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Christian Uflacker (born August 4, 1985) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He holds a black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr. [2] He is currently the head instructor at Uflacker Academy, in Chicago, Illinois. [1]
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system awards practitioners different colored belts for increasing levels of knowledge and skill. [1] [2] The system shares its origins with Judo but now has its own character that has become synonymous with the art, including an informality in promotional criteria and a conservative approach to promotion in general generally resulting in a longer time to reach ...
Letsos is a 3X Pan Am medalist, [1] as well as a 3X Gracie World Champion. He is known in Brazil for winning seven tournaments in one month.. Letsos began training in Jiu Jitsu in high school at the Carlson Gracie Academy in downtown Chicago, and won several matches in the Jiu Jitsu World Championships as a purple belt.
Torres was born and raised in East Chicago, Indiana. He began training in tae kwon do when he was seven years old and later attended East Chicago Central High School where he competed in wrestling. Torres also trained in boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. [4]
The goal of R1NG is to bring a bigger team to compete at the world-level jiu-jitsu championships. He is an 8-time IBJJF World Master Champion having won in 2013,2014,2015, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] 2016 No Gi Champion, 2018.
In 1994 de Been established the Australian Federation of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (AFBJJ). [3] [5] The goal of the federation being to help organize and regulate the sport to an international standard. [6] The federation was modelled off of the Confederacao Brasileira de Jiu-Jitsu and following IBJJF guidelines. [6]
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.
Julio Cesar Pereira is an 8th degree red and white belt coral belt [a] Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner from Brazil. [2]An international master champion, two-time IBJJF World champion, two-times Pan American champion, eight-times Brazilian champion and 21 times champion of Rio de Janeiro State; Pereira is a renowned coach as the founder and team leader of GFTeam, one of the most ...