“No one is going to keep from beating up Lesnar”
Thursday, 18 March 2010 at 17:42
GRACIEMAG.com correspondent Nalty Jr. was in Las Vegas this week following Frank Mir’s training with Jiu-Jitsu star Robert Drysdale. Frank is polishing up his ground fighting skills for his next fight at UFC 111against Shane Carwin, on March 27, in New Jersey. Winning will put Mir closer to his dreamed-of rematch with his rival Brock...
Robson Moura and Gustavo Dantas seminar
Thursday, 18 March 2010 at 17:42
Nova União’s Gustavo Dantas and seven-time world champion Robson Moura will be teaching a Gi Seminar at Martial Arts Advantage in Tampa, Florida, this Saturday, March 20th. The seminar is open to everyone.The seminar will cover specific techniques, tips, and exercises focused on strengthening and fine-tuning your competitive game. From working out of tough positions...
5th Arizona International Open final results and photos
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 at 15:52
The 5th installment of the Arizona International Open promised to become the next premier event of the United States and, with supermatches featuring such Jiu-Jitsu greats as Robson Moura and Kron Gracie, it did not fail to deliver. The sold-out event drew 560 participants (a new record for BJJ competitions in AZ) from not just...
Show in Asia puts Neto, Brodinho & Co on ESPN
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 at 13:02
Asian MMA event Martial Combat Fighting Championship is heading to Singapore in May, and several stars of Jiu-Jitsu and other martial arts will put in appearances.Held at the luxurious Sentosa Hotel and broadcast to 350 million viewers in 24 countries in Asia over ESPN StarSports, Martial Combat Fighting Championship has already called on fighters from...
GRACIEMAG.com breaks 2-million-reader mark
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 at 13:02
March has proven to be a month of conquests for GRACIE Publishing, and we simply must share them with our thousands – or better still, millions – of readers.First of all, as we reported on Saturday, your favorite Jiu-Jitsu magazine made it onto shelves in bookstores across North America, further extending thereach of our gentle...
Female grappling camp in Cali a success
Monday, 15 March 2010 at 17:22
By Valerie Worthington. Photo by Emily Kwok.On January 25, 2010, 30 female grapplers met at Big John McCarthy’s Ultimate Training Academy (http://www.bjmuta.com) in Valencia, CA, for the third semi-annual women’s grappling camp (http://www.womensgrappling.org). Led by black belts Felicia Oh and Emily Kwok and brown belt Valerie Worthington, all of whom are competition tested and decorated,...
Kron armbars Furão; Robson gets choke on Kitahara
Sunday, 14 March 2010 at 17:07
The established aces didn't make way for the lesser-known names in the supermatches at this weekend's 5th Arizona International Open, in Mesa, Arizona.The son of legendary Jiu-Jitsu icon Rickson Gracie, Kron Gracie dispatched Gracie Barra's Philipe “Furão” Della Monica with an armbar, after having mounted the up-and-comer.In the other supermatch, Nova Uniao's 7-time world champion...
World Pro Trials: Calasans gets sub; Bia, Gui, Ceconi and Demente win
Sunday, 14 March 2010 at 17:07
The second and last day of World Pro qualifiers in Gramado continues to excite the fans in Rio Grande do Sul. Even with the match time reduced from the official 10 minutes, there have been plenty of submissions and lots of talent on display, in the city’s ample municipal gymnasium.In the female division, Luanna Alzuguir...
Milestone: GRACIEMAG latest issue on shelves
Sunday, 14 March 2010 at 17:07
As Renzo’s B-Day party went deep into the rainy New Jersey night last night, I received a message from Nalty Jr., a GRACIEMAG correspondent based in Florida:“I’m here at a mall, at the Books-A-Million bookstore, and they are selling issue #156 of GRACIEMAG in the same section as the MMA magazines. Congratulations,” he texted me,...
5th Arizona International Open sold out
Thursday, 11 March 2010 at 14:23
This in from the AZSBJJF website:At 9:37pm on March 10, 2010, registration for the 5th AZ Int’l Open of BJJ reached its maximum number of competitors before the originally-stipulated deadline of 11:59pm. With 180 in the Kids Division and 380 in the Adult Division, the 5th AZ Int’l Open is the largest BJJ tournament in...
