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Head Coach Professor Guilherme Trestini (Gui) Professor Gui started training Jiu-Jitsu at the age of 12 in Rio de Janeiro so he has a wealth of experience to share with you all. He trained and taught in Brazil for many years, and more recently he has been teaching at Gracie Barra Fulham (UK) and Gracie Barra West Kensington (UK) under Professor Lucio 'Lagarto' Rodrigues who is considered one of the best in the business.
Gui brings plenty of energy and excellent technique to his classes and has built a friendly and vibrant community at Gracie Barra Surfers Paradise.
Ricardo's sport and martial art journey started back in Mexico at the age of 7 - he practiced tae-kwon-do and reached black belt level. He then transitioned to jet-kuen-do where he found brazilian jiu-jitsu.
In 2010, Ricardo trained jiu jitsu under Gracie Barra linage (Carlos Gracie jr.> Carlos "Escorrega" Lemos, Lucio "Lagarto" Rodriguez and Joao R. Oliveira > Aldo "Ryoto" Valente > Roberto Zapata) in Acapulco, Mexico.
Ricardo won gold medals in multiple tournaments in Mexico in both blue belt and purple belt divisions.
Ricardo began to teach kids class as a blue belt. He arrived to Australia in November 2019 and started to train in GBSP. In 2020 he started to coach in GBSP and recived his brown belt under professor Gui Trestini.
Now one of his goals to keep competing and become the best coach in the country.
GBSP is like family to me and I love the role I play in the development of young minds
Renée started her jiujitsu journey in 2018 at Gracie Barra Townsville. In 2019 she moved to Gracie Barra Surfers Paradise where she began coaching the kids program within her first year of training.
Jiu Jitsu has, and continues to, improve my quality of life
Vikki began her Jiu Jitsu journey in Fulham, London in 2019 under the world famous Professor Lagarto. She quickly fell in love with the sport when she noticed improvements in her mindset, health and overall wellbeing. At GB Fulham, Vikki met Professor Gui and trained with him until he left for Australia. A year later, Vikki arrived with us at GBSP as Program Director.
It is Vikki's goal to share the benefits of Jiu Jitsu with as many people as she can and create a strong community of practitioners.