BJJ News — melqui-galvao

He arrived at Guarulhos International Airport on the night of May 7 with what Brazilian press described as a fixed and defiant gaze. Melqui Galvão spent years with the Amazonas Civil Police, training law enforcement in defensive techniques across the country.

For two years the Galvao PED rumors have lived in the same place every grappling rumor lives. Instagram comment sections.

On Tuesday, the IBJJF and CBJJ issued a joint statement permanently banning Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Melquisedeque "Melqui" Galvão from both organizations and from every event they sanction. The statement called his alleged conduct "unacceptable" and a violation of "the most fundamental ethical pri