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		<title>Bochecha explains part played by camp and Rodrigo Cavaca at Jiu-Jitsu Worlds</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Via Facebook, the 2012 absolute black belt champion of the world, Marcus Vinicius “Bochecha” Almeida, recounted a bit of what he went through in the lead-up to his unforgettable campaign at the Long Beach Pyramid, where the nine matches he won netted him two hard-fought gold medals. GRACIEMAG.com filtered out some of the highlights of&#8230;</p>
The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/bochecha-explains-part-played-by-camp-and-rodrigo-cavaca-at-jiu-jitsu-worlds/">Bochecha explains part played by camp and Rodrigo Cavaca at Jiu-Jitsu Worlds</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Via Facebook, the 2012 absolute black belt champion of the world, Marcus Vinicius “Bochecha” Almeida, recounted a bit of what he went through in the lead-up to his unforgettable campaign at the Long Beach Pyramid, where the nine matches he won netted him two hard-fought gold medals.</p>
<p>GRACIEMAG.com filtered out some of the highlights of his post, which follow below. To remember all the champions, visit the <a title="Site da IBJJF" href="http://www.ibjjf.org" target="_blank">IBJJF.org website by clicking here.</a></p>
<p>“In 2002, my sister Ana Kelly Almeida started practicing a sport called Jiu-Jitsu. Then my dad, Clayton Ferreira de Almeida, who hadn&#8217;t a clue what it was all about, bought a gi and started practicing just to accompany his daughter and find out what she was getting into. He ended up getting addicted to and fanatical about it, and after that he convinced me to practice with them. I remember the first Jiu-Jitsu magazines that he bought. At the time, he and I were fans of Marcio Pé de Pan, among others, and I never imagined that ten years later I&#8217;d be competing at a Jiu-Jitsu World Championship as a black belt and against one of our first idols in the sport.</p>
<p>“I had the pleasure of competing against him and knowing that I am a part of his story, since he and Comprido said that this year would be their last as competitors. Of course, besides him, I faced athletes of the highest caliber and friends of mine too. Thank God, after all these years, I managed to fulfill a dream that I always had: of being a world champion at weight and open weight—the same dream every practitioner of the art has.</p>
<div id="attachment_63950" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.graciemag.com/?attachment_id=63950" rel="attachment wp-att-63950"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-63950" class="size-full wp-image-63950" title="7339223576_84fa85696e" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/7339223576_84fa85696e.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="278" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-63950" class="wp-caption-text">Marcus Vinicius &quot;Bochecha&quot; goes for a sweep on Léo Nogueira in the absolute final at the 2012 Worlds. Photo: Dan Rod/GRACIEMAG.com.</p></div>
<p>“Ever since 2008 I&#8217;ve been achieving this at the other belts. I won at weight and open weight for the first time as a blue belt, and in 2009 again I won two gold medals, as a purple belt, along with Yuri Simões. In 2010, I won weight and absolute again, but this time with Antonio Carlos Junior. In 2011, on my debut as a black belt, I ended up losing in the absolute semifinal and came up short at weight, But in 2012, after dealing with numerous problems, I got focused and became closer with my buddy Lucas Leite when I went to live and train with him and everyone who lives here. Halfway through the training camp, an unexpected visitor showed up, my other buddy Raphael Chaves, who moved to California to live with us. He&#8217;s the one who helped me a lot when I moved to America in 2011.</p>
