Roberto Leitão

Roberto Leitao (born 1937[1] in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil[2]) is considered to be a master technician in Luta Livre, or Brazilian Catch Wrestling.[3] He is a 4th degree blackbelt in Judo, while also having 60 years in Luta Livre.[2] He dedicated himself to flawless technique.[4]

He holds a degree in mechanical engineering.[2] He was university professor who continuously wrote about martial arts and grappling.[5] He would lead the way for Luta Livre during the 1970s [5]

Roberto trained a number of grapplers including Renato Sobral, Pedro Rizzo and Marco Ruas.[1] Additionally he is said to be an instructor of José Aldo.[6] He would also train with 1984 Greco Roman Superheavyweight Gold medalist, Jeff Blatnick for Blatnicks run in MMA.[7] Roberto was the coach of Renato Babalu, whom he coached to a knockout over Ilioukhine Mikhail.[8] He would serve as the superintendent of the Brazilian Confederation of Associated Wrestling and an athlete at the Olympic Games at Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992.[9]

References
  1. "Old Wounds |  FIGHT! Magazine – Archives". fightmagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  2. "The 10 Principles Of Grappling, By Luta Livre Master Roberto Leitao | Bjj Eastern Europe". bjjee.com. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  3. "MMA History XVIII: The Losses of Luta Livre - Bloody Elbow". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  4. "History of Andyconda Luta Livre - Luta-Livre brazilian Grappling and MMA". lutalivre.net. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  5. Snowden, J.; Shields, K. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedia. ECW Press. ISBN 9781554908448. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  6. sportv.globo.com
  7. New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 1996-02-19. p. 43. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  8. Black Belt. Active Interest Media, Inc. July 2000. p. 16. ISSN 0277-3066. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  9. "News | Rio 2016". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2014-10-29.


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