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{{Infobox martial artist<br />
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| name = Romero Cavalcanti<br />
| other_names = Jacaré<br />
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| residence = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|22|mf=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil<br />
| martial_art = [[Gracie Jiu-Jitsu]]<br />
| teacher = [[Rolls Gracie]], [[Rickson Gracie]], [[Helio Gracie]]<br />
| rank = ''8th deg. [[BJJ]] coral belt''<ref name="Jacare">Hywel Teague, ''Flograppling'' [http://www.flograppling.com/article/60856-even-masters-get-promoted-too-7th-and-8th-degree-black-belts-honored Masters Get Promoted Too: 7th And 8th Degree Black Belts Honored] August 26, 2017 </ref><br />
| students = {{Plainlist}}<br />
*[[Fabio Gurgel]]<br />
*[[Rubens Charles Maciel]]<br />
*[[Marcelo Garcia (grappler)|Marcelo Garcia]]<br />
*[[Leonardo Vieira]]<br />
*Matt Larsen<br />
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| website = http://www.alliancebjj.com/<br />
}}<br />
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'''Romero Cavalcanti''' (born October 22, 1952) is a [[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]] master and the founder of [[Alliance Jiu Jitsu]]. He is one of the six men who were promoted to [[BJJ belt|black belt]] by [[Rolls Gracie]] prior to his fatal 1982 [[hang gliding]] accident.<ref name="Jacare" /><ref name="Rolls">[http://www.onthemat.com/profiles/gracie-rolls Rolls Gracie Biography]. ''On The Mat'' URL accessed on June 14, 2010.</ref> Romero has coached many of today's top competitors and coaches, and was a significant influence on the [[Combatives|US Army Combatives Program]] through his student Matt Larsen. Cavalcanti is a member of the [[List of IBJJF Hall of Fame inductees|IBJJF Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-23|title=Hall of fame|url=https://ibjjf.com/hall-of-fame|website=Hall of fame}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Tennis-shirt-lacoste.jpg|thumb|Wearing the iconic [[Lacoste]] tennis shirts inspired Romero's nickname ''Jacaré'']]<br />
Romero began training in [[Brazilian Jiu Jitsu]] at age 11. He was nicknamed ''[[Caiman|Jacaré]]'' because he used to wear [[Lacoste]] polo shirts in his youth.<br />
By the age of 16, Romero regularly attended jiu jitsu classes at the famous Gracie School in [[Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro)|Copacabana]] where he grew up, alongside [[Carlos Gracie, Jr.]], Crolin Gracie, Mario Claudio Tallarico, [[Fábio Santos (fighter)|Fábio Santos]], [[Mauricio Motta Gomes]], [[Machado family|the Machados]], and [[Rickson Gracie]].<ref name="Jacare" /><ref name="Rolls" /> After extensive competition from 1972 to 1985 and working as an assistant instructor at the Gracie school, Romero opened his first school in [[Ipanema]], Brazil. Romero had studied in New York in the 1970s, and in 1995 he moved back to the US with his family and opened a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school in [[Miami]]. He later moved to [[Atlanta]] where he established a school in late 1996.<ref>[http://www.alliancebjj.com/instructors/jacare.aspx Allian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]. URL accessed on June 14, 2010.</ref><br />
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== Instructor lineage ==<br />
[[Kano Jigoro]] → [[Tomita Tsunejiro]] → [[Mitsuyo Maeda|Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda]] → [[Carlos Gracie]], Sr. → [[Helio Gracie]] → [[Rolls Gracie]] → Romero "Jacaré" Cavalcanti<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.alliancebjj.com/ Alliance Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]<br />
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