Alisson Braga
“Marmota”
Source: graciebarra.com.sgAlisson Braga began BJJ as an adult, built a teaching career in Singapore and Indonesia, and helped develop students into coaches.
Biography
Sources for this profile
Gracie Barra Singapore, Under the GBSG Scope1: Alisson Marmota Braga,2018(opens in a new tab)
Braga recalled beginning jiu-jitsu at about23 at the nearby Força Livre team, led by Claudio Roberto, where Bruno Amorim taught him.
Where in the source: Complete answer to starting age, first academy and first teacher.
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He identified Bruno Amorim as his teacher from the beginning of his training, and described Amorim’s connection to Vinicius Draculino Magalhães.
Where in the source: Starting-age answer and later answer about inspiring Gracie Barra figures.
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Braga said his first tournament came when he held a yellow belt, which adults in his state then received between white and blue; after praise in training he lost his first match and came to regard it as a lesson about complacency.
Where in the source: Entire answer to first tournament, belt and outcome.
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Discussing starting as an adult, he described struggling to match younger athletes’ pace and advised late starters to compare their progress with their own previous level rather than other people.
Where in the source: Complete answer about the advantages/disadvantages of beginning as an adult.
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Before moving to Singapore, he had a friend teaching there and visited after an invitation from his professor; he said the visit helped him decide to move permanently for teaching opportunities and his family’s quality of life.
Where in the source: Entire opening answer about moving from Brazil to Singapore.
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In2018 Gracie Barra Singapore introduced Braga as its head instructor shortly after the school opened.
Where in the source: Interview introduction naming the head instructor, school open just over a month and Manila2018.
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He described attentive students as a spur for teachers to keep finding new approaches and improving their teaching rather than becoming satisfied with what they already knew.
Where in the source: Full answer about the local training level and how he hoped to contribute.
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He named Bruno Amorim and Claudio Mattos Caloquinha among his inspirations because he knew the work behind their careers personally, alongside their teacher Draculino.
Where in the source: Complete answer about a Gracie Barra person who inspires him.
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Looking back at Manila2018, Braga said sharing the podium with Amorim across their weight categories and the open class made it his proudest competition experience at that point.
Where in the source: Entire answer to proudest tournament.
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The Singapore interview identifies Braga by the nickname Marmota.
Where in the source: Title, named portrait caption and interview introduction.
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IBJJF, Manila International Open2018, official complete categories(opens in a new tab)
Alisson Claudio Braga won the male Master1 black-belt feather division and placed second in the Master1 black-belt open class at the2018 Manila International Open for Gracie Barra.
Where in the source: Complete Male/Master1/Black/Feather70.00kg and OpenClass podiums in original2018 results.
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IBJJF, Manila International Open2019, official complete categories(opens in a new tab)
At the2019 Manila International Open he won male Master3 black-belt light and took second in the Master3 black-belt open class for Gracie Barra.
Where in the source: Complete Male/Master3/Black/Light76.00kg and OpenClass podiums.
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Gracie Barra Indonesia, complete current instructor biographies(opens in a new tab)
His current academy biography credits him with two CBJJE world titles.
Where in the source: Full Alisson Braga biography, achievements sentence.
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The academy records his black belt in2010 and a physiotherapy degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.
Where in the source: Complete current Alisson biography, black-belt and education sentences.
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Braga is the head instructor of Gracie Barra Indonesia.
Where in the source: Named Alisson Braga heading, head-instructor role and full biography.
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The current Gracie Barra Indonesia biography identifies him as a black belt.
Where in the source: Alisson Braga opening sentence.
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The current Gracie Barra Indonesia biography identifies Braga as a fourth-degree black belt.
Where in the source: Alisson Braga opening sentence.
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The current instructor roster lists Nurul Fikri as a brown belt under Braga and an assistant/beginners’ coach.
Where in the source: Full Nurul Fikri biography and named coaching role.
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The same roster lists Jackie Angsono and Wahyu Hidayat as brown belts under Amorim and Braga, with Angsono teaching basic and children’s classes and Hidayat heading Equipe Titan Indonesia.
Where in the source: Complete Jackie Angsono and Wahyu Hidayat biographies and role headings.
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Hendra Sean and Audric Luaw are listed as purple belts promoted by Amorim and Braga, leading and assisting at Titan BJJ Semarang respectively.
Where in the source: Complete Hendra Sean and Audric Luaw biographies with role headings.
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Gracie Barra Indonesia, About and Equipe Titan(opens in a new tab)
Braga and Bruno Amorim founded Equipe Titan; the organisation lists affiliates in Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta, Semarang and Meruya in West Jakarta.
Where in the source: Complete About Equipe Titan Indonesia section.
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Gracie Barra Singapore, GBSG’s Latest Faixa Azul: Nicholas Damien Goh,2018(opens in a new tab)
The Singapore academy’s2018 report describes Amorim awarding Nicholas Damien Goh his blue belt in Tokyo on Braga’s behalf after Goh’s competition performance.
Where in the source: Full Nicholas Damien Goh report, promotion paragraph and pupil’s response.
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ONE Championship, Nurul Fikri Siapkan Kejutan Dalam Laga Debut Hadapi Sunoto,5February2020(opens in a new tab)
ONE Championship’s February2020 profile of Nurul Fikri names Braga as Fikri’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu teacher at Gracie Barra, when Fikri was preparing for his ONE debut.
Where in the source: Complete Fikri pre-debut profile, BJJ background paragraph after tactics and martial-arts origins.
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Media Indonesia/Antara, Incar Tiga Emas di SEA Games, Jujitsu Datangkan Pelatih dari Brasil,7April2022(opens in a new tab)
An April2022 report names Braga as the Brazilian coach preparing Indonesia’s national jujitsu team and says he had worked with the training camp over the preceding three years, including its2019 SEA Games campaign.
Where in the source: Full article112–126: federation request, manager Mahesa Arba’s account and Braga paragraph.
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The same report identifies the three athletes preparing with Braga as Ananda Mauludi Ikhsan, Sunardi and Nurul Fikri, and describes joint sessions focused on technique alongside extra physical preparation.
Where in the source: Manager’s complete named-athlete paragraph and Sunardi’s final training statement.
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