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New Wave Jiu Jitsu Danaher Death Squad ( DDS ) was an American submission grappling team founded by John Danaher which was originally part of the Renzo Gracie Academy . DDS team is known for their usage of leglocks as well as its accomplishment in major grappling competitions such as the ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship .
Combat Jiu-Jitsu (CJJ) is a submission grappling style innovated by American BJJ black belt Eddie Bravo in 2013. Following the success of his Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) events, Bravo decided to create a martial art aimed for self-defense that could also be used in competition. [ 5 ]
Zenith BJJ is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu association and team started in 2013 by black belt World champions Robert Drysdale and Rodrigo Cavaca. [3] Drysdale runs Zenith Las Vegas and Cavaca runs Zenith Santos in Brazil, with more affiliates in the US, Canada, Central America, South America, Europe and Australia.
His first instructors were Alexandre de Lima and Rogerio Poggio at Infight Jiu-Jitsu Academy [2] in Rio de Janeiro. After winning Gold in the -77 kg and Absolute divisions of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2002, Vieira went to São Paulo to train with the founder of Infight Academy, 6th Degree BJJ Black Belt Totila ‘Pitoco’ Jordan Neto.
It was then Soca decided to give Jiu-Jitsu a try. It was at Carlos Gracie Jr. Academy that Soca would begin learning under Jean Jacques Machado. Machado showed Soca the most effective techniques which helped establish the foundation for Soca’s legendary Jiu-Jitsu skill. Soca was awarded his black belt in 1994 by Carlos Gracie Jr.
Bernardo Faria currently runs his own Jiu Jitsu academy in Bedford, Massachusetts. [10] He is a member of Alliance Jiu Jitsu team and Marcelo Garcia Association. [11] On Faria's YouTube channel, "BJJ Fanatics", he regularly posts techniques alongside other Jiu Jitsu practitioners and MMA fighters such as Dean Lister, John Danaher and Gordon ...
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Jujutsu (/ ˈ dʒ uː dʒ uː t s uː / joo-joo-tsu; Japanese: 柔術 jūjutsu, pronounced [dʑɯꜜːʑɯtsɯ] ⓘ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponents.