Julio César Fernandez Nunes has traded kicks, leg locks and choke holds with some of the world’s fiercest Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighters. But on a steamy afternoon in his Williston gym, the 65-year-old ...

A Brazilian-American Jiu-Jitsu master fatally fell off a wall and into a lake in Italy while visiting for a wedding, according to news reports. Octavio Couto Da Silva attended a wedding at Lake Como ...

A world-renowned jiu-jitsu master who was attending a friend’s wedding in Italy’s Lake Como fell off a seawall and plummeted to his death over the weekend. Octavio Couto Da Silva of Dallas, Texas, was ...

A Brazilian-American Jiu-Jitsu master who was attending a friend's wedding in Lake Como died after falling off a wall and into Lake Como over the weekend. Octavio Couto, 52, was in Italy for a wedding ...

Grappling and submission, joint-locks and chokes. The perfect weak spot to jab, the perfect placing of the arms around their opponent’s neck to cause a tap out. Just a few things jiu-jitsu members ...