GF Team Berlin

ABOUT GF TEAM BERLIN
GF Team Berlin is the GF Team’s Berlin based affiliate, offering high quality training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and NoGi Grappling inSchöneberg at Spitfire Gym.
Having opened its doors in October 2014, GF Team Berlin is one of the youngest
teams in Berlin’s BJJ scene and is headed by GF Team Europe Headcoach Gabriel Rainho, who is not only a BJJ black belt but also a black belt in Judo.
Gabriel offers high quality training in a friendly, welcoming environment.
Gabriel regularly invites high calibre BJJ athletes from the GF Team Headquarter in Rio de Janeiro, giving his students the opportunity to train with some of the biggest names in BJJ.

Private classes with Gabriel Rainho can also be booked.

Classes at GF Team Berlin are open to all levels and age group!! Gabriel also offers private classes to those interested.

For information on membership and costs, please check www.gfteamberlin.com or www.spitfire-berlin.de

ABOUT GABRIEL RAINHO:
Gabriel “Biel” Rainho is based in Berlin, but oversees the operations for all GFTEAM affiliates in Europe. He is a Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt from the Grappling Fight Team (GF Team) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Gabriel was born on the 28th of December, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He started practicing Jiu Jitsu when he was 6 years old together with his cousins (today accomplished BJJers themselves) Vinicius Marinho and Felipe Tavares, all encouraged by their parents who believed in the benefits of a sports in a child’s education. Rainho’s first coach was Master Laerte Barcelos, it was Barcelos who awarded Gabriel his blue belt, he would change to the Universidade Gama Filho academy (which later changed name and became GFT) and got all his belts from Master Julio Cesar, including his black belt that came in 2003 when Biel was only 23 years old.
He has won a variety of titles across Brazil and Europe numerous times.
Gabriel has lived in Europe since 2011, and has taught BJJ in London and Munich, moreover hosting seminars all over Europe for the past three years.
Gabriel also teaches judo and BJJ to students at the FU Berlin, and to children at the Nelson Mandela School and Berlin British School.
More information:
http://www.bjjheroes.com/bjj-fighters/gabriel-rainho

ABOUT GF TEAM:
GFTEAM is one of the top Brazilian Jiu Jitsu teams in the world. Under the leadership and tutelage of Master Julio Cesar Pereira, Grappling Fight Team (GFT), formerly known as Universidade Gama Filho (UGF), GFTEAM has had great success in Brazil since the 1990’s. With the turn of the 2010’s decade, GFT was propelled to worldwide success through a series of excellent results at an international level and the continuous production of high level fighters such as Denilson Pimenta, Rodolfo Vieira, Ricardo Evangelista, Italo Lins, Vinicius Marinho, Huanderson Pavão, Gabriel Rainho and many others.
Since 2011, GFTEAM has established affiliates across Europe, under the leadership of Gabriel Rainho.
With several affiliates across the world, GF Team has established itself in the competition circuits and in the BJJ circle as one of the most welcoming and friendly environments to learn and train BJJ.