Draculino Team MarbellaBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Marbella, Spain

Be sure not to miss this unique opportunity to participate in a seminar with 2011 World Champion, Felipe “Preguiça” Pena, on Thursday, February 2, at 19:30h at the Draculino Team Marbella academy. Cost is 25€.

Don’t miss this fantastic seminar hosted by our friends at Gracie-Barra La Linea:

• What: BJJ seminar, with Jude Samuel
• Where: Algeciras
• When: Saturday, August 1, 10:30h to 13:30h
• Cost: 15 Euros
• More Info: Cai-Club Website

The rains and cooler weather bring wintertime to Marbella, and that means intensified training as we get ready for some local tournaments and the European championships in January. While focusing on training, we’ve been lazy in updating the blog, so here’s a big article with the latest news.

Welcome guest instructor, Vinicius Moura!

While coach Edson is back in Brazil, we’ve got a great guest instructor taking care of the class, Vinicius Moura. Vinny is a black belt under legendary maestro, Soca, and is proving to be a fantastic trainer. His speciality is standup/judo, and so every Monday we focus on that. I have to say standup has always been the worst part of my game, and so I’m pretty happy to be improving those skills.

Vinny’s been doing a great job filling in while Edson’s awaw, and as a result the club continues to grow to almost 20 people per class!

Augusto takes warmups to a professional level

One thing is for sure, our guys are going to arrive at the upcoming tournaments in great shape!, as our warm-up sessions have been taken over by our very own Augusto Aloisio. Augusto is a professional personal trainer, and has taken charge of the pre-class warm-ups. He’s been structuring the 30-minute session to include explosive duration exercises, core strengthening, and abdominal work.

Describing the warm-ups as intense would be an understatement, but we are all really happy that Augusto has stepped up into this role, as it’s making a huge difference in our physical preparation.

Best wishes for coach Edson with his injury.

Coach Edson “Sururu” Jorge has been down in Brazil the past couple of months, involved in a number of activities such as helping UFC champion George St. Pierre prepare for his (winning) fight against Jon Fitch, and preparing to fight André Chatuba in the sixth edition of the Juiz de Fora MMA event.

We were all really looking forward to Edson’s fight. Chatuba is a very tough competitor, and a win for Edson in this fight could have easily paved the way to participation in headline MMA events in the USA or Japan.

But last week we got the terrible news that Edson has suffered a serious knee injury in training. In addition to missing the fight, he’s going to have to have surgery and a period of recovery.

We know that Edson is terribly disappointed about this. We just want to say,

“Keep your head up, Edson. You’re a great person and athlete, and we’re all behind you!”

Preparation for upcoming tournaments

We’re currently training for three possible upcoming tournaments.

• Barcelona (December 6-7). The Vulcan tournament last year was a huge success. Many people said it’s the best organized tournament ever in Spain.

• Rota (December 13). The US soldiers are preparing a tournament in at the base in Rota. It will be a Gi tourney, with two weight classes, and all belt categories. Contact David Turner on djturner11@yahoo.com for details.

• European Championships (January 30 – February 1). As always, we’re preparing to go defend our medals at the Europeans!

Gracie Barra Marbella has the distinct honor to have rising international BJJ start Augusto “Tio Chico” in Marbella during the months of June and July. Check out the following micro-interview from last night’s class, along with his highlight video at the end:

Be sure to check out the following highlight reel from Augusto Tio Chico:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaFga4SDPRs

Many new students to the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, who happen to be lucky enough to have a real Brazilian instructor, are often caught a little off guard with the language. So here, our dear reader, is your Gracie-Barra Brief Introduction to Brazilian. (Yeah, I know, it’s “Portuguese”, but the version of the language we know and love could just as well be called, “Brazilian”.)

1. e ai (eh-ay-ee) What’s up?

2. ta? (tah?) Did you see that? Example: “You trap his arm, ta? You shift your base, ta? You pass your leg over his head, ta? You subymit him with a triangle! Ta?”

3. Subimit (Su-bee-mit) Submit.

4. Cara (Ca-dah) No, it’s not Spanish for “face”, it means “dude”.

5. Fica (Fee-ka) Stay or stand. Combining with the above: “Si cada fica em pe…”, meaning “If the dude stands up…”

6. Chão (Shaum) Ground.

7. Po (Poh) Butt.

8. Cudo (Koo-do) Elbow.

9. Pé (Pay) Foot.

10. Nuca (Noo-ka) Neck.

11. Mão (Mohn) Hand.

12. Pow (like “wow”) The sound you make when you apply an armbar or other finish holds. Example: “So, you climb your legs up, pull his arm across, and POW, slap on the armbar!”

13. Porra (Po-ha) The most apparently versatile word in the Brazilian language. It can mean anything from surprise (“You met THREE girls Friday night? PORRA!”) to an exclamation of emotion (“PORRA! I just broke your left foot, now I’m gonna break the right! PORRA!”)

So, there are you students, all you need to know for successful participation in a real BJJ class. Until next time…

Us being an authentic Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy, students that have achieved something (or have irritated Edson in some way), are sometime given, in the true spirit of the Brazilian way, an alternative name.

Presented below is a list (in no particular order) of those who have achieved a nickname in our academy:

• Sururu – Edson Jorge
• Matturu – Matt Henderson (Matt also goes by “Spaniard” when in the United States)
• Tiburón – Mike Rios
• Pit Bull Argentino – Martin
• Pit Bull – Reza
• Picachú – Danny Nagore
• Rotweiler – Antonio Garcia (also known as “Sin Cuello”, no neck.)
• Toro Bravo – Jose Antonio Merida
• Pescadito – Agusto
• Paleta – Pablo Cabo

This list will be expanded and updated soon.

