After the first place at the 2008 Pan-Ams, there is no rest in sight for the Alliance team, GMa member in Atlanta, Georgia, under master Romero “Jacare” Cavalcante. Last Saturday, he promoted four of his students to black belt. In 11 years in the USA,, Alliance has 8 black belts in Atlanta and 12 in the country and in Canada.
The new black belts, Jacare (center) and Cobrinha (right)
Senior athletes Ed Kennedy, Jeff Malaseki, Casey Baynes and Mark Van Schuzeyr got their belts after 10 years of intense training. All four of then went realy well at the Pan-Mas and helped the team to comeback champion. For more info, go to alliancebjj.com.
