “Terere”

Fernando Augusto, most commonly known as Terere is one of the most charismatic Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters to have ever stepped on a mat. This multiple time World Medallist was a top “Pound for Pound” best during the early 2000s though an addiction to hard drugs has led him off Jiu Jitsu. He appeard back into the BJJ scene in 2010, giving seminars throughout the World (mainly in Europe).

Fernando Terere in Detail

Full name: Fernando Augusto da Silva

Nickname: Terere is the name of a Brazilian herb used on a certain type of tea. It is dark and highly energetic, just like the Fernando Augusto who was always hyperactive when fighting, thus the name Tererê.

Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Rolls Gracie > Romero Cavalcanti > Alexandre Paiva Fernando Augusto Terere

Main Achievements:

• 6x World Champion (black belt: 2000, 2003; brown: 1999, purple: 1998 weight & absolute; blue: 1997)
• 4x World Cup Champion
• Pan American Champion (2004)
• 2x World Silver Medallist (2001, 2004 as a Super Heavyweight – fought 3 classes above his weight)
• Pan American Silver Medallist – Open Weight (2004)

Weight Category: Peso Medio – Middleweight (82Kg – 181lbs)

Association/Team: Team Alliance (1st); Master Team (2nd); Brasa Team (3rd), TT (4th)

Terere Merchandise:

• Terere Kimono

Fernando Terere Biography

Fernando Augusto “Terere” was born on the 15th of November 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There is not much information about Tereré as a child, it is known however that he was raised in poverty on one of the Major Slums in Rio de Janeiro the “Morro do Cantagalo”.

He started training Jiu Jitsu as a way to escape the drug traffic and violence which occurred on his streets with masters Roberto Traven and Alexandre Paiva. His unnatural athletic ability made him a success in competition from the start, winning every major tournament there was to win from blue belt to black belt. He stated in an interview that he always liked to fight from the top position because he is slightly claustrophobic and being on the bottom causes him significant distress, and so every time he hit a bad position he would spin out of it as fast and explosively as possible. He is considered still today the most charismatic Jiu Jitsu fighter to have stepped on a mat, and he often brought the crowd to a roar when he fought.

One of the examples of how Terere played with the crowd occurred in 1998’s World Championships when he was still a purple belt. Both Alliance and Gracie Barra were equal in team points going to the final of the Purple Belt Absolute Division (open weight class), in that final fight, Tererê (Alliance) was matched against a much larger Rolles Gracie (Gracie Barra), but that didn’t stop him from trying his best and the “Tijuca Tenis Club” almost went down as the Alliance supporters celebrated when Terere won the match (Rolls Gracie was disqualified half way through the fight) and team Alliance won the event.

Although always focused in competition, Terere also found time to promote the sport amongst those less privileged creating an academy in the “Morro do Cantagalo” the Favela (slum) in he grew up. The purpose of this academy was to take kids off the streets and off gun crime and this academy proved to be a huge success doing just that. When Terere moved to Sao Paulo a few years later, he left his friend Ricardo Vieira in Charge, and the procect still stands today in the hands of Ricardo.

In 2000 Terere got to the final of the Middleweight Black Belt division (in his first year as a black belt), he faced Nino Schembri who had submitted almost everyone on his way to the final and was a heavy favourite. Terere however did not tremble and using his cleaver tactics (something he was famous for throughout his career), he took two points for a throw and defended inside Nino’s guard to win his first major title as a Black Belt, celebrating in the end with some Elvis Presley dance impersonation, mocking Schembri (whose nickname is Elvis).

In 2002 Fernando was part of an elite group of Alliance Jiu Jitsu black belts who left the team after a dispute with one of the headmasters of Alliance, Favio Gurgel. The dispute was over which tournament to team should focus their training for, the World Championships or the World Cup as they occurred a week apart from each other. As the World Cup offered good prize money to its competitors and the Championships didn’t, Terere and his team mates felt they should support this organization (CBJJO – Confederação de Jiu Jitsu Olimpico) and compete in it, Gurgel however decided against it, as he felt that competing in the Cup was less prestigious then competing in the World Championship. The fighters did not agree and a split was inevitable. And so Master Team was formed. The team that would later split leaving Terere to form a team with another team mate (Eduardo Telles) forming the TT Team.

