Gracie Barra BH Marbella

Double Shot of Augusto at the Hemo Hold Grappling Tournament

matt — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:39:22 +0000

Gracie-Barra Marbella had two participants in this past weekend’s Hemo Hold Submission Wrestling tournament in Sevilla, Spain, and the results were astounding!

Augusto Aloisio

Our Argentinean sensation Augusto Aloisio has quickly established himself as one of the top competitors in Spain. Ten fights in a day? Broken arm? The other guy weighs 105kg? No problemo — Augusto always finds a way to win, and that’s what happened this weekend, as “Augu” won both his weight category, and the overall absolute title in the Intermediate Category. (And get this: Augusto right now is walking around in a full arm cast, due to an injury he suffered in his second of five fights!)

Congratulations, Augusto! Videos of the fights are being processed and will be added to this article within the next day.

Augusto “Tio Chico” Vieira

As many of you know, GB Marbella has had the honor the past few months of having a guest instructor in Marbella, Augusto “Tio Chico” Vieira. Tio Chico is a close friend of Edson, and a clear up-and-comer on the competition BJJ scene. He has been an amazing instructor for us, showing us moves and details that we’ve never seen before.

In his final days in Marbella, Augusto took the opportunity to travel this weekend to compete with our other Augusto in the Hemo Hold tournament, where he put in two great fights, winning both his category and the absolute title in the prestigious Advanced category. In his first fight, he was able to finish top Brazilian fighter Paulo Sergio de Souza with an arm triangle, and in the absolute fight, with one of Spain’s elite grappling fighters, Tito Beltran, was able to finish with a rear naked choke!

Congratulations, Augusto (That sounds familiar!…)

Videos

Below are videos of some of the fights. More coming soon…

Augusto “Tio Chico” Viera vs Paulo Sergio de Souza

Augusto “Tio Chico” Viera vs Tito Beltran

Augusto Aloisio vs Antonio Vadia

Seminar with Augusto “Tio Chico” in La Linea

matt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:59:12 +0000

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

Augusto “Tio Chico” in Marbella during July

matt — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:14:08 +0000

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

Back training at Platinum again, with special guest: Tio Chico!

matt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:02:15 +0000

Hi everybody,

Platinum has re-opened their doors, and we’re once again training there, Monday, Wednesday and Friday’s at 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. This month we have a special guest here: Tio Chico, who you all will remember came and gave us a great seminar earlier this summer, prior to heading off to the US to compete in the BJJ Mundiales.

Edson Jorge in Rio training with George St. Pierre

matt — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:55:29 +0000

Our coach Edson Jorge is presently helping George St. Pierre train and improve his jiu-jitsu (in preparation for his upcoming UFC belt defense against Jon Fitch) at the Gracie Barra academy in Rio de Janeiro. Sweet! Edson should be back in town around late June.

Temporarily Training in Centro Plaza Gym (Important!)

matt — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:22:31 +0000

As many of you have heard, our training location, Platinum Gym, are having some issues, and is temporarily closed. They have informed us that they are working hard to resolve the problems, and re-open the gym. In the meantime, we are temporarily training at Centro Plaza Gym, in Puerto Banus, near the Plaza de Toros.

The training cost is 20 Euro/day for the use of the gym, which is shared by everyone training. On average there are 10 people training, resulting in a cost of 2 Euro/day per person.

Following is a map containing both the OLD and NEW locations:

http://makalumedia.com/skitch/skitched-20080512-151103.png

Como habeis oido, el gimnasio Platinum Gym esta pasando algunos problemas, y por el momento esta cerrado. Nos han comunicado que estan trabajando para resolver los problemas, y abrirse de nuevo. Hasta entonces, estamos entrenando en el gimnasio Centro Plaza en Nueva Andalucia, cerca a la Plaza de Toros.

El coste es 20 Euros/dia para el uso de la sala, compartido entre los 10 o asi persona que suelen venir, sale por medio unos 2 Euro/day por persona.

Abajo os pongo una mapa que contiene los dos gimnasios:

http://makalumedia.com/skitch/skitched-20080512-151103.png

GB TV: Move of the Week, Leg Lock Variation

mhenders — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:23:47 +0000

GB TV: Interview with Leo!

mhenders — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:22:49 +0000

Interview with one of GB Marbella’s Argentinean sensations, Leo, discussing his recent injury and upcoming MMA plans.

GB TV: Meet Brandon

mhenders — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:42:18 +0000

Meet Brandon, our 16 year old BJJ phenom, only on GB TV.

No-gi only training starting next week

matt — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:32:54 +0000

Just a short notice to all GB Marbella members: To get ready for the grappling tournaments in June and July, we will be training no-gi only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting next week (Monday, 21 April).

Para todos los alumnos de GB Marbella: Para preparar los torneos de grappling en Junio y Julio, vamos a entrenar solo sin kimono empezanda el Lunes que viene, 21 Abril.