Bruno Bastos is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 5th-degree black belt, a rank awarded by Master Wendell Alexander. Bruno is well known for his past as one of the main representatives of the 2x world champion team Nova Uniao, a team he separated from in 2014 to found his own Bruno Bastos Association. Bastos would later also found the LEAD Team, a successful workgroup in the sport's international circuit. As a competitor, Bruno Bastos is highly accomplished and competed in the most prestigious tournaments in the world such as the ADCC, Grapplers Quest, and World Championships and Brazilian Nationals. Bruno Bastos was born on the 27th of March, 1980. He started training jiu-jitsu in 1990 when he was 10 under Neury Gomes, and he stayed training under Neury for the next year and a half. He then picked up training with Aílson Brites for a short spell before finally ending with Wendell Alexander (in 1993) the coach that followed Bruno until he reached his black belt. Bruno Bastos's career has been pretty impressive from the get-go, he started competing when he was still a yellow belt achieving the podium straight away, and he hasn't stopped reaching the top spots of competitive BJJ since. Another peculiarity of Bruno is the Bastos surname, a name of some significance in jiu-jitsu, as 6 of his family members also train and compete, they are Fernanda ( black belt), André (black belt), Ricardo (black belt), Bianca (black belt), Thiago and Felipe Bastos. Just like his master, Wendell, Bruno Bastos is also involved in charity. In 2005 he created an organization called Arte Suave, an organization that tries to keep kids away from drugs through jiu-jitsu. He was also involved in the creation of the "Projeto Atos", a project that started with Bruno Bastos and a few other Nova Uniao students that got together through their evangelic church. Bruno has also earned the following accomplishments: 2012 NoGi Worlds Gold Medal Masters Superheavy 2012 NoGi Worlds Gold Medal Masters Absolute He is no longer affiliated with nova uniao. @jorge, You are Incorrect! This past Saturday, I was just at a Fusion 5 Nova Uniao Seminar with Robson Moura, Gustavo Dantes, Marcelo Pereira, Andre Motta & Bruno Bastos. He started his own association the beginning of this year. I imagine that he made arrangements proir to the event and the creation of his association to teach at the seminar.... Jorge is correct. Bruno is now the head of the Bruno Bastos Association. I had the honor of attending 2 of his seminars. Great guy, really friendly. We covered half guard techniques and top pressure. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );