AFOC:

MARCELO GARCIA NUMBER 1:

OTM BJJ Fighter of the Year

OntheMat.com is pleased to announce our choice of BJJ Gi Fighter of the Year 2006 goes to Marcelo Garcia.

The end of 2005 saw Marcelo sidelined with an injury and not really performing to the best of his abilities. However, Marcelo came roaring back in 2006 competing often with much success. It was actually difficult to decide on whether to give Marcelo the nod for his accomplishments with or without the gi, but we felt that in 2006 his accomplishments on the BJJ circuit were stronger and more numerous. To recap Marcelo Garcia’s year:
http://www.onthemat.com/fighters.php

BTT FILIAL IN USA:

Nasal opens BTT filial in USA

The Brazilian Top Team black belt, Adriano Nasal will be the responsible by the BTT team filial in .

The new filial will be held at the Menphes Judo and BJJ Academy , that stays in Menphis, in Tenesse city. “Murilo Bustamante comes here in February to be my corner of my bout at Elite XC and will do the official inauguration. I came here and the whole academy was already mounted and we already have here more than 100 BJJ pupils”, told Nasal, from United States, where he is spending some time since last December.

USA SUBMISSION WRESTLING:

2007 AMERICAS SUBMISSION WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP

King of Combat Sports returns to Broomfield, Colorado on March 10th


Denver/Broomfield, Colorado, Jan. 15, 2007 – It's that time again. In less than two months many of the world’s best combat grapplers and submission fighters will descend on Broomfield, Colorado to test their skills at the sixth annual Pancrase of the Americas Submission Wrestling Championships.

Last year more than 300 fighters and 2000 spectators took part in what has rapidly become an international event. This year promises to be even bigger and better.

The Pancrase Championship is being held in conjunction with the 16th annual Old Timers Wrestling Tourney (collegiate style). Both tournaments run simultaneously and at the same location. Competitors may compete in both events.

Competition begins at 9:00 AM, Saturday, March 10th, at the Broomfield High School, 1 Eagle Way, Broomfield, Colorado, 80020. The venue is located within minutes of downtown Denver and the international airport. The Denver metro area has a full range of accommodations for out of town visitors.

For additional information please visit the Pancrase USA tournament webpage at http://www.pancrase.us/


Pancrase USA - 2007 Americas Submission Wrestling Championship & “Sweet Sixteen” - Old Timers Collegiate Wrestling Tourney


Event date: Saturday, March 10, 2007, 9:00 AM

Location: Broomfield High School, 1 Eagle Way, Broomfield, Colorado, 80020

Entry fee: $37

Spectator entry fees: Adults - $5; Children ages 5 through 17 - $4; children under 5 – free.

Weigh-in & Registration:

Friday, March 9, 2006, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Broomfield, H. S. Wrestling Room

Saturday, March 10, 2006, 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., Broomfield, H. S. Wrestling Room

(Pre-registrations accepted by NOT required)

Website: http://www.pancrase.us/

Contact: Pancrase USA, W. Hendricks, tel: 303-635-0530, 303-589-3394, or by

e-mail: sportmasters@msn.com

Inquiries pertaining to event sponsor opportunities, vendors and media requests may be made

via e-mail to: sportmasters@msn.com

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INTERVIEW:

Interview with Joe Hurst (Budweiser Jiu-Jitsu World Cup)

On January 20th and 21st the 2007 Budweiser Jiu-Jitsu World Cup is set to take place in the outskirts of Charlotte, North Carolina.
www.BudWorldCup.com
On January 20th and 21st the 2007 Budweiser Jiu-Jitsu World Cup is set to take place in the outskirts of Charlotte, North Carolina. This prestigious event has quickly become one of the marquee jiu-jitsu events in the United States since its inception in 2001. The event was created by Joe Hurst and Garrett Barger and motor sports icon Dale Earnhardt Jr. Now that we’re only a few weeks away from what should be the biggest and best Bud World Cup to date, I was fortunate enough to catch up with tournament promoter Joe Hurst to discuss this year’s event.

Bevois: Joe, you’re a Black Belt in jiu-jitsu not just promoting, and have been training jiu-jitsu since 1993, right around the time the art first got noticed in America due to Royce Gracie’s success in the UFC. Since that time, you have been noted as the first American ever invited to roll on Helio Gracie’s personal mat at his home in Brazil. Would you say that this rare opportunity to train with a master in his natural environment is comparable to my invite to go cougar hunting with Scotty-OTM at Tulio Perrone’s birthday party in Rio next summer?

Joe Hurst: I was truly honored to have been there and trained at his home. That day was very important to me. I'm just waiting for an invite from Scotty!

Bevois: Now throughout your jiu-jitsu career, you’ve had the opportunity to train with some of the best in the world, such as Helio Gracie, Saulo Ribeiro, Carlos Lemos Jr., Roberto "Gordo" Corrêa, Relson Gracie, Marcello Clemente, and Daniel Moraes. Who would you say has contributed the most to your jiu-jitsu learning curve and why?

Joe Hurst: I was really blessed to have trained with each and every one of those guys. To pick one would be impossible, as each of these guys bring an incredible angle to the sport.
Not to mention they could all kick my butt!!!
Bevois: Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Grappling have been very popular on the West Coast for years with academies located on just about every street corner. How would you say the jiu-jitsu and submission grappling scene is doing in the Southeastern part of the country, particularly in the Tar Heel State, now compared to when you first started?
more go to http://onthemat.com/fighters.php

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PENNSYLVANIA BJJ:

Upcomming Tournaments

Please note that all of our upcomming tournaments will be Gi Only
We will be giving trophies for the top three teams with the most points.
We will aso be giving 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place medals for all divisions.

March 24, 2007 - Scranton, PA
Hosted by: Pennsylvania State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation

June 9, 2007 - Scranton, PA
Hosted by: Pennsylvania State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation

August 18, 2007 - Scranton, PA
Hosted by: Pennsylvania State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation

October 20, 2007 - Scranton, PA
Hosted by: Pennsylvania State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation

KID NEWS 07-03:

Kid Peligro Jiu-Jitsu News . . . 2007 European BJJ Heats up - ADCC Brazil Trials and more
Submitted by: Kid Peligro

The 2007 European BJJ Titles have just heated up a couple of notches as Brasa Team departs with force for the event. Leo Vieira. LEo Castello Branco, Reinaldo Ribeiro and Chico Mendes lead the group, they will be in Sweden preparing the rest of the gang to make a show of force comes event time. Brasa is reported to be entering a 50 member team in the titles.

In other HUGE news, it is unconfirmed but . . . current World Absolute Champion Alexandre Ribeiro has signed up to compete in the European. If he follows through with the internet sign up, he will definetly be facing the likes of Braulio 'Carcara' Estima & Lucio 'Lagarto' Rodrigues and others in the event.

Other notables in the event are 'Megaton' & Luka Dias. The event will take place on January 27 & 28 in Lisbon, Portugal For more info go to: http://www.ibjjf.org/euro07registration.htm

ADCC Brazil Trials Just around the corner

With less than 2 weeks to go until the Januray 26th sign up deadline,Brazilian Trials promoters are raving about the quality of the athletes already signed up. Amongst the most talented and known are Romulo Barral, Andre Galvao & 2005 U65KG runner-up Rani Yahia, Leonardo Chocolate, Fabricio Morango, Rubens 'Cobrinha' Charles & Tarsis Humphreys.

Promoters are expecting over 64 fighters for some of the most popular categories (U77 & U88) guaranteeing that the trials winners will be top candidates to also taking the main event in May 2007.

The Brazil Trials will be held on February 2, 3 & 4th on the Botafogo FR Gym in Rio. For more info and to sign up call or check (21) 9805-4530 - www.floaerj.com.br

Paragon's Tops go to Texas

Franjinha & Jeff Glover are coming to their second home, Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Corpus Christi, Texas. Learn from the man who trained world class competitors such as Jeff Glover, Bill “The Grill” Cooper, Tyrone Glover, Adam BenShea, Katie and many other champs! He will be giving a two day seminar from
11am – 1:30pm Saturday (no-gi) and Sunday (gi) January 20th & 21st.

All are welcomed to participate cost is $100 for one day and $110 for both.

Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
6313 Wooldridge Suite #8 Corpus Christi, Texas 78414
361-549-3597 - www.ccparagonbjj.com

P.S. If you can’t participate in this upcoming seminar it does not mean you still can’t train with us…Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Secrets of our Success (Instructional Video) available at www.bjjmart.com



Winter Wars 5

'I just wanted to let you all know about our 2007 edition of Winter Wars 5. It will take place Feburary 10th at the Greenhill School in Dallas, TX.
Attached is all the details of the event. We expect to have a turnout of about 300-400 competitors this time around. Awards will be ginen out to each 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Each competitor will receive a FREE tournament t-shirt.

Train hard and we look forward to seeing you all there!

Carlos Machado

For more info email jiu-jitsu@sbcglobal.net



City Boxing seeking MMA Sponsorship for their Heavy Hotters from the promoter

Capture the Highly Coveted Male 18-34 Demographic - Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is one of the fastest growing sports in America, and has become one of the most effective channels for tapping into the highly coveted, but elusive demographic of males 18-34.

Fox Sports reports that the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) is on the verge of explosion.

MMA is not on the verge of explosion. MMA has erupted. 1.2 MILLION PPV buys has been projected for UFC 66-MMA’s Biggest Event of 2006, according to MMAWeekly.com. MMA PPV buy rates continue to skyrocket and substantially outdraw both Boxing and Pro Wrestling PPV events.

In May 2006, UFC 60 was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The one hour UFC 60 Countdown Special that aired prior to the event, drew an overall rating of 0.9 when it debuted, and an overall rating of 1.1 in an encore presentation. The total viewership for the UFC 60 Countdown Special is estimated at 3.23 MILLION viewers.

Sponsorship for KJ Noons & Brandon “The Truth” Vera

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Both Noons and Vera enjoy an enormous fan-base and have a huge following that is growing at a feverish pace. Their popularity is undoubtedly attributable to their explosive fighting styles, alluring charisma, and impressive professional fight records.

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L SANTOS :

Leo Santos doesn’t fight at ADCC
Photo by Marcelo Alonso
Even not knowing the reason that the organization of the Apex Championship postponed the event, where he would fight on next Saturday (13), Leonardo Santos will stay in Canada until February 3rd giving some seminars and won’t be able to fight at the Brazilian selective of ADCC, that will be held on February 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Rio de Janeiro. “I am trying to know why they postponed the event. I was preparing myself, taking care of my weight and then they sent to me an email about the date change. I will stay here doing some seminars and I will be back only on February 3rd”, said the BJJ champion, who is really upset to be out of the ADCC Brazilian selective.

- Can you imagine that I spent my Christmas and New Years Eve training and on diet? And the most funny thing is that I always tough that this type of thing just happened in . This is the prove that nothing is impossible and doesn’t matter the place, right? So now I won’t be able to dispute the selective, that will be complicated to me. I won’t fight here and neither at the ADCC selective – said the Nova União black belt from Canada.

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ATLANTIC CUP:

Atlantic Cup 1st Round
Jan 27, 2007

Location:
Coral Springs Gymnasium
2501 Coral Springs Drive
Coral Springs, Florida 33065
United States
The competition:
ACR 2007 will be a qualified-rank circuit comprised of 4 rounds. Each round will take place in the months of January, March, May and June.

Competitors will accumulate points throughout the 4 rounds in order to build rank. In the end, the highest-ranking competitors in each weight category, either by belt or experience, will be awarded first (Champion), second (Runner-up), and third-place medals and diplomas.

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SUB ZERO:

Schedule of Events
SATURDAY February 3
Type of EventBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu

& Submission Wrestling Tournament
www.subzerograppling.com/events.htm

BTT - UK:

BRAZILIAN TOP TEAM UK TEAM TRAINING

Brazilian Top Team UK Members are invited to join a special team training. Three black belts will be hosting the session, Ze Marcello, Alexandre Izidro and Eduardo Carriello. Some brown belts, many purple belts and blue belts will also be present.

All beginners are welcome to come to train and use this opportunity to learn from different bases.

