Felipe Guedes was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil where he lived for 25 years with his parents and one younger brother. He was always fascinated by the “Human Machine” in all its aspects. He wanted to be involved in something that would give him the ability to help people. With that in mind, Felipe graduated dentistry university at the young age of 23 years old, at the same time managing to earn his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in São Paulo, Brazil. He practiced dentistry for a couple of years when he decided to move to the United States. Once living in the States, Felipe made one of the most important decisions of his life, which was to dedicate his life to his true passion of Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Today as the main instructor of Gracie Barra San Clemente and co-founder of eight Gracie Barra schools in Southern California and the Phoenix metropolitan area, Felipe has taught thousands of students from all around the world and helped to graduate more than 30 black belts.

Our school was founded in 2008 and since then has made a huge positive impact in the San Clemente community. Ten years and over 2,000 families have benefitted from the work of our passionate instructors.

2018 AZ State Champion Black Belt Master.

• 2017 GB Compnet Black Belt Masters World Champion – Las Vegas, NV.
• IBJJF Pan American Purple Belt Masters Absolute Champion.
• 4 X IBJJF American Champion Masters. (Blue Belt, Purple Belt, and 2x Brown Belt)
• IBJJF Bronze Medalist Brown Belt Masters NoGi Worlds.