2012 IBJJF Pans Adult BB Bracket Results (Click to Enlarge) Rooster / Galo: Light Feather / Pluma: Feather / Pena: Light / Leve: Middle/ Medio: Medium Heavy / Meio Pesado: Heavy / Pesado: Super Heavy / Super Pesado: Ultra Heavy / Pesadissimo:
Posted in News | Tagged bruno malfacine, caio terra, Guilherme Mendes, ibjjf, leandro lo, lucas lepri, pans, Rafael Mendes, Rubens Charles | Leave a commentToday’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
Posted in Match of the Week, Matches, Video | Tagged ibjjf, mundial, Roger Gracie, Saulo Ribeiro | Leave a commentToday’s “Young Guns” segment features an exciting competitor who would rather lose a match going for submission after submission rather than to win a match by stalling. Sean Roberts achieved the rank of faixa marrom in five years from Ralph Gracie. As a consummate competitor, Sean is always looking to challenge himself. For example, only two days after receiving his brown belt, Sean entered … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Matches, News, Video, Young Guns | Tagged ibjjf, ralph gracie, Sean Roberts, young guns | 4 CommentsToday we feature a great match between Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes (Soul Fighters) and Tiago Rocha (Alliance). This highly competitive bout took place in the finals of the 2010 Rio Open. Tanquinho, received his Black Belt in 2004 after training for seven years under famed 9th degree Red Belt Francisco Mansur. In 2005, Augusto along with his brother Bruno left Kioto to form Renovacao BJJ and … Continue reading
Posted in Match of the Week, Matches, Techniques, Video | Tagged alliance, ibjjf, Kioto, Mendes, rocha, soul fighters, Tanquinho, World Pro | Leave a commentThis week, we feature one of my former training partners at Serra/RGA, Eric Sherman. Eric has beening training for about five years and has racked up multiple titles in organizations such as NAGA, Grapplers Quest and IBJJF. His highly competitive personality and his intense work ethic has taken him very far in this sport. Watch for this “Young Gun” to make waves in … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Matches, Video, Young Guns | Tagged Eric Sherman, Gracie, ibjjf, Serra | Leave a commentThere is no prouder moment in an instructor’s career than seeing his/her student(s) grow into martial arts. Over this past weekend, Caio Terra was able to bask in this glory and share with his students this pleasure, by holding the first belt promotion ceremony at his brand new 7,000 sq ft training faculty in San Jose, CA. To honor this milestone, Submission Control is … Continue reading
Posted in Match of the Week, Matches, Techniques, Uncategorized, Video | Tagged ibjjf, melo, Terra | Leave a commentThis week, we feature East Coast stand out Chris Visentin from Alliance NYC. Recently promoted to Faixa Marrom (brown belt), this light weight competitor won his first World title in 2009 as a blue belt, second in 2011 as a purple and his hoping to win his third as a brown belt next year. In addition to the abovementioned IBJJF titles, … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Matches, Young Guns | Tagged alliance, ibjjf, queens, Visentin | 1 CommentThis week we feature a stellar match between Mario Reis and Theodoro Canal. This exciting battle took place in the peso-pena finals at the 2010 Rio Open. Mario Reis, a Sylvio Behring BB, at the time was representing Gracie Barra, and Theodoro Canal, a Julio Cesar Pereira BB, represented GF Team. Enjoy the match and checkout the creative way Reis defeated the deep half guard! … Continue reading
Posted in Match of the Week, Matches, Techniques, Video | Tagged alliance, canal, gf team, gracie barra, ibjjf, reis, rio open | Leave a commentInterview with Mackenzie Dern Mackenzie Dern, daughter of BJJ Champion/Veteran Wellington “Megaton” Dias transcends both our categories of “Young Guns” and “Female Champions”. At the young age of 18, she has won FIVE World titles, a Pan-Am title and clocked more mat time than most of the newly minted male black belts currently in the competition circuit. This up and coming female BJJ superstar … Continue reading
Posted in Female Champions, Interviews, Matches, News, Techniques, Video | Tagged Humaita, ibjjf, mackenzie dern, megaton, women | Comments OffFor this week’s Before They Were Stars segment, we feature the 4x Absolute World Champion Roger Gracie as a purple belt. In this match, you can see that while his jiu jitsu was very good, he was still trying to find a niche for himself. Enjoy this rare look into Roger’s past!
Posted in Before They Were Stars, Matches, Video | Tagged BJJ, Gracie, ibjjf, jiu jitsu, mundials, Roger | 3 Comments ← Older posts