It will be a great day to meet all the BTT UK Menbers from London, Slough, Milton Keynes and Norwich.

The session will be held at BTT-LONDON on Sunday, 14th of January, 2007 (Tokei Martial Arts Academy, 28 Magdalen street-SE1 2EN-London Bridge).

The training will start at 11:00am till 14:00 and it will cost only £3.00 plus any spare piece of clothing to be donated to the charity.

For further information contact: carriello@bttlondon.co.uk

Eduardo Carriello BTT-LONDON / www.bttlondon.co.uk

ADCC 2007:

ADCC 2007 - 8th Submission Fighting World Championships
Submitted by: Kid Peligro

May 4th, 5th and 6th, 2007
Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, NJ

With the main event approaching the level of interest is greatly rising and a lot of confusion and misinformation about the process of entering the event is floating around. First, competing in any event other than the ADCC trials does not guarantee entry into the main event. No organization is favored, all competition results are treated equally!
Second, there is no fast track to entering the ADCC and no one other than the ADCC Committee through Guy Neivens, can confirm or guarantee your entry into the main event. So it pays to remind everyone that there are only two ways to enter the event:

HOW TO APPLY?
The best way to enter the competition is to win one of the regional Trial competitions that are scheduled. There are only 4 trials left: Brazil, Europe Finals, Japan and Australia. The champions from the 2005 competition are also invited back.

Accomplished martial artists should apply directly for entry. To apply directly, send a complete resume to ADCC Coordinator Guy Neivens at thecohiba@yahoo.com.

For the women's divisions send a complete resume to the ADCC's North American Spokesperson Miguel Iturrate at itur_miguel@yahoo.com.


WEIGHT CLASSES:

16 man round robin single elimination tournaments:
Men's Lightweight - 65.99 kgs (145 lbs) and under:
Men's Welterweight - 66-76 (up to 169.5 lbs) kg:
Men's Cruiserweight - 77-87 (up to 193.5 lbs) kg:
Men's Light-Heavyweight - 88-98 (up to 217.5 lbs) kg:
Men's Superweight - 99 (over 217.5 lbs) kg+:

8 or 16 woman round robin single elimination tournaments:
Women's Flyweight: under 55 Kg (121 lbs.) and Under:
Women's Lightweight: 55 KG to 60 KG (121 lbs to 132 lbs):
Women's Middleweight: 60 Kg to 67 Kg (132 lbs to 147.4 lbs.):
Women's Heavyweight: 67 Kg and over (over 147 lbs):


CURRENT LINEUP

Men's Lightweight - 65.99 kgs and under:
Leo Vieira (Brazil) Champion 2003, 2005
Sim Go (USA) 2006 North American Trials Champion

Men's Welterweight - 66-76 kg:
Marcelo Garcia (Brazil) Champion 2003, 2005
Mark Bocek (Canada) 2006 North American Trials Champion

Men's Cruiserweight - 77-87 kg:
Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza (Brazil) Champion 2003, 2005
Chris Moriarty (USA) 2006 North American Trials Champion

Men's Light-Heavyweight - 88-98 kg:
Misha Cirkunov (Canada) 2006 North American Trials Champion

Men's Superweight - 99 kg+:
Jeff Monson (USA) - 2005 Champion
Mario Rinaldi (USA) - 2006 North American Trials Champion


Women's Flyweight (55 kgs and below):
Felicia Oh (USA) - 2006 North American Trials Champion

Women's Light (55-60 kg):
Kyra Gracie (Brazil) - 2005 Champion
Cassandra Rivers-Blaso (USA) - 2006 North American Trials Champion

Women's Middleweight (60-67 kg):
Juliana Borges (Brazil) - 2005 Champion
Kelly Paul (Ralph Gracie) - 2006 North American Trials Champion

Women's Heavyweight (67 kg and over):
Celita Schutz (Performance/RGDA) - 2006 North American Trials Champion

16 Man Open Weight Tournament (ABSOLUTE)
8 or 16 woman Open Weight Tournament (ABSOLUTE)

SUPERFIGHT: (Champion) Dean Lister (USA) v. (Challenger) Roger Gracie (Brazil)

