Hey everybody,

We’re happy to announce a seminar with Augusto “Tio Chico” in La Linea, on Saturday, 12 July. The time will be 10 AM to 1 PM. Bring both the kimono, and grappling clothes. Look to see you there!

Here’s a Google Maps link to the location:

Google Maps link to Seminar in La Linea

This past weekend, the Gracie-Barra Andalucia team traveled to Granada to compete in the Copa Granada BJJ tournament, hosted by Luis Zarate. Several of our usual competitors couldn’t make the event, and Edson couldn’t compete due to his recovering elbow injury, but even with a relatively small team, Edson coached the team to take home [...]

This morning, as I was driving to the Muteki Dojo in Málaga for our four-hour seminar with Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhães, I have to say I was thinking about the questionable value of such events in an age where you can find half a million techniques instantly available on YouTube.

Well, today I was reminded that, when [...]

On Saturday, August 11, 2007, the first annual Marbella Open Grappling tournament was held at the beautiful Soul Beach, in Puerto Banús (Marbella), Spain. It was a gorgeous sunny day, and the turnout was fantastic. In total, more than 70 competitors from all over Spain came to put their grappling skills to the test in [...]

Formulario en Español del primer torneo de Open Grappling en Marbella, 11 Agosto, 2007.

Registration form, in English, for the first Open Grappling tournament in Marbella, 11 August, 2007.

We’ve now got some better quality fight videos from X Fight Granada. Below you will find YouTube videos, and downloadable high quality videos. (Unfortunately, Pablo’s BJJ fight wasn’t on the DVD from which these videos were created…)

Guara

Leo Galati

Mike Rios (Round 1)

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Wow! WOW! Where to begin? I’m hardly recovered. What a night! So let’s just start at the beginning…

X Fight took place last night in downtown Granada, Spain in the beautiful bar Discoteca 10 just next to the historical Granada cathedral. The event featured one Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fight, two full-contact fights, and four Mixed Martial [...]

Hey everybody, we’ll have a couple pictures up soon, but just wanted to make a quick announcement about the great news– Edson is the new KO ARENA Welterweight Champion! In last night’s event, he fought Manu Garcia, considered one of Spain’s top fighters. It was incredible– Edson, one of the world’s top Brazilian Jiu Jitsu [...]

This past weekend, the Gracie-Barra BH Marbella academy had the pleasure of hosting a BJJ and grappling seminar with Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhães. And I honestly have to say, it was the best seminar I’ve ever attended.

Draculino is the head of the Gracie-Barra Belo Horizonte (BH) jiu-jitsu academy in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and is considered to [...]

Just a quick reminder about the seminar coming up weekend after next, here in Marbella, with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Vinicius Draculino.

Format: Two hours in the morning (with gi), short break of 30 minutes, two hours in the afternoon (no-gi, MMA)

Costs: 100 Euros per person.

For those traveling into town, the following is a list of hotels [...]

Update: The date has been changed to 30 April.

We just received the fantastic news that Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhães will be giving a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu seminar in Marbella, at our training location in Platinum Gym (Puerto Banus, Marbella, Spain) on the 30th of April, 2006.

Draculino is one of the lead figures in the Gracie-Barra organization, and [...]