The 2015 World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship is just around the corner.

Now a five-day event, this years edition is scheduled April 20-25.

Once again, the biggest names of Jiu-Jitsu will gather in Abu Dhabi to fight for medals and the money prizes offered by the event.

Even it’s impossible to know who’s going to be the standout in 2015, it’s pretty easy to know that we are going to witness epic battles and hair-raising thrills, just like in the five past editions.

GRACIEMAG was present in all five installments held since 2009 and we bring you some of the best images our photographers captured.

Relive the emotions and choose your favorite moments.

Pictures: Ivan Trindade, Luca Atalla, Dan Rod, Gustavo Aragão

Rodolfo Vieira arrived in Abu Dhabi in 2013 seeking his third gi open class title

The brackets for the brown belt and black belt divisions at the 2014 WPJJC will be publicly drawn right after the athletes weigh in.

The event’s organizers announced today that no pre-separation of athletes will be made, which means athletes from the same team can be paired up even in their first match.

The action is taken to prevent close-outs in the finals.

The open drawing takes place April 16, at 7:30pm (Abu Dhabi time).

In the black belt open class divisions, Rodolfo Vieira and Marcus Almeida Buchecha in the male competition and Gabi Garcia in the female competition will have the right of place in the bracket as champions of the previous years.

The WPJJC also released the schedule for this year’s edition.

The 2014 WPJJC takes place on April 15 – 19.

Click here for the full schedule.

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As reported by GRACIEMAG.com, Enson Inoue will walk across Japan in an effort to raise money for the country’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami victimes. In the video above, the former UFC and Pride fighter discusses what to expect from the walk, which will begin on Sept. 11, 2013. Check it out.

Former Pride and UFC veteran Enson Inoue will walk across Japan in an effort to raise money for those affected by the country’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami, representatives for the fighter confirmed to GRACIEMAG.com late Tuesday.

Inoue will begin his walk on Sept. 11 and cover approximately 1,360 miles, going through cities including Sapporo, Fukushima, Osaka, and Hiroshima. The entire journey, Inoue said, will take approximately three months.

“The walk is for the people in North Japan that are still struggling every day, so I decided to use whatever I could in the walk to benefit the people,” Inoue said in a statement. “The people of the world have forgotten about how many Japanese people are still struggling, lacking the funds for basic necessities. Suicide is a big problem with the elderly that have been left homeless and feel they have no reason to continue living.”

A representative for Destiny Forever LLC, the company involved with Inoue and his walk, told GRACIEMAG.com that pledges for the walk will be based on each mile completed. Funds raised will go towards food, clothing, gifts, and other items as part of an annual Christmas Day festival.

“A penny a mile will obligate you to only $13 when the walk is done,” Inoue said. “That’s enough to provide a family with water for a month or give them two weeks worth of rice.”

During the more-than-1,300-mile walk, Inoue will only use whatever food and water he can carry, according to representatives. The fighter plans on sleeping outdoors, unless strangers along the way offer supplies or a place to sleep.

Inoue said that some may look at his attempt to raise money for charity as too much of a sacrifice, but his belief is his efforts will save lives.

“I know many of you think I’m crazy or feel that I may be taking on too much this time,” he said, “but I believe this will help these people and possibly save some lives.”

More information on Inoue’s journey can be found on his Facebook page.

Merry Xmas and an exciting New Year, dear reader! Thanks for all your support and comments in 2011!

If you don’t want to miss any GRACIEMAG issue in 2012, click here! 

Anderson Silva, autor da finalização do ano de 2010, contra Chael Sonnen. Foto: UFC.

Fim de ano é um período apropriado para rever os erros, corrigir a rota e relembrar os momentos que marcaram e que você gostaria de viver novamente.

Ou como escreveu o poeta Drummond:

“Quem teve a ideia de cortar o tempo em fatias, a que se deu o nome de ano, foi um indivíduo genial.
Industrializou-se a esperança, fazendo-a funcionar no limite da exaustão.
Doze meses dão para qualquer ser humano se cansar e entregar os pontos.
Aí entra o milagre da renovação e tudo começa outra vez, com outro número.
E outra vontade de acreditar que daqui para diante, vai ser diferente.”

É, também, o período das retrospectivas. Por isso o GRACIEMAG.com, que adora uma enquete com seus leitores, pergunta enfim:

Qual foi a finalização do ano de 2011 para você – com ou sem kimono? Puxe pela memória, pois vale citar desde o Mundial da IBJJF até alguma luta do UFC. E diga por que a finalização marcou você, no espaço de comentários abaixo.

Boas festas e cuide-se, que dia 2 de janeiro tem treino!

Anderson Silva, author of the submission of the year 2010, against Chael Sonnen / Photo: UFC

Year end is an appropriate time to review one’s mistakes, get on the right path, look back on the moments that marked you and that you would like to experience again.

Or as the Brazilian poet Drummond once wrote:

“Whoever it was that came up with the idea of cutting time into slices, giving the year a name, was one brilliant individual.

He industrialized hope, making it work to the brink of exhaustion.

Twelve months are enough to cause any human being to tire and give in.

Enter the miracle of renewal and it all starts up again, with a different number.

And a new urge to believe that from here on things will be different.”

It is also a period for revisiting the past. That’s why GRACIEMAG.com, who loves a good reader poll, is asking the following:

Which, to you, was the submission of the year 2011—with or without the gi? Dig through your memory, as they all count—from the IBJJF Worlds to the UFC. And let us know what the submission was that most impressed you.

Happy holidays and take care, on January 2 there’ll be training to do!