Match Of The Week: Lucas Leite x Bill Cooper
Today’s “Match Of The Week” features a high pace no-gi match between two half guard specialist, Lucas Leite vs Bill Cooper. This battle took place in 2009 at the Grappler’s Quest 10th Anniversary Supershow in Del Mar, CA. Cooper and Leite were vying for a $3,000 prize in the All-Star Challenge Division sponsored by Grappler’s Quest. Enjoy the match.
Young Guns: DJ Jackson (Team Lloyd Irvin)
Today’s “Young Guns” segment features DJ Jackson, a young man who has quickly become a popular name in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Submission Grappling scene. Under the guidance of Master Lloyd Irvin, this one time wrestler has become a BJJ submission specialist. Under Lloyd Irvin’s watchful eye, DJ has won some of the most prestigious titles in both Gi and No-Gi. While his background may be … Continue reading
Pioneers of the Sport: Amaury Bitetti
Today’s “Pioneers of the Sport” features the very first 2x Absolute Division BB champion, Amaury Bitetti. Bittetti, a BB under the late great Carlson Gracie exemplifies Carlson’s theory on Jiu Jitsu. According to Carlson, for a person to excel in the art, a fighter should possess three attributes: 1) technique, 2) strength and 3) speed. Without these three attributes working in harmony, the athlete will … Continue reading
Match of the Week: Claudio Calasans X. Lucas Leite
Today’s “Match of the Week” segment features an exciting battle between two highly competitive rivals in the middleweight division, who are seeking to dethrone Marcelo Garcia…. Claudio Calasans vs. Lucas Leite. This match took place almost a year ago at the 2011 World Pro Trials in San Diego. You will notice that this was clip is from a televised feed with color commentary in Arabic! … Continue reading
Young Guns: James Harbison
Today’s “Young Guns” segment features one of the few competitors out there that has won the unofficial IBJJF Grand Slam title. In 2011, Jimmy won the Mundials, Pans, Euros and the Brazilian Nationals as a brown belt. As a result of his stellar performances, Master Lloyd Irvin awarded Jimmy his BB in July 2011. As a newly minted black belt, Jimmy has a huge road … Continue reading
Today’s “Match of the Week” features a classic battle of two “old school” methodical competitors, Roger Gracie vs. Saulo Ribeiro. This match took place in the semi-finals of the absolute division of the 2005 Mundials in the TIJUCA TENIS CLUBE. Spoiler alert… After losing this match, Saulo knelt on the mat, folded his belt and gave it to Roger, symbolizing his kimono’s retirement. However, the … Continue reading
Recently, we were able to catch up with our good friend the “Jiu Jitsu Outlaw” Abmar Barbosa. We had a great conversation on various subjects such as his recovery process, his plans for 2012, Jiu Jitsu as a professional sport and much more! Enjoy the interview… Rodrigo Teixeira vs. Abmar Barbosa Abmar Shows his Favorite Sweep – The Outlaw DVD Series
Today’s “Young Guns” segment features a newly minted BB, Diego Borges. Diego is one of the newer stars to come out of Checkmat. This Medio-Pasado (sometime medio) took second at this past World Championships as a brown belt and recently beat champion Claudio Calasans as a BB at the World Pro Trails in Manus, Brazil. Watch for Diego to perform well in one of the … Continue reading
Today’s Match of the Week is between a giant in the sport and a up and coming giant. Rafa Mendes versus Theodoro Canal! There is a lot written about Rafa Mendes, but Theodoro Canal is a lesser know name. Keep your eye out for this guy, he is definitely a force in BJJ. Enjoy the match. **** From Bjjheroes.com about Theodoro Canal Theodoro Canal was … Continue reading
Come on guys… do we really need to write anything about Renzo Gracie? He is the most charismatic member of the Gracie family. Win or lose, this lion of the sport is not afraid of anyone, I think when he is 90 years old, he will still want to fight someone in their 20′s. Below is partial a transpiration of an interview he gave to … Continue reading
To close out the month, we are going to focus on “attacking” with the guard. There is no one better to talk about this subject than the head of Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu, Dave Camerillo! In Dave’s mind, jumping guard is a nonsensical technique given the leverage your opponent has when they are standing to pass your guard. So, Dave is an advocate of attacking a … Continue reading
