Valente Brothers ™

Grandmaster Valente and Joaquim on the Valente Tatame in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Necessary tools for a...

... a guava smoothie prepared by the Valente patriarch

Self-defense on the rooftop 

and on the tatame

Valente Brothers Pedro Pinto and João Pedro Gayoso also training in Rio with Joaquim

The Valente Brothers always return to the home where they grew up in the Corcovado hills

Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center and is visible from great distances.

Grandmaster Valente raised his children in contact with nature

and many dogs

 Dr. Pedro's good and loyal Giant Schnauzer friends and guards

73 years young

Valente brother Joaquim and sister Joana Valente vivisting dad

Happy holidays from our home to our brothers, sisters and friends all over the world.