Tony Ventrano
Like many individuals Tony Ventrano became enamored with Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu after watching Royce Gracie use jiu jitsu techniques to
neutralize and submit much larger opponents. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu proved
to Tony that there was a martial art that if learned by a smaller,
weaker person could be utilized to defeat a larger, stronger opponent.
Tony states,"The closest BJJ school was well over an hour away so
I was not able to formally train at an academy. So, I bought
every video, magazine and book that I could get my hands on and
would practice from these materials in my neighbors garage."
Fortunately, after Tony moved to California that he started training
with Rickson Gracie black belt, Dave Terry and he now was able to
pursue his passion in a school and learn from many of his student peers.
"I am a huge proponent of compertition as part of your improvement.
I competed and won gold in my first three events but have not been able
to compete since due to injury."
