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Heading to Canada for UFC 129?

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:34:48 +0000

Then check out some of the GRACIEMAG’s partner academies, and show up to get some Jiu-Jitsu in!

Toronto BJJ / Photo: publicity

One of the teams closest to Rogers Centre, the venue for the UFC in Toronto, even offers a free month for you to become acquainted with Jiu-Jitsu. At Jorge Britto’s Toronto BJJ they’ll even loan you a gi so you can begin. Check out the list of the Jiu-Jitsu academies under the GMA umbrella in GSP’s homeland, and join up.

GMAs in Canada:

Toronto BJJ
813 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M6G IL8
# 1 416 744 6868
www.torontobjj.com

Alliance Arctic Jiu-Jitsu
Yellowknife, NT
arcticjiujitsu@gmail.com

Arashi Do Martial Arts
12730 St. Albert Trail
Edmonton, Alberta, T5L 5B9
# 1 780 453 2695
www.arashido.com

Fight Planet
730 Upper James Unit 3
Hamilton, Ontario L9C
# 1 905 385 7111
www.fightplanet.ca

Fight Planet London
1794 Dundas St
(Inside the Adrenaline Training Centre)
London, Ontario
# 1 905 385 7111
www.fightplanet.ca

Gracie Barra Calgary
1830 52 St SE Suite #234
Calgary, AB
# 1 403 899 2880
www.graciebarracalgary.com

Gracie Barra Kelowna
#109, 140 Commercial Drive
Kelowna, BC V1X
# 1 250 826 4251

Gracie Barra Montreal
180 Peel St. suite 110
Montreal, QC H3C2G7
# 1 514 932 5777
www.graciebarramontreal.ca

Gracie Barra Shuswap
#36 Halksworth Rd
Grindrod, BC V0E 1Y0
# 1 250 804 9262

Gracie Barra Vancouver
2440 Main St
Vancouver BC V5T 3E2
# 1 604 916 9441
www.GracieBarra.ca

Premier Martial Arts
Team Megaton
#120 11300 No 5 RD
Richmond, BC V7A 5J9
# 1 604 278 6663
www.premierwestmma.com

Pura BJJ
1632 Upper James St.
Hamilton, ON, Canada
# 1 905 383 4BJJ (4255)
www.purabjj.com

Relentless BJJ/ Megaton
5948 Tyson Road
Chilliwack, BC V2R 3N9
# 1 778 808 6426

Renzo Gracie Ottawa
1673 Carling ave suite 215
Ottawa Ontario K2A 1C4
# 1 613 728 0880
www.oama.ca

Sudbury Brazilian Jiu JItsu

790 Lasalle Blvd

Sudbury, Ontario P3A 4B4

# 1 705 222 7655

www.sudburybjj.com

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Mendes brothers out to take over America

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:04:21 +0000

After a brilliant campaign in Lisbon at the European Open 2011, brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes are now getting ready for the North American phase of the Jiu-Jitsu calendar.

: Mendes in Canada

Hence there are in San Diego, California, where they are getting ready for the Pan and the Worlds, as they themselves report: “Next week we head off for the team’s training camp for the upcoming competitions. We’ll train together and everyone will stay in the same house. We decided to do it that way because André [Galvão] will compete this year. Everyone better be ready, he’s going to be on fire! We’ll have more than fifteen athletes going from Brazil to California. We already have our tickets.”

Gui, PJ, Rafa

The second part of the Mendes’s strategy to increase the pair’s presence in North American starts in Hamilton, Canada. GMA PJ O’Sullivan, the leader of Pura BJJ, is now official the first affiliate of team Mendes Bros. The brothers address the partnership: “PJ has been doing an excellent job, we got to know his academy last year when we stayed there for a week teaching class. We made great friendships there and identified a lot with his method. All the students are at an excellent level, and that’s our aim: to have quality and not quantity! We set up the method so there’ll always be harmony, maintaining contact and the exchange of information, and we’ll always be around to help in the evolution of their Jiu-Jitsu. We’ll help to produce world champions from Canada!”

PJ too remarked about the partnership: “The week training with the Mendes’ was fantastic and the level of our students has already improved. I hope to uphold the standard in training that made Rafael and Guilherme so successful. It’s a true honor to represent them in Canada.”

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Irmãos Mendes querem dominar a América

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:52:54 +0000

Depois de brilharem em Lisboa, no Europeu 2011, os irmãos Rafael e Guilherme Mendes agora se prepraram para a fase norte americana do calendário do Jiu-Jitsu.

Mendes no Canadá

Para isso, a preparação para o Pan e o Mundial será feita em San Diego, na Califórnia, como contam os irmãos: “Semana que vem partimos para o Camp da equipe para os proximos campeonatos. Vamos treinar todos juntos e também vamos ficar todos na mesma casa. Resolvemos fazer isso, porque o André [Galvão] vai lutar os campeonatos esse ano. Que todos se preparem, pois ele vai estar voando! Serão mais de 15 atletas indo do Brasil para a Califórnia. Já estamos com as passagens compradas”.

Gui, PJ, Rafa

A segunda ação na estratégia dos Mendes para aumentar a presença da marca da dupla na América do Norte começa em Hamilton, Canada. O GMA PJ O’ Sullivan, lider da Pura BJJ, é agora oficialmente a primeira filial do time Mendes Bros. Os irmãos falam sobre a parceria: ” PJ tem feito um excelente trabalho, conhecemos a academia no ano passado quando ficamos uma semana dando aulas lá. Fizemos grandes amizades e nos indentificamos muito com o metodo. Todos os alunos esão em um nivel excelente, e é esse o nosso foco, ter qualidade e não quantidade! Organizamos um metodo para estarmos sempre em sintonia, mantendo o contato e a troca de informações, e estaremos sempre presentes para ajudar na evolução do Jiu-Jitsu deles. Vamos ajudar a produzir campeoes mundiais vindos do Canada!”

PJ também comentou a parceria:”A semana de treinos com os Mendes foi fantástica e já melhorou o nível dos nossos alunos. Eu espero conseguir manter o padrão de treinamento que fez Rafael e Guilherme tão bem sucedidos. É uma verdadeira honra representá-los no Canadá”.

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Mendes brothers out to take over America

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:31:43 +0000

After a brilliant campaign in Lisbon at the European Open 2011, brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes are now getting ready for the North American phase of the Jiu-Jitsu calendar.

Mendes in Canada

Gui, PJ, Rafa

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Happy anniversary to Pura BJJ

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:19:42 +0000

GMA member school Pura BJJ, in Hamilton, ON, recently celebrated its first anniversary.

The last 12 months have been of great success and challenges.

GMA member PJ O’Sullivan, leader of the team, marked the date with a special seminar for his students, as he tells us:

“We recently celebrated our 1 year anniversary and we hosted a seminar with Carlos Machado! Everyone had a great time and we were even joined by black belt special guests Marcos Santos and Vito Brancaccio!”

Pura ended his message with a wish for the academy’s future: “This was a fantastic year and I can’t wait for many more to come!!”

For more info, go to purabjj.com

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Following successful world tour, Mendes’ compete in Japan

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:57:09 +0000

Rafael and Guilherme in Panama. Photo: Personal archives

Together or apart, Rafael and Guilherme Mendes have been around the world, whether in Panama, Morocco or the United States. On their trip, besides teaching the techniques that brought them to the status of world champions, they found time to visit child cancer patients, Sheikh Tanhoon, and do a bit of tourism. Now the duo is already onto its next commitment, but in competition. Rafa en Guilherme are getting ready for the November 20 Rickson Cup in Kawasaki, Japan.

“We’re already in Brazil training hard because we’re pretty much sure to compete at the end of the month in Japan. We spent a week outside Brazil and now we’re back and will continue our physical conditioning word, which is geared towards this competition. We trained a lot this week with Claudio Calasans, Bruno Frazatto, Eduardo Ramos, Gigante and some of the Atos black belts. We’re confident as always and we’re going out there to win!” warns Guilherme.

“Our trip was great! We went to Panama, where we had a great seminar. The gang loved it and, thank God, we’re coming up with great results with our seminars. I feel we’ve put together a class curriculum for teaching position that’s different from the rest and has been a success,” remarks Rafael.

But that’s not all that went on during the trip.

“After Panama, Guilherme went on to Florida to teach at some of the academies there and visit Disney World, and I went on to Morocco to train with Sheikh Tahnoon. That was great too! Guilherme enjoyed the training he did at some of Renato Tavares’s ATT branches. He was able to teach our positions and even visit Disney. And I had the honor of training with the Sheikh again. I’m really happy about having his recognition. It’s great. Tahnoon is someone really interested in our sport and is very intelligent; he’s always up to date and knows new positions. It was a great pleasure once again!”

In Panama, the Mendes’s didn’t just limit themselves to seminars and training. They took the chance to visit and provide support for child cancer patients.

It was a great experience. We visited Amigos, a foundation for child cancer patients and we were able to learn a lot from them. We learned about determination, will power and faith. They are great examples of overcoming adversity, since even with the illness, they don’t seem to be overwhelmed by it, they seem happy, smiling and playing, showing just how superficial our problems are! And we’re already setting up a return trip there in the summer, when they will camp out and have a bunch of activities we plan to participate in!” says Guilherme.

After Rickson Cup, the brothers will continue on their trip. Jiu-Jitsu can’t stop!

“We created a teaching method whereby our seminars are productive from white belt to black belt, not just with positions, but also in terms of concepts and variations. Folks are liking it and, just this year, we visited countries like Ireland, USA, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Canada, Panama, and Turkey… In December we’ll return to Canada, to Pura BJJ academy. We’ll also go to Hawaii, to Gracie Kailua. When we return, we’ll continue training and we’ll concentrate entirely on the European Championship, says Rafael in closing.

