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agosto 19, 2015

Watch the two matches that put Paulo Miyao at the top of the male black belt ranking

Paulo Miyao did something unprecedented this week when he reached the top of the IBJJF male adult black belt ranking. With 883.5pts, the 2015 light-featherweight…

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agosto 11, 2015

Renzo Gracie promotes movie director Guy Ritchie to black belt ranking

Renzo Gracie promoted another one of his famous pupils. Filmmaker Guy Ritchie, director of blockbusters such as Snatch andSherlock Holmes received the black belt this Monday,…

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The male and female top 10 ranked athletes during ceremony at the 2015 Worlds. Photo: Kenny Jewel/IBJJF

julho 22, 2015

IBJJF to award $10K to adult black belt ranking leaders of 2015/2016 season

The IBJJF announced this wednesday another incentive for adult black belts to compete as much as they can. At the end of the 2015/2016 season…

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julho 15, 2015

Bernardo Faria still IBJJF adult male black belt ranking leader

Turns out Bernardo Faria never lost his crown of leader of the IBJJF adult male black belt rankings. A technical glitch last Saturday made the…

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julho 9, 2015

Cesar Pereira teaches seminar and promotes student to first degree black belt

GMA member Cesar Pereira, leader of Cesar Pereira BJJ, was at Carlisle, PA, on July 3 for a seminar at Tiger Shark Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The school…

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Buchecha is the leader of the adult male black belt ranking

maio 22, 2015

Remember the best quotes from the last 19 years of history of the World Jiu-Jitsu championship

It’s not just submissions, takedowns; guard passes and sweeps that make up the history of the Jiu-Jitsu Worlds. The mat wizards who inhabit the pantheon…

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abril 15, 2015

Marcelo Garcia thinks working out will just waste energy you need to roll. Do you agree?

In this interview to Stuart Cooper, four-time ADCC champion and five-time world champion Marcelo Garcia comments on his approach to working out for Jiu-Jitsu. He…

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abril 14, 2015

Marcelo Garcia promotes Diniz, Khera, Danis to black belt

Marcelo Garcia added three new black belts to his team. After great showing at the New York Spring Open last weekend, Matheus Diniz, Mansher Khera…

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abril 10, 2015

It’s time! IBJJF opens registration for the 2015 World championship

It's that time of the year again. The registration period for the 2015b World Jiu-Jitsu championship is officially open. Hurry and register now to be…

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abril 7, 2015

Cassio Werneck promotes two students to black belt rank

Earlier this year, GMA member Cassio Werneck awarded black belts to two very deserving Jiu-Jitsu practitioners, John Garcia and Mike Uhlinger. John has been training…

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abril 7, 2015

2015 Worlds: 241 athletes already pre-qualified to compete in the black belt division

The 2015 world championship is roughly one month and a half away, so it's time to check out who are the black belts already pre-qualified…

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fevereiro 26, 2015

Remember Alex Trans vs Keenan Cornelius at the 2014 Pan

These two Jiu-Jitsu black belt fighters, Alex Trans(Checkmat) and Keenan Cornelius(Atos) have already signed up to compete at the 2015 Pan. So, there might be…

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