Aquecimento na Prime Jiu-Jitsu Center, em Colorado Springs, no Colorado. Foto: Divulgação/GRACIEMAG.

Aberta oficialmente no último fim de semana, a Prime Jiu-Jitsu Center promete levar a Colorado Springs, no estado do Colorado, o melhor do Jiu-Jitsu brasileiro. E a nova escola de Carlos Santos e Marcelo Motta ainda tem oferecido aulas grátis para os interessados em começar no Jiu-Jitsu. Passe lá e diga que você é leitor de GRACIEMAG, que ganha uma moleza.

Aproveite e confira com Marcelo Motta, o popular “Guardinha”, duas finalizações de dentro da guarda partindo de uma variação com os pés na cintura. “O detalhe principal é prender o braço do adversário com a perna”, ensina Guardinha. Achou as posições eficientes? Debata com a gente e os demais praticantes.

Warmup at Prime Jiu-Jitsu Center, in Colorado Springs, Colorado / Photo: Publicity/GRACIEMAG

Having officially opened its doors for business last weekend, Prime Jiu-Jitsu Center is bringing the finest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to Colorado Springs, in the US state of Colorado. And the new school headed by Carlos Santos and Marcelo Motta is even offering free classes to those interested in getting their feet wet in the gentle art. Drop by the school and say you’re a GRACIEMAG reader; you’ll get a freebie.

And check out Marcelo Motta, otherwise known as “Guardinha,” teaching two finishes from the guard. “The key point is to trap the opponent’s arm with your leg,” Guardinha elaborates. Find the moves to be effective? Debate them with us and the other pracitioners on this board.

More than one hundred grapplers from around the country will converge on the Armed Forces Officers’ Club (AFOC) tonight for the third annual No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Cup.

The event is part of the 14th annual AFOC Ramadan Games Open Sports Festival, and is organised by the Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Team.
Spectators are sure to enjoy the technical aspect of submission fighting as well as some great grappling manoeuvres from chokes to arm and leg locks and maybe some take downs as well. Some of the country’s best grapplers from a wide range of nationalities will compete for little more than bragging rights.
Weight classes are under 65kg, under 74kg, under 83kg, under 92kg, over 92kg and open weight. First prize in each weight class is dirham 8,000 and second prize is 2,000.
The Cup will also showcase some of the up and comers in the sport with a division for beginners with less than six months experience.
The weight classes for beginners are under 63kg and over 63kg.
Prize money is set at 3,000 for first place in each weight class and 1,000 for second place in each weight class.
“We are very happy to participate in the Ramadan Games and we would like to thank AFOC for supporting this sport,” Carlos Santos of the Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Team told newspaper “Gulf News”. “Participation for this year’s cup is about the same as last year. Now that Ramadan takes place in the summer it is getting harder to find fighters as most people are on vacation,” Santos explained.
The tournament will begin tonight at 9pm, Abu Dhabi time, at AFOC.