<p>“At the camp I was certain I&#8217;d become champion, since I trained like never before in my life and learned so much. A lot of what I learned in the days leading up to the championship was essential to my winning. Of course, my master, friend and brother Rodrigo Cavaca was also there. He&#8217;s the one who always told me I&#8217;d make it to where I am, that I&#8217;d achieve my goal.</p>
<p>“In the absolute final, I was losing by 4 to 0 and had already given up on the match—I was complaining of stalling. Then I looked at him. It was Cavaca who gave me the strength and showed me the way to win. He always believed in me even more than I did myself. I think in every match where I was losing or getting squashed I&#8217;d remember all the people who were part of the training camp and who were always rooting for me, whether in the Pyramid, Santos or in Catiapoã. Before going in to fight, I also remembered a talk with Alan do Nascimento: &#8216;Finfou, to beat me today they&#8217;ll have to choke my lights out or break something, because I&#8217;m not leaving without giving everything I&#8217;ve got.&#8217; And that&#8217;s what I did; I didn&#8217;t give up at any moment, and after nine hard-fought matches, I managed to become the ultraheavyweight and absolute champion of the 2012 World Championship as a black belt.</p>
<p>“I can only thank all these people and my friends from Santos who were with me and Thiago Abreu, who was with me and was a part of numerous international titles, because everyone knows how much he helped me, besides him getting really sad that I didn&#8217;t show up for the party (laughs)! Besides him, I remember everyone who was here—there are so many names, but everyone who was a part of it knows who I&#8217;m talking about. Of course I can&#8217;t forget my number-one fan, my mother, Elisabete de Almeida! I&#8217;m so thankful to you all from the bottom of my heart, and of course to God. Thank you so much! OSSSS”</p>The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/bochecha-explains-part-played-by-camp-and-rodrigo-cavaca-at-jiu-jitsu-worlds/">Bochecha explains part played by camp and Rodrigo Cavaca at Jiu-Jitsu Worlds</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Bochecha detalha papel do camp e de Rodrigo Cavaca no Mundial de Jiu-Jitsu</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Pelo Facebook, o faixa-preta campeão mundial absoluto de 2012, Marcus Vinicius Almeida, o Bochecha, contou um pouco do que passou antes da campanha inesquecível na Pirâmide de Long Beach, onde conquistou nove vitórias e duas medalhas de ouro a duras penas. GRACIEMAG.com pescou os melhores momentos, a seguir. Para relembrar todos os campeões, visite IBJJF.org,&#8230;</p>
The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/bochecha-detalha-papel-do-camp-e-de-rodrigo-cavaca-no-mundial-de-jiu-jitsu/">Bochecha detalha papel do camp e de Rodrigo Cavaca no Mundial de Jiu-Jitsu</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pelo Facebook, o faixa-preta campeão mundial absoluto de 2012, Marcus Vinicius Almeida, o Bochecha, contou um pouco do que passou antes da campanha inesquecível na Pirâmide de Long Beach, onde conquistou nove vitórias e duas medalhas de ouro a duras penas.</p>
<p>GRACIEMAG.com pescou os melhores momentos, a seguir. Para relembrar todos os campeões, visite <a title="Site da IBJJF" href="http://www.ibjjf.org" target="_blank">IBJJF.org, aqui.</a></p>
<p>&#8220;No ano de 2002, minha irmã Ana Kelly Almeida começou a praticar um esporte chamado Jiu-Jitsu. Em seguida, meu pai Clayton Ferreira de Almeida, não sabendo do que se tratava, tratou de comprar um kimono e começou a praticar só para acompanhar a filha e saber aonde ela estava se metendo. Acabou que ele ficou viciado e fanático, e a partir daí acabou me convencendo a praticar junto com eles. Lembro das primeiras revistas de Jiu-Jitsu que ele comprou. Na época, ele e eu viramos fãs de Marcio Pé de Pano, entre outros, e nunca imaginei depois de dez anos que eu estaria lutando um Campeonato Mundial de Jiu-Jitsu na faixa-preta contra um de nossos primeiros ídolos do esporte.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tive o prazer de fazer uma luta com ele e saber que eu fiz parte da história dele, pois ele e o Comprido disseram que este ano foi o último para eles. Claro que, além dele, enfrentei atletas de altíssimo nível e lutei com amigos também. Graças a Deus. depois de todos esses anos. consegui alcançar um dos sonhos que sempre tive, o de ser campeão mundial no peso e na categoria aberta, que é o sonho de qualquer um que pratica essa arte.</p>
