More than a BJJ camp. More than a vacation. OSS Rio Tour is an immersive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and cultural experience built to show you Brazil from the inside.
You are not flying to Brazil to sit through seminars in a hotel ballroom. You are coming to train where Jiu-Jitsu was born - inside real Brazilian academies, next to Brazilian athletes - then walk out the door into one of the greatest cities on earth. This trip is built from inside the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community, not bolted onto a travel package.
Build relationships. Go home with stories you will remember forever.
Most people visit Rio as tourists and see the postcard. Our travelers step onto the mats at storied academies, share tables at local spots most visitors never find, and get welcomed into a community that treats Jiu-Jitsu like family - because here, it is.
Daily training, academy visits, open mats and technical sessions with Brazilian instructors and athletes - the real rooms where champions are made.
Inside the training
Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, Copacabana, Ipanema, Arpoador at sunrise - plus the food, music and neighborhoods that make Rio unforgettable.
See the cityYou arrive as travelers and leave as a team. Shared mats, shared tables, shared stories - friendships that outlast the flight home.
Meet the familyTraining rooms, beach days, academy visits and the crew together in Rio - all photographed on the real tour.
The flagship returns to Rio de Janeiro July 12-18, 2027 - Monday to Sunday, 6 nights. Pricing is still being finalized; join the interest list to hear first when details are announced.
The flagship returns July 12-18, 2027 - Monday to Sunday, 6 nights. Get on the list and be first to know when pricing is announced.
Bring your academy to Brazil. Custom dates, custom training, custom itinerary - built for your team.
Real footage from real tours - shot on the mats, on the beach and around the table. Follow @ossriotours for the next drop.
The training, and a day in Rio - straight from the official OSS Rio Tour Instagram.
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“Fantastic week in Rio training, playing on the beaches of rio, the food, all of it was great. The accommodation was beautiful with an excellent view of Copacabana. 100% would reccomend and will be back again.”
“Best trip, I'll be back next year”
“One of a kind! This tour was amazing not only because it's the beautiful country of Brazil but also the fact we were taken care of with OSS Rio Tours. We got to see the beautiful beaches, train jiu-jitsu at the highest level, eat amazing ...”
In the press - VoyageBaltimoreOSS Rio Tours brings "students from around the world to train in Rio de Janeiro, surf, enjoy Brazilian culture, and connect with the roots of Jiu-Jitsu."
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Born in Rio de Janeiro state and raised in Brazil, Deivid started Jiu-Jitsu at 13 and never left the mats. Today he is a GFTeam black belt, academy owner, international competitor, and the head coach of GFTeam DC in Maryland - a Brazilian who built his life in the United States and now brings both worlds together.
"I don't want to show you Brazil like a tourist. I want to show you the Brazil that made me."
On an OSS Rio Tour, you don't get a tour guide reading a script. You get a professor walking you into his own community - the academies, the people, the tables and the beaches that raised him.
Thinking about training Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil? The BJJ Traveler's Guide to Rio covers what to pack, how training works, and what first-time visitors need to know. Leave your details and we'll send it your way - plus updates for Rio 2027, July 12-18.
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Train. Explore. Connect. The next crew is forming now - and the last two tours sold out.
Apply for the Next TourThree things make an OSS Rio Tour: the training, the city, and the people. Here's how each one actually works.
The training is the heart of the trip. The crew put in seven high-level training sessions with top GFTeam black belts - daily training at GFTeam HQ, a session at Embaixada do Jiu-Jitsu, and a visit to GFTeam HD Cachanga, where the group was received by GFTeam founder Júlio César Pereira himself.
Expect structured technical sessions, open mats, and rolls with Brazilian training partners of every level. Gi and no-gi both run. Exact academies and guest instructors are confirmed per tour - we only announce names once they're locked in.
Real sessions in real Brazilian academies - not hotel seminars. Warm-ups, technique, and live rounds with local athletes.
Step into storied rooms like GFTeam HD Cachanga and feel what BJJ culture means where the art was built.
GFTeam founder Júlio César Pereira personally welcomed the crew at Cachanga. Access like this is the OSS difference.
Rio is not a backdrop - it's half the experience. Between sessions you'll stand under Christ the Redeemer, cross Guanabara Bay by boat, watch the sun come up at Arpoador, and eat the way cariocas eat: rodízio at Carretão in Copacabana, a proper Brazilian BBQ night, açaí after training.
Copacabana and Ipanema for the beach days. Samba when the night calls for it. Surf lessons, paragliding and scooter rides for the ones who want more. Every itinerary is built per tour - the city always has the final say.
Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, and the viewpoints that make Rio the most beautiful training camp on earth.
Sunrise sessions at Arpoador, rolls on Ipanema, recovery in the Atlantic. The beach is our second academy.
Rodízio night at Carretão, Brazilian BBQ, group tables every night. Nobody goes home hungry - or quiet.
Ask anyone from the first two tours what they remember and they won't start with the techniques. They'll tell you about the table that wouldn't stop laughing, the training partner from São Paulo who became a friend for life, the last-night feeling that nobody wanted the week to end.
That's by design. Small groups. Shared houses. Group dinners. One crew, all week. People arrive as travelers and leave as a team - and they keep training together long after they're home.
Rio de Janeiro returns July 12-18, 2027 - Monday to Sunday, 6 nights. Join the interest list for the flagship tour, or bring your whole academy on a private trip.
The flagship tour returns to the birthplace of BJJ July 12-18, 2027 - Monday to Sunday, 6 nights.
Your academy, your dates, your itinerary. Private BJJ trips built for academies, instructors and groups - Rio or beyond.
How booking works: apply, meet the team, lock your spot with a deposit. Payment plans are available - your remaining balance is split into installments before departure. When a tour fills, the button becomes a waitlist. No fake countdowns, no pressure games.
The flagship is coming back July 12-18, 2027 - Monday to Sunday, 6 nights. After two sold-out Rio tours, applications and the interest list are open now.
The dates are locked: July 12-18, 2027. Applicants and the interest list will hear first when pricing is announced. If the last two years are any guide, the tour will not stay open long.
Rio 2027 pricing (July 12–18, 2027): Dorm $1,799 | Shared $2,499 | Private $3,299 | Couples $3,899 — all prices per person, and kids pay the full adult price. $500 deposit to lock your place | payment plans available | Early bird: save $200 when you book by December 31, 2026.
How a Rio week flows - built from real tour experience. Every tour's final schedule is set with its dates.
Sample itinerary. Activities, instructors and schedule may change depending on availability, weather and tour logistics. Tours run seven high-level training sessions across the week; each new tour publishes its own day-by-day plan once dates are confirmed.
Categories confirmed per tour. The package covers daily training, the stay, breakfast, signature experiences and airport transfers.
OSS Rio Tour isn't a travel agency that added Jiu-Jitsu. It's a Jiu-Jitsu family that opened its doors.
Deivid Dias was born in Nova Iguaçu and raised in São João de Meriti, in Rio de Janeiro state. He stepped onto a Jiu-Jitsu mat at 13 years old - and the mat never let him go. The kid from São João de Meriti became a GFTeam black belt in the direct Fadda lineage, an international competitor, and eventually the founder of GFTeam DC in Maryland.
He has lived both lives: the Brazilian academy kid and the American academy owner. OSS Rio Tour exists in the space between them - Deivid personally bridges the international BJJ community and the Brazil that raised him.
"I don't want to show you Brazil like a tourist. I want to show you the Brazil that made me."
Founder and head coach of WDC BJJ / GFTeam DC in Takoma Park, Maryland - a family-first academy he has built since 2015.
Owner of Nebula Kimonos, founder of Chama Fights, and creator of the GFTeam DC Instructor Course - building across the whole BJJ ecosystem.
Brazilian culture, Rio de Janeiro, academy life, and what a first-time visitor actually needs - Deivid understands both worlds because he lives in both.
Experience Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from inside the community - real academies, real people, real welcome.
Experience Rio with people who understand the city, the culture and the language - because it's home.
Train and interact with members of Brazil's BJJ community - connections that last past the trip.
Training, stays, transfers and tables are handled. You don't need to figure anything out yourself.
Travel alongside people who share your passion for Jiu-Jitsu - and leave with a new family.
Martial arts, travel, culture and adventure woven into a single week you'll talk about for years.
Traveling with confidence: OSS Rio Tour runs organized group travel with local hosts, planned transfers and a prepared crew. Read our Safety & Travel page before your first trip - passports, insurance, currency, what to pack, and how we move around the city.
Every photo and video here is from a real OSS Rio Tour. Follow @ossriotours for the daily story.
Two tours. Two sellouts. This is the proof - and the reason the list for the next one moves fast.
Rio returns July 12-18, 2027 - Monday to Sunday, 6 nights. The interest list is already moving.
The honest answers - including the ones we confirm personally with every applicant.
Still curious? Message us on WhatsApp at +1 (202) 294-7138 or email wdcbjj@gmail.com - a human (usually Deivid) answers.
