Terere and Galvao in Barcelona

2014 European Champion, Fernando Tererê is continuing his European tour. On Monday 3rd of February, the black belt met his friend and student, André Galvão , in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

World champion Galvão, posted a picture next to his master and posted the image on his Instagram account.

Galvao and Terere’s story runs deep. Galvao initially started training Jiu-Jitsu under Master Careca. As Galvao started to outgrow his academy he moved to train under the legendary Fernando Tererê under the advice of his previous instructor. He eventually received his black belt from Master Careca as Tererê faced personal problems.

Team wise Andre followed his teacher Terere, moving from Alliance to Brasa to TT team. When Terere left the sport, Andre left TT and joined Brasa. Later he started a new team together with Ramon Lemos, the famous Atos team.  Atos has some of the most talented competitors in bjj today including Rafael Mendes, Guilherme Mendes, Keenan Cornelius, JT Torres and many more.

In an old interview with Galvao from 2006 when he was still a member of TT (Terere’s old academy), Galvao had this to say about his master:

After two years training with my intial master Careca I moved to train with Terere in Sao Paulo. Terere taught me his style and I think I developed it very-well. I have a lot to tell you about Terere, but I will resume this, telling you that Terere supported me a lot in all aspects. I do not have gratitude to him just why he trained me, but because he helped and he an example of correct people. I think that my style is not 100% based on his, but nearly all based on it. Terere has a style which looks for the submission all time. I fight to submit my opponents, so I followed his style, but I added my own tools to conquer my place at jiu jitsu.