KID NEWS 2007-2:

Kid Peligro Jiu-Jitsu News . . . Royler's impromptu North Shore Class - New York Rumors and more
Submitted by: Kid Peligro


L - R: JD, Royler Kai And Dentinho
Yeah, yeah, yeah . . . the North Shore boys have everything. I am jealous of hearing all the stuff. As if location, surf ad climate is not enough then here the latest:

'Kid, Tonight (Thursday) Gracie North Shore Jiu-Jitsu had one of the best starts to 2007 you could ever ask for . . . As class was starting, legendary Professor Royler Gracie showed up and taught class as a favor for Instructors Kai Garcia and Marcelo 'Dentinho'. The positions he showed were really awesome, they would improve anyone's game from white belt to black belt! What really impressed me was the small details that he pointed out. He also took a few minutes to take questions from everyone and the gang was fired up afterwards that's for sure!

It was really an honor to learn from someone like Royler and we all are thankfull!

Aloha, JD

P.S- there's a high surf advisory in affect for all Hawaiian waters and mats!!!'



Rumors from New York

Not yet confirmed but solid rumors from New York have the return of one . . . Ricardo 'Cachorrao' Almeida to the fight scene! Almeida abruptly abandoned a sucessful MMA career in the middle of a 2 1/2 year, 6 fight winning streak to concentrate on his school transforming it into a huge sucess and model for other BJJ schools.

Proving that you can take the dog out of the fight but can't take the fight out of the 'Dog' as the BIG DOG is apparently heading back! More on this as it develops.

May be Cachorrao can be persuaded to return to ADCC as well ! ? ! ?



European of BJJ Just Around the corner

The 2007 European BJJ Tournament is just aroudn the corner. The event takes place on January 27th & 28th, 2007 at the 'Complexo Municipal Esportivo do Casal Vistoso', Rua João silva, Lisbon, Portugal.

Many of BJJ top names will compete including most of the Europeans best.

Don't miss out for more info go to: http://www.ibjjf.org/euro07registration.htm



Looking for Fabricio Werdum

Fabricio Werdum. Please contact Kid Peligro at kidpel@yahoo.com ASAP



Fredson Paixao in the USA!

4time CBJJ Mundial Champion, 7 time Brazilian National Champion Fredson Paixao will be in the United States late January until early Ferbuary.

Anyboby interested in hosting a Fredson Seminar please contact:
petethegreek_@hotmail.com.

Paixao is one of the top BJJ fighters with great MMA and Submission wrestling experience. His seminars are guaranteed to be awesome.



Matt 'The Terror' Serra Now Scheduling His 2007 Seminar Tour

Matt 'The Terror' Serra is now scheduling his 2007 seminar tour; spots are filling up fast. Matt is already scheduling seminars in Vermont, Upstate NY, Boston, Massachusetts, Charleston, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia.

If you would like to host Matt this coming year at your school e-mail R. Frank Mullis, Jr. @ SerraSeminars@aol.com or call (478) 979-0465.

ADCC EUROPE:

ADCC Europe Competition Update!
Submitted by: ADCC NEWS

Only 2 Open Competitions remain on the European calendar where the winners earn a place to the ADCC 2007 European Trials 2007, scheduled for the 24th of March in Turku Finland!

20th January ADCC German open
info@luta-livre.de
City: Köln

28th January ADCC Greece open
dgletzakos@gmail.com
City: Athena

TRIALS DETAILS:
24th March ADCC European Trials 2007!
Finland Turku
Arena: Caribia - 994 hall
The following fighters have already earned places to the ADCC European Trials 2007 by winning aprevious regional trial.
http://news.adcombat.com/article.html?id=12399

FC FIGHTER:

In this issue...

UFC 66: St. Pierre upsets Hughes, Sylvia retains belt.

BJ Penn talks about the St. Pierre-Hughes bout and his future.

FCF Radio: memorable quotes from the first six months.

Exclusive contracts: An Issue of Consideration.

Matt Horwich: The travels of a peaceful warrior.

Bart Palaszewski: Silverback lightweight continues to impress in the IFL.

