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A legendary BJJ fighter and a teacher at Gracie Barra Birmingham, today Braulio Estima brings you a crucial tip for finishing via Estima lock.

To apply this lock, perfected by Braulio and his brother Victor through years of competing in the world’s biggest tournaments, one must isolate the foot that will be attacked, use a grip like in a rear naked choke, and sit with the opponent’s foot held fast.

The secret is explained by Braulio. First he points to the need for your opponent’s leg to be flexed so that they don’t have the body angle to spin and defend. Grip made, with the Achilles heel locked in the curvature between bicep and forearm, Braulio sits and positions himself to squeeze with his leg locked on his opponent’s hip so that said opponent has less mobility to spin.

Watch the following video to see the technique in motion.

Gracie Barra Birmingham
123 Bath Row
Birmingham City Centre, UK B15 1LS
# 0121 616 2760
info@gbbirmingham.com
http://gbbirmingham.com/
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Bráulio Estima em foto de Erin Herle/GRACIEMAG

Consagrado faixa-preta de Jiu-Jitsu e professor na nossa GMI Gracie Barra Birmingham, na Inglaterra, Braulio Estima traz o macete crucial para você finalizar com propriedade no Estima Lock.

Para aplicar a chave, aprimorada por Braulio e o irmão Victor Estima ao longo de anos nos maiores torneio de Jiu-Jitsu do mundo, é preciso isolar o pé adversário que será atacado, aplicar uma pegada tal qual a do mata-leão, e sentar-se com o pé do adversário justo no golpe.

O segredo para aplicar a finalização com maestria é explicado por Braulio. Primeiro, o faixa-preta atenta para que a perna do adversário esteja flexionada, para que este não tenha ângulo corporal para girar e defender. Depois de feita a pegada, com o calcanhar de aquiles encaixado na curvatura entre o bíceps e o antebraço, Braulio senta e se posiciona para arrochar, com sua perna encaixada no quadril inimigo para que este tenha menos mobilidade para girar.

Para conferir os detalhes da posição, com a explicação detalhada do professor, veja o vídeo abaixo!

Gracie Barra Birmingham
123 Bath Row
Birmingham City Centre, UK B15 1LS
# 0121 616 2760
info@gbbirmingham.com
http://gbbirmingham.com/
@gb_birmingham

In order to gain access, head to www.estimainaction.com and sign up to be one of the first. The full site is set to launch tomorrow, Friday Aug. 8.

In the meantime, check out this kneebar from spider guard for a sample:

In just January alone, the head instructor of GMA GB Birmingham started in Brazil, worked his way to Europe for Brussels and Amsterdam and finished with a European camp in Lisbon, Portugal.

In response to the camp, Braulio says:”Thank you guys for the support once again. Even In the middle of the camp, Europeans and with 3 days notice and still full house. Really appreciated. Thanks prof Alex Machado.”

Check out the photos below of his tour:

More information about Braulio Estima and his GMA academy can be found at: www.gbbirmingham.com

The IBJJF London Open has both gi and no-gi divisions on Oct. 19-20

On the weekend of Oct. 19 and 20 there will be be two IBJJF championships around the globe. On Saturday, Oct. 19 Miami Open will have its one-day event. In the UK, the London Open will be held on both Saturday and Sunday for gi and no-gi divisions.

Both tournaments offer chances to earn an IBJJF title, compete against international athletes and test your skills no matter you experience level.

The deadline is fast approaching. You must register by Friday, Oct. 4 at 11:59 PST.

To register, go to www.ibjjf.org

The location for Miami Open is: Miami Dade College – Kendall Campus 11011 SW 104th Street Miami, FL 33176

The location for London Open is: Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Ledrington Road, London SE19 2BB

Athletes already registered for Miami Open include members from GMA academies such as Fight Sports Miami, Gracie Del Mar, Alliance Ecuador, Renzo Gracie Academy, Renato Tavares Association, Soca BJJ, Roberto Traven BJJ and more!

In London we have GMA academies: Choke Academy, Drysdale BJJ, Gracie Barra Birmingham, Roger Gracie Academy, Gracie Barra Santa Barbara and more!

Professor:

Black Belt Braulio Estima

Address: 123 Bath Row, Birmingham City Centre, UK B15 1LS

Phone: 0121 616 2760

Website: www.graciebarrabirmingham.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/GracieBarraBham

About:

GB Birmingham in the heart of UK is a dream coming true. Firstly opened in 1997 by the Very first person to bring BJJ to Europe, Master Mauricio Motta Gomes, thereafter passed on to Braulio Estima in 2003 our school has acted upon the responsibility of being the main teaching reference inside the GB Family in Europe. We are now consisted of hundreds of students at all ages, gender and backgrounds, building a diverse brotherhood committed to the life long journey of self mastery provided by Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Video:

GMA member Braulio Estima just awarded his 11th black belt.

Graham Keys became the first black belt in Northern Ireland and the 3rd in Ireland overall.

Graham’s club was one of the first clubs founded in the UK by Maurico Gomes in 1998.

Here’s a video of this very special promotion:

For more info, go to graciebarrabirmingham.com

GMA member Braulio Estima had a end of the year graduation ceremony worth remembering.

The leader of Gracie Barra Birmingham, in the UK, gathered 160 students for the event.

He graduated 59 of them to new belts.

Estima tells us how things went: “It was the biggest ever for me. I awarded 36 blue belts, 10 purple belts, six brown belts and seven black belts”.

Adding it up, Braulio now is the proud master of 10 black belts.

Congrats to all!

For more info, go to graciebarrabirmingham.com

There they taught some of the moves that put the siblings at the top of the Jiu-Jitsu world.

Here is a trailer of what went down at the class, with short interviews with Rafael, Guilherme and Braulio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grWFfmcG7JI

For more info, go to graciebarrabirmingham.com

If you are travelling to England to attend de the 2011 ADCC in Nottingham, here is a great reason to stick arround for a few days more.

Brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes will be teaching a seminar at GMA member school Gracie Barra Birmingham on September 28th.

Braulio Estima will be the host of that very special class.

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from the two time world champions Rafael and Guilherme.

For more info, go to graciebarrabirmingham.com

He welcomed fellow GMA member Braulio Estima for a Gi class at his Gracie Barra London Bridge.

Three times World champion and the current ADCC absolute and -88kg divisions winner, Estima had a full class to teach his always impressive techniques.

Here is a picture of the group afterwards.

For more info, go to ecbjj.co.uk, graciebarrabirmingham.com

Victor won the absolute with tapouts in every match. Photo: publicity.

This weekend in England the third installment of the British Open, organized by our GMA Bráulio “Carcará” Estima, took place.

The Gracie Barra teacher counted more than 800 fighters and sent in a review of the biggest news from the tourney.

“There were over 800 signed up, a record for Jiu-Jitsu competitions here in the United Kingdom. Even with so many athletes, the competition ended earlier than expected,” reported Bráulio.

British punctuality was not the only thing the Brazilian was celebrating: “The standout at black belt was (my brother) Victor Estima, winning the absolute by submitting all his opponents. He won trophy in memory of our great friend Steve fan, one of the organizers of the first events, who passed away early this year. The absolute final was against one of the sport’s sensations here, Michael Russell. Victor ended up getting the submission, a tight footlock 2:30 minutes into the fight. Stuart Gwilt won the absolute championship, then his weight group too.”

Carcará was pleased with how successful the tournament was, while he recovers from back surgery: “I’m really glad our sport is taking another step forward in its evolution.”

The team placement was as follows:

1) Gracie Barra Birmingham
2) Roger Gracie Academy
3) Gracie Barra Midlands
4) CheckMat