Which do you enjoy more, teaching or practicing Jiu-Jitsu?
Marcello Monteiro: I really enjoy teaching. It makes me happy to see my students winning their fights using my sequences of positions with all of the correct details. There is nothing betting in the world that seeing my students winning important competitions. For me, it doesn’t get any better than that! Eddie: What is the name of your school? Marcello Monteiro: I teach out of Ring Sports Academy. At Ring Sports we have muay thai, boxing, and BJJ. My students in the U.S. fight with my name and academy symbol on their gis. In Brazil, they used De La Riva’s to honor him. Eddie: Do you have any seminars coming up? Marcello Monteiro: I always have seminars going on and have many planned out from now until the end of the year. Eddie: How many blackbelts has De La Riva given out? Marcello Monteiro: Black belts like me that started with him as a white belt and continued all the way until their black, not very many. Eddie: From who did De La Riva receive his blackbelt? Marcello Monteiro: Carls