In 2003 Terere started his MMA Career, with a first bout (and only bout so far) against a veteran by the name of Gleison Tibau (today fighting in the UFC). The fight was very even but the split decision went to Tibau. After diping his toes in Mixed Martial Arts, he went on to win his second World Championship reaching the final with Marcelo Garcia and submitting Marcelo with a triangle (see fight video at the bottom of the page). In 2004 Terere decided to try his luck in the Super Heavyweight Division and he almost pulled it off, losing in the final to an immensely larger opponent in Fabricio Werdum.

2004 was also the year that Terere’s world started crumbling beneath him, after being arrested in the USA supposedly for shouting abuse at an air stewardess, Terere fell into a massive depression induced by drug taking that led to dependence. His life has been incredibly shaky since then, as he abandoned the sport that he loved to live the life of a drug addict. In 2006 Terere moved to the North-eastern town of Natal on the state of Rio Grande do Norte, to escape the environment that was holding him in. He stayed clean for a while and started training again, however a relapse took him back to his crack dependence as he moved back to Rio de Janeiro.

In late 2009 the rumours spread that Fernando Terere was in a rehab clinic and doing better, we can only hope this amazing champion may recover and go back to his winning ways.

Terere returned clean himself from the addiction with the help of his family and the BJJ community who opened raise money to keep Fernando in a clinic until he was fully recovered. He came back to training in 2010 in Brazil. In August 2010 he travelled to the United Kingdom were he spent time teaching his world class Jiu Jitsu.

Terere Interview

This questionnaire occurred on July 2010 thanks to insidebjj.com a spanking jiu jitsu news website who’s owner was kind enough to allow BJJ Heroes to share the interview in exchange of a little help with the translation. Inside BJJ is one of the best websites on Jiu Jitsu, where you can always find out what the latest buzz in the BJJ community is about and up to date interviews. There is also a thank you note to Andre Galvao the man that arranged the meeting with Terere.

Inside BJJ / BJJ Heroes
The entire jiu-jitsu community wants to know how you are doing. How is your physical and mental health? How is your training?

Fernando Terere
My strength and conditioning is shaping up in accordance to the training I have been doing so I can start competing as soon as possible. That is my goal.

Inside BJJ / BJJ Heroes
You grew up in the favelas of Cantagalo, Rio De Janeiro. Can you tell us how you started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

Fernando Terere
I was invited to train by one of the coaches to get me off the streets, I accepted and enjoyed it very much. Then I started winning tournaments like the Brazilian Nationals and State Championships and that was that.

Inside BJJ / BJJ Heroes
This is a difficult question but everyone wants to know what happened to you. You were an extremely successful champion. There was the 2004 airline incident, the split from Alliance, the split from TT and tales of your bouts with depression and drug dependence. Tell us your story in your words.

Fernando Terere
All this was extremely difficult for me. Having gone though all this, I feel like I have sinned by letting myself get involved with these things. But now new paths are presented before me and people are accepting me back and believing in me again.

Inside BJJ / BJJ Heroes
You have stated that you’re coming back to jiu-jitsu. Do you plan on returning to the Pan Ams, Mundials, World Cup Pro tournaments? What team will you return to?

Fernando Terere
I believe that with my training and the preparation I have been doing, I will be ready, very possibly, for the next Mundial (World Championships) but I might compete in other events also.

Inside BJJ / BJJ Heroes
Who do you think is the biggest challenge in jiu-jitsu right now?

Fernando Terere
I think my greatest challenge is myself at this point. If I can overcome all that I have been through and dedicate myself more and more to this sport, I will be back at Middleweight competing against the best today.

Inside BJJ / BJJ Heroes
In your career you were not only a great athlete but also a gifted instructor having coached great champions like Andre Galvao, Cobrinha, Sergio Moraes, Finfou and many others. How do you see yourself in the near future in the sport, as a fighter or as a coach?

Fernando Terere
At the moment I see myself competing, the work I have been putting on is with that intent, but after that I plan on doing seminars all over the World and to help all the athletes that come to me for help with their techniques.

Inside BJJ / BJJ Heroes
In 2004 you decided to fight the Mundial as a “Pesadissimo” 4 times above your weight class, reaching the final with Fabricio Werdum. Why did you make that decision?

Fernando Terere
I think at that moment in time I was very strong mentally and also physically. I wanted to test myself against bigger opponents. It’s just a shame that I just got silver (Laughs).

