09/27/2025
🥋 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 — 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐨 “𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐚” 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 (𝐆𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩)
Today, we had the privilege of hosting 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐨 “𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐚” 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳 for the Gi portion of his seminar at One Tribe. Everything about this day will stay with us — the technique, the insight, the humility, the energy.
𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬:
• The instruction was next-level: tight detail, deliberate setups, transitions that break the “either/or” thinking.
• Even at his level, Julio stresses evolving mindset, positional control, and fluidity over force.
• Lots of white‐belt to advanced folks in the room — and I saw everyone grow by the minute.
• The crowd was locked in from start to finish. The RCR crowd stood up to it.
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🧠 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐨 “𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐚” 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳?
• Julio César Fernandez Nunes (born March 3, 1957, in Rio de Janeiro) earned the nickname “Foca” (Portuguese for “sea lion”) from his surfing days.
• He’s a 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐭 under the legendary 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐫.
• A fierce competitor in his era:
• 𝟓× 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧
• 𝟑× 𝐑𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧
• 𝟐× 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧
• He moved to the U.S. in 1989 and co-founded the 𝐁𝐉𝐉 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 alongside Rodrigo Medeiros.
• He also co-authored Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: For Experts Only with Carlson Gracie.
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🔜 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭?
Stay tuned for post-seminar footage and technique breakdowns. If you missed the Gi session, keep an eye out for future seminars — we’ll bring elite teachers again.
Huge gratitude to Julio, One Tribe, and every student who showed up to learn hard. This day raised the ceiling for everyone.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐬! 🎉
