professors | Graciemag https://www.graciemag.com The Original Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Magazine — BJJ news Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:15:11 +0000 pt-BR hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2023-08-09-at-20.29.31-32x32.jpeg professors | Graciemag https://www.graciemag.com 32 32 Series of national championships to qualify for the 2015 WPJJC https://www.graciemag.com/series-of-national-championships-announced-as-qualifiers-for-the-2015-wpjjc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=series-of-national-championships-announced-as-qualifiers-for-the-2015-wpjjc Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:55:14 +0000 https://www.graciemag.com/?p=124138 The UAEJJF has announced changes in the qualifying system for the 2015 WPJJC. Athletes will have to take part in one of the national championships set to be held worldwide. Each championship will appoint 10 male competitors and 6 female competitors for the world event in the UAE. There will also be wildcard spots. Around…

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The UAEJJF has announced changes in the qualifying system for the 2015 WPJJC.

Athletes will have to take part in one of the national championships set to be held worldwide.

Each championship will appoint 10 male competitors and 6 female competitors for the world event in the UAE.

There will also be wildcard spots.

Around 1000 athletes are expected in Abu Dhabi in 2015.

The UAEJJF will be holding around 35 national championships from August 2014 to March 2015.

More info at uaejjf.com.

Here is the list of countries that will hold national championships:

North America

USA

Canada

Mexico

South America

Brazil

 Europe 

Greece

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

UK

Ireland

Poland

Portugal

 Africa

Angola

South Africa

 Oceania

Australia

 Asia

Kuwait

India

Kazakhstan

Korea

Japan

Uzbekistan

China

The post Series of national championships to qualify for the 2015 WPJJC first appeared on Graciemag.]]> The day 150 black belts trained on the same mat in Abu Dhabi https://www.graciemag.com/the-day-150-black-belts-trained-on-the-same-mat-in-abu-dhabi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-day-150-black-belts-trained-on-the-same-mat-in-abu-dhabi Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:17:19 +0000 https://www.graciemag.com/?p=123558 This impressive video below proves how Jiu-Jitsu has grown in the last years in the UAE. What started as a trial run in 2009, is now a widespread project reaching almost all schools of the Emirate. In this footage you can see the black belts who teach the kids in Abu Dhabi in a get…

The post The day 150 black belts trained on the same mat in Abu Dhabi first appeared on Graciemag.]]> This impressive video below proves how Jiu-Jitsu has grown in the last years in the UAE.

What started as a trial run in 2009, is now a widespread project reaching almost all schools of the Emirate.

In this footage you can see the black belts who teach the kids in Abu Dhabi in a get together for pictures and a light roll.

It’s an impressive sight to see 150 black belts on the mat at the same time.

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