IBJJF Brazilian Nationals Campaign: We Did It!
It’s really happening! Seventeen kids are traveling from the Cantagalo Favela to São Paulo on an all expense paid trip! Thank you to...
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- Apr 6
Brazilian Nationals Fundraising Campaign
The students from the project represented for the first time since the pandemic at the FJJD Rio Trofeu Brasil tournament March 19th and...
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- May 3, 2021
Bernardo's House Update!
Bernardo is a resident of the Cantagalo community in Rio de Janeiro. He trains Jiu-Jitsu and is a grey belt at Terere Kids Project, and...
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- Apr 15, 2021
Terere Kids Project's England Affiliate Fight for Funding
It’s been touch and go for most of 2021 at Terere Kids Project. Kid classes resumed early in March but were forced right back into...
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- Mar 10, 2021
Women's Month with Virus International
For the month of March, the American company Virus International reached out to us to curate a special buy-one give one collection for...
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- Feb 14, 2021
Terere Kids Project at FJJD Rio Summer Open
Clique aqui para português. Yesterday athletes from FT Jiu-Jitsu/ Terere Kids Project competed in the FJJD Rio Summer Open. Professor...
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- Feb 2, 2021
Competitions Are Back!
10 sponsored athletes competed in the SJJSAF Pan American and brought home 4 gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze! Blue belt, Larah...
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- Jan 24, 2021
A Message for the New Year from our Executive Director
To the Terere Kids Project Community, Over the past several months, there is no question that our team of instructors at Terere Kids...
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- Nov 5, 2020
October Newsletter
Our Children's Day party was a success!
On November 8th a party was held in celebration of Children's Day at Tererê Kid's Project.
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- Oct 16, 2020
BJJ with Buda for the Feature Film Black Belt: the Movie
Since being released from prison and leaving the local gang, Alexandre "Buda" Ribeiro has been an instructor at the FT Academy in...
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- Oct 6, 2020
Music Meets Jiu Jitsu: Popular Mc's Stop by Terere Kids Project
The singer and actor Victor Hugo Nascimento, known as Mc Cabelinho, is the newest jiu-jitsu practitioner of the Tererê Kids Project. The...
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- Sep 21, 2020
August Newsletter
Tererê Kid´s Project at Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio Izabella Cristine student of Tererê Kid´s Project since she was a child, resident of...
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- Sep 15, 2020
Favela on Top: Cantagalo Athletes Make Musical Debut
Professor Alexandre "Buda" Ribeiro and athletes Natan Chueng and Jhonathan "Moicano" Marques do Tererê Kid’s Project participated in...
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- Aug 3, 2020
A Message from Our Executive Director
To: Terere Kids Project community From: Nicole Ball, Executive Director Re: Terere Kids Project Emergency Salary Distribution. Date:...
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- Jul 21, 2020
Re-Opening at FT Jiu-Jitsu
FT students are preparing the academy to reopen! We are so grateful to their dedication to making sure the academy is a safe space for...
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- Jul 15, 2020
Terere Kids Project at Oxford University
The 6th Martial Arts Studies Conference: Martial Arts, Religion, and Spirituality was held on July 15th and 16th 2020. Due to the...
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- Jul 10, 2020
Kimono and Rifle: An Ethnography of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Among the Youngest Inhabitants of a Carioca
This piece is an excerpt from an ethnographic study conducted by Italian post-graduate student Gabriele Paone (Bologna University) in 2018.
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- Jun 29, 2020
English for Jiu Jitsu at Terere Kids Project
Our English teacher Nathalia Mathias teamed up with our assistant kid's instructor Vine Silva to create weekly challenges for the kids to...
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- Jun 24, 2020
June in Numbers
It's hard to believe that we're already 4 months into quarantine. The academy has been closed down since March, and initially, our...
