Thiago Ricci is a black belt under professor Samir Chantre. He started training in Portland, OR at Gracie Barra where he got his blue and purple belts under professor Fabiano Scherner, he started teaching at blue belt, first as assistant coach and then started leading classes whenever Fabiano was absent. He was part of Gracie Barra for almost 5 years before moving down to California in 2019. Then he joined team Ares BJJ in Modesto California where he received his brown and black belt from Samir. He now started his own Brazilian Jiu Jitsu program in Turlock CA.