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Alexandre Paiva: ‘Alliance Team Started After We United All Our Smaller Teams To Compete Under One Flag Against The Gracie Schools’

Alexandre Paiva: ‘Alliance Team Started After We United All Our Smaller Teams To Compete Under One Flag Against The Gracie Schools’

 

 

The Alliance team have many representatives across the world. Their three flagship academies are located in Atlanta Georgia, Sao Paulo, and here — in Rio de Janeiro.

The Rio gym is headed by Alliance co-founder Alexandre Paiva, known to everyone as Gigi — and he shares with us the story of how the team was formed.

A fifth degree black belt, Gigi operates a large team with a diverse group of students. In this video, he discusses balancing the need of everyday practitioners while also training for competition success.

Here’s how he does it: