Crystle Lake Illinois will be host to one of the most established Jiu Jitsu teachers in the United States. It was rescently announced that 7th Degree BJJ Red/Black belt, Pedro Sauer, has schedule a seminar on March 27th at Curran Martial Arts in Crystle Lake, IL.

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WEC/UFC/Strikeforce Fighter, Jeff Curran is a 1-stripe Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under the legiondary Pedro Sauer. Because of their close relationship, Jeff treats the Midwest with hosting a Pedro Sauer seminar.

Pedro Sauer Biography:
Professor Pedro Sauer
Certified 7th Degree Red/Black Belt Instructor under Rickson Gracie.

Professor Pedro Sauer was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where from an early age, he began training in the martial arts. At age five, he began boxing and later took up judo and taekwondo. At age fifteen, however, his friend, Rickson Gracie, invited him to train jiu-jitsu with his younger brother, Royler, who at the time was only nine years old. The outcome of this experience convinced him that jiu-jitsu was the most effective of all the martial arts, and he began training the very next day.

Pedro worked towards a double major (Economics and Business Administration) in college, and took post graduation course at Fundacao Getulio Vargas. He worked in Brazil as a stockbroker for eleven years before deciding to move to the United States and pursue a career teaching jiu-jitsu. In 1990, he moved to California with the original wave of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructors. He lived in California with Rickson Gracie and trained daily with the Gracie brothers (Rickson, Rorion, and Royce), their father, Helio Gracie, their cousin, Renzo Gracie, and the Machado Brothers, as well as many others. In December of that same year, he moved to Utah where he has lived for the past eight years, pioneering brazilian jiu-jitsu in the American southwest.

Certifications
1985 - Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Helio and Rickson Gracie
1986 - Tecnico de Jiu-Jitsu. This is a special certificate given in recognition of superior technical mastery of the art of jiu-jitsu, given to only a handful of students by Helio Gracie.
1990 - Certified Black Belt Instructor by Robson Gracie and the Federacao de Jiu-Jitsu
Black Belt Judo
1993 - 3rd Degree Black Belt from Rorion Gracie
1996 - Level 6 Instructor Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy (Rorion and Royce Gracie)
2000 - 5th Degree Black Belt under the Federacao de Jiu-Jitsu
2003 - 6th Degree Black Belt


This 3-hour seminar (10-1PM) will be followed by an hour of open mat where BJJ practicitioners from all over the midwest can train together. The entry fee to this seminar is $100 and will give you access to the knowledge and techniques of both Pedro Sauer and Jeff Curran.

For more information visit the Team Curran website.