Professor:

Black Belt Bruce Shepherd proud of his purple-belt student.

Address: 2100 Maxwell Avenue, Evansville, IN 47711

Phone: 1 812 401 1111

Website: www.thejiujitsuacademy.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJiuJitsuAcademy

About:

The Jiu Jitsu Academy is a state of the art facility conveniently located in Southern Indiana. Classes are centered on Gracie Jiu Jitsu, submission grappling, and self-defense. Students are taught through group classes and personalized attention.

The Jiu Jitsu Academy offers a clean and safe learning environment that everyone from toddler to senior can benefit from. Classes are offered to all ages, regardless of previous knowledge or ability. From the serious competitor to the beginner looking to keep in shape, there is a class for everyone.

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GMA member Bruce Shepherd welcomed Grandmaster Francisco Mansor for a seminar last Sunday.

The 9th degree red belt was in Evansville, Indiana, to teach a a special class.

“It was a great honor to have Mansor at the academy”, said Shepherd, leader of The Jiu-Jitsu Academy.

Among other priceless lessons, Mansor told the students: “Everybody thinks you need power, but in Jiu-Jitsu you don’t need power.”

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Shepherd, Fortune

GMA member Bruce Shepherd is specially proud of one of his purple belts.

The leader of The Jiu-Jitsu Academy, in Evansville, Indiana, lets us know that Chris Fortune did very well at the recent International Master & Seniors, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Fortune took first place at the purple belt senior 1 super-heavyweight division.

At the absolute, Chris took 3rd in the open class.

“Chris worked extremely hard training for this competition and we are all very proud of him!” wrote Shepherd.

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The 3rd degree black belt got married to brown belt Amanda Wilson last July in a small ceremony to friends and family.

Amanda (right) on the Podium

When the couple thought about the honeymoon, Rio came to mind and the opportunity to compete at the Rio International Open made the trip more worth than ever.

Bruce (left) competing

Here is what Amanda has to say about the experience:

“This year’s Rio International / Masters & Seniors Tournament was more than just a competition for my husband and I, it was also our honeymoon.

My husband, Bruce Shepherd, is a 3 stripe black belt under Marcelo Ferreira and I am a 3 stripe brown belt under Marcelo. Bruce has trained 15+ years and has enjoyed many successes in both competitions and his Academy.

This is the second year that we have competed in the Rio Tournament and we both enjoy the high level of competition and sportsmanship displayed. We spent the week leading up to the tournament training at Marcelo’s Academy in Rio with our friends and second family.

We are both lucky to count among friends many high level Jiu-Jitsu practitioners to train with while in Brazil.

In between training we made time to do some sightseeing – Corcavado and Sugarloaf. The monkeys were adorable!

Monkeys at "Pão de Açucar" (Sugar Loaf Mountain)

While it may not be considered a traditional honeymoon, I wouldn’t have changed it for the world. It was awesome to spend the time with friends while doing a sport that we both enjoy together!”

For more info, go to thejiujitsuacademy.com

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Roger Gracie at Evansville

If you live in Evansville, Indiana, and train Jiu-Jitsu at The Jiu-Jitsu Academy, you will from now on have access to GRACIEMAG.

The academy is now a part of the GMA network.

The Jiu-jitsu Academy, in Evansville, is headed by Bruce Shepherd, a 3rd degree black belt under Marcelo Ferreira.

Professor Shepherd has been a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 1993.

He has won numerous awards around the world in both Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA.

He is a US Nationals, European Cup and Indiana State Judo Champion to name a few.

Professor Shepherd is continually training and seeking knowledge from top practitioners around the world.

We welcome the new GMA member.

For more info, go to thejiujitsuacademy.com

Do you own a Jiu-Jitsu academy and want to have your school featured  on GRACIEMAG.com? It’s easy, all you need to do is to become a GMA member. Click here and find out how.