The word "indefinitely" is doing a lot of heavy lifting lately.
On February 6th, Atos Jiu-Jitsu issued a statement that they had made "the decision to immediately and indefinitely separate Andre Galvao and Angelica Galvao from their position and all associated roles." We covered the absurdity of that announcement at the time — mainly because California business filings list Galvao as the sole owner, manager, and CEO of Atos JJ LLC. You can't really separate a man from his own company. You can just make him use a different door for a while.
Turns out "a while" means five weeks.
On March 12th, Galvao posted a video announcing he's "back teaching at Atos Jiu-Jitsu headquarters every single day, from Monday to Friday, sometimes Saturday. From 6 a.m. all the way to 8 p.m." That's not a quiet return. That's a 14-hour shift. The man went from "indefinitely separated" to "I literally live here now" in the time it takes most people to finish a Danaher instructional.
In the five weeks between "indefinitely separated" and "I'm here every single day," here's what actually happened: Kaynan Duarte left. Lucas "Hulk" Barbosa left. JT Torres left. Andy Murasaki left. Rafaela Guedes left. Josh Hinger left. Dozens of affiliate gyms severed ties. The 19-year-old daughter got named head coach. And the allegations from Alexa Herse — the ones that started all of this — remain unresolved. No criminal charges. No independent investigation. No resolution of any kind.
Galvao's return video framed the departures as "policy corrections" and "membership fee realignment." Half your elite roster and dozens of affiliates walked out over billing disputes. Sure.
He also called the Atos women's team "the best in the world" in the same breath as his comeback announcement. Which, given everything, is a sentence that probably should have gone through one more draft.
Five weeks. That's roughly the timeline of a white belt's first stripe at a belt factory. Not exactly the "indefinite" soul-searching the February statement implied. But when you're the sole owner on the state business filings, "indefinite" just means "until I feel like coming back."
And he felt like it.
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- Andre Galvao Returns To Teaching At ATOS HQ After Just 5 Weeks
- Andre Galvao Breaks Silence On Abuse Allegations
- Atos 'separates' Andre Galvao — but filings show him as sole owner
- Amid Abuse Allegations & Team Exodus, Galvao Returns To Atos
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