invatation letter:

ASIAN JIU-JITSU SUPER CUP 2009

R MENDES:

EMIRATES BJJ TEAM INTERVIEW RAFAEL MENDES
ADCC AND WORLD PRO 2009 CHAMPION

2009 World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup Champion and 2009 Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) Champion, Rafael Mendes, is in Abu Dhabi on a special invitation. He was kind enough to sit down with us for an interview to talk about various topics of interest to his fans and the BJJ community.

In Part 1 of this interview, find out the reason for his visit, his thoughts on winning the 2009 ADCC Championship, and a certain bout at the ADCC that gave him mixed feelings even after his victory!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LZqdjSxPK0 part1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m5ZUqt9CvI part2

JUDO-ABU DHABI:

Grand Prix-Abu Dhabi

Start date 20th November 2009.
End date 21st November 2009.

Place $200,000 Prize Money!
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- $150,000 will be given as prize money for medals

- $20,000 split between Judoka who win last three fights by Ippon

- $30,000 distributed to the TOP Judoka in the Ranking List who is present, 2,150 each.

One Judoka can win $27,150 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix!!

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EASC 09:

18 & 19 december 2009

F1 FAN ZONE:

EMIRATES JIU-JITSU TEAM
MAKE DEMONSTRATION IN F1 FAN ZONE

the F1 Fan Zone, brought to you by Mubadala

The F1 Fan Zone is located on the corner of 30th and Corniche Road, and entry is free to all.

We look forward to seeing you there!!

R CUP RESULTS:

RENZO GRACIE NEW YORK JIU-JITSU CUP 2009

1 DAY GI COMPETITION
Tareek-Pena- gold
Numan-Leve-1 gold
Yasser-Pluma-bronze
Hamdan-Leve- bronze
Faisal-S.Pesado-bronze

2 DAY NO GI COMPETITION
Tareek-Pena- gold (5 FIGHTS)
Numan-Leve-1 gold
Faisal- 2 gold (super heavy and open weight)
Yasser-Pluma-SILVER

EMIRATES JIU-JITSU TEAM

IN RENZO CUP 2009-10-26 RESULTS:
GOLD = 6
SILVER = 1
BRONZE = 3
TOTAL = 10 MEDALS

كارلوس سانتوس
CARLOS SANTOS
EMIRATES JJ TEAM
www.emiratesone.blogspot.com

EM TEAM IN AL AIN:

EMIRATES JIU-JITSU TEAM - AL AIN

Third week of Jiu-Jitsu Classes in Al Ain Club al Zaher Branch. .

al Zaher Area, beside Fire Station.

Contact numbers:

Polonio: 056 6936540
Pedro: 050 7352304
Márcio: 050 7352 437

The Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Team starts a new project on the city of Al Ain with Jiu-Jitsu classes on Al Ain Club. "Pretty soon the sport will be supported by the Al Ain club and it`s going to be a great partnership between the Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Team and the Club." The classes for adults has been given at 7:00 pm and the kids at 5:30. For the following weeks we`ll have the official inauguration and the ladies class that at the beginning will happen 2 times per week.
One of our goals is to provide health and to fight against Diabetes that is a big problem in UAE and is also related with sedentary life, the Jiu-Jitsu want to be a big allied to combat this disease.

EM TEAM IN F1 FAN ZONE:

UAE Jiu Jitsu team the F1 Fan Zone™,

brought to you by Mubadala.
Host: Flash
Network: Global
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Abu Dhabi Corniche

DescriptionUAE Jiu Jitsu team will be performing demonstrations from 5-7pm live in the F1 Fan Zone™, brought to you by Mubadala.

The demonstrations will involve 20 professional athletes who will be led by the Head Coach of the Emirates-Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team, Carlos Santos.

Be sure to come down and continue the celebrations as part of Yasalam!

EM TEM IN NY:

- Faisal Al Kutbi (96,800 kg sem kimono) - faixa azul peso e absoluto todos os eventos
- Mohamad Naser " Numan" (71,200 kg sem kimono) - faixa azul peso e absolutO
- Hamdan Al Kutbi (74,300 sem kimono) - faixa azul peso
- Yasser Al Qubaisi (59,600 sem kimono) - faixa azul peso
- Tareek Al Kutbi (65,900 sem kimono) - faixa azul peso

- Mohamad Al Zaabi (76,500 sem kimono) - faixa branca peso e absoluto

EMIRATES TEAM IN RENZO GRACIE CUP

NEW YORK - USA

It’s when Renzo Gracie receives his students and other friends for the Renzo Gracie Invitational, this year to be held on the 24th and 25th of October.

