Flavio Vianna

Flavio Vianna is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Wilson Féu and a former member of both the DDR Academy and the GF Team, which he represented for many years prior to his move to the United Arab Emirates (2017). Vianna made a name for himself while competing in the United Arab Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Federation (UAEJJF), also known as the AJP Tour, where he defeated numerous big names of the sport such as Lachlan Giles, Pedro Veras, Adriano Araujo to name a few.

Flavio Vianna Jiu-Jitsu

Full Name: Flavio Alessandro Vianna

Nickname: Flavinho – an endearing way of saying Flavio in Portuguese jargon.

Lineage:  Luis França > Oswaldo Fadda > Monir Salomão > Juarez Soares > Wilson Féu > Flavio Vianna

Main Achievements:

• 1st Place UAEJJF Grand Slam, AD (2018)
• 1st Place UAEJJF World Pro Qualifier (2018)
• 2nd Place UAEJJF Fujairah Pro (2017)
• 2nd Place UAEJJF Ajman Pro (2017)
• 2nd Place UAEJJF RAK Pro (2018)
• 3rd Place UAEJJF Fujairah Pro (2018)

Favorite Position/Technique: Well Rounded

Weight Division: Peso Médio (82,30 kg / 181.5 lbs)

Team/Association: Palm Sports

Flavio Vianna Biography

Flavio Vianna was born on August 13, 1991, in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Unlike most prominent athletes, Flavio was not greatly interested in jiu-jitsu as a child, and his participation in a BJJ classroom, at first, was very much forced by his parents who did not fancy having their child unsupervised after school, while they worked.

Vianna’s initiation in BJJ as an 11-year-old child was left in the hands of Manoel João e Taedes Mendonça at the DDR team, later he joined the adult class of Taedes Mendonça who guided Flavio up to purple belt, Manoel João (brown) and finally his uncle, Wilson Féu, who graded Vianna with his black belt back in 2016.

During his colored belt days, when looking for a more competition-oriented gym, Flavio Vianna trained at the GF Team Academy, a bond that lasted for 3 years. In 2017, however, Vianna opted to move to the United Arab Emirates, to pursue a life coaching jiu-jitsu in that country, working directly with Palm Sports, the organization in charge of crowdsourcing the large jiu-jitsu job market in the Middle Eastern country.