João Miyao vai lutar o Las Vegas Open. Foto: Ivan Trindade/GRACIEMAG

Para quem nasceu para lutar, sábado não é dia de descansar. Neste dia 8 de agosto, os lutadores de Jiu-Jitsu que estão pelos EUA vão tirar o dia para estudar e testar seus jogos, no Las Vegas Open.

O torneio da IBJJF em Nevada promete, com João Miyao (Cícero Costha), Samir Chantre (CTA), Kim Terra (CTA), Osvaldo Queixinho (Gracie Fighter) e Wellington Megaton (Gracie Humaitá).

A nova geração da faixa-marrom vem com Silvio Duran (Zenith), Wallace Santos (Gracie Humaitá), Mike Carbullido (Atos) e outras feras.

Quem vai roubar a cena, amigo fã de Jiu-Jitsu? Para ver todos os inscritos, clique aqui.

Veja como Andris pegou as costas e finalizou! Oss.

Em entrevista ao site oficial do UFC, Vitor contou como está se sentindo antes da disputa e como foi sua rotina nos últimos meses:

“Muito trabalho. Quando a gente trabalha, se dedica, o momento chega. O coração está tranquilo, estou curtindo cada momento. Vou representar meu país, vou representar princípios. Não existe limite, o limite está na nossa mente”, contou Vitor.

A seguir, veja o desembarque de Belfort em Las Vegas:

UFC 187

Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

23 de maio de 2015

Daniel Cormier x Anthony Johnson
Chris Weidman x Vitor Belfort
Donald Cerrone x John Makdessi
Travis Browne x Andrei Arlovski
Joseph Benavidez x John Moraga

Card preliminar

John Dodson x Zach Makovsky
Josh Burkman x Dong Hyun Kim
Uriah Hall x Rafael Sapo
Rose Namajunas x Nina Ansaroff
Mike Pyle x Colby Covington
Leo Kuntz x Islam Makhachev
Josh Sampo x Justin Scoggins

Black belt Ronda Andrews of GMA Gracie Humaita West Craig – NLV is hosting a women’s only open mat on Sunday, March 1.

The event is calling upon all ladies of all ages to join in on a day of rolling.

The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. and run until 1:30 p.m.

The academy is located at 4600 W. Craig Rd.  #601, North Las Vegas, NV 89032.

For any questions please contact Ronda at 702-509-1130 or email gabjj702@gmail.com

After Romulo dominated much of the match, the fight went to the ground, off the mats and chaos ensued. Romulo was awarded the victory based on his dominating performance prior to the altercation.

You can catch the video below:

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Ronda Andrews, an avid competitors for years and a familiar face among women’s BJJ, has achieved the rank of black belt from Professor Amilcar “Mica” Cipili of GMA Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Las Vegas.

We spoke to her about the promotion and the journey as we can all learn from what it takes for an individual to get to the rank. Here are her words:

“I’m sure many use this word, but it feels surreal to finally receive a black belt. To think about the beginning when I had no idea what Jiu Jitsu was. I jumped into a no-gi class because I wanted to wrestle dudes. I’m not making jokes. I was definitely a meat-head when I started. Someone gave me a gi and said it would make me better. Year after year I got sucked in deeper and deeper into learning, teaching, and allowing Jiu-Jitsu to change me and my life. I still can’t believe and, even this morning, am overwhelmed to tears by all the love and respect I felt in the academy last night becoming the first female that stuck around and went the distance in my academy. My professor, Amilcar “Mica” Cipili and many more have played a part in my journey. I wish I could thank all of them personally.

It took 8 years for me to achieve black belt. Not long after I started, I started training twice a day 4-5 days a week. That’s 4 hours a day I’d be on the mat, as a white belt. Thankfully my work schedule allowed me to train more than the average full time working adult. I mentioned getting sucked in and allowing Jiu-Jitsu to change me and my life. If I had not been open to the change, I would’ve never accomplished what I have today. Always the responsible adult, who took pride in always taking care of herself, I made a life changing decision while still a purple. I was far from being a young college kid financially dependent on her parents, but still decided to leave my job of 17 years to become a full time Jiu-Jitsu student and competitor. Many have dreams of making Jiu-Jitsu their life, but I garnered the courage to take that plunge. Taking my decision seriously, I made and smashed my goals.

