[5][6] Fernandes won 2 medals at the IBJJF world championships as an adult black belt—a bronze in 2001 and a silver in 2002.

From an early age, Bruno Fernandes has participated regularly in world, regional, national, state and city championships.

[1] As Founder and Head instructor of the Montreal branch of Gracie Barra, Bruno Fernandes has been teaching many students the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

He is assisted by BJJ practitioners, MMA fighters and conditioning coaches including Ivan Menjivar[7] and Olivier Aubin-Mercier.

[9][10][11] - Rodolphe Beaulieu was awarded a Black Belt in 2011 after training with Bruno F Fernandes from 2006.