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unusual facts about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu



Jeremy Arel

Jeremy Arel aka “The Gerbil” is a North American grappler in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu who is well known for his blog on living and training in Rio de Janeiro as well as his YouTube tutorial channel.

Universal Reality Combat Championship

The URCC was founded in 2002 by Filipino BJJ Black belt Alvin Aguilar, who has been involved in the underground fighting scene for some time.


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Braulio

Braulio Estima, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Theory and Technique

The book further explains how Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu differentiates itself from Judo.

Carlão

Carlos "Carlão" Santos (born 1976), Brazilian jiu-jitsu heavyweight champion

Carlos Santos

Carlos "Carlão" Santos, 3-time World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu heavyweight champion.

Cindy Omatsu

Cindy is also well known for her four volume DVD instructional series “Vicious Vixens: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu” which also featured fellow Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor Felicia Oh.

In addition to training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Cindy has also trained in Jeet Kune Do under Richard Bustillo, boxing and kickboxing with June Castro, Krav Maga with Mitch Tavera, and wrestling with Frank Trigg and Rico Chiparelli.

David Avellan

He holds victories over Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belts Rafael Lovato Jr., Tarsis Humphreys, Amaury Bitetti, Roberto Abreu, Rener Gracie, and Alexandre Ribeiro.

Felicia Oh

Felicia also appeared in the four volume instructional DVD series "Vicious Vixens: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu" starring Cindy Omatsu.

Jorge Patino

After Nate Moore had to withdraw from his fight against Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world champion André Galvão in Strikeforce, Patino took the fight in short notice for the Strikeforce: Houston event.

Keenan Cornelius

Shortly thereafter, he began receiving formal Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instruction under Cassio Werneck, then training for three years under BJ Penn, before ultimately joining with Team Lloyd Irvin.

Mariusz Linke

Mariusz Ryszard Linke (born July 31, 1969) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist and grappler who is most notable for being the first Polish born black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the highest ranking active Polish judoka and one of the most decorated grapplers in Poland, he is also the first Polish grappler to travel to Brazil and receive training under a Gracie trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.

Rickson

Rickson Gracie (born 1958), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist

Sérgio Moraes

Moraes is a 4-time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion but his most famous fight was when he defeated Kron Gracie at the 2008 World Championship.