The Gracie-Barra BH Marbella school continues to grow at an exciting pace, and is set to become one of the premier Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academies in all of Europe. The school now counts not one, but three black belts! Led by Edson “Sururu” Jorge, he’s now supported by two new Draculino black belts — Thelmo Calmon [...]

As we continue to prepare for the European’s, tonight’s training was a test of endurance. We trained six-minute circuits of takedowns, guard passing, and guard defending. Man, it was hard (but fun! Ok, maybe not so fun…) (Oh, that was, of course, after our warmup 20 minute Spinning class with Don Psycho.)

We then moved on [...]

Bien, vuestro escritor ha vuelto a españa después de terminar sus vacaciones de navidad fuera del pais, y que sorpresa cuando encontré que estamos ahora entrenando en el brillante nuevo gimnasio Platinum en Puerto Banús (Marbella). Normalmente no suelo quedar sorprendido con los gimnasios, pero debo decir que este es el gimnasio de mas lujo [...]

Well, your author is back in Spain after eating his way through the Christmas holidays abroad, and what a surprise to find that we’re now training in the shiny new Platinum Gym in Puerto Banus. I usually don’t get excited about gyms, but I must say it’s the most luxurious gym I’ve ever seen in [...]