Kid Peligro Jiu-Jitsu News . . . Saulo moving to Ca - European BJJ Tourney - Chad Beatty goes off - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Emirates Magazine
Submitted by: Kid Peligro
Rumors of Saulo and Xande Ribeiro's relocation to California, more specifically San Diego, have been floating around for months. For the longest time, they remained nothing but that . . . rumors. Things however appear to be changing, recently Xande Ribeiro spent a few days in San Diego scoping out locations before going to the North Shore to train at the Boar's Nest and now, Graciemag.com reports that Saulo announced the impending opening of what he calls: University of Brazilian Ju-Jitsu in that city!
What that means is that a city with an already strong contingent of BJJ instructors and schools will get that much stronger, with the presence of the current World Absolute Champion and his brother multiple times World BJJ and ADCC Champion.
Rumors of a huge influx of BJJ practitioners to San Diego may have already affected rent levels in that City : )
European BJJ Tournament is just around the corner
Has it been a year already? Time flies when you are having fun . . . or when you are fighting the majors, as it is once again time for the European BJJ Tournament. The tournament will take place on January 27th & 28th, 2007 at the 'Complexo Municipal Esportivo do Casal Vistoso', Rua João Silva, Lisbon, Portugal.
Past winners included Roger Gracie, Ronaldo 'Jacare', Mario Reis, Lucio 'Lagarto', Wellington 'Megaton', Jack Mc Vicker (Master) and Garth Taylor (Master), so don't miss out the chance to compete against the best!
On Friday, January 26, prior to the European Open Championship, the IBJJF will be giving a Reffere course. All the students that are attending the course will be certified by IBJJF and CBJJ.
Time 9:30 - 12:30 (lunch break)
2:00pm-5:30pm
Total of classes hours - 6:30min
Fee - 50 euros
For more info email to regras@cbjj.com.br
To register go to:
http://www.ibjjf.org/euro07registration.htm
Chad Beatty Goes off
Ricardo Almeida black Belt and former owner/editor of Submission Grappling Magazine Chad Beatty has just completed a huge work. Beatty along with a group of fine writers and editors etc just finished the 1001 Submissions book.
Here is what he had to say about the project:
About 9 months ago I began working on a project. The project is '1001 Submissions', a book that is 864 pages and has over 6,000 photos! We address gi submissions, no-gi submissions, MMA submissions, self defense submissions, submissions combinations, counter submissions, etc...
Below are the front and back cover of the book.
Chad
http://www.1001submissions.com/cover/3d_book_front.jpg
The authors are:
David Roy is one of the pioneers of MMA on the East Coast, opening up the first MMA school in New England in 1993. He has competitive experience in a number of combat sports including MMA, Submission Grappling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo.
David co-wrote the Fighters Notebook, the biggest and most well known fighting book in the sport, until 1001 Submissions. He founded the leading web page in the sport today, MMA.tv, and owns the MMA web pages FightResource.com, iFight.tv, UndergroundDesign.tv, NESF.tv, and now 1001Submissions.com.
Chad Beatty is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Ricardo Almeida on Team Renzo Gracie, one of the world's greatest submission fighting teams.
Chad has competed in over 100 Grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu matches, winning multiple North American Grappling Association (NAGA) Championships & he is an undefeated Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, with a perfect 8-0 record. Chad also owns and runs his own Brazilian Jiu-jitsu school; Find it at SpaCityBjj.com
Kirik Jenness is an active member of the MMA community, who is deeply involved with the sport in every aspect. He coaches, judges, and competes in MMA and Submission grappling. He also referees across the US and internationally, often through his responsibilities as Commissioner of the North American Grappling Association. (NAGA)
Kirik runs the web pages MMA.tv, home of the famous Underground Forum, WhoopAss.tv, maXfighting.com, and MixedMartialArts.com. Kirik also directs the sport's leading multimedia instructional company, Islandmartialarts.com, with titles by Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Bas Rutten, and other legends.
Mat Santos has nearly two decades of experience in the martial arts, including regular competition in Grappling, BJJ, Judo, Pancrase-style fighting, and Mixed Martial Arts. He is the founder and Head Coach of Team Santos, which regularly puts fighters into MMA, BJJ, and grappling contests up and down the East Coast, and nationally. Competition highlights include two Gold Medals in the Pan-Ams, and countless titles in the NAGA.
Mat is the Grappling instructor at Sityodtong, in Sommerville , Massachusetts , a mecca for some of the world's most elite fighters. From the UFC alone, Mat has helped prepare Sean Gannon, Drew Fickett, Kenny Florian, Sam Hogar, The Lauzon Brothers Joe and Dan, Jorge Rivera, and Pete Spratt.
Congratulations Chad!
Emirates BJJ News and Pictures
With the successful completion of one tournament after another, Black Belt Carlao Santos continues to spearhead the expansion of BJJ in the Gulf area. Santos, has taken up the initial work in the Emirates by Nelson monteiro and with his energy, enthusiasm and knowledge has led the sport to new heights in the region. The latest of a large list of accomplishment by Carlos has been the launching of a BJJ magazine: 'Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Emirates Magazine! Congratulations Carlos, now do you need another writer ?! I am not sure how my arabic is doing but . . . : )
For more info on Carlos' work check out http://emirates2006.blogspot.com/
Speaking of Saulo - He has a new Black Belt
A few nights ago, Saulo gave his last seminar in Michigan at Focus Jiu Jitsu Academy in Ann Arbor (www.focusjj.tv) before he moves to San Diego,CA. Saulo's brown belt Sean Bansfield runs this Saulo affiliated school.
Saulo gave the participants the same mount lesson that Rickson gave him. GEneral coments were that you could spend a lifetime drilling those techniques and still not have them mastered.
Anyway, after the seminar, Saulo promoted Sean to Black Belt. Saulo took off his signature embroidered black belt and tied it around Sean's waist. Obviously, Sean was very pleased to have completed the long journey to black belt.
Sean started training in 1999. He got his blue belt from Ricardo De La Riva. He got all his other belts (purple, brown and black) from Saulo. Saulo has only promoted two American black belts, Chris Blanke and now Sean Bansfield.
Congratulations to Sean for his promotion to Black Belt by one of the best BJJ black belts in the world.
Yet another Brazilian Black Belt in Oahu?!?!?
Check the news from Brazilian Black Belt web site:
or go directly to the web site www.brazilianblackbelt.com
Now go train Jiu-Jitsu,
Kid Peligro
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