For this and other attractions, it is a can’t miss event for residents of New Jersey and adjacent areas, or for those looking for an excuse to visit New York. With sign-ups ending today at 10pm New Jersey time, it would be wise to rush, although that doesn’t quite keep with Renzo’s philosophy.

“He doesn’t get stressed about anything, before or during the championship,” states Igor Gracie, event co-organizer. “Nothing’s a problem. You can look, have you seen a white hair on his head?” says the cousin with amusement.

This year, organizers of the Invitational expect to receive 450 athletes on gi day, and 300 on no-gi day. The no-gi one is still going slow, but at the last minute more people enter,” says Igor, reminding participants that the event will be held at the same location as last year, in Bayonne, NJ.

“A lot of the academy’s black belts will be in it. The main athletes from the academies, for example, will compete, including black belt professors Leonardo “Tunico” Leite, Rafael Sapo, Neiman Gracie, Bruno Tostes and others. You can tell the gang is getting excited around here,” says Igor in closing. For anyone who can make it, it’s a good one not to miss. Renzo and the Jiu-Jitsu family are there waiting for you.

AS CUP DIVISION:

EMIRATES ASIAN JIU-JITSU
SUPER CUP 2009
DIVISIONS:

ASC

ASIAN JIU-JITSU SUPER CUP 2009
18 & 19 DECEMBER
ABU DHABI - UAE
ADCC CLUB

UK BJJ PRO:

EUROPEAN 1 - UK WORLD BJJ PRO TRIAL

Abu Dhabi Pro European Qualification Tournament - Sat 12th Dec

The competition is opened just for European Union citizens. Competitors must have to present the EU Passport before the first match. The weigh-ins for the contest will be on the date at 8:00 Until 9:30 Am.
http://www.abudhabi-pro.co.uk/

Rules

The rules will be as same as the FIJJA, there are basically just 3 changes:

1) All the match will be set up as 6 minutes

2) On the division A - Male - Purple, Brown & Black Belts compete together

3) On the division B - Male - open class categories - White and Blue Belts compete together

4) On the Division C - Female - White, Blue, Purple, Brown and Black compete Together

For more information please visit the web page: http://www.acjjb.com/rules.php

Attention:

The competition is opened just for European Union citizens. Competitors must have to present the EU Passport before the first match. The weigh-ins for the contest will be on the date at 8:00 Until 9:30 Am.

Weight will be without Gi

Please, be sure to read and understand the RULES if you are signed in for the competition.

Divisions

Division A: Male

Purple, Brown and Black - Will fighting together

-65kg, -74kg, -83kg, -92kg and +92kg


Division B: Male

White Belt

-63kg, -68kg, -73kg, -78kg, -83kg, -88kg, -93kg, -98kg, and +98kg


Blue Belt

-63kg, -68kg, -73kg, -78kg, -83kg, -88kg, -93kg, -98kg, and +98kg


Open Class

White/Blue Belt - will fighting together

-73kg and +73kg


Division C: Female

Open Class

White, Blue, Purple, Brown and Black Belt - Will Fighting Together

-63kg and +63kg



Hotels

Express By Holiday Inn Dartford Bridge

University Way, Dartford Bridge, DA1 5PA Dartford

Express By Holiday Inn Dartford Bridge

Hilton Dartford Bridge

Masthead Close, Crossways Business Park, DA2 6QF Dartford (Kent)

www.hilton.co.uk/dartfordbridge
Campanile Hotel Dartford

1 Clipper Boulevard West, Crossway's Business Park

DA2 6QN, Dartford

www.campanile.com/en/default.aspx

More updates: http://www.efnsports.com/ and http://www.abudhabi-pro.co.uk/

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BJJ VIDEOS:

BJJ VIDEOS
A new feature has been introduced for the 1st time on Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Team's YouTube Channel. From now on, a video will be uploaded every week showcasing a specific technique both in its Basic (White-Blue) and Advanced (Purple-Black) positions. The Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Team has the privilege of having the biggest team of coaches in the world. Over 80 coaches have called Abu Dhabi their home, and to give a glimpse of the variety of techniques each one has brought with them, this will be the best way to do so. A new technique will go up every week from our big team of world-class coaches. Stay tuned for more techniques, white to black belt levels.

For any questions or suggestions, or perhaps a position you would like to see dissected on a future video, don't hesitate to contact us.

