We’ve got some big news to announce folks. Edson announced Wednesday night that his long-time friend Marcelo “Uirapuru” Azevedo has returned from Brazil to help with the growth of the Gracie-Barra Marbella academy, and will be taking up the post of head instructor of the new academy in Malaga.

Marcelo is also a black-belt under Draculino, and is an accomplished BJJ competitor, and MMA fighter, having fought in the UK’s leading MMA event, Cage Rage, and most recently in the United States in the IFL as part of Renzo Gracie’s Pitbulls team.

This is huge step for the academy, making it one of the highest-profiles Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu organizations in Europe.

As part of this expansion, the academy is changing its name, appropriately to Gracie-Barra Andalucia.

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