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Depois do sucesso na volta ao mundo, Mendes lutam no Japão

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:01:51 +0000

Rafa e Gui no Panamá. Foto: arquivo pessoal

Juntos ou separados, Rafael e Guilherme Mendes estavam pelo mundo, seja pelo Panamá, Marrocos ou Estados Unidos. Na viagem, além de ensinarem as técnicas que proporcionaram às feras o título mundial de Jiu-Jitsu, tiveram tempo de visitar crianças com câncer, o xeque Tahnoon e fazer um pouco de turismo. Agora a dupla já tem novo compromisso, mas nas competições. Rafa e Gui se preparam para a Rickson Cup, no dia 20 de novembro, em kawasaki, Japão.

“Já estamos no Brasil treinando forte, porque está quase certo que iremos lutar no próximo mês, no Japão. Ficamos uma semana fora do Brasil e agora voltamos e vamos continuar com a nossa preparação física, que agora será voltada para esta competição. Treinamos muito esta semana com Claudio Calasans, Bruno Frazatto, Eduardo Ramos, Gigante e mais alguns dos faixas-pretas da Atos. Estamos confiantes como sempre e vamos lá para vencer!”, avisa Guilherme.

“Nossa viajem foi ótima! Fomos para o Panamá, onde fizemos um seminário bem legal. A galera adorou e, graças a Deus, estamos tendo ótimos resultados com nossos seminários. Acho que criamos uma didática diferenciada para ensinar nossas posições e tem sido um sucesso”, comenta Rafael.

Mas a viagem da dupla não ficou apenas por aí.

“Depois do Panamá, o Guilherme seguiu para Flórida, para ensinar em algumas academias e visitar a Disney World, e eu segui para o Marrocos, para treinar com o xeque Tahnoon. Foi ótimo também! O Guilherme gostou muito dos treinos que fez em algumas das filiais do Renato Tavares, da ATT. Ele pôde ensinar nossas posições e ainda conhecer a Disney. E eu tive a honra de treinar mais uma vez com o xeque. Fico muito feliz pelo reconhecimento dele, foi excelente. Tahnoon é uma pessoa muito interessada no nosso esporte e muito inteligente, está sempre se atualizando e com posições novas. Foi um enorme prazer, mais uma vez!”

No Panamá, os Mendes não ficaram só nos seminários e treinos. Aproveitaram para visitar e dar força a uma fundação que apóia crianças com câncer.

“Foi uma grande experiência. Visitamos a Amigos, uma fundação para crianças com câncer e pudemos aprender muito com eles. Aprendemos sobre determinação, força de vontade e fé. Grandes exemplos de superação, pois, mesmo com a doença, eles não se encontravam abatidos e sim felizes, sorrindo e brincando, mostrando o quanto nossos problemas são superficiais! E já estamos combinando a nossa volta lá no verão, quando eles fazem um acampamento com várias atividades e queremos participar!”, diz Guilherme.

Depois da Rickson Cup, as viagens dos manos continua. O Jiu-Jitsu não pode parar!

“Criamos um método de ensino que faz com que o seminário seja produtivo do faixa-branca ao preta, não apenas com posições, mas também com os conceitos e variações. O pessoal está gostando e, apenas este ano, visitamos países como Irlanda, EUA, Suíça, Portugal, Espanha, Canadá, Panamá e Turquia… Em dezembro voltaremos ao Canadá, na academia Pura BJJ. Vamos também ao Havaí, na academia Gracie Kailua. Na volta, continuaremos nosso treinamento e colocaremos todo o foco no Campeonato Europeu”, encerra Rafael.

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Mendes Bros at Pura BJJ

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:14:29 +0000

Our GMA member PJ O’Sullivan welcomed two world champions in his school last month.

Pura BJJ, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, had a very special time for its students.

Rafael and Guilherme Mendes, both IBJJF World champions, taught a week long seminar.

Read what PJ had to say about the brothers and their class: “It was a fantastic week of great training! They are both such amazing people, on and off the mats! Their visit is still living on because they left us with such valuable techniques, drilling and unbelievable philosophies about training!”

PJ made a video of the occasion.

For more info, go to purabjj.com

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O’Sullivan now a black belt

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:38:41 +0000

Our GMA PJ O ‘Sullivan, leader of Pura BJJ, in Ontario, Canada, recently hosted a very special seminar in his academy.

He welcomed no other than Jean Jacques Machado, one of the most talented grapplers of all times.

JJ & PJ

“It was a fantastic seminar! There were 6 white belts promoted to blue
belt,” tells us PJ.

But there was way more than that, as he continues.

“I was awarded my black belt by Professor Jean Jacques
Machado!”

Congratulations to PJ!

For more info, go to purabjj.com.

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Pura GMA

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:42:49 +0000

The GMA has another representative in Canada.

PJ O’Sulivan has over 15 years of teaching experience in martial arts.

He has focused his training extensively on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and he is currently a brown belt under the world famous Machado Brothers.

PJ is a passionate, dedicated instructor with a vast technical knowledge of the art. PJ is a direct representative of Jean Jacques Machado.

Welcome to Pura BJJ, in Hamilton, Ontario.

For more info, go to purabjj.com.

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