Regards,
Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Team
Email: emiratesjiujitsu@gmail.com
Website: http://www.emiratesjiujitsu.com/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/EmiratesJiuJitsu
Twitter: EmiratesBJJ

AFRICA BJJ

Professional Jiu Jitsu comes to Africa
The African Continent is the most isolated when it comes to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. One can find renowned brazilian coaches of BJJ in North America, Middle East, Asia, Australasia and Europe, as well as many competitions of all sizes, but in Africa the locals must do with what they have. Not many black belt travel often there, and the distance for them to travel is huge, so very seldom African fighters have the chance to train in Brasil or North America.

I met some South Africans living in England and training BJJ there, but most of them don’t return home, which would contribute more substantially to the growth of the sport in their area.
When it comes to competition, the problems are even bigger. The distances between the major cities can only be covered by plane, offering another challenge to the fighters that must struggle with money in order to compete. So even competitions have mostly hometown crews entering them, not many people can afford flying from Luanda or Johannesburg to Cape Town and vice-versa to dispute medals.
Having read that, one would think that BJJ is pretty small in Africa, and the level is not really high. Nonsense! The local fighters have a very good grappling, the clubs are booming in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Luanda, as well as in other parts. All comes down to dedication, and after 4 trips to South Africa, I can say those guys are serious about grappling and committed to overcome the barriers.
So the importance of the Abu Dhabi African Trials to Africa is huge and cannot be underestimated. For the first time, a BJJ competition will be offering the chance to local fighters to qualify and have all expenses paid to compete in the most prestigious BJJ tournament in the World. Distributing over Us$ 148,000.00 to the competitors in the next main event, the Abu Dhabi BJJ Pro World Cup offers a real chance to 5 Africans to go compete against the BJJ elite next April in the UAE. This event will be a turning point to BJJ in Africa, allowing all practitioners to fight for the chance to represent their flag in the biggest professional BJJ competition.

This opportunity is only possible due to the generosity of the National Government of the United Arab Emirates, which will pay the flights, accommodation and grant Visas to the five African qualifiers, as well as others qualified through the same process around the World. This initiative is an effort of Carlos Santos,FIJJA PRESIDENT, sponsored by H. H. Sheik Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyam, Patron of the World Professional Jiu Jitsu Cup and his son H.H. SHEIK Zayed Bin Mohammad Bin Zayed AL Nahyan

We’d like to thank them for making it possible, as well as to our local crew in South Africa that is putting the pieces together to deliver a great tournament: Nathan Raaths, Sheryl Newman, Reinhardt Fourie, Jurgen Putter, Michal Shapiro and Stuart Rider that are contributing to bring this project alive.
5th of December will mark this important step towards including Africa in the map of Professional Jiu Jitsu, with the Trials happening in Johannesburg, and if all goes well, the idea of the organisers is to expand the number of qualifiers in future trials, opening even more the doors of Professional Jiu Jitsu to Africans and helping promote the sport all over the continent. We hope to have the full support of all the African Grappling community, because this is a project worth being involved with, one that will bring inclusion not only to South Africans but to the whole continent.
For more info about the African Trials, please go to: http://www.africabjjtrials.wordpress.com/

CAIRO BJJ

From 1st to 3rd of october the Emirates Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team wentto a seminar in Cairo Egypt.
The iniciative of develop the art on theArabic countryes is one of the goals of Carlos Santos Emirates TeamHead Coach.The seminar was given in Egypt with around 40 students to get to knowthe art and to start developing the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Egypt.
The Emirates Team was represented by Leandro Polonio, Pedro Lott andMohamad Jehad who got very impressed and greatfull with theoportunitie.
"For us is a great honor to be here spreating the knolege that wasgiven to us in Brazil, it`s a great oportunitie to have one morecountry in the world training the gentle art! The plain is to get thisseminar 4 times an year in Cairo and they will come to Abu Dhabi tokeep developing and learning."
The next meating will be in december in Abu Dhabi on the Asian Super Cup.

H.H.

AFRICAN TRIALS:

AFRICAN WORLD BJJ PRO TRIAL:
WELCOME!
You have reached the blog of the African Trials, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Competition, held next December 5th, that will choose 5 athletes that will represent the African Continent in the prestigious Abu Dhabi BJJ Pro World Cup 2010.
Directions
The competition will be held at the
Barnard Stadium indoor open centre,
less than 10 minutes from Johannesburg International Airport O. R. Tambo

C.R. Swart Drive (corner of Green Ave)
Kempton Park
South Africa
INFO : http://africabjjtrials.wordpress.com/
quantumtribe@webmail.co.za

events:

JIU-JITSU EVENTS

world bjj pro trials :

World BJJ Pro news
Carlao defines dates and announces more prize money in 2010
total prizes = 148,000 us$

GRACIEMAG had access to the timetable for the international tryouts for the much-awaited World professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010, to be held the 15th, 16th and 17th of April in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.

