Régis Lebre

Régis Lebre is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Royler Gracie, regarded as one of the pioneers in the US East Coast through his work at Steve and DC Maxewell‘s “Maxwercise” academy in Philadelphia. Not only a revered instructor, but Lebre was also highly successful as a competitor, having earned a Pan American title, Masters & Senior title, and several Rio State championships.

Full Name: Régis da Silveira Lebre

Nickname: n/a

Lineage: Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Royler Gracie > Régis Lebre

Main Achievements:

1st Place IBJJF Pan American Championship (2009)
1st Place Gracie Worlds Championship (2007)

Main Achievements (Masters):

1st Place IBJJF International Masters & Senior Championship (2007)
2nd Place IBJJF International Masters & Senior Championship (2008)
2nd Place IBJJF World Masters Championship (2013* Senior 1)
2nd Place IBJJF Pan American Championship (2007* Master, 2014/2016 Master 2)
3rd Place IBJJF Pan American Championship (2005/2007 Master)
3rd Place IBJJF World Masters Championship (2013 Senior 1)

Main Achievements (Colored Belts):

1st Place FJJR Rio de Janeiro State Championship (1998 purple, 1999/2000 brown)
1st Place North/Northeast Interstate Champion (1997 blue, 1998 purple)
2nd Place CBJJ Brazilian Team Nationals (1999 purple)
3rd Place IBJJF World Championship (1999 purple)
3rd Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (1998 purple, 1999/2000 brown)

Favorite Position/Technique: Solid All Round Jiu Jitsu Fundamentals

Weight Division: Peso Médio (82kg/181lbs)

Team/Association: Gracie Humaitá

Régis Lebre Biography

Régis Lebre was born on May 26, 1976 in Fortaleza – state of Ceará, Brazil.

Although fascinated by martial arts when growing up, Régis never truly settled in one combat style and instead dabbed in a few (boxing, karate, judo, etc) throughout his formative years, while also playing more traditional sports such as swimming and football (soccer).

At the age of 17, Régis found jiu-jitsu. Training under Eduardo Rocha’s supervision, Lebre was hooked to the martial art, so much that as a purple belt he decided to move to Rio de Janeiro, to perfect his grappling knowledge.

In Rio de Janeiro Régis joined the Gracie Academy in the Humaitá neighborhood, being coached by Royler Gracie who awarded Lebre his brown and black belts. Régis’s path to black belt was an unusually fast one at the time (under 5 years).One of the fastest recorded during the 1990s.

Being regarded as one of the top competitors in the jiu-jitsu circuit, Régis started touring in Europe and USA to perform workshops and to compete. On one of those travels, Régis was invited by Steve and DC Maxewell to stay at their gym in Philadelphia (Maxercise) to become the in-house instructor, where he remained for 8 years.

Although the experience was extremely positive, Régis had a hard time adapting to the East Coast weather, and after the 8-year period, Lebre moved to California, settling in San Diego. Throughout the years Régis lived in the USA, he promoted several black belts, including: André Maracaba, Brain Rago, Zak maxwell, Tim Silvertery, Jen Petrina, Miles “Scoochie” Moffit, Joel Goldberg, Jonh Pedova.

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