<div id="attachment_63950" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.graciemag.com/pt/2012/06/bochecha-detalha-papel-do-camp-e-de-rodrigo-cavaca-no-mundial-de-jiu-jitsu/7339223576_84fa85696e/" rel="attachment wp-att-63950"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-63950" class="size-full wp-image-63950" title="7339223576_84fa85696e" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/7339223576_84fa85696e.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="278" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-63950" class="wp-caption-text">Marcus Vinicius Buchecha investe na raspagem em cima de Léo Nogueira, na final do absoluto no Mundial 2012. Foto: Dan Rod/GRACIEMAG.com</p></div>
<p>&#8220;Desde 2008 venho conseguindo esse feito em outras faixas. Ganhei a primeira vez a categoria de peso e o absoluto na faixa azul, em 2009 novamente vieram duas medalhas de ouro, na roxa, junto com Yuri Simões. Em 2010, venci peso e absoluto de novo, só que agora com Antonio Carlos Júnior. Em 2011, na estreia de preta, acabei perdendo na semifinal do absoluto e bati na trave na categoria. Mas em 2012, depois de ter enfrentado muitos problemas, me foquei e foi onde me aproximei mais do meu irmãozão Lucas Leite, quando vim morar com ele na Califórnia e treinar com todos que moram aqui. No meio do camp, uma visita inesperada e definitiva apareceu, meu outro irmão Raphael Chaves, que se mudou para a Califórnia e veio morar com a gente, ele que me ajudou muito assim que mudei para a América em 2011.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nesse camp tive a certeza que eu iria ser campeão, pois treinei como nunca na minha vida e aprendi demais, muito do que aprendi dias antes do campeonato foi essencial para a minha vitória. Claro, teve ainda a presença do meu mestre, amigo e irmão Rodrigo Cavaca, ele que sempre falou que eu iria chegar até aqui, que eu iria alcançar esse objetivo.</p>
<p>&#8220;Na final do absoluto, eu estava perdendo por 4 a 0 e já tinha desistido da luta – comecei a reclamar de amarração. Aí olhei para ele. Foi Cavaca que me deu forças e o caminho para a vitória, ele acreditou mais em mim do que eu mesmo. Acho que em toda luta que eu estava perdendo ou sendo amassado eu lembrava de todas essas pessoas e todos que fizeram parte do camp e que sempre torceram e estavam torcendo, seja lá na Pirâmide, em Santos ou no Catiapoã. Antes de entrar para lutar, eu lembro inclusive que falei para o Alan do Nascimento: &#8216;Finfou, para ganharem de mim hoje vão ter de me apagar ou quebrar alguma coisa, porque não vou sair de lá sem dar tudo o que eu tenho.&#8217; E foi o que eu fiz, não desisti em momento algum e consegui, após nove lutas duríssimas, ser campeão do Mundial 2012 no peso pesadíssimo e na divisão absoluto na faixa-preta.</p>
<p>&#8220;Só tenho a agradecer todas essas pessoas e meus amigos de Santos que estavam comigo, ao Thiago Abreu que sempre esteve comigo e fez parte de muitos títulos internacionais, porque todos sabem que ele me ajudou e muito, além de ele ficar muito triste porque eu não apareci na festa (Risos)! Além dele, lembro de todos que estavam aqui, são muitos nomes, mas todos que fizeram parte sabem do que estou falando. Claro que não poderia esquecer da minha fã número um, minha mãe Elisabete de Almeida! Sou muito grato a todos do fundo do meu coração e claro a Deus, muito obrigado! OSSSS&#8221;</p>The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/bochecha-detalha-papel-do-camp-e-de-rodrigo-cavaca-no-mundial-de-jiu-jitsu/">Bochecha detalha papel do camp e de Rodrigo Cavaca no Mundial de Jiu-Jitsu</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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