Inside BJJ / BJJ Heroes
De Cantagalo Project was a revolutionizing idea in Rio de Janeiro that had a tremendous impact in the impoverished community of the Cantagalo Slums. The idea came from yourself but today is led by Ricardinho. Do you have plans to go back to the project or of having part in a similar project?

Fernando Terere
I will always be connected with social projects. This was the time in which I found myself closer to myself. Taking time to encourage the kids of today to practice Jiu-Jitsu is very important, important for everybody

MuchRespect:MasterLloydIrvin

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GoodLuckDominickCruz

66degrees coverageof the first half of UFC132′s main event Dominick Cruz. fromthe get-go, Cruzhad alwayssaw himself as a future World Champion. In a sport so competitive, and among a Pandora’s box of talent and ambition–that’s a powerfulstatement to make…Never understimate The power of positive thinking! Way to go and GoodLuck Dominick!

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Hi everybody, we are very happy for the launch of our site, after several months of hard work to be able to launch a site that will show our image as well as present our lives in jiu jitsu in the best form possible. After months of hard work and adjusting details of the site, the time we had for rest from training we used diligently for the site to be prepared as soon as possible. Through the site you will be able to have access directly to us! You can send your opinions or questions or accompany our affiliates and check out our daily routine in our daily posts! Soon we will launch our virtual academy, which is the main objective of the site so you will be able to have access to all our techniques and the details that we use and teach in our seminars. These details are what matters and we would like to share them with you guys! We have an open mind and we aren’t worried on hiding techniques or anything in our game , we would like to share them in the best way possible for everyone to learn. We bet that you will like it very much! In the next 2 months we will be working on this area and launch it the same way when it is ready! Thank you for everybody who follow us daily through Facebook or Twitter and leaves us messages of encouragement and help. Thank you to all our fans, we are very happy and we hope that you guys will like our site!

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InnerView:EnsonInoue

INTERVIEW WITH  ENSON INOUE

In the wake of March 11th’s earthquake and tsunami we found destruction, death, despair and hopelessness. For those of us who were safe,we are thankful that we weren’t there. Though safe and far away—for a moment all around the world, people wondered what they could do to help. Out of those people, still many continue to donate to charities, to offer prayers, to organize fundraisers; and to, in many ways, make oursleves available for other ways to assist Japan in their recovery from nature’s fury.

Committing thousands of dollars, thousands of hours, and traveling thousands of miles accumulated in 5trips to do more than his part to help the victims of Japan’s dreadful tsunami–One of those many, has gone the extra step straight to the heart of the situation. Powered by facebook, through his newfound venture in making customized bracelets, necklaces, and keychains, he was able to raise more than 30thousand dollars in barely 2weeks for the tsunami victims. An inconsistency with Paypal forced him to refund the finances. Though the bracelets were already sent out and most of the cash was already commited,  he happily used his own money instead to buy a mountain of donations for the needy. In Japan, his Pray For Japan tshirt sales continue to build funds,  In Hawaii, through GanbatteJapan his fundraiser with his brother Egan produced an uncontested 40thousand dollars, in Guam the Purebred/LloydIrvin Jiujitsu Academy donated over  a thousand fundraising dollars to help with. And in California, his friends and family with Purebred SanDiego continued the Pray for Japan campaign raising 8thousand dollars. All of which has been donated by him directly to victims and evacuation centers throughout northern Japan. This is Enson Inoue.

Last week, we were fortunate enough to visit Enson, who is like a brother, to see how he was doing, to share a few laughs (mostly by him), and to discover even more about the powerful phrase that is Yamato Damashii.

Not even 12 hours in Japan and we were already bound for Minami San Riku, on Enson’s 5th expedition north to watch him deliver donations and goods to evacuation centers for the survivors and victims of the recent natural disaster.

6hours later and  Enson is putting on his radiation protection gear because he was headed to the first power plant to , get this,” deliver food to the abandoned housepets of deceased and missing victims of March 11ths quake…

This was a pretty funky episode because it seemed out-of-place for anyone else, much less such a celebrity, to drive 800km to a destination to put his health at serious risk for animals that he didn’t even know…It would have been  much more convenient yet just as worthy to donate money to RedCross and to continue in the luxury that surrounds a well-noted celebrity. Out of place true, but honestly with Enson, not surprising. His face-to-face approach  and his great respect for life and living, has sculpted him to be a valuable light in what is for many, an incredibly dark situation.

