by Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu | Mar 21, 2013 | Uncategorized | 3 comments

Marcio Feitosa learned directly from Master Carlos Gracie Jr., who is the founder of the Gracie Barra Academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has more than 20 years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu teaching experience. Marcio Feitosa reached sequential podium spots for 7 years in a row at the world championships.http://www.graciebarra.comMarcio Feitosa is a 8x World Championship finalist at the Black Belt level.Marcio Feitosa has collected many titles such as (3-times) IBJJF World BJJ Champion and ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship Champion in Abu Dhabi, Brazilian Nationals, Brazilian Team Tournament, and the Pan American Championships.Nowadays, Marcio Feitosa is dedicated to the Gracie Barra members as well as the head instructor for Gracie Barra International Head Quarters located in Irvine, California, and at the same time the Executive Director of Gracie Barra Brasil. His expertise in the Martial Arts business comes from working, managing and owning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu schools for over 20 years. Feitosa helped develop the Gracie Barra in the United States, developing the systems to manage the schools and instructional content such as the 2nd version of the Gracie Barra Fundamentals, co-founding the Gracie Barra Head Quarters, and managing 8 of his own schools located in California and Texas.Marcio Feitosa was born and raised in Barra da Tijuca a famous borough in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 16, 1976. That part of the city was also home for several fighters and instructors of the Gracie Family. The Gracie family members who lived in Barra da Tijuca were Carlos Gracie Jr., Renzo Gracie, Ralph Gracie and Ryan Gracie. Marcio was only 12 years old when he began studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Carlos Gracie Jr just 2 years after the first Gracie Barra School was founded. Marcio trained extensively and when he reached 15, his master Carlos Gracie Junior invited him to be an assistant instructor at the gym. His hard training paid off and, with an incredible competition record already stablished, he received his black belt at the age of 19. Within just two years after receiving the black belt Marcio wrote his name in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sport history by winning the first Pan American BJJ games and the Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Feitosa is one of the strongest competitors of his generation winning against fighters like Urijah Faber (currently fighting as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization), Leonardo Vieira, Vitor Ribeiro, Royler Gracie, Leonardo Santos, Caol Uno, Rumina Sato, Pablo Popovitch, Matt Serra, João Roque and Marcus Aurélio Martins.