Marcelo Garcia’s brown belt Erin Herle has put together a very special event on March 21 (the day after the 2016 Pan).

Studio 540, in Solana Beach, CA, will host an all-star seminar to help raise funds to a very good cause.

Show up to train with the likes of Rubens Cobrinha, Caio Terra, Gianni Grippo, Abraham Marte, Kristina Barlaan, among others, and join the fight against the stigma of mental illness.

The suggested donation amount is $25 and all the proceeds will go to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Know more about the organization at nami.org.

Know more about Erin’s campaign at submitthestigma.org.

Black belts Rodolfo Vieira, Roberto Cyborg and Abraham Marte will gather for a very special seminar on Feb. 18-21.

They will host the Winter BJJ Camp in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Besides training with some of the best in the business, you will also be helping a good cause.

Part of the proceeds from the seminar will go to underprivileged kids in the country.

Click here to know how to take part in this unique experience

The 2015 New York BJJ Pro is scheduled November 21, at the City College.

The IBJJF event will offer over $30,000 in prizes for selected division winners.

Adult black belts need at least 10 points in the IBJJF ranking to be eligible to register.

All other belts and age groups have no point requirements to register.

The NY BJJ Pro is open to all belts, but there are no prizes for white belts.

Click here for more info and to register now.

The deadline to register is Nov. 12.

The New York BJJ Pro is always the stage for great battles.

In 2014, Bernardo Faria beat Abraham Marte for the ultra-heavy division title.

Here’s how he did it.

Pan Sem Kimono 2015 terá novamente presença dos Miyao. Quem pode pará-los? Foto: Erin Herle

Evento que costuma apinhar o ginásio Nat Holman em Nova York, o Pan de Jiu-Jitsu Sem Kimono ocorre neste sábado, 3 de outubro.

O número um do mundo no esporte, por exemplo, vai estar lá exibindo sua guarda. Trata-se do faixa-preta Paulo Miyao, que vai disputar o evento ao lado do irmão João. Além deles, Otavio Sousa, Neiman Gracie, Robsinho Gracie, Abraham Marte, Gianni Grippo, Garry Tonon, John Satava, Renan Borges, Marcelo Lapela, Matheus Diniz, Dillon Danis e outras feras prometem eletrizar os tapetes instalados no City College.

Confira as tabelas e atletas do evento, aqui. Caso você não esteja em NY, convoque os amigos e assista ao vivo, via pay-per-view, pelo site FloGrappling.com.

Fernando Tererê leads by example and shares his life experience of struggles and redemption.

We paid a visit to him in Rio and bring a little of his routine to our readers.

You will also find Hannette Staack, Abraham Marte, Mike Fowler and much more.

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Abraham Marte at the Master Worlds. Photo: Ivan Trindade

It may surprise you that ultra-heavyweight black belt Abraham Marte lives in a country that doesn’t have a well-developed BJJ scene. Despite being at most major tournaments and event opportunities, the man lives far from where any of them take place. From October to December of last year, Abraham traveled to three countries, competed in four events, missed out on an opportunity due to visa issues and welcomed the birth of his baby daughter.

I asked Abraham to describe his crazy travels during that time to see what each trip entails. The Dominican relies on many people wherever he goes, even to train and prepare for matches:

“Okay. So I traveled to New York and fought at the NY Pro [on October 25]. After that I stayed a week training at Marcelo Garcia’s, which is always awesome. Leandro Lo and Felipe Preguica happened to be in town so it was extra awesome. Then I flew to California for Masters Worlds, and did that tournament for the first time. (I’m actually turning 35 this year). I was able to pull off a double gold and got to fight one of my idols, Comprido in the division final.

After that I headed to Japan, where I trained a bit, taught class at a couple of spots and fought the Asian Open. After the tournament I stayed in Tokyo for like 3 weeks, and got to work with some of the best MMA fighters in Japan, as i was teaching at Yamamoto Sports Academy. Another awesome thing in Japan, other than the food, was that i met another one of my heroes, Master Yuki Nakai.

After Japan I went back home to Santo Domingo. The day I arrived I got a phone call from Costa Rica inviting me to an 8-man invitational no-gi tournament so two days later I went to Costa Rica and fought at the Shidokan event. I stayed a week training with Fernando Moya to start getting ready for my fight with Keenan at Polaris. Somewhere during this time I got staph, which kept getting worse. Moya traveled back to Dominican Republic with me to keep training. We trained for a couple of days until I had to stop because of the staph. I took care of it and took a two week break. Then on Christmas Eve two friends of mine came up from Brazil to help me train for Polaris. So Diogo Moreno and Gutenberg Pereira got here and spent the end of the year here helping me get ready for Polaris, and kicking my ass twice a day every day until January 8.

Unfortunately for reasons out of my control (my theory is the Charlie Hedbo massacre) my visa and passport did not get mailed back to me in time. Although my visa was issued on the 6, it didn’t arrive in time for me to be able to fly to the UK for the match with Keenan.  I am now very sad but understand that everything happens for a reason, and I tried my hardest to make it. But I am also blessed to be able to spend time with my newborn daughter Cristina, whom was born on the 6 of January. So now im just soaking it all in. I decided not to do Europeans (I’ve never been able to do that one) and stay home with my family, and heal my body and get strong for Pans.”

Marte também ficou com a medalha de ouro no pesadíssimo, onde derrotou ninguém menos que Rodrigo Comprido (Brasa). Reveja o confere no torneio da IBJJF:

After nearly seven minutes Calasans frees his leg from Marte’s and although Marte attempts a reversal, Calasans secure the pass points. After a minute Marte turtles to recover his guard and Calasans sits in double guard position to work a leg drag. As he comes up, Marte jumps up with Calasans leg in his hand to earn a sweep. Calasans tries an immediate sweep to counter but Marte stands, then pulls guard then comes up. As Marte tries to get to Calasans back, he ends up bottom as Calasans earns sweep points.

