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Rodrigo Cavaca

IBJJF lists Rodrigo Cavaca first in Ultra Heavy at its 2010 World Championship and quotes him on three months of foot-lock teaching.

Biography

In an IBJJF interview, Rodrigo Cavaca said he started training jiu-jitsu at an Alliance branch in Santos in December 1999. IBJJF’s official 2010 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship results list him first in Adult / Black / Male / Ultra Heavy and third in Adult / Black / Male / Open Class. In an IBJJF interview, Cavaca described returning to Santos after studying a straight foot lock in the United States. He said he adapted the technique and taught it to his students in every daily session for three months. In the same interview, he said he had trained 14 IBJJF World Champions. That interview also presents Zenith as a team founded in 2013 by Cavaca and Robert Drysdale. His 2010 World result sits alongside what he said in the IBJJF interview: after returning to Santos, he devoted three months of daily sessions to teaching the straight foot lock.

Sources for this profile

  • International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, ‘Rodrigo Cavaca on His Early Days in Jiu-Jitsu, His Success as a Coach and Competitor, and Building a Positive Environment at Zenith’; publication date not stated.(opens in a new tab)

    • In an IBJJF interview, Rodrigo Cavaca said that he began training jiu-jitsu in Santos in December 1999, at a branch of Alliance.

      Where in the source: Question on beginning in Santos; the opening of Cavaca's answer gives the month and year, followed by the Alliance branch reference.

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    • IBJJF's interview presents Zenith as a team founded in 2013 by Rodrigo Cavaca and Robert Drysdale.

      Where in the source: Question introducing the founding of the Zenith Team by Cavaca and Drysdale in 2013.

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    • Cavaca said that, after studying a straight foot lock in the United States, he returned to Santos and spent three months teaching it in every daily training session to his students.

      Where in the source: Straight-foot-lock question; Cavaca describes returning to Santos, adapting the technique, and three months of daily training focused on it.

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    • In the same IBJJF interview, Cavaca said he had trained 14 IBJJF World Champions during his coaching career.

      Where in the source: Coach-success question; first answer paragraph gives Cavaca's stated count of athletes trained to IBJJF World Championships.

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  • International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, ‘World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2010,’ official event results.(opens in a new tab)

    • The official 2010 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship results list Rodrigo Cavaca first in Adult / Black / Male / Ultra Heavy and third in Adult / Black / Male / Open Class.

      Where in the source: Adult / Black / Male / Ultra Heavy and Adult / Black / Male / Open Class result tables; Cavaca is in the first-ranked and third-ranked positions respectively.

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Competition results

Recorded tournament results, newest first
YearEventResultDivision
2010IBJJF World ChampionshipSource: en.wikipedia.org+100 kgGiVerified1st place+100 kgGiVerified

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