Spanish Nationals: Manuel Pontes black belt open class champion, other results
The IBJJF held the first ever Spanish National Jiu-Jitsu championship on May 14, in Madrid. Gracie Barra's Manuel Pontes was the standout with gold medals…
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Spanish Nationals: sign up now and be part of the first class of champions
The IBJJF will be hosting its first ever Spanish National Jiu-Jitsu championship on May 14. The event will take place in Guadalajara, 60km (37mi) northeast…
Montreal & Madrid: running out of time to register for IBJJF championship on Nov. 22
The IBJJF has announced the Madrid International Open has reached 95% capacity for its tournament set for Saturday, Nov. 22 in Madrid, Spain. Alternatively, for…
IBJJF adds a competition in Madrid, Spain to the calendar in November
The IBJJF is expanding its reach even further into Europe this year. They have just announced an additional tournament in Spain. The 2014 IBJJF Madrid…
Amaze yourself with these two young warriors fighting in Spain
Watch these two young warriors fighting their first Judo tournament in Spain and wow yourself with their cuteness.
Ezekiel Zayas seminar at Academia Mutxamel in Spain on Nov. 30!
GMA member Ezekiel Zayas of Ases BJJ will be at Academia Mutxamel in Mutxamel, Spain on Saturday, Nov. 30. The Europeans black belt champion will…
Catch a Caio Terra seminar somewhere along his Europe tour this summer
World Champion Caio Terra is known for his traveling escapades and seminar schedule. It seems like he's always extending his knowledge somewhere but that's because…
Count Koma: 5 lessons from Jiu-Jitsu’s pioneer in Brazil
Grandmaster Mitsuyo Maeda (1878-1941) learned Jiu-Jitsu in Japan, was bestowed with the nickname Count Koma in Spain, won hundreds of fights in Cuba, and disseminated…
The day Rafael Mendes tapped his ex-coach
In the finals of the South American qualifiers for ADCC 2007 then-purple belt Rafael Mendes lost to Bruno Frazatto by a back mount. Orienting Mendes from the sidelines was Léo Vieira...
European Jiu-Jitsu champions to face off in MMA
They faced each other once before, in the ultraheavyweight brown belt division of the 2008 European Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Karol Bedorf took it that time.…
Jiu-Jitsu to heat up Swiss autumn
Our GMA in Switzerland Anderson Pereira is getting ready for the sixth Swiss International Jiu-Jitsu Cup event. The event, to be held in Geneva, is…
Tererê witnesses neighbor Finfou’s success in Sweden
Both were born of humble origins but made their names through Jiu-Jitsu. Fernendo Tererê and friend, from the same Cantagalo favela where he's from in…