In the ensuing years, Guilherme Assad developed into a great master, and managed to build a groundswell in the sport, not only in Salvador de Bahia but throughout the Brazilian Northeast.Venerated in the Northeast's gyms and academies, Guilherme Assad Studio became one of the three great Northeast Academies to win a majority of titles in the 1990s, and became the largest academy in the State of Bahia. Guilherme Assad was Rodrigo Minotauro's first Master. Guilherme taught that now-famous fighter the foundations of Jiu-Jitsu, turned him into a black belt, took an active role in building Minotauro's life and career, and helped him become the great champion that he is today. In 2000, when Minotauro began to show the world that he had earned his place in "vale tudo," Guilherme was giving instruction at his academy in Florida, in the United States.

Along with those of Master De La Riva, Guilherme has also deepened his understanding of "submission" and "vale tudo" of Masters Carlson Gracie and Luiz Carlos Manimal.

With over 10 years of experience as a Professor of Jiu-Jitsu, Guilherme Assad currently devotes himself to providing seminars and master classes throughout Brazil and abroad, in addition to constantly evaluating applications of promising young ahtletes who thirst for direction from the same well of knowledge and technique from which Minotauro, Minotouro, and so many others haven taken refreshment.

Name: Guilherme Assad Date of birth: 7 February 1973 Occupation: Professor of Jiu-Jitsu, "Submission" and "Vale Tudo" Level: Third Degree Black Belt Masters: Ricardo De La Riva (Jiu-Jitsu), Carlson Gracie/Manimal ("Vale >Tudo") Studio: Assad Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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