Eduardo Telles

Posted by Fanatics Authors on September 14, 2018

Eduardo Telles is an Alliance Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Fabio Gurgel considered one of the most creative grapplers to ever practice jiu jitsu. As a self-professed 'lazy grappler' he is most well known for his use of the turtle position and a full system of guard that he's developed from the turtle postion. In his hands, this primarily defensive position and made it proactive and aggressive. Besides the turtle guard he is also well known for his use of guard set ups that have developed into the Octopus guard.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Below is a list of Eduardo Telles' grappling accomplishments. Telles also fought MMA extensively.

World Champion, No Gi (2013)

Pan American Champion (2007)

Brazilian National Champion – CBJJE (2008)

World Silver Medallist (1999 – Purple Belt);

3x World Bronze Medallist (2000 – Brown Belt, 2008 and 2010 Black Belt)

2x Pan American Silver Medallist (2005, 2006)

3x Brazilian National Silver Medallist (2001, 2005, 2006)

3x Pan American Bronze Medallist (2002 – Pesado and Absolute, 2004 Pesado)

INSTRUCTION

Eduardo Telles is a legend in the history of BJJ because of his role in helping to develop some of the most influential teams and teammates. His unique take on jiu jitsu has made him one of the most sought after instructors on the planet. Many of his techniques run counter to what we are typical taught which makes them a great resource to learn to surprise and bait opponents. In his new series from BJJ Fanatics, he revisits his classic turtle guard position.

Turtle Guard Revisited

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Surf Passing

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Eduardo Telles

Eduardo Telles Moreira was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1976. Like many BJJ practitioners, Eduardo started his martial arts journey through karate when he was a younger man. In the mid-late 80s, even though jiu jitsu academies were prominent in places like Rio, they were not as readily available in Eduardo Telles home town of Sao Paolo. He would get his first taste of BJJ at that time when he was visiting a family home in Rio de Janeiro.

Once the UFC debuted in 1993, Telles' karate school began teaching BJJ and he started his journey under Fernando Yamasaki. He would train with Yamasaki until blue belt and then would move to the US and train under Carlos Valente.

Eduardo would earn his purple belt from Valente and ultimately would then move back to Sao Paolo and begin training under Fabio Gurgel. It was at this academy that he would meet his long-time friend and training partner Fernando Augusto "Terere". There were also such grappling luminaries as Demian Maia training at Fabio Gurgel's academy.

He would have some initial success in competition at purple and brown belts, but became a much more prolific competitor at black belt. He had long developed a reputation for "weird jiu jitsu" because of his use of positions like turtle guard where he would purposely give up his back in order to bait his opponents into falling into his traps.

After a split in the main Alliance team in 2002, Telles would go on to help start the Brasa Team, the Master Team and eventually TT with his long-time training partner Terere. After a few years with Terere, his long time friend entered into a dark period in his life plagued by depression and drug addiction. Eduardo would move on from TT to start his new Academy Nine Nine.

In San Diego, the Nine Nine Academy is the embodiment of Eduardo's own search for perfection and that is what the Nine Nine represents, as in 99's proximity to 100%.

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Notable Techniques

Eduardo Telles is most well known for his use of the turtle guard as a active position that allows him to progress to better positions, reverse his opponents and in some cases even submit his opponents. The way the turtle position is typically presented to new students, it is a ultra-defensive position where one passively tries to not let their back be taken.

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For Telles, who has developed the ability to show his back to opponents and find ways to create lemonade from lemons and end up in better and better positions. Here a few techniques from that position.

Butterfly Trap: Kimura from Turtle Guard (featuring Bernardo)

Side Control to Steam Roller from BJJ Fanatics

In the video below, Telles gives another unique option for dealing with a bad spot, namely bottom side control.

Leap Trap from Knee Cut from BJJ Fanatics

Matches

Below are a few of the fight or match videos that are available on YouTube for Eduardo Telles.

Eduardo Telles Highlight

Eduardo Telles versus Felipe Pena 2013

Links
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Notable Techniques

Butterfly Trap: Kimura from Turtle Guard (featuring Bernardo)

Side Control to Steam Roller from BJJ Fanatics

Leap Trap from Knee Cut from BJJ Fanatics

Matches

Eduardo Telles Highlight

Eduardo Telles versus Felipe Pena 2013

Links

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