GRACIEMAG Premium BJJ Club member school Ares BJJ is offering an amazing opportunity for you to add some high level training to your 2016 Worlds champ.

Team leaders Samir Chantre, Osvaldo Queixinho, Milton Bastos will welcome a team of black belts for nine days of training in Modesto, California, on May 21-29.

The camp is open for all affiliations and you can choose between packages for the whole camp and single classes.

Email info@aresbjj.com for more info on how to join.

Photo: www.fionagumboots.shootproof.com

At the height of Australian summer, late January each year sees female focused grappling organisation, Australian Girls in Gi, gather together members from all over Australia for their record breaking Summer Camps.

This year, the 6th annual, saw 135 female attendees head in to the Aussie bushland for a weekend of grappling, networking & camping.

Female athletes from throughout the nation were in attendance, with ages ranging from 15 to 55. Over the 3 days, accommodation and all meals were provided in between 15 hours of hands on training & coaching with Australia’s most decorated female Jiu Jitsu fighters.

Home grown black belts Maryanne Mullahy & Esther Tavares-Tutida, as well as World title holding brown belts, Hope Douglass, Livia Gluchowska & Jess Fraser, provided the 135 campers with hours of tuition and training advice.

The camp boasted 10 competition squares of mat space in a spacious indoor arena, recovery pool, merchandise stalls, canoeing, bush walks, giant flying fox & cocktail parties.

Australian Girls in Gi is a nationwide organization with well over 1000 active female members. Each year their annual Summer camp sells out many months prior to doors opening as spaces are prized by all members.

Australian Girls in Gi is run by brown belt, Jess Fraser who would like to thank Grappling Industries for sponsoring the summer camp each year by providing their mats.

Check out the documentary of this year’s camp:

http://youtu.be/PHbToLrdIhE

If you would like to know more about Australian Girls in Gi or to get involved please find them on Facebook and Instagram or head to www.australiangirlsingi.com.

Upcoming Australian Girls in Gi events:

-Female Only Grappling Competition: Sydney May 1, Brisbane TBA, Perth TBA, Melbourne TBA.

-Bali Training Holiday & Masters Worlds Camp: August 5th to August 20th

-Summer Camp 2017 – January 26 to 29

Hannette Staack turned 36 years old this Saturday, Feb. 7.

Here’s a video for you to know a little more about the eight-time world champion and leader of Brazil 021, in Chicago.

For more info, go to brazil021chicago.com.

Here is a small part of what Hannette had to teach.

A new edition of the event will  take place next December 6, 2014

Know more at groundswellgrappling.com

The 1st Copa Carlos Gracie Sr. is scheduled October 11, in Irvine, California.

The event is open for GB Students of all ages and registration is open.

Click here to register now.

And, of course, you know where to find that brand new GB Uniform to compete in the Copa Carlos Gracie Sr.

Click on the banner and get your free GB uniform with a subscription to GRACIEMAG.

Gracie Barra black belt Juan Pablo Garcia divides his time between Santa Barbara and Santiago, in Chile.

In this video, we catch him teaching a seven-point guard pass that will take you straight to mount.

Take a close look and add the technique to your game.

Know more at graciebarrachile.com and gbsantabarbara.com

Copa Carlos Gracie Sr

If you are a Gracie Barra student you know where you should be on October 11, 2014.

The GB Competition Network is inviting all for the 1st Copa Carlos Gracie Sr, in Irvine, california.

The event will yake place at the Northwood High School and is open to students of all ages.

Know more and register at graciebarra.com/gb-compnet

Here’s a video of a prior Compnet event so you can know what to expect.

Once again under the command of fifth degree black belt Vinicius Draculino, the camp begins October 27 and goes on until the 31st.

The 2014 World Masters Championship takes place in Long Beach, California, on November 1-2.

Click here to register for the GB camp.

Click here to register for the championship.

Here is a video of Draculino teaching three techniques to pass the guard during last year’s camp.

Fifth degree black belt Vinicius Draculino is one of the most devoted followers of Gracie Barra’s leader, Carlos Gracie Jr.

In this video, you can get inspired by one of his speechs during a recent Gracie Barra Camp in Irvine, California.

Among many other lessons, he says: “Jiu-Jitsu will show the world who you really are. If you are a coward, it will show. Between those four lines, your real you will be exposed.”

Watch and get inspired to train.

As part of a new Jiu-Jitsu training camp in Europe, GMA member Caio Terra of Institute of Martial Arts and three other black belts have joined forces.

From July 11 to 21 you can train with Caio Terra, Yuri Simoes, Kit Dale and Ary Farias in Belek, Turkey which is located in the Antalya province. Accommodations will be held at Spice Hotel & Spa for everyone at the camp.

Members of the camp program will train in both gi and no-gi during two sessions per day. As part of the package price, food and beverages will be included as well as the rooms which hold two guests. The airfare is sold separately.

There is a price for BJJ practitioners and guests who are coming along as non-practitioners so both Jiu-Jitsu and tourism can be found on this vacation.

If you are interested in this exclusive, luxury training camp then book now as spaces are limited and running out.

Find out more information at http://bjj.spice.com.tr/

Professor Roberto of GMA Gracie Barra New Mexico is a multiple-time no-gi world champion and a two-time pan champion and Professor Marco of GMA GB USA HQ is a world champion, pan champion and multiple-time Brazilian national champion.

The location of the camp is at Gracie Barra Oceania: 6/128 Old Pittwater Road Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia 2100.

Price per person is available for non-Gracie Barra members kids and adults as well as Gracie Barra members kids and adults.

For more information and to reserve your space, please visit www.gbshopoceania.com

Both Shanti Abelha and Ida Hansson are active black belt competitors from Denmark who have won and medaled at the most prestigious Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. On March 28-30 you can join with these two pioneers as well as other black belts like Yaz Wilson from GMA RGA Buckinghamshire and MMA fighter Rosi Sexton.

The weekend training camp will be held at Arte Suave in Copenhagen, Denmark. The agenda boasts 5-6 training passes, time for eating, resting and a little sightseeing around Copenhagen.

The camp cost is 100 euros for the weekend which will be reduced by 10% if you’ve attended the camp before and 20% if you attended two or more camp recently. To sign up please email bjjbonanza@gmail.com

Reserve your spot now for a fun-filled weekend of learning experiences from two of Europe’s best females on the mat!