Profesor Vinicius Aieta Biografia

Vinicius Aieta started training under Rilion Gracie in 1985 when he was 17 years old, and he stayed with the Gracie until 1991 when Master Rilion moved to Florianopolis in the southern part of Brazil. Aieta was a purple belt at the time in which he began his training with Royler Gracie (the man that would award him his black belt in the end of 1995).

In 1996 Vini Aieta started relegating his career as a competitor to a second stage in order to embrace the coaching side of Jiu Jitsu at Gracie Tijuca, an affiliate academy of Gracie Humaitá that had opened in 1993 by Marcelo Machado. This gym in Tijuca (a famous neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,) had been under the guidance of several different people in a relatively short period, fighters like Ralph Gracie, Artur Carthiar andSaulo Ribeiro had coached there and the team was in need of a long term coach. Vini took the job with both hands and together with Saulo Ribeiro (who coached alongside Vini) they formed one of the strongest allies of the Gracie Humata franchise, with many important fighters coming out of this place, legends like Alexandre Ribeiro and Leticia Ribeiro.

Vinicius “Vini” Aieta is a highly regarded BJJ instructor from Brazil, a black belt under Royler Gracie he is the head coach of Gracie Tijuca (an affiliate gym of Gracie Humaitá) who has had a tremendous influence in the development of some of BJJ’s elite fighters, grapplers like: Leticia Ribeiro,“Xande” Ribeiro, Vinny Magalhaes, Gustavo Correa, Fabricio “Morango” Camoes and many others. He has also been called on to coach his own master (Royler) for a few of his MMA fights.

Muy pronto tendremos al Profesor Vinicius Aieta en Ecuador - Guayaquil dando un seminario donde nos enseñara muchas de sus grandes técnicas del Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.