1. Compete and medal at high level competitions. DONE! No need to spew off titles. Anyone can look up IBJJF results from 07′-13′ and will see my name. My best year being 2013, as a brown belt middle weight. I hurt my back in early 2014, which took me out of competition.

2. Learn to teach. DONE- also a never ending process, but I’m onto something.

3. The ultimate goal: open an academy. Done! DONE! DONE!!!! Me and my best friend, with Royler Gracie’s blessing, opened Gracie Humaita North Las Vegas August 1, 2014. My friend, Leticia Ribeiro, was a huge inspiration. The support from Royler, Mica, and Leticia made my dream come true.

My plans are to focus on my academy, my students, and get back to competition. I miss competition. The stress of competition makes me absolutely NUTS, but I love being able to pull it all together once the ref says “Combate”. My time off from competing was a blessing. With that focus taken away from me, I placed my focus on teaching. My instructor, Amilcar Cipili, and my best friend and business partner, Bryan Glenn, gave me the opportunity to learn and mold me into a teacher. Teaching has been the most rewarding thing I have ever done. Passing on the art and watching people grow because of it.”

Walter “Cascao” Vital of GMA Cascao Jiu-Jitsu in Las Vegas, NV will be in Michigan for two seminars in early February.

The professor will teach a seminar in Flushing, MI at Advanced Martial Arts on Friday, Feb. 6 starting at 6 p.m. The address for the location is 6122 W. Pierson Rd. Flushing, MI 48433. For more information call 810-869-9717.

On Saturday, Feb. 7 Cascao will be at Victorious MMA in Troy, MI for a seminar starting at 1 p.m. The address for the location is 444 W. Maple Rd. Troy, MI. For more information call 248-688-9552.

The Cavalcanti BJJ team at the belt ceremony. Photo: Personal archive

Santa was in town for the belt ceremony last Saturday, Dec. 13 at Carlson Gracie Team Las Vegas – Cavalcanti BJJ in Las Vegas, NV.

Head instructor Ricardo Cavalcanti dressed up as Santa Claus to give gifts to the kids at the academy and while dressed again as himself, he promoted students to new belts and gave out stripes.

There were 200 students and 300 guests. In attendance was the newest addition to the Cavalcanti BJJ association, Cavalcanti BJJ Kingman, Arizona and they were able to add 50 people including instructors DJ O’Brien and Robert Deets.

The award from Rose Gracie and Javier Vazquez. Photo: Personal archive

Another event at the ceremony was the acceptance of an award to Ricardo Cavalcanti from Rose Gracie and Javier Vazquez. He was given an honorary award for his dedication to the legacy of the one of the most important Jiu-Jitsu legends that ever lived, Master Carlson Gracie.

As part of the promotions, one of the first students at the new school, Dorian Dominguez was promoted to blue belt after 18 months of training. Cavalcanti’s daughter Anna and wife Frances each were promoted as well, earning a grey/black belt and one stripe respectively.

The event, along with the Santa gifts, promotions and potluck lunch ended a successful year for the Cavalcanti BJJ team.

Learn more about Carlson Gracie Las Vegas – Cavalcanti BJJ at www.rcjiujitsu.com

Santa Cavalcanti. Photo: Personal archive

On Nov. 8, Walter “Cascao” Vital of GMA Cascao Jiu-Jitsu in Las Vegas, NV will be up north. The avid competitor who calls the master division home but also dabbles in the adult divisions from time to time has a lot of mat experience.

The black belt, who has won Pans and Worlds twice, will be in Redmond for a three-hour seminar from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

If you pay in advance the cost is $50 per person and if you pay at the door the cost is $60.

The seminar is located at 3732 SW 21st Pl. Redmond, OR 97756.

For more information call 541-977-9499.

Check out this technique video for how to darce, guillotine and twist choke from all fours:

Learn more about Carlson Gracie Las Vegas – Cavalcanti BJJ in Las Vegas, NV at 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