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Roger Gracie Seminar in Belfast Saturday 16th June 2007

On June 16th, 2007, ADCC and BJJ World Champion Roger Gracie will be doing a 3-hour seminar (1 half gi, 1 half no gi) in Belfast. Roger will be showing the techniques that earned him 2 ADCC and 5 BJJ World titles.

Roger will be at will be at Queens University PEC, Belfast. For more information please contact Alan at Gracie Barra Belfast info@gracie-barra-ni.co.uk



Jordanian Army Training BJJ

New Tatame installed to train the Jordanian Armed Forces. Plan designed to train BJJ to over 100.000 (One Hundred Thousand) Soldiers in the next 10 Years. The new matt area is 600 Squared Meters. Begginner course starts July 1st 2007 with more than 150 Army Trainees enlisted. "Bjj will be the biggest sport in Jordan one day, the rapid increase of demand for BJJ is similar to the one that happened in Brazil in the beggining of the 1990's", said the Board Secretary of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation of Jordan. His Highness Prince Hussein Mirza is extremely happy with the turn out of BJJ in the country. His role as the Honorary President of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation of Jordan is a key role to the success of the "gentle art" in the region.



Alliance Team wins NAGA Title in Georgia - Story and picture from Alliance team's "Baleia"

In AtlantaGeorgia , the Alliance Team led by Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti, took top honours claiming their 8th consecutive Team victory with the NAGA Georgia event this past weekend.

Honourable mention goes to Andrew,Alec, Tavinho (Jacares son) ,Max, Dave, Tracey, Chace, Darren, Ian, Jim McPherson, John, Big Jim, Clinton, Eduardo, Hebert, Romulo, Yana, Loren, Keith Jonathan, and Mitch for putting a clinic on the mats at the Suwanne Sports Academy wining most matches and divisions.
Special mention goes to Alliance Star Chris Moriarty for putting up a very tough battle with an ATT Black belt, and Tarsis Humprheys who flew in from Brazil to fight and win his superfight, as well as his division in the NAGA, defeating a rival academies top wrestler via takedown in the finals. Tarsis was able to finish one of his opponents with the “copacabana choke” which was invented in the Alliance Laboratory years ago.

Also, Felipe Zicro Neto, made his long awaited return to the mats and was also victorious in his division. Felipe had a small contingent with him from his new academy in Talahassee Florida . (alliancetallahassee.com)

In other Alliance news, in Japan , Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles, just won a superfight in the Japanese organization “ZST” competing against the very tough Japanese Naoya Uematsu via Rear Naked Choke in one minute. Cobrinha is on his way back to his new home ( Atlanta , Georgia ) to continue his studies and assist Jacare with the teachings of the powerhouse school in Atlanta .

Also, the long awaited signing of Alliance Superstar, Marcelo Garcia occurred last weekend at the K-1 USA event. Marcelo is currently training with Dan Hendorson and Team Quest to polish his MMA skills for his debut, where Marcelo promises to “bring BJJ back to MMA”. Cobrinha is also looking to make his debut in MMA this year and many expect him to be the next BJJ terror amongst the lightweight MMA fighters.

In Idaho, Alexandre “GiGi” Paiva, finished a small tour conducting seminars and assisting with the grand opening of his affiliate school in Idahoe taught by Mitch Coats. (www.myspace.com/alliancejiujitsu)

In Brazil , Fabio Gurgel has already begun the preparation of his team and everyone is in high gear for this years Mundials in August. Fabio and Jacare plans to bring as many fighters as possible to the Alliance headquarters in Atlanta , one month before to prepare the Team to win for the 3rd time. The team won in 98/99 and now the team is looking to reclaim the title once again, with the Alliance association in other countries including Canada , France , Ecuador , Poland , Finland and more!

Now go train Jiu-Jitsu,
Kid Peligro
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