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 [...]

Big news everybody. BIG BIG BIG NEWS!

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, Rômulo Barral, is coming to Marbella, Spain to give a one-day seminar, on January 19, 2008.

The cost will be 50 Euros for Gracie-Barra Marbella students, and 100 Euros for everyone else. Registration/payment will happen on the day of the event. The seminar will take place [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Inaugural Copa de Marbella Results

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. [...]

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 [...]

(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. [...]