Eduardo Venâncio
“Brigadeiro”
Source: bjjheroes.comEduardo “Brigadeiro” Venâncio built a coaching network that carried Ricardo De La Riva’s lineage from Rio across Brazil and later to Florida.
Biography
Sources for this profile
BJJ Heroes, “Eduardo ‘Brigadeiro’ Venâncio,” accessed 2026-09-09.(opens in a new tab)
BJJ Heroes identifies the subject as Eduardo Venâncio, known in jiu-jitsu as Brigadeiro, and associates him with Brigadeiro Jiu Jitsu.
Where in the source: profile header; identity block
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The profile reports that Venâncio was born in Rio de Janeiro on 12 November 1974.
Where in the source: Biography — opening paragraph
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BJJ Heroes locates Venâncio's birth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Where in the source: Biography — born in Rio
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The subject profile identifies Venâncio as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Ricardo De La Riva and also as a judo black belt.
Where in the source: introduction; lineage
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BJJ Heroes says Venâncio began judo in childhood, earned a judo black belt at sixteen, and first encountered jiu-jitsu through Cláudio França at his judo club.
Where in the source: Biography — early training
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The biography reports that he trained mainly with Cláudio França, Joe Moreira, and Marção Vinicius before seeking Ricardo De La Riva as his instructor.
Where in the source: Biography — instructors
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BJJ Heroes credits Venâncio with promoting more than one hundred black belts during his coaching career.
Where in the source: introduction — black belts
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MN Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, seminar profile for Eduardo Brigadeiro, 26 May 2023.(opens in a new tab)
A 2023 MNBJJ seminar profile says Venâncio formed Brigadeiro Jiu-Jitsu with the students left at Clube Barra in 1992 and traces the academy's origins to Barra da Tijuca.
Where in the source: About Brigadeiro — 1992
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The seminar profile dates Brigadeiro Jiu-Jitsu's first additional Rio branch to 1995 and expansion to Brasília, Cascavel, and Maringá to 1997.
Where in the source: About Brigadeiro — expansion
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MNBJJ's 2023 event page identifies Venâncio as a Jacksonville-based Brigadeiro Jiu-Jitsu instructor and a sixth-degree BJJ black belt at that time.
Where in the source: About Eduardo Brigadeiro
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BJJ Heroes, “Thaís Ramos,” accessed 2026-09-09.(opens in a new tab)
Thaís Ramos's profile names Eduardo Brigadeiro among the coaches who promoted her through the belts and says she represented the Brigadeiro academy when she won the inaugural women's lightweight world title in 1998.
Where in the source: Biography — 1998 Mundial
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BJJ Heroes, “Vinicius ‘Magoo’ Canevari,” accessed 2026-09-09.(opens in a new tab)
Vinicius Canevari's profile says he joined Venâncio's academy as a purple belt and received his black belt from Brigadeiro in 1999 before developing jiu-jitsu in Paraná.
Where in the source: Biography — Brigadeiro academy
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Graciemag, “Mundial 2009: no peso pesado,” 4 June 2009.(opens in a new tab)
Graciemag's 2009 World Championship preview lists Eduardo Venancio of De La Riva among the men's heavyweight entrants.
Where in the source: Mundial 2009 — Pesado entrants
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