# Academia Deo > Brasília, Brazil ## Overview **Name:** Academia Deo **Description:** Deo Jiu-Jitsu is a respected Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team founded by Mestre Deoclécio Paulo in Brasília during the 1970s. Mestre Deo holds a Red Belt (9th degree), representing the highest level of mastery in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and is considered the fourth in the genealogical tree of BJJ after Mitsuyo Maeda, Luiz França, and Oswaldo Fadda. He began training in the 1940s and was recognized as one of the top competitors at Oswaldo Fadda's academy during his competitive years. After serving in the Brazilian Army and teaching Jiu-Jitsu in various cities throughout Brazil and Chile, Mestre Deoclécio Paulo established the Associação Deo Jiu-Jitsu in Brasília, where it has become one of the most influential academies in the region. In 2015, he was honored with the title of Honorary Citizen of Brasília by the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District in recognition of his immense contributions to Jiu-Jitsu in the capital. The Deo Jiu-Jitsu team operates multiple training locations throughout Brasília, including Asa Norte, Asa Sul, Guará, Águas Claras, Taguatinga, Sobradinho, Planaltina, São Sebastião, and Samambaia Sul. The team is known for its traditional approach to Jiu-Jitsu instruction, emphasizing both technical excellence and the values of discipline and respect. Led by experienced black belt instructors including Vitor Marçal (3rd degree), Bernardo Henrique (4th degree), and Abiderman Souza Carvalho (4th degree), Deo Jiu-Jitsu continues Mestre Deo's legacy of developing skilled practitioners and positive community members through the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. **Status:** Active ## Contact Information **Address:** Qr 106 Conjunto 02 Casa N: 07, Samanbaia Sul, Brasília, DF, Brasil Brasília, Paraná, 85819-100, Brazil **Phone:** +55 61 99296-6334 **Email:** equipedeo@gmail.com **Website:** https://www.deojiujitsu.com.br **Social Media:** - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deojiujitsu - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deojiujitsu - YouTube: https://youtube.com/@deojiujitsu?si=EKAXVYfGDKywJvEk ## Instructors ### Deoclécio Paulo - Red **Role:** Head Instructor **Bio:** Deoclecio Paulo was born in the town of Bento Ribeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1933. Deoclecio started practicing Jiu Jitsu when he was around 10 years old, in a small academy run by Oswaldo Fadda in Bento Ribeiro, back in a time when BJJ was still unknown outside the Rio de Janeiro city centre circle, also a time when Fadda’s students’ kimonos were made inside the academy with the use of a sewing machine and flour sack material. Master Deo learned all throughout his BJJ pupil life under Fadda, earning all belts from the hands of the legendary Master, including his instructor’s certificate by the age of 20, when Deoclecio was regarded as Master Oswaldo Fadda’s top student and competitor. Around that same time as he graduated as a BJJ instructor, Deoclecio Paulo joined the Brazilian army and had to leave his home town to be stationed in a sequence of different locations. He took the long distance as an opportunity to begin his coaching career, opening small academies everywhere he was posted by the army, such as his gym in Marquês de Valença. He also opened an academy in one of the largest neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro, Jacarepaguá, after he was sent to the area with his company. This was one of his most successful academies at the time which he managed to maintain for a few years in number 32 Camélias street (Vila Valqueire). He developed a substantial amount of local talent there until he was called to serve at the Brazilian embassy in Santiago, Chile. The Chilean landscape did not stop Master Deoclecio Paulo on his tracks and he kept teaching his beloved martial art, coaching it at the Army Sub-Officers Club. Master Deo resided in Chile until 1974, after which he returned to Brazil carrying his career as a BJJ instructor and military man, settling in Brasilia where he opened the “Associação Deo Jiu-Jitsu”, an academy that ran prosperous for many years, having affiliates also in the United States. Photo by: Feliz Rodriguez, TXMMA. ### Abiderman Souza Carvalho - Black **Role:** Instructor **Bio:** Black belt 4th degree instructor with Equipe Deo Jiu-Jitsu. Also known as 'Bida'. ### André Luiz de Abreu Mesquita - Black **Role:** Instructor **Bio:** Black belt 3rd degree instructor with Equipe Deo Jiu-Jitsu. ### Bernardo Henrique - Black **Role:** Instructor **Bio:** Black belt 4th degree instructor with Equipe Deo Jiu-Jitsu. ### Tales Louzada Melgaço - Black **Role:** Instructor **Bio:** Black belt instructor with Equipe Deo Jiu-Jitsu. ### Vitor Marçal - Black **Role:** Instructor **Bio:** Black belt 3rd degree instructor with Equipe Deo Jiu-Jitsu. ## Programs ### Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu **Skill Level:** All Levels **Age Group:** all_ages **Gi Requirement:** Gi required **Description:** Traditional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training following the Fadda lineage through Mestre Deoclécio Paulo. Classes focus on fundamental techniques, self-defense, and sport applications. --- **Last Updated:** March 01, 2026 **Data Source:** BJJ.Space (https://bjj.space/gyms/brazil/parana/brasilia/academia-deo)