First time in Brazil? You're exactly who this tour was designed for. Here's how we run it - organized, prepared, and local-led.
OSS Rio Tour moves as an organized group with local hosts who know the destination - for Rio, that starts with Professor Deivid, who grew up in Rio state. We won't ever promise "100% safe" anywhere on Earth. What we promise is preparation, local knowledge, and a crew that looks out for each other.
Bring a passport valid for your full trip. Visa rules vary by nationality and change - check your consulate's official guidance early. Tell us your nationality when you apply and we'll share what we know.
Strongly recommended for every traveler - it protects a non-refundable trip and covers training bumps, travel hiccups and the unexpected.
Before departure you get the tour's contact sheet: hosts, accommodation, and local emergency numbers. The pre-trip group chat keeps everyone connected all week.
Airport transfers are included, and official itinerary transport is planned. Outside the itinerary, we brief the crew on the smart options - and the ones to skip.
Travel like a local: phone awareness at the beach, valuables left at the stay, copies of documents in the cloud. We brief every crew on arrival-day habits.
Brazil runs on the real (R$) - cards are widely accepted, with some cash useful for the beach and street food. We flag exchange spots; never change money with strangers.
Local SIM/eSIM guidance goes out pre-trip so you land connected. Portuguese isn't required - the tour runs in English and Portuguese, and data + translation apps cover the rest.
A gi, rashguard and shorts for no-gi, sandals, a light layer for air-conditioned transfers, reef-safe sunscreen, and room in your bag - you will bring Brazil home with you.
We move together, we look out for each other, nobody wanders off solo at night. It's how 45 travelers across two tours all came home with nothing but stories.
Field notes from a lifetime on the mats - the reading list we send every applicant.
Rio is the birthplace of the art, and its academies still set the standard. Expect structured warm-ups, deep technical sessions, and open mats where a purple belt you've never met treats you like a teammate. Show up humble, tap early, bring a gift patch from your home academy - doors open fast.
One gi (it dries fast in Rio sun - or bring two), rashguard and shorts for no-gi and beach sessions, sandals, a mouthguard, tape, and reef-safe sunscreen. Leave the fancy gear home: academies are about the training, not the wardrobe.
Both run everywhere - gi in the mornings and evenings at most academies, no-gi woven through the week, and beach rolls whenever the crew feels like it. Brazilian gyms take both seriously; bring your full kit and you'll never sit out a session.
Start with rodízio (Carretão in Copacabana is our farewell table), a true churrasco BBQ night, açaí the Brazilian way after training, pão de queijo at breakfast, and feijoada when it lands on a Saturday. Hydrate like it's your job.
Rio rewards the prepared: fly into GIG, ride with arranged transfers, keep beach belongings simple, learn five words of Portuguese (obrigado goes a long way), and let locals lead. It's a city of neighborhoods - Copacabana energy, Ipanema sunsets, Barra calm.
Our lineage runs straight through it: Maeda to Luiz França, Oswaldo Fadda, Monir Salomão, Júlio César Pereira - the Fadda line built champions outside the famous names' shadow. Training in Rio means rolling inside that history, not reading about it.
Your team, your dates, your itinerary - a private OSS Rio Tour built around your academy, with Deivid's community opening the doors.
Turn your team's dream trip into the retention event of the decade - owners and coaches travel as leaders, not organizers.
Pick your window and your mix: heavy training, heavy tourism, or the classic OSS balance of both.
Sessions shaped around your team's level and goals, inside the academies our public tours visit - and beyond.
Our ready-to-book private option: a private suite in a beach house in Barra da Tijuca - a safe gated community directly across from the beach. Built for a family or small group that wants Rio on its own schedule.
Not included: airfare, meals/food/beverages, optional activities, personal expenses.
Tell us about your group. We reply personally - usually within a couple of days - with next steps and a call to design your trip.
Your inquiry went straight to the OSS Rio Tour team. Once it lands, we'll reply personally to start designing your private tour.
We build every tour with local partners: BJJ academies, hotels and villas, transportation teams, restaurants, tourism operators, apparel brands and sponsors. If your business belongs in this experience, let's talk.
Five minutes now, the week of a lifetime later. We read every application personally.
Your application went straight to our inbox. Here's what happens next:
A personal reply - usually on WhatsApp - to meet you and answer everything.
If it's a fit, your $500 deposit confirms your place. Payment plans split the rest.
Pre-trip group chat, packing guidance, flight tips - then wheels up.
Questions before you hear back? Write us directly at wdcbjj@gmail.com or WhatsApp +1 (202) 294-7138.
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