Ary Farias (Atos)

Ary Farias is probably the most exciting prospect in Jiu Jitsu’s Featherweight Division in recent years, the fighter has trained under some of the best teams in the World, such as ASLE, Checkmat and now Atos and will be a force to recon with in BJJ tournaments to come.

Ary Farias in Detail

Nickname: “Aryzinho” is a gentle way of saying Ary in Portuguese.

Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Carlson Gracie > Andre Pederneiras > Ramon Lemos > Ary Farias

Main Achievements/Record:

• 3x European Champion (2009 Purple, 2010 Brown, 2010  Black )
• 8x World Champion (in the under 16s, Blue, Purple, Brown Belt Div., 2011 black belt – closed bracket with team mate)
• Brazilian National Champion
• World No-Gi Champion (Purple Belt Division)

Favourite Technique: Sweeping from Half Guard and Cross Choke from the Back.

Weight Category (BJJ): Pena (70kg – 154lbs) and Pluma (64kg – 141lbs).

Affiliation/Team: Atos (Formerly Checkmat and ASLE).

Ary Farias Biography

Ary Farias was born in Manaus, Brazil. He started training Jiu Jitsu at the famous ASLE academy when he was 11 years old. He had always been a big sports enthusiast, and fighting sports in particular, so it was a small step until he picked up on BJJ.

His first BJJ instructor was none other than World Champion Ronaldo “Jacare”, who taught the kid’s classes at ASLE. Ary stayed with Jacare until he was 16, training with the champ every day, even sharing a house with him in the ASLE training camp. By the time Ary got to 16 years of age, he was already a huge prospect in BJJ winning every major tournament he entered. As he began getting involved with the adults classes at ASLE, Ary’s temper collided with that of the head coach of the academy, Master Henrique Machado (Jacare’s Coach), and he decided to leave the gym. He had met Alain “Finfou” Nascimento in one of the many tournaments he competed at, in Rio de Janeiro and asked Alain if he could train with him at his gym the Academia Fight Zone where Alain trained under Ricardo Vieira guidance. “Finfou” intervened on Ary’s behalf and Ricardo Vieira accepted him in his gym, which involved a move to Rio de Janeiro.

With his parent’s support Ary moved to Rio de Janeiro, and started dedicating solely on his BJJ career, training his strength and conditioning in the famous X-Gym with Rogerio Camões and his Jiu Jitsu with Ricardinho Vieira at Fightzone in Copacabana, the headquarters of Checkmat in Rio. This union was extremely fruitful and Ary Farias started to be regarded not only as a regional talent, but as a world wide prospect.

Ary received his Brown Belt from Ricardo Vieira in 2009, but on March 2010 decided to switch camps and train with the Rio Claro team, Atos. Later that year (in November 2010) Ary Farias received his black belt from Ramon Lemos in a cerimony celebrated in Rio Claro. In his first competition as a black belt, the European Open on the 30th of january 2011, Ary won his first gold medal at the highest level in BJJ in a final match fought against one of the most dominant rooster weights in history, Bruno Malfacine. A fight won by 6×4 (points).

Ary Farias vs Marcio Santos

Ary Farias vs Bruno Célio