Orlando Saraiva
Orlando Saraiva is a ninth-degree red belt who taught across São Paulo and helped organize the state’s first jiu-jitsu championship in 1976.
Biography
Sources for this profile
Graciemag, ‘Orlando Saraiva’, biographical profile, accessed 10 September 2026.(opens in a new tab)
Graciemag reports that Orlando Saraiva was born in Belém do Pará in 1951 and moved to Rio de Janeiro as a baby.
Where in the source: Opening biographical paragraph — ‘Nascido em 1951’; following paragraph — ‘ainda bebê’.
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Graciemag identifies Saraiva as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu red belt.
Where in the source: Opening biographical paragraph — ‘faixa-vermelha’.
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Saraiva began training at thirteen through Osvaldo ‘Paquetá’ at Funabem, later trained at the Gracie academy under Carlson Gracie and earned his black belt there in 1969.
Where in the source: Opening biography and early-training paragraphs — ‘1969’, ‘Aos 13 anos’; subsequent account of joining Carlson's classes.
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Transferred by Funabem in 1976, Saraiva began teaching across São Paulo, Campinas and Mogi Mirim and helped organize the first São Paulo State Jiu-Jitsu Championship on 12 December 1976; he recalled teaching in as many as seven cities at once.
Where in the source: São Paulo transfer and championship paragraph — ‘Em 1976’; immediately following first-person recollection — ‘sete cidades’.
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Graciemag reports that Saraiva formed more than one hundred black belts, including his son José Henrique Saraiva.
Where in the source: Final biographical paragraph — ‘mais de cem faixas-pretas’ and the reference to his son Henrique.
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Graciemag reports that after beginning as Paquetá's student at Funabem, Saraiva started assisting him with jiu-jitsu classes for children there.
Where in the source: Early-teaching paragraph following the Carlson training account — ‘treinos infantis’.
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Carlson Gracie Lewisville, ‘Instructors’, Henrique Saraiva biography, accessed 10 September 2026.(opens in a new tab)
The current Carlson Gracie Lewisville instructor page identifies Orlando Saraiva as a ninth-degree red belt and as the father and jiu-jitsu instructor of Henrique Saraiva.
Where in the source: PROFESSOR HENRIQUE SARAIVA — About, first paragraph — ‘9th Degree Red Belt’; preceding lineage names Orlando before Henrique.
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Saraiva Team / Ace Martial Arts, ‘Instructors’, accessed 10 September 2026.(opens in a new tab)
Saraiva Team's current instructor page identifies Henrique Saraiva as a fifth-degree black belt under Orlando Saraiva, and as an instructor in Ireland; it identifies Evandro Fogalli as a black belt under Orlando Saraiva (9º) and Henrique Saraiva.
Where in the source: Meet Our Instructors — Henrique Saraiva card and Evandro Fogalli card — current role text and ‘Orlando Saraiva (9º)’.
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BJJ Heroes, ‘Inacio Santos’, lineage section, accessed 10 September 2026.(opens in a new tab)
BJJ Heroes places Marcelo Ferreira directly after Orlando Saraiva in José Inacio dos Santos's recorded lineage.
Where in the source: Inacio Santos Jiu-Jitsu — Lineage — ‘Orlando Saraiva > Marcelo Ferreira’.
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BJJ Heroes, ‘Livia Gluchowska’, lineage section, accessed 10 September 2026.(opens in a new tab)
BJJ Heroes places Paulo Streckert directly after Orlando Saraiva in Livia Gluchowska's recorded lineage.
Where in the source: Livia Gluchowska Jiu Jitsu — Lineage — ‘Orlando Saraiva > Paulo Streckert’.
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