yes 100% Brazilian,thats is good I have a friend of my who goes to my church he's going to gracie barra his name is gustavo he has 3 kids all of them practice jiu jitsu at gracie barra, when you going back to the gym? let me know so we can meet up one day and have some fun, who is your instructor ? what do u think about jacare from alliance ? on my opinion he is the best in atl, if I have time I would practice there jacare is the bjj boss around here the best instructor in atlanta, my old instructor ranieri paiva is really good too when I was at knucleup I was training with this american dude but he was teaching more like school wrestling than real jiu jitsu hahaha he was a brown belt ,he is a great guy great instructor but was too much school wrestling and not real jiu jitsu when I change the gym I was wow this is real jiu jitsu you can tell buy the moves, are u still going to ctc? lol