GMA Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu Luxembourg at NAGA Germany. Photo: Personal archive

On May 24, the competitors of GMA Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu Luxembourg – Team Miketo Resch participated in the 2014 edition of the NAGA Germany Championship. By the end of the day, the team had earned three medals to bring back home.

In the teen division, Kai Possenti earned the bronze medal in the white belt gi lightweight category and Nick Kunnert received gold in the white belt gi heavyweight category. Both athletes are fifteen years old.

Most mentionable is Ken Possenti who fought in the adult white belt welterweight category. He started in the 22-men strong category being the lightest competitor amongst them and finished second, bringing the silver medal home!

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Master Ricardo Cavalcanti with Miketo Resch’s student Bjorn. Photo: Personal Archive

Mike ‘Miketo’ Resch of GMA Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu Luxembourg sent two of his students to the U.S. recently. From April 26 to May 10 the students will train at the headquarters of Master Ricardo Cavalcanti’s.

Recently the students competed at the 2014 IBJJF Las Vegas Spring Open and earned a bronze for their team.

Here, Miketo explains the accomplishment of his student and the team:

“One of my two fighters, Björn Backes, who also helps me to establish a Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Team in Germany got the bronze medal in the adult white belts heavyweight category.

Considering that this was Björn’s first major Jiu-Jitsu competition ever, I am very proud of this result.

I would especially like to thank thank Raphael Geib from Germany, who provides us a training room in his martial arts academy in order to establish Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Germany! My biggest thanks go to my master and friend Master Ricardo Cavalcanti for taking care of my competitors and coaching them, as I was not able to travel with them!”

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On Mar. 4 the City of Esch-sur-Alzette, the hometown of GMA Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Luxembourg, organized the annual “Merit of Sports” Award Ceremony.

Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Luxembourg competitors Raphael Geib and Jing Zhu had the “Merit of Sports Award” handed out by the Mayor, in presence of some members of the city council. In the crowded City Theater of Esch-sur-Alzette, the competitors received the award for their great results at the 2013 NAGA Europe Championship.

Jing Zhu earned bronze in both gi and no-gi. Raphael Geib earned silver in gi.

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Master Cavalcanti with Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu Luxembourg. Photo: Personal Archive

GMA Cavalcanti Jiu-Jisu Luxembourg hosted Master Ricardo Cavalcanti during their annual training camp in November. The yearly tradition is scheduled around the same time as the NAGA Europe Championship in Paris.

Head instructor Mike “Miketo” Resch, as leader of Team Cavalcanti in Europe, arranged four seminars for Cavalcanti: two in Paris, one in Luxembourg, one in Germany. The two in Paris, Cercle Tissier and Team Shinko BJJ, are two of the oldest and most renowned martial arts academy in the area. Resch says, “I wanted to offer Master Ricardo Cavalcanti the possibility to spread his knowledge as much as possible.”

As for the competition, the Luxembourg team brought seven competitors and two of them returned with medals around their necks. The results are as follows:

Jing Zhu earned a bronze medal in the white belt gi heavyweight division and a bronze medal in the no-gi beginner heavyweight division.
Raphael Geib in his first Jiu-Jitsu tournament earned a silver medal in the white belt heavyweight master division.

To complete Master Cavalcanti’s visit, he led a belt ceremony with belt testing and rank evaluations. Students were promoted as follows:

Purple belt: Mike Resch
Blue belt: Jing Zhu, Joe Possenti
Stripe promotions: David Strotz blue belt three stripes, Ken Possenti white belt four stripes, Alex Carvalho Balsa and Björn Backes white belt three stripes, Stefan Klein, Alex Nielk and Henrik Steffen white belt one stripe
Kids and youth promotions: Max Strotz grey and white belt, Jim Konsbruck white belt one stripe

Resch plans for another great edition of the “Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Luxembourg Training Camp & Seminar Series” in 2014 as 2013 was their most successful yet.

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Professor:

Black Belt Ricardo Cavalcanti

Address: 9, rue des Mines, L-4244 Esch-sur-Alzette

Phone: 00352 621 756 013

Website: www.rcjiujitsu-luxembourg.com

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

About:

Our Motto ‘Work out like a warrior : Stand-up Fighting – Ground fighting – Self Defense’  is synonym of our curriculum.

Thus, our members can work out in the 3 core elements of martial arts that in ‘old times’ were characteristic of ‘warriors’.

CAVALCANTI JIU JITSU LUXEMBOURG is the perfect place if your want to explore your own physical and mental skills, as well as learning to defend yourself.

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