It’s springtime here in Marbella, and that means, in addition to more girls working out in the gym trying to distract us from our BJJ training, it’s about time for a website update.

Having created one of the most competitive BJJ/grappling teams in Spain, and having dominated MMA fights in route to his Middleweight Championship belt in Spain’s premier MMA event, KO Arena, Professor Edson Jorge’s Gracie-Barra Marbella academy has been growing by leaps and bounds. We’ve got new academies opened in Malaga and La Linea, and here in Marbella we’ve welcomed a ton of new students. (One of whom, “Peachy Boo” — that’s Brazilian for “Pit Bull” — tossed me around like a rag doll last Monday…) We’ve now got guys and girls training, people young and old, and even our very own Cro-Cop replica, with equally devastating knock out ability.

In an upcoming news, we’ll be reporting on a recent graduation, where Professor Edson awarded yellow, blue and purple belts to several students. Congrats to all those! (Somehow, though, um, he, uh, seemed to have forgotten one particular Brown Belt promotion… I’m sure it was just a slight oversight that’ll be corrected soon… ;-)

Anyway, the big news is that five of our BJJ/grappling students are making the transition to MMA, and preparing for their first fights in Granada, on the 22nd April.

So, in summary, things have been going great, and Professor Edson continues to build one of Spain’s premier BJJ, grappling, and now, MMA academies. On behalf of all the students here, we can just say, “Thanks Professor Edson, for your hard work, and dedication!”

So that’s about it folks for this update, but not, of course, without a final Tip of the Week:

Never follow Professor Edson into the Turkish Bath after class, wearing only the pink silk underwear that you forgot you were wearing (given, of course, as a present from your father in law), when he claims, “C’mon, don’t worry, there’s no girls in there this time of night.”

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