Rodrigo Fajardo “Pimpolho”
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Curitiba, Brazil
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About Us
Rodrigo Fajardo was born on the 29th of March, 1986 in Curitiba, Brazil.
Martial arts appeared in Rodrigo’s life as a desperate attempt from his parents to give Pimpolho’s restless nature some exercise, and possibly fade out a little of his excess energy.
Fajardo’s grandfather trained jiu jitsu in the 1940’s. When he found out of what his daughter in law had planned for Rodrigo, he intervened and pressed Mrs Fajardo to put his grandson on a BJJ school. This happened when Rodrigo was 14 years old (year of 2000).
Gustavo Muggiati was Rodrigo’s first coach and the man who promoted Fajardo through all his belts, including the black belt on December 2007. After several podium spots at an international level and wins in the Brazilian National stage, Fajardo decided to start working with personal trainer, Guilherme Paiva to raise his game to the highest level. This hard work reaped its rewards with “Pimpolho’s” win at the European Open Championship in 2012, arguably one of the most coveted medals in the official IBJJF tournament schedule.
