Alexandre "Gigi" Paiva (born March 4, 1967,
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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) is a long standing figure, having been involved in Jiu Jitsu since the early 1980s, in the
Brazilian jiu-jitsu community who has made a number of important contributions to the sport which are referenced below.
He began training when he was 15 years old in
Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti's school, where he was considered to be one of the academy's most technically gifted students,
and received his Black Belt in 1993.
In addition to being an outstanding competitive athlete winning the
World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
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The ...
1x at Adult level and 4x at Masters level he also, alongside Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti and
Fabio Gurgel, co-founded the
Alliance Jiu Jitsu Team which has gone on to become the most successful competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team of all time.
The following athletes are included in the list of
IBJJF World Champions he has trained -
Fernando Augusto, Leo Leite, his son Victor Genovesi and
Tayane Porfirio.
He is currently head coach at Alliance Jiu Jitsu
Eagle
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Academy
located in
Eagle, Idaho USA.
Instructor lineage
Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda →
Carlos Gracie, Sr. →
Helio Gracie
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→
Rolls Gracie
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→
Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti → Alexandre "Gigi" Paiva
References
External links
Alliance Jiu Jitsu Rio de JaneiroBJJ Heroes Alexandre PaivaAlliance Jiu Jitsu: Alliance Association Jiu jitsu
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Martial artists from Rio de Janeiro (city)
1967 births
Living people
Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu