Robson Moura honored at Nova União Arizona
Recently, Nova União held their first ever Invitational, an in-house Nova União team-only event held in Arizona. About 85 competitors came to compete at the…
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Check out who is fighting in Texas to go to Abu Dhabi
Saturday is a day of World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship (WPJJ) trials in San Antonio, Texas, the second U.S. trials to AbuDhabi. The event has a significant number of high level aces, as reported by our partner Mike Calimbas.…
3rd Southwest Classic highlights and results
Last October 23 and 24, Phoenix, Arizona, hosted the 3rd Southwest Classic, a Jiu-Jitsu tournament that this year paid out trips to the 2012 European…
Ben Henderson, a threat in and out of the gi
Benson “Smooth” Henderson is a brown belt who trains Jiu-Jitsu with John Crouch’s JCJJ team in Arizona and is an avid Jiu-Jitsu competitor. He is…
Marcel Fortuna’s birthday gift to himself
Gustavo Dantas’s Southwest Classic Jiu-Jitsu tournament has paid its black belt pro division winners every year since 2006, which is more than welcome for the…
Gustavo Dantas takes the reins for Arizona Jiu-Jitsu
Nova União’s Gustavo Dantas wears a lot of hats – and wears them all to perfection. He’s the vice president of the AZSBJJF, he’s the professor…
Kids take front and center in Arizona
The Gustavo Dantas-produced 3rd Southwest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Classic brought in a whopping 562 competitors this weekend at Phoenix College in Arizona. Dantas throws four tournaments a…
Team Nova União USA to gather in Arizona for special weekend
With significant results at IBJJF tournaments over the past couple years, it's not hard to see that Brazilian-based Jiu-Jitsu team Nova União is continuing to…
Third Southwest Classic sign-up deadline 20 days away
Phoenix, Arizona, will be treated to some major gentle art excitement in late October, when the 3rd Southwest BJJ Classic comes to town. Though there's…
Robson Moura and Gustavo Dantas seminar in North Carolina
On the 29th of October, Gustavo Dantas and Robson Moura will be teaching a Gi Jiu-Jitsu seminar from 10 am to 1:00 pm at RMNU…
Gustavo Dantas seminar September in Salt Lake City
Gustavo Dantas, the leader of GD Jiu-Jitsu – the Arizona branch of team Nova União –, will be teaching a Seminar at his team's Salt Lake…
Inspiring weekend for women’s Jiu-Jitsu
This past weekend, on August 20, GMA Gustavo Dantas purple belt Kristina Barlaan (Nova União) hosted the Second installment of Inspire, a women-only open mat…