Instructors

 

Master Ricardo Cavalcanti

Head Instructor - 5th Degree Black Belt

Ricardo Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. He has since obtained his 5th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under the world famous Carlson Gracie. He won several championships, including the 1998 Pan American games in Hawaii, the 2001 Pela Federacao International de Jui Jitsu World Championship, the 2002 California Games, the 2010 Pan American Championship, and the 2010 World No-Gi Championship.


Robert Lagasca

Instructor - Brown Belt

Rob has been with Master ricardo since 2003
2004 grapplersquest 1st place no-gi
2007 1st place no-gi
2008 3rd place grapplers quest
2010 2nd place adv. div. no gi
2010 3rd place brown belt division
MMA fights
1 win/ 1 loss


Romulo Caiado Cavalcanti

Assistant Instructor - Purple Belt

Romulo has been training under Master Ricardo for 2 years.
Jiu Jitsu Record:
2010 Grapplers Quest UFC expo Champion, 2010 NAGA Champion, 2009 World Jiu Jitsu Championship no-Gi 3rd place, 2009 Mr.Olympia NAGA Gi and no-Gi Champion, 2009 Grapplers Quest UFC Fan Expo Champion....


Ricardo Cavalcanti Jr.

Assistant Instructor - Blue Belt 1st Stripe


Bryan Calleros

Assistant Instructor - Blue Belt


Chelsea Duran, BHK
duranelitetraining.com

Strength and Conditioning Coach

Chelsea has been a personal trainer for 8 years.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Human Kinetics specializing in exercise science in 2007. She has worked with athletes from football to triathletes and began working with combat athletes 3 years ago.


Mike 'Miketo' Resch

Head Instructor - Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Luxembourg

Mike started martial arts, like many others, as a teenager, trying out all kind of styles that he was interested in (the ones he could find at that period in the early 90's in Luxembourg) like Kempo, Wing Chun,... Then, in the late 90's he discovered the art of Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee's fighting method, as well as exotic styles like Pekiti Tirsia Kali,…