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Unity Jiu Jitsu was established in New York City in January 2015 by Paulo Miyao, his brother Joao, Ana Lowry, and Yago de Souza, all from Cicero Costha’s academy in Brazil as well as Murilo Santana from Barbosa Academy. [1] [4] Murilo Santana became the head instructor while the Miyao brothers and Yago De Souza were resident athletes. [3]
In 2015, Johnson joined Unity Jiu Jitsu in New York City training under head instructor Murilo Santana. [2] [3] During this time, Johnson started competing winning the IBJJF World No-Gi Championship and the Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship at every belt level. [4] [5] [6] Johnson specializes in the Lasso Guard and Stack Pass techniques. [7]
New York City: Nationality: American: Height: 1.905 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight: 187 lb (85 kg; 13.4 st) Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Fighting out of: New York City, U.S. Team: Clockwork Jiu Jitsu: Rank 3rd Degree Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Years active: 2002–present
Coached by Gracie, it took the place of the New York Pitbulls who were the 2007 IFL champions. [3] The camp was established in 2008 when the IFL switched to a more camp based system than a team based system. The Danaher Death Squad was a team under the academy that was established in 2011 before going independent in 2020. [4]
Leandro Pereira do Nascimento Lo (11 May 1989 – 7 August 2022), better known as Leandro Lo [1], was a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor. A record holder with eight IBJJF world championship titles in five different weight classes, [a] as well as multiple wins at every major international tournament, Lo is considered one of the most accomplished jiu-jitsu competitors of all time.
Alliance is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu association. Alliance was founded by Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti and his students: Fabio Gurgel, Alexandre Paiva, and Fernando Gurgel.. Alliance Global headquarters is in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Alliance Martial Arts Academy, where "Jacare" is the head in
Beatriz de Oliveira Mesquita [7] began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu at aged five in 1996, besides jiujitsu she also trained in judo, wrestling and swimming. [10] By the time she was 10 she had won the Brazilian National Junior Championships, three State Championships and several other major tournaments, she was sent to train under BJJ legend ...
Craig Benjamin Jones (born 17 July 1991) is an Australian grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor and coach. An IBJJF World No-Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion as a white belt, Jones is a two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship silver medalist and a three-time Polaris Pro Grappling champion.