BodogFight: USA Vs. Russia - Roger Gracie victorious in MMA debut.

The Ins & Outs of MMA in Canada - A Christmas "wish list" from the "naughty" and "nice" of Canadian MMA.

Icon Sport 48: Trigg stops the unstoppable, captures middleweight title.

Combat in the Cage "Evolutions": Levy shines and Doyle retains his belt.

Showfight 5: Pamplona and Margarida, the legend hunters.

Cage Rage 19: Butterbean brought down by Broughton.

Ring of Combat XII: $100,000 Tournament of Champions gets underway.

ECC 4: Hollett continues streak.

MIDWEST OPEN:

WHEN: Saturday, January 27, 2007

WHERE: Progressive Martial Arts Training Center
6900 Granger RD
Independance, OH 44131

START TIME: Registration begins at 8AM
- Kids Division will start at 10AM
- Adult Gi division will start at 11AM - No Gi divisions will begin after all Gi
divisions are complete.
http://www.prokarateweekly.com/Story101.htm

ANNUAL CONQUER THE MAT:

The Fox Valley Grappling Club, in conjunction with Excessive Customs and Konquer the Kage, is proud to present the 1st Annual Conquer the Mat.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Wrestling

Saturday, January 27th

Ghost Town Fitness Center
180 Fox Shores Dr.
Kaukauna, WI 54130

Weigh-Ins start at 8am
Matches start at 10am
www.foxvalleygrapplingclub.com/tournament.html

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ALI 65 :

Muhammad Ali's 65th Birthday on January 17, 2007; Send Your Personal Birthday Wish!
Submitted by: E.Goldman

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Muhammad Ali, who once said, 'Old age is just a record of one's whole life,' will be turning 65 years young on January 17. Fans, friends, and admirers from around the world are invited to help celebrate the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali by sending him a personal birthday message during the month of January. Participants are also encouraged to contribute, in Muhammad's honor, a donation to the new Muhammad Ali Center in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

Born Cassius Marcellus Clay in 1942, Ali's story is one of inspiration: champion athlete, media icon, societal symbol, United Nations Messenger of Peace, and a beacon of hope to people around the globe for over four decades. Now the public has a golden opportunity to express to Muhammad some of the motivation, joy, and magic he has afforded them over the years.

Visitors must use the form provided on the Ali Center's website, www.alicenter.org, to submit their personal message to be possibly publicly shared. All birthday wishes will be compiled into a gift collection for Muhammad.

As a boxer, Ali brought unprecedented speed and grace to his sport, while his charm and wit changed forever what the public expected a champion to be. His accomplishments in the ring were legendary. But over the years Muhammad transcended from a boxing champion to a champion of humanity.

He has hand-delivered food and medical supplies to the Harapan Kita Hospital for Children in Jakarta, Indonesia, the street children of Morocco, and an embargoed Cuba. He has participated in goodwill missions in Afghanistan and North Korea, helped secure the release of 15 US hostages in Iraq, was special envoy to Africa, and sought the truth on POWs and MIAs in Vietnam. At home, Ali has visited countless soup kitchens and hospitals and assisted numerous organizations and initiatives including: adoption agencies, the Special Olympics, children infected with AIDS, and Parkinson's research and treatment.

Since opening in November 2005, the Ali Center's mission is to extend Muhammad's values of respect, confidence, dedication, giving, hope, and understanding, worldwide and to promote cross-cultural dialogue, peacemaking, and conflict management while inspiring all people to be as great as they can be. For more information, visit www.alicenter.org.

Source: The Muhammad Ali Center

Web site: http://www.alicenter.org/

C.A.G.E. CLASSIC:

C.A.G.E. Fighter Classic

Event Date: 27-Jan-07
Event Time: 8:00 A.M.
Location: Knoxville, TN,
37849, United States
Phone: 1-865-686-5288
Event Fax:
Event Email: sanjuriu@aol.com
Event Website: http://thecagefight.com/
Event Contact: Josh Cardwell
Event Flyer: Download Event Flyer

More Information,
The Revolution of Grappling and Judo Tournaments is here! Become part of the legend! Men, Women , Children, Beginner, Advanced, Gi, No Gi. Its all here! In Knoxville TN Jan. 27, 2007 Call 1-865-686-5288 or go to thecagefight.com to Register or for more info.

INSIDE U.A.E 2007:

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, completes one year as the Ruler of Dubai today. It is just the beginning of a long and eventful journey of a leader who is widely respected and admired in the Middle East and around the world for his vision and leadership.

KID NEWS 2007-1:

Kid Peligro Jiu-Jitsu News . . . North Shore Report - Comprido In Mexico and more
Submitted by: Kid Peligro


Boar's Nest Wrecking Crew - Lt to Rt: Back row: Darrel Stant, Jeff Doner, Kai Garcia, Xande Ribeiro, Leif Robinson, Malia
Front Row: Kron Gracie, Marcelo 'Dentinho', Steve English


North Shore of Oahu - The New JJ Meccah from J.D.

It must be something about the North shore and Brazilian Jiu-Juitsu stars, maybe the water? Anyways we've had Mundial Champion Xande Ribeiro here for a couple weeks then Kron Gracie showed up for New years, and now his uncle 'legendary black belt' Royler Gracie is here!!!

Let me tell you to see Kai Garcia, Xande, Royler and Kron walk down the
street is a real sight.... Royler showed up straight from Japan after his fight in K1 in japan on new years eve, he looked in great shape! Hopefully will get some training in between the boys going surfing, but will have to see.

Today is Xande's last day here so I'm sure there will be a little training session in the morning I'm gonna go down to the 'Boars Nest' early and camp out till the boys hit the mat! ;)

Aloha, JD

P.S. It was only 12-15ft today on the North Shore, I know Kid would have been
charging!!



Gracie Magazine Elects Best of the year

Gracie Magazine elected the best of the year in Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Wrestling and MMA. The honor went to Xande Ribeiro in BJJ, Marcelo Garcia in Sub Wrestling and Mirko Cro Cop for MMA.

Congratulations to all and we hope to see you all star in '07 including ADCC (Of course Mirko cannot use his punches nad kicks : ) )


Comprido In Hermosillo, Mexico

2 Times World Absolute Champion Rodrigo 'Comprido' Medeiros wil be in Hermosillo, Mexico after his Midland. Tx trip in Januray. Comprido will stay in HErmosillo for a week supervising the new Brasa Mexico Academy and running hte personal training program.

For more info contact: brasamexicojj@hotmail.com



Happy New Year from the U.S. Open Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament

Thanks for your support; We Raised $1,969.50 for Charity!

We'd like to take this time to thank all the athletes, coaches, athletes, media and spectators for coming out to support the U.S. Open Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament this year. Official results for the tournament can be found on our homepage www.usopenbjj.com

Each year we donate 25% of ticket sales proceeds to a charity. This year we chose the Ride a Wave foundation, whose mission it is to give everyone regardless of physical, social or economic limitations an opportunity to enjoy a day in the sun. A very special thanks to all the spectators whose ticket purchase made it possible for us to donate $1,969.50 to this cause. If you want to learn more about Ride a Wave, visit their website at http://www.rideawave.org/

Stay tuned in January for the 2007 U.S. Open Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament dates.

Claudio Franca Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu


Emirates Blogger Has New Address:

Carlao Santos highly entertaining Emirates Blogger has a new address. Because of the high demand he hd to go to a new server the blog is now at:

www.emiratesone.blogspot.com


NAGA HAWAII GRAPPLING CHAMPIONSHIP

WHEN: Sunday, January 14, 2007
TIME: Doors open at 8:00 a.m.
WHERE: St. Louis School, Honolulu, HI
WHAT: 130 Gi & No-Gi Divisions!
RANKED: This event is Nationally
PHONE: 860-295-0403
EMAIL: President@nagafighter.com
WEBSITE: www.NAGAFighter.com

INFO: Pre-Register http://www.nagafighter.com/naga_cart/store/index.cfm?ac=ShowProducts&CatID=382&ECatID=85&SetCat=1.
Download event flyer http://www.nagafighter.com/pdf/hawaii07.pdf.

NAGA makes its much anticipated return to the island of Oahu. Hawaii is full of incredible grapplers and NAGA is excited about coming back to give you a fair and fun atmosphere to compete in. Enjoy the holidays then come and compete against the best grapplers Hawaii has to offer.

Samurai swords will be awarded to all 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers.

The no-gi and gi absolute champion will take home this championship belt!


Being that this is the first report of the new year Kid would like to take the time to wish everyone the best in 2007!


Now go train Jiu-Jitsu,

Kid Peligro

EUROPEAN OPEN:

Registration

THE TOURNAMENT

The tournament will take place on January 27th 28th, 2007 at the "Complexo Municipal Esportivo do Casal Vistoso", Rua João silva, Lisboa, Portugal.

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.
http://www.ibjjf.org/euro07registration.htm

ADCC PACIFIC:

ADCC SOUTH PACIFIC TRIALS ANNOUNCED!

The date has been announced officially for the most important event on the Australian grappling calendar. The ADCC 2007's South Pacific Trials will be conducted at the Whitehorse Aqualink Sports Facility in Melbourne, Australia on February 25th, 2007.

Earlier this year we held a seeding competition in Sydney for these trials with the winners earning a guaranteed place and a positive position in the draw for these all important trials.

From the upcoming trials in February the winners earn an all expenses paid trip to Trenton, New Jersey, USA for the 8th Submission Fighting World Championships scheduled for May 5th and 6th of 2007.compete against the best the World has to offer at the World Championships.

The competition is open to all competitors of Australian or New Zealand citizenship. The only way someone may not be able to compete is if a division is too large it will be cut back and invitations extended to those with the most experience. All applications will need to be in by Tuesday February 20th 2007.

You can download entry forms, rules and all the information needed from www.extremejjg.com in the next few days.

This competition will be overseen once again by the officials from Abu Dhabi and a team of International judges so let’s make this a big day of competition and support the sport!

DESERT 2007:

CARLAO SANTOS IN ABU DHABI, U.A.E, DESERT !!!!

DUMAU COMPETITIONS 2007:

DUMAU KIMONOS COMPETITIONS 2007:
JAPAN

11/02/2007 IV COPA DUMAU KIMONOS DE JIU JITSU
(HANDA SHI)

18/03/2007 III DESAFIO PITBULL CASCA GROSSA DE JIU JITSU
(OGAKI)

29/04/2007 DUMAU KIMONOS BJJ INTERNATIONAL CUP 2007
(TOKYO)

20/05/2007 DUMAU KIMONOS BJJ CHAMPIONSHIP 2007
(AICHI KEN)

20/05/2007 DUMAU GRAPPLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2007
(AICHI KEN)

NEW ADDRESS:

EMIRATES JIU-JITSU NEWS

HAVE

NEW ADDRESS:

www.emiratesone.blogspot.com

OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK !!!

NEM MAG:

REAL FIGHTER MAGAZINE 2007

http://www.realfightermag.com/

ABU DHABI CUP 2007:

ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL

JIU-JITSU CUP 2007 !



CAMING SOON !!!

JIU-JITSU WORLD:

BJJ Worlds' History
In chapter two of the Almanac, GRACIEMAG.com tells the story of the competitions held from 1998 to 2000
Photos by Gustavo Aragao, Levy Ribeiro, Lia Caldas, Luca Atalla and Ricardo Azoury
1998

Shake it up, Sperry!
The saga of Roleta and Sperry in one of the most emotional World Championships in history

After tearing Roleta’s worn out pants (detail), Zé Mario chooses to play on top and shake his adversary up becoming absolute champion.

Sperry’s sleeves are being controlled. So he shakes it up. More than two years have passed since Roleta beat Wallid, in the first World Championship, but his guard is still undecipherable. Earlier that Sunday, July 26, Roleta was responsible for ending the 11 year invincibility of Carlson's fighter (today the leader of the BTT) in his Jiu-Jitsu career, in the super-heavyweight category. And now, in the final of the open class division, the two fighters, in the primes of their careers, meet yet again.

MORE GO TO: http://www.graciemag.com/?c=148&a=5919

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2007