Amid watching him spend over athousand dollars in gas and toll charges, spending more than 600dollars in a bookstore, another 600 in a grocery store—cramped inside a hummer full of donations of food, clothing, toiletries, and teddybears—(and realizing that this was his 5^th time around) I managed to squeeze out some questions and answers from a WorldMMA icon, a Pacific Islander pioneer, and an eternal student of life who seems to have found a higher purpose.

What makes you do what youre doing with the Evacuation victims?

It started by helping friends in the areas who were affected, then I met up with people at the evactuation centers. It felt like even the simple things I bought for the people like shoes, clothing, toothbrushes, nail clippers, changed a lot of peoples lives because of the situation that they were in.

I was thinking that the 6000yen that I might spend for a massage could do so much more for people…that same 6000yen can buy sashimi for four people, that same 6000yen can buy shoes for four people. Inlight of the victims, Having that calculation in my head made me more excited to spend my money to help the people here.

What role as a mixed martial artist/martial artist play in your decision to help people here and do what youre doing? As a mixed martial artist, I’m not sure if it’s directly helped. If anything, has helped me go through what im going though here,  seeing all the death and destruction…it helps to continue to go on. It’s almost  like losing a fight, feeling like the world’s over, like there’s no way to recuperate from the loss..and having suffered from so many losses and coming back, it helps me to come back everyday. It’s why I’m back for the 5^th time and it’s why I’ll be back again.

An incarceration a few years back, a month in prison, a return to fighting and victory in Astra, and 40day-on foot  pilgrimage  to 108temples in Shikoku, and now your most recent commitment to service the victims of the tsunami? How would you piece these incidents together in your life?

I feel like it’s a trail that God’s leading me on. The time in prison has taught me to appreciate the freedom to eat what I want, go where I want, and do what I want. The pilgrimage helped me to appreciate the simple things in life. Now, in doing this, this puts me on the other side in a perspective to see people appreciate freedom and simple things. Now im helping to deliver these simple things. The notoriety and voice that God has given me through MMA and as a celebrity has put me in a better position to create funds and touch more people that a normal person could to help others appreciate simple things. So maybe hes preparing me for this or maybe another mission that’s going to come up later

Many have known you to your connection to the term Yamato Damashii, please elaborate on what this means to you and what role it has played in Martial Arts and what you feel it plays with the victims of March 11’s quake and tsunami.

To me, Yamato damashii is a Spirit that never gives up, that never dies, no matter how hard it is to continue–that perseveres through any type of adversity. The term Yamato Damashii has a perfect seat in the house for this situation. Were talking about life here—true and raw life. May people here have lost nearly everything they have. Living with Yamato Damashii will help them go on. The term YamatoDamashii is definitely a word for 2011, for wat happened in March 11…notice all those 11s there?

Most of us have seen the coverage of March 11s tsunami. After witnessing things firsthand, what do you feel is important for people to know?

What we saw in the news is only the first 2or three days. The devastation isn’t over. This is the victims reality for years to come. These people here talk about rebuilding. It’s not even about that. Theres nothing to rebuild. They have to create a new town. The devastation is incredible. You can smell the death.

What has your experience taught you? How has it changed your view of things if so?

It hasn’t really changed anything. It’s refined things that ive learned in the past. It’s a reminder to appreciate the simple things. It’s a harsh reminder that the physical life is just a step in the staircase of eternity and the spiritual life. And even after death—life must go on.

For those who want to help, how can we best be of service?

Of course we can make donations to legitmate charities, other than that im a religious person and I truly believe in the power of prayer.

Other comments?

It’s an ongoing thing that were gonna try to help the people.. I’m only one person. If I can touch one life, im gonna continue. Appreciate the simple things in life.

FokaiFamilia:HermanTorrado

HERMAN TORRADO Q&A

HERM! Sorry for the 20Questions, but here we go if can…

If possible, can you give us a brief history of your fight career?

How long have you been training and what brought you into MMA?
who got you started? What keeps you going?
i started training when i was 14 years old at ground-fu yona. what interested me in mma was the compettiveness in the sport and i also wanted to see what i was made of and if i could do it. what keeps me going is the aunor of representing the beautiful island and people of guam. it is my way of giving back to the island!
How has your experience in other sports played in the role of your training?
i played football and felt the competativenes of it and i was hungry for something even more than that!

