Relocation To The United States
In 2000, Professor Xavier traveled to the United States to give several seminars. He liked the United States and started to travel often to the US teaching the art that he loves. In 2003 Leo realized that he loved teaching his style of Jiu-Jitsu to the American people and moved to United States. Leo now intends to remain in the United States to continue his work and efforts to develop Jiu-Jitsu in the United States. Leo is currently developing and expanding Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the Houston, Texas area, where he lives and operates the LX Jiu-Jitsu Association in Sugarland, Texas.
In just a short time, Leo’s students have enjoyed a great deal of success in local, regional, national and even international competitions - winning many tournaments, including the prestigious International Masters and the Pan American Games. Leo has coached several competitors from the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the Spike TV reality television series The Ultimate Fighter.
Professor Xavier has several associated schools across the country including Arkansas, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and São Paulo, Brazil.
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