Joao Pedro Santos
João Pedro Santos built Choke’s Danish teaching network, sharing fundamentals and bringing his teacher Bolao to its students.
Biography
Sources for this profile
ChokeSports, complete28October2014 account of SergioBolao and JoãoPedroSantos(opens in a new tab)
Sergio “Bolao” Souza taught JoãoPedroSantos from whitebelt through blackbelt.
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In2014, ChokeSports described the pair as having been close for almost twentyyears.
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ChokeSports brought Bolao toDenmark andSweden in2009 so its students andfriends could train with him.
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The2014 account identifies Santos asChokeSports’ CEO.
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Choke Academy, complete institutional history and timeline2003–2016(opens in a new tab)
Santos founded Choke Brazilianjiu-jitsu in Denmark.
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Choke’s history traces its first seminars to2003 inHelsingør with local instructorKasperJørgensen.
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A smallHillerødtraininggroup formed in2004, then moved toLyngby whenPhilipPilavachi offered space in hisWingTsun school.
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TheLyngbygroup adopted the nameChoke; earlystudentMortenPedersen had suggested it.
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Seminars inÅrhus in2006 led to another Choke school.
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The network expanded in2007 through MichaelLund’s HvideSande group, anOdense school and seminars inLimhamn that led toChokeSweden.
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Roger andIgorGracie visited in2005, RobertoAtalla in2006, andBolao andKyraGracie in2009.
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The mainacademy moved intoCopenhagen in2008, acquired its ownNørrebro premises in2010 and moved toØsterbro in2011.
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Choke’s timeline says Santos relocated toRio deJaneiro in2015 and experienced students took over training inCopenhagen.
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The history records hisreturn toDenmark for a week ofteaching andpromotions in2016.
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Graciemag, complete3June2012 Portuguese fundamentals feature revisitingAugust2009 dossier(opens in a new tab)
In advice firstpublished in2009 and revisited byGraciemag in2012, Santos identified premature squeezing as a common cross-collar-choke mistake.
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He advised setting the grips with the wrists at the neck and keeping the elbows close while applying pressure.
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He also emphasised upright posture on top and breaking an opponent’s posture before attacking fromguard.
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He urged bluebelts to learn fundamentals before specialising in material bought from prominent competitors.
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Choke, complete19July2012 two-day Århus masterclass report(opens in a new tab)
His14–15July2012 Århus masterclass combined almost eighthours of drills andsparring.
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Saturday linked self-defence and no-giwork: defences against a standingopponent, counterattacks, a takedown, twohalfguardpasses andan armlock.
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He awarded stripes to the two men running theJyllandhub, AlexanderRasmussen andLasseBager.
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BJJHeroes, complete BrunoFugazza interview with AlexanderTrans, training origins and2009team change(opens in a new tab)
AlexanderTrans later recalled learning hisBJJbasics fromSantos untilpurplebelt.
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Trans said he moved toCheckmat in2009 because he wanted moretraining and competition opportunities than thethreeweeklyclasses available at hispreviousschool.
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Graciemag, complete18February2010 Choke Helsingborg team report(opens in a new tab)
In aFebruary2010 teamreport, Santos described four Choke medals at a13February Helsingborg event.
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Graciemag, complete29February2012 DanishOpen team report(opens in a new tab)
At the2012 DanishOpen inHillerød, aGraciemag report credited Choke’s23 students fromCopenhagen andÅrhus with eighteenmedals, including ninegolds andthreeabsolutedivisions.
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Choke, complete8June2017 announcement of Santos return seminar(opens in a new tab)
InJune2017, Choke announced a further returnseminar fromBrazil for19–20August, welcoming students from otherDanishschools and offering travelling guests a place tosleep at theacademy.
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JoãoPedroSantos, full13April2015 firstperson letter aboutreturning toRio andhandoverofChoke(opens in a new tab)
InApril2015, Santos announced hewas returning tohis hometownofRio deJaneiro after morethan adecade livinginDenmark.
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He said hewanted toreconnect withhisBrazilianroots andraise hisson inRio, with itsoutdoorlife andjiu-jitsu.
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He described distancefromhisstudents andschools as thehardestpartofthemove, after yearsofclose dailytrainingrelationships.
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He planned toreturn toteach onceortwice ayear, organisegraduations duringvisits andmaintain communication withinstructors aboutcommongoals.
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He named FranckHedehøj andMarcusDahlRasmussen tooperateCopenhagen, whileAlexanderRasmussen remainedinchargeofÅrhus withSørenJensen andLasseBager.
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