Today we’d like to introduce you to Cesar Predes
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
Hi my name is Cesar Predes, when I was 15 years old I started to training Jiu-Jitsu in a non profit organization in the poor favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
I started in competition after 6 months and never stop competing, eventually started to get good results in the competitions and started to travel to compete, with the good results in 2013 i had the opportunity to fly out the country to compete in the Worlds Jiu-Jitsu championship in Long Beach California, during the camp training I stayed in the gym of one of the legends of our sport Rubens Charles AKA: Cobrinha.
This competition opened the doors of USA for me, in 2018 I came to fight the same competition again, but with a bit more experience, again training at Cobrinhas gym, in 2020 I moved to Los Angeles to train full time at Cobrinhas gym, helping his son on competitions Kennedy Maciel we achieved lots of titles, for 4 years I stayed at Cobrinhas gym training until the opportunity to Open My own gym came in 2024
High Level Jiu-Jitsu born in the heart of Downtown, it’s been 2 months since I have been changing from athlete, to Business Owner
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Learning how to be more in the office then in on the mats or on the weights room, it’s been challenging, emails, project, marketing campaigns, management outside the mats it’s as hard as inside the mats.
But I am loving the process and the transition
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I’m am a Jiu-Jitsu professional fighter and a Cobrinha Black Belt.
I’m most proud of receiving the black belt, from the hands of my master Cobrinha
What sort of changes are you expecting over the next 5-10 years?
I think on the next 5-10 year’s Jiu-Jitsu is going to be mandatory on the schools in many countries all over the World as it’s right now in Abu Dhabi and some countries of the Middle East.
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The discoveries about Jiu-Jitsu benefits in kids and adults is going to open opportunities on the market for instructors create different dynamics to teach Jiu-Jitsu for specific groups like, Teenagers, Adults, Elders, Woman’s, kids.
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Jiu-Jitsu is already trending on Tech industry after Mark Zuckerberg post about his love for Jiu-Jitsu and how complex and smart is the sport. A chess with your body.
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Pricing:
- Early Bird for the firs 25 students 150$ per month
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.highleveljjla.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/highlvlbjj?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==
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