Hey everybody, great news!– we’re really happy to be able to provide you with a downloadable video of Edson’s TKO win against Manu Garcia at the recent KO Arena 5 event. See for yourself why Edson “Sururu” Jorge is one of the world’s top welterweight/lightweight fighters, and remains undefeated at 5-0.

Click here to download the video (28 MB)

A really big thanks goes out to our friend, and KO Arena producer and promoter, Pablo Espejo, for giving us permission to provide this video from the event. Be sure to regularly check out Pablo’s sites:

• FightSol.com

• KOArena.net

Also be sure to check out Pablo’s photo gallery of the event:

• KO Arena 5 Photo Gallery

Edson “Sururu” Jorge would like to thank all the coaches and participants that attended the event, as well as the Pink and Plantinum for sponsoring the event. Next year Sururu will host a Grappling (no gi) tournament in June/July as well as the second edition of the Copa de Marbella (with gi) in October. Check this website for information on these and other upcoming Spanish events.

Edson “Sururu” Jorge quiere agradecer a todos los entrenadores y competidores que acudieron al evento y tambien los patrocinadores Pink y Platinum por su apoyo. En el año que viene Sururu organizará un campeonato de Grappling (sin kimono) en Junio/Julio y la segunda Copa de Marbella en Octubre. En este sito web informaremos sobre estos eventos y los de mas eventos en España proximamente.

White Belt /Cinturon Blanco

65 a 75 kgs 1. Jesus Velasquez (TNT) 2. Ismael Cordoba (TNT) 3. Tete Garcia (GBM)

76 a 85kgs 1. Enrique Marin (CS) 2. M. Nisteroy (TNT) 3. “Aleman” (GBM)

86 a 95kgs 1. Carlos Ona (TNT) 2. Antonio Cordoba (TNT) 3. Leo Galatti (GBM)

+96kgs 1. Antonio Garcia (GBM) 2. Reza (GBM) 3. Adrian Correa (LZ)

Absoluto 1. Carlos Ona (TNT) 2. Reza (GBM) 3. Cesar Honduras (TNT)

Blue Belt/ Cinturon Azul

Por de bajo de 75kgs 1. Raul Velazquez (TNT) 2. Juan Jose Pozo (TNT) 3. Pablo “Paleta” Cabo

Por encima de 75kgs 1. Mike Rios (GBM) 2. Ben Johnson (GBM) 3 Antonio Sanchez (LZ)

Absoluto 1. Ben Johnson (GBM) 2. Mike Rios (GBM) 3. Raul Velazquez (CS)

Team Cup / Copa de Equipos 1. Team New Team Madrid 2. Gracie Barra Marbella 3. Crazy Sevilla 4. Luis Zarrate Granada

Congratulations to everyone!!/ Enhorabuena a todos!!

The Gracie-Barra Marbella Jiu-Jitsu academy of Professor Edson Jorge is pleased to announce the 1st Marbella Cup Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament:

Date: Saturday, October 28, 2006

Where: Platinum Gym, Puerto Banus, Marbella, Spain

Time: 16:00

Cost: 25 Euros/person

Belt Categories: White and Blue

Weight Categories: 65 to 75 kg, 75 to 85 kg, 85 to 95, 95 and above kg, and Absolute. Note that these weights are with kimono (gi).

Registration & Weigh-in: Friday, October 28, from 16:00, or on the day of the event, from 14:00

Prizes: Medals and Shirts

For more information, contact Edson Jorge (in Spanish) at +34 600865979, or Mike Rios (in English or Spanish) at +34 666412121.

Our academy professor Edson Jorge is set to fight the well-known Spanish fighter Manu Garcia at the KO Arena 5 Mixed Martial Arts event, for the Welterweight Championship Belt!

Don’t miss it! More information at KO Arena website

In other news, Edson won a kick boxing fight this past weekend, by KO in the second round. He’s looking quite ready for KO Arena!

(Reported by Mike Rios)

On Saturday the 22nd of July some of the Gracie Barra Marbella competition team travelled to the Spanish/American base in Rota Spain for the Inaugural CHOCO classic held on base and hosted by the CHOCO team as a fund raiser to help the guys pay for their trips to Germany to compete. The four team members were Ben Johnson, Antonio Garcia and Mike Rios along with Jose Antonio’s student Roberto. (An unfortunate mix-up prevented our non-Spanish/American/British team members from participating.)

The two weight categories were above- and below 80kgs, so Roberto and Ben fought in the under, and Mike and Antonio fought in the over.

Antonio was injured in his first match by an armbar and could not continue. Roberto, fighting in his first competition, felt the affects of nerves and adrenaline and after a hard fought first match which he won 20 to 4 looked a little worse for wear. He fought 3 more times though gaining some valuable experience and going 2 for 2 on the day.

Both Ben and Mike won their categories in the with Kimono competition. Mike with three submissions and ben with two submissions and a hard-fought 6-4 victory in the final. In the no kimono competition after lunch Mike won again with three submissions and ben won one and lost in the final by a guillotine choke (could happen to anyone) in a rematch of the kimono competition.

Afterwards it was over to Vinnie’s house for a BBQ by the pool and some laughs as everybody took turns telling BJJ and other “warâ€? stories. Unfortunately it started getting late and Ben looked nervous about the consequences of arriving too late to meet the Mrs, so I had to leave without getting to taste one of the luscious looking burgers Vinnie had on the Grill. You owe me a burger Ben!!

Overall my impression from the event was that team CHOCO is made up of some great guys, excellent athletes with lots of heart. They have a great future ahead of them. The event was well organized, and will no doubt become an anticipated annual event.

Thanks, and good luck in Germany, TEAM CHOCO !!!