Ohana’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Mentor

Renato "Charuto" Verissimo

Visiting Instructor/Chris Lund’s Coach

-Head Jiu-Jitsu Instructor at BJ Penn's Academy
-Jiu-Jitsu World Champion Silver Medalist
-3X UFC Veteran

A native of Brazil, Charuto began his Jiu-Jitsu training with team Nova Uniao under founder Andre Pederneiras. Charuto was awarded his BJJ Black Belt in 1996 after winning the Brasiliero (Brazilian National Championship) Brown Belt division. As a Black Belt, he has won Silver and Bronze medals at the Jiu-Jitsu World Championships in Brazil, a Silver medal at the Pan Americans of Jiu-Jitsu and was a semifinalist at the prestigious ADCC Submission Grappling Championships.

Charuto and BJ Penn

Charuto is best known for his impressive UFC fights against champions Carlos Newton and Matt Hughes where he showcased his highly technical Jiu-Jitsu game. Charuto is the training partner/coach of Jiu-Jitsu World Champion BJ Penn and serves as the head Jiu-Jitsu Instructor at BJ Penn's Academy in Hilo, Hawaii. Supervising Ohana's Jiu-Jitsu program, Charuto travels to Ohana updating our program and sharing his "world class" technical Jiu-Jitsu game.

OHANA MARTIAL ARTS JIU-JITSU MENTOR QUICK FACTS:

Instructor's Name: Renato "Charuto" Verissimo

Rank: 4th Degree BJJ Black Belt

Team/Affiliation: Nova Uniao Jiu-Jitsu Hawaii, BJ Penn MMA

Competition Experience: Pan Am Jiu-Jitsu Championships, World Jiu-Jitsu Championships, Abu Dhabi Submission Grappling, UFC, Elite XC, Rumble on the Rock

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Experience: Began training in 1993

Teaching Experience: Coaching in the U.S. since 1997, Head Jiu-Jitsu Instructor at the Penn Academy, BJ Penn's Jiiu-Jitsu Instructor & Training Partner since 1999.

Supervising Ohana's Jiu-Jitsu Program: Charuto makes multiple trips to Ohana each year sharing his ever progressing technical Jiu-Jitsu game. Ohana is proud to be one of only three Charuto Verissimo Black Belt Academies outside of the Penn Academy.