They stand and Marte pulls guard and sweeps to earn two more points but wasn’t able to catch up to Calasans’ total giving the win to Calasans.

Watch the full match here:

Claudio Calasans Jr Photo: Dan Rod/ GRACIEMAG

Claudio Calasans Jr was the standout at the 2014 Asian Open, held this weekend, in Nagoya.

The Brazilian black belt, who is also a judo black belt, felt right at home in Japan and took double gold in the medium-heavy and the open class divisions.

The absolute final was against ultra-heavy champion Abraham Marte.

Here’s the video with the full match.

In the black belt division, the results were:

BLACK / Adult / Male / Rooster
First – Koji Shibamoto – Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy
Second – Masaaki Todokoro – Paraestra
Third – Takahito Yoshioka – Tokushima BJJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Light Feather
First – Takuto Kako – Grappling Shoot Boxers
Second – Hideyuki Yamada – De La Riva JJ
Third – Dai Yoshioka – Tokyo Yellowmans
Third – Wanki Chae – John Frankl Jiu Jitsu

BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
First – Isaque Alberto de Oliveira Paiva – Saikoo Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Eduardo Ramos da Silva – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Ichitaro Tsukada – Damm Fight Japan
Third – Jordan Tomas Gomez – Caveirinha Jiu-Jitsu Family USA

BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
First – Roberto Satoshi de Souza – Bull-Terrier Bonsai
Second – Tatsuya Kaneko – Paraestra
Third – Hirokazu Takamoto – PGN Higashiyamato
Third – Alex Cabanes Gisbert – Calasans BJJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
First – Rodrigo Benedito Caporal – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Jason Caulfield – Nova União Australia
Third – Soon Sung Bae – Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy
Third – Akifumi Kawazoe – Gracie Barra

BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
First – Claudio Calasans Camargo Júnior – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Julien Cazier – Gracie Barra
Third – Sonoda Vinicius Kendy – Ogawa Jiu Jitsu

BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
First – Eliot Andrew Kelly – Yemaso Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Second – Howon Jung – John Frankl Jiu Jitsu
Third – Tiago Shiokawa Franca – Ogawa Jiu Jitsu

BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy
First – Marcos Yoshio de Souza – Bull-Terrier Bonsai
Second – Syusei Tagawa – Fukuzumi Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Leigh Michael Burger – Will/Machado

BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy
First – Abraham J. Marte Messina – Yamasaki Academy International
Second – Charles Gaspar Costa – Impacto Japan B.J.J.

BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
First – Claudio Calasans Camargo Júnior – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Abraham J. Marte Messina – Yamasaki Academy International
Third – Rodrigo Benedito Caporal – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Howon Jung – John Frankl Jiu Jitsu

BLACK / Adult / Female / Feather
First – Mackenzie Lynne Dern – Gracie Humaita

BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class
First – Mackenzie Lynne Dern – Gracie Humaita

In the teams competition, the final podiums were:

Adult Male – Asian International Open 2014
1 – Impacto Japan B.J.J. – 58
2 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 52
3 – Bull-Terrier Bonsai – 37

Adult Female – Asian International Open 2014
1 – Purebred Jiu Jitsu Guam – 36
2 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 18
3 – Bruno Bastos Association – 18

For the full results, go to ibjjf.com

Do lado de lá, a final do absoluto masculino faixa-preta ficou entre Claudio Calasans (Atos) e Abraham Marte (Yamasaki Academy). Ambos campeões em suas categorias de peso (médio e pesadíssimo, respectivamente), eles se digladiaram nos 10min regulamentares do combate, com Calasans como vencedor ao fim do duelo.

Confira, no vídeo abaixo, este choque de feras! E para conferir todos os resultados do torneio, clique aqui.

Abraham Marte, campeão absoluto master 1. Foto: Carol Gracie/GRACIEMAG

O Mundial Master de Jiu-Jitsu foi repleto de emoções em mais de dez horas de campeonato nesse domingo, dia 2 de novembro, em Long Beach, na Califórnia.

Abraham Marte foi o destaque principal, ao usar um triângulo plástico para sufocar Thiago Pereira em pouco mais de 30 segundos na final do absoluto master 1. Marte também ficou com a medalha de ouro no pesadíssimo, onde derrotou ninguém menos que Rodrigo Comprido.

A divisão master 2 coroou o faixa-preta Roberto Godói como campeão absoluto. Para ficar com o ouro, o Jason venceu Ranieri de Albuquerque. O master 3 foi dominado por Richard Martin, que beliscou duas medalhas de ouro, ao derrotar a fera do MMA Elvis Sinosic no peso pesado; e Stephen Hall na final do absoluto.

O aberto do master 4 foi fechado pelos velhos amigos e parceiros de treinos Wellington Megaton e Admilson Juquinha Brites. Ambos os atletas venceram no peso também: Megaton no pena e Brites no leve.

Stephen Kamphuis brilhou no master 5, ao conquistar o título absoluto. Ele teve de vencer Tom Reusing por uma vantagem. Já no master 6, o dono do trono absoluto foi Brian Beauchamp, que usou o estrangulamento da montada para finalizar Patrick Worley e ficar com o ouro.

Por equipes, o resultado foi:

Masculino:

1. Gracie Barra – 265
2. Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu – 201
3. Brasa – 172

Feminino:

1. Alliance – 64
2. Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu – 45
3. Gracie Humaitá – 43

Para ver todos os resultados, clique aqui.

Another great match up at last weekend’s BJJ Pro New York was the ultra-heavy final between Bernardo Faria and Abraham Marte.

Watch how the match went down until a submission win by one of the fighters.