“'Marola' is a slang Portuguese word for a calm ocean, André used to go surfing with his friends, but never wanted to go too close to the bigger waves, for this reason his buddies started calling him Marola.”
Team
Nova Uniao
Biography
André Luiz Candido da Silva, commonly known in the Brazilian jiu jitsu community as André 'Marola' is a black belt under Wendel Alexander, and the head coach of Nova União's jiu jitsu team, at the academy's headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, having replaced the legendary André Pederneira's position as coach in the team in 2008.