According to Carlao Santos, the sum of 145 thousand dollars will be up for grabs, to be divided among all belt groups. And for the ladies, the champion will take home four thousand dollars and runner-up takes two.

With the exception of Brazil, the dates for the tryouts for the event to be broadcast on network tv in Abu Dhabi, which is transmitted to over 30 countries, have been defined.

Check out the worldwide schedule for
World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010 tryouts:

Australia: November 15;
New Zealand: November 21;
South Africa: December 5 (only for Africans)
England: December 12 (only for Europeans);
Florida, USA: January 31 (open to all residents);
California, USA: February 13 or 14 (open to all residents);
Canada: March 6 (only for locals with North American passport);
Brazil: March 14 (to be confirmed)*;
Belgium: March 20 (only Europeans);
Japan: March 20 (only for Asians).

* The date for the Brazilian trials is yet to be confirmed. The organizers expect to hold one in Rio de Janeiro and another in the South of the country.

TRIALS WORLD PRO:

World BJJ Pro com novidades
Carlão define datas e informa que evento de 2010 terá premiação maior

GRACIEMAG teve acesso ao cronograma das seletivas internacionais para o já aguardado World Professional Jiu-Jtsu Cup 2010, a ser realizado nos dias 15, 16 e 17 de abril em Abu Dhabi, nos Emirados Árabes Unidos.

De acordo com Carlão Santos, estará em jogo a quantia de 145 mil dólares em prêmios, para todas as faixas. E para as mulheres, 4 mil dólares para a campeã, e 2 mil dólares para a vice. As atletas de todas as graduações lutarão juntas.

Com uma premiação mais polpuda do que no ano passado, a novidade para 2010 está na inclusão da categoria feminina no campeonato e a tentativa da realização de duas seletivas brasileiras. “Além das 11 seletivas que termos pelo mundo, estamos batalhando pra ter duas no Brasil. E queremos uma no Rio de Janeiro, capital das olimpíadas de 2016”, afirmou Carlãos Santos.

“Minha expectativa para a realização do World Professional Jiu-Jtsu Cup 2010 é o fortalecimento do evento e a confirmação que vai ser algo duradouro. Espero melhoras na arbitragem e em vez de dois dias serão três. Para não ser um evento muito longo a cada dia. Além disso, já fechamos as finais ao vivo pela TV local de Abu Dhabi, que passa para mais de 30 países”, entusiasmou-se Carlão.

Confira o cronograma das seletivas do World Professional Jiu-Jtsu Cup 2010:

Austrália: 15 de novembro;

Nova Zelândia: 21 de novembro;

África do Sul: 5 de dezembro (somente africanos);

Inglaterra: 12 de dezembro (somente europeus);

Estados Unidos, Miami: 31 de janeiro (aberto a todos residentes);

Estados Unidos, Califórnia: 13 ou 14 de fevereiro (aberto a todos residentes);

Canadá: 06 de março (somente para locais e com passaporte da América do Norte);

Brasil: 14 de março (a confirmar)*;

Bélgica: 20 de março (somente europeus);

Japão: 20 de março (somente asiáticos).

* A seletiva brasileira ainda terá a data confirmada. Os organizadores esperam fazer uma no Rio de Janeiro e outra no sul do país.

THANKS H.H. FOR MAKE JIU-JITSU

SPORT PROFESSIONAL.

2 trial:

THE SECOND WORLD PRO TRIALS:

New Zealand Trials
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Location: AUT Sport & Fitness Centre North Shore Campus
Street: 90 Akoranga Dr, Northcote
City/Town: Auckland, New Zealand
Phone: 0212705255
Email: jiujitsunz@xtra.co.nz
www.bjjnz.com

“Os Gracies e o Nascimento do Vale-Tudo”

GMAG 152:

DUBAI BJJ NEW BELTS:

EMIRATES TEAM - DUBAI BJJ TEAM
NEW BELTS:
ZAID GERBER- PURPLE BELT
STEWART BURK-PURPLE BELT
OLIVIER SAVARY-BLUE BELT
MARIO BOUDARG-GREEN BELT
SAMER AL SABBAN-GREEN BELT

RIO DE JANEIRO 2016 !

JIU-JITSU NAS OLIMPIADAS!?
SO NO RIO 2016 !

RIO DE JANEIRO 2016,
YESSSSSSSSS

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Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games
Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics after Rio de Janeiro is chosen to stage the 2016 Games.

WORLD PRO TRIALS 2009/2010:

THE FIRST WORLD PRO TRIALS:

The Abu Dhabi Pro Australasia will take place on Sunday, 15 November 2009 at Endeavour Sports High.

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