Tainan Dalpra is a jiu-jitsu black belt under Guilherme Mendes, and a representative of the Art Of Jiu-Jitsu Academy (AOJ), who also worked extensively with coach Rafael Mendes. Dalpra was one of the first athletes accepted by the Mendes Brothers Believe & Achieve program, a workgroup that produced several high-end grapplers such as Mateus Rodrigues, Jessa Khan, Johnatha Alves, to name a few. Tainan Dalpra first gained notoriety in the sport while competing in the lower belt divisions of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF), where he conquered sequential medals in the major tournaments of the organization's well-respected grappling circuit.