Cavalcanti International team at the 2014 NAGA Europe Championship. Photo: Personal archive

Professor Ricardo Cavalcanti of GMA Carlson Gracie Las Vegas – Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu, is currently in the midst of his 2014 European Seminar Tour and Luxembourg Training Camp. But as a stop on the way, he was able to help coach his affiliated students to numerous victories.

On the weekend of Nov. 15, the Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Teams from Luxembourg, GMA Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu Luxembourg, and Poland gathered in Paris to compete side by side at the 2014 NAGA Europe Championship.

The Cavalcanti International Team entered with more than 15 competitors in different categories.

By the end of the tournament, the crew had accumulated:
6 gold medals
3 silver medals
3 bronze medals
1 NAGA championship belt

Learn more about Master Ricardo Cavalcanti and his international tour/affiliates by visiting www.rcjiujitsu.com

Here, Cavalcanti shows how to prepare the grips when your opponent is on all fours. Check it out:

Master Ricardo Cavalcanti of GMA Carlson Gracie Team Las Vegas – Cavalcanti BJJ will be headed to Europe for a seminar tour starting in November. Traveling from Las Vegas, NV, the fifth degree black belt will be sharing his knowledge to other parts of the world.

The dates and locations are as follows:

Nov. 8 & 9 in Poland: Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Poland – MMA Poznan

Nov. 14 in France: Budo Club Cergy – Shinko Team and Cercle Tissier

Nov. 17 in Belgium: Jeet Kune Do – Dragon Style School

Nov. 21 in Luxembourg: Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Luxembourg – Team Miketo (European headquarters)

Nov. 22 in Germany: Cavalcanti Jiu Jitsu Germany – Kampfsportschule Geib

To find out more information as it comes, check out http://cavalcantijiujitsu2104seminarseries.wordpress.com/

To learn more about Cavalcanti BJJ visit www.rcjiujitsu.com

Prepare for the upcoming no-gi tournaments: No-gi Pans and No-gi World Championship!

Check out the technique:

Master Ricardo Cavalcanti accepts the team trophy. Photo: Personal Archive

On July 5-6 the Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu team took to the competition mats in their hometown of Las Vegas at the Grapplers Quest UFC Expo.

The team won yet another team trophy for their performances.

Leader of the Carlson Gracie Team in Las Vegas, Master Ricardo Cavalcanti is proud of his students and believes in their momentum to take the team trophy home for even more tournaments coming up on the year’s agenda.

Learn more about Master Ricardo Cavalcanti and his GMA Carlson Gracie Las Vegas Team at www.rcjiujitsu.com

Master Ricardo Cavalcanti in New Zealand. Photo: Personal archive

Master Ricardo Cavalcanti of GMA Carlson Gracie Team – Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu in Las Vegas, NV traveled to his affiliate in New Zealand over the weekend.

There, he taught a seminar at Cavalcanti BJJ New Zealand where he also conducted a belt test for his students. Also there, he attended a local tournament held by New Zealand Grapplers where he coached his students to victory earning medals for the team and placing eighth overall as a team out of forty.

To learn more about Master Ricardo Cavalcanti and his adventures to his affiliate academies all over the world, go to www.rcjiujitsu.com

The Cavalcanti BJJ team at the tournament in New Zealand. Photo: Personal archive

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!”

Check out more about Miketo Resch and the GMA Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu Luxembourg at www.rcjiujitsu-luxembourg.com

The Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu Team with their team trophies. Photo: Personal Archive

On March 29 on their home turf in Las Vegas, NV, the Cavalcanti Jiu-Jitsu Team of GMA Carlson Gracie Training Center Las Vegas sent a slew of athletes to compete at the FIVE Grappling Nevada 1 Open Championship.

Their hard work showed on the team podium where they received first place for overall team trophy and first place for kids division team trophy.

Congratulations to Master Ricardo Cavalcanti and the Carlson Gracie Training Center Las Vegas Team.

More information about this Las Vegas, NV academy at http://rcjiujitsu.com/

Master Ricardo Cavalcanti in Guatemala. Photo: Personal Archive

This past weekend on Mar. 22, Master Ricardo Cavalcanti of GMA Carlson Gracie Training Center – Cavalcanti BJJ in Las Vegas, NV paid tribute to Master Carlson Gracie. In the beautiful country of Guatemala in Central America, Cavalcanti shard his knowledge through the an open Jiu-Jitsu seminar.

This was the second time he has given a seminar to the people of Guatemala where he now has a permanent affiliate school in both Guatemala City and Antigua.

Also at the seminar, Cavalcanti awarded promotions through the first belt test along with his second degree black belt Olaf Alfonso Cavalcanti. They promotoed over 50 students during their visit.

The visit is dedicated to Grandmaster Carlson Gracie Sr.

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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