How did you connect with Strikeforce? What brought you to SanDiego?

i got connected with strike force from a family member tony anderson. what brought me to san diego was i had family here and i knew mma was big here and it was my goal to make it as a fighter and i knew this would be a great place to start!

Who are you training with and what is training like for you today?

today i train at purebred undisputed in san diego ith baret yoshida. training today is very hard and intense.
You”ve fought in some bigger event and have caught the attention of many promoters–what is your ambitions in MMA?
my ambitions in mma is to represent the island and people of guam aunest respectfully and humbley!!! i want to show the world who chamorro people are!!

do you come across Guam fighter-athletes in California?
i do come across other guam competitors here and i always give them a shocka and tell them to kick some ass.

How does it feel to know that Guam has embraced MixedMartialArts for so long?

hahaha. it feels good to know that guam has a good and long history in mma.

Does fighting alongside another Guam fighter (JoeDuarte) make any difference in your fight this coming weekend?
fighting next to another guam fighter makes me even more confident and feel good bcs we are one no matter what.

Are you allowed to talk about your experience with TheUltimateFighter tryouts?
if so–please elaborate? the ultamate fighter show is just looking for guys with personality and people that are going to make good tv ratings.

Message for other Guam fighters? Message for Guam fans?

message to the guam fighters is keep pushing and training hard and you will succeed!!! message to the fans of guam is i am doing the best i can to represent the island of guam humbely respctfully as i can i fight for you and have you in my heart everytime i step in the cage!!!!

Anything else you might want to mention?
i love Guam!!!!!!!

MUCH RESPECT

FokaiPhilippines: Rollapalooza&TheSummerOpen2011

ROLLAPALOOZA in cooperation with FOKAI Industries
presents

SUMMER BJJ OPEN
(BJJ & No-Gi event)
…April 17, 2011 8AM
Martial Arts Center
College Covered Courts
Ateneo de Manila University
Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines

Registration:
April 11-16, 2011 (contact us for details)
Registration fee: P500 for one event, P900 for both events
payments may me dropped off at 2f Blue Eagle Gym, Ateneo, Quezon City. (please inform first what time payment will be made)

Late Registration (on the morning of the event 7-8AM): P600 for one event, P1000 for both

GI Event: 8-12AM
(White belt, Blue belt, Purple belt)

Standard IBJJF rules apply.
Straight footlocks are allowed in the white blue and purple belt division. No other leg or footlock will be allowed.
Special Rule on points to encourage action
If score is tied on points and advantage the last person to score the point or advantage will be awarded the win

No-Gi Event: 1-4PM
(Skill level is OPEN)
Straight footlocks are allowed. No other leg or footlock will be allowed.

Weight Divisions:
(Weigh-in for both events will be WITHOUT gi)

below 140lbs
140 to below 160lbs
160 to below 180lbs
180 to below 200lbs
200lbs and above

Women’s division for both events is open weight unless there are enough competitors with extremely varying weight differences.

Please contact us thru ateneobjj@yahoo.com or 0917-8588230.

Thank you and see you all in SUMMER BJJ OPEN!

WayOfLife:Spike22&NovaUniao

Competidor® XCLSV: Renato “Charuto” Verissimo Interview // SPK22 x Nova Uniao from The Competidor on Vimeo.

An artsylook into the Spike22Academywith Renato”Charuto”Verrissimo!

TheRealEnsonInoue

We’ve hgeard alot about Enson INoue in the past fifteen years. from his rise in his career-shifting defeat of that-the-time UFC Champion Randy Cotoure in ValeTudo Japan to his neversay  wars in PrideFighting Championships. From his incarceration for walking the green path to his return from retirement submission victory over Antz Nansen in Astra in Japan. Up close and personal Enson is truly a man of action who can keep you on your toes, knock you on your ass–but in the end can be there to pick you up when you should fall. Even when some give up on him he surrenders for no one. Follow him on FACEBOOK and see what risk hes taking and what hes doing in yet another display to a different side of the Japanese FightingSpirit.

For him Yamato Damashii is truly a way of life–Ladies and Gentlemen..the Real Enson Inoue

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