​MURILO BUSTAMANTE
BTT FOUNDER 

6th Degree Black belt under the legendary Carlson Gracie

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Former UFC Middleweight Champion, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion in 1999, 4x Brazilian National Champion,  2005 Pride FC welterweight tournament finalist. He will be at BTT Austin teaching seminars and sharing his wealth of knowlege and experience with all of us. 

Respect   |   Loyalty  |   Honor 

​RICARDO MARQUES

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 Leader of BTT Juiz de Fora. He received his black belt in 2001 from Sergio “Bolao” Souza. He has several notable black belt students that have gone on to accomplish great things in Jiu-Jitsu; 2-time Brazilian National Champion and featherweight world bronze medalist Leonardo "Cascão" Saggioro, 2x world champion Bernardo Faria and of course our own Diego Gamonal all trained by Professor Marques.

Discipline   |  consistency

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Gamonal received his black belt in 2006
from Professor Ricardo Marques of BTT Juiz De Fora.
Some of his accomplishments include:
 
2016 IBJJF World No-Gi Champion - Gold
2016 F2W PRO - Gold
2016 Pan American Champion - Gold
2016 Submission Hunter 5 – Gold
2016 IBJJF Miami Open – Gold
2016 IBJJF Austin Open No-Gi Open Class – Gold
2016 IBJJF San Antonio Open  Open Class - Gold
2015 IBJJF Boston International Open - Gold
2014 IBJJF Boca Raton International Open - Gold
2013 IBJJF Pro League Invitational
2013 IBJJF Masters World Championships - Silver
2013 IBJJF Dallas Open - Gold (Heavyweight) Bronze (Absolute)
2012 TXMMA.com Black Belt Competitor of the Year
2012 IBJJF Pan Am No-Gi Championship - Gold
2012 IBJJF Houston Int. Open - Silver Bronze (Absolute)
2011 IBJJF No-Gi World Championship - Bronze
2011 IBJJF Pan Am - Bronze
2010 IBJJF Pan Am No-Gi Championship - Gold

diego gamonal
​3rd degree black belt

The perfect technique is one without much effort applied at the right time in the right direction.