Gracie-Barra Andalucia

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Grappling & Mixed Martial Arts Academy

Welcome to Gracie-Barra Andalucia. Our academies train and compete in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and grappling/submission-wrestling, under black-belt Edson “Sururu” Jorge. Join us in beautiful Marbella and La Linea, Spain (Andalucia) training the most effective martial arts in the world. Learn more about the academy , or read our blog below.

Open Grappling Results

August 13th, 2007

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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 this competition.

Para una versión en Español de este articulo, pica aqui.

Summary of the Event

During the first half of the day, the event worked its way through the weight categories (divided into beginner and advanced division). As the competition evolved down to the finals, it was clear that a lot of hard training had taken place prior to the event, as an incredible level of technical ability and physical conditioning was demonstrated by every team that participated.

Particularly impressive on the day were Fran Alcalde (Sur Union) and Oriol Gaset (Alianza-MMA). Oriol won both his weight category (Advanced 77kg) and the Advanced Absolute division, especially impressive taking into account that by luck of the draw, he did not get a by in the 77 kg first round (meaning he fought an additional fight with respect to the additional competitors.) Fran Alcalde won both his weight category (Advanced 66 kg) and the Elite Absolute division, especially impressive taking into account that he was competing against a black belt!

The first superfight between Aida (GBM) and Christina (ASES) showed the crowd that grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu are not just mens sports, as these talented women demonstrated an equal fighting spirit and technical expertise. At the beginning of the fight Aida locked in a tight triangle, but Christina calmly worked the escape and later scored the side control. The two battled to the end, and Christina took the superfight with a points advantage. Congratulations to both!

In the main event, Gracie-Barra Marbella’s Edson “Sururu” Jorge took on ASES Valencia’s Tito Beltran. This fight was anticipated and talked about for weeks leading up the event, as one of Brazil’s most talented fighters (Edson Jorge) faced off with Spain’s most celebrated grappler (Tito Beltran). There was almost an electric tension in the air as the two fighters stared each other down in front of the dead-silent crowd prior to the bout.

When the clock started the fighter circled in the stand-up, each looking for a takedown. Tito’s first shot was answered with a quick sprawl from Edson, but Tito responded by securing what appeared to be a guillotine attempt. Edson backed out, and the fighter again stood up. Edson dropped to butterfly guard and secured a back grip, and transitioned to secure Tito’s leg. Tito rolled to counter attack Edson’s leg, but Edson rolled back to secure a heel-hook, leaving Tito no option but to tap out.

Congratulations Sururu, and congratulations to Tito for a great fight! For sure, you can expect to see a rematch between the competitors in the future!

Our academy, Gracie-Barra Marbella, had a great turn-out of competitors, and although finishing second, demonstrated a great performance. Leo and Agusto especially showed that they have progressed tremendously over the past year. Those guys were unbelievable. Juan from La Linea was also incredible, making it to the finals! Jacobo did great in his first competition, making it all the way to the semi-finals. And Aida showed great composure and fighting spirit, competing in a superfight in her very first competition. Pablo had two very tough fights. Jose Antonio won his division. Recently arrived Leandro had a great fight. Martin Pitbull demonstrated his amazing strength! Dani had fight against Oriol in the first round of his division. New arrival Alessandro had a tough fight with the eventual winner of his division. Hans had a tough fight in his first event. And, then of course was Guara, who became animated the crowd with his amazing win over a guy twice his size in the absolute category. Leandro fought a very technical fight in the elite division. There were several other GBM fighters as well, e.g. Paulon, Tomaz, Roberto, Jose Manuel, etc. all of whom competed very well. And, of course, Edson prevailed as we all knew he would in the event everybody came for, the superfight with Tito!

Individual Results

The following are the results of the individual competition finals (Gold and Silver medalist):

  • Beginner 66 kg Magnus Johnson (Team Choco) def. Ignacio Barrachina (ASES)
  • Beginner 77 kg David Allen (Team Choco) def. Juan Felgueroso (GBM)
  • Beginner 88 kg Saul Burillo (ASES) def. Pipo (Sur Union)
  • Beginner 99 kg David Jacare (Sur Union) def. Kevin Mohr (Team Choco)
  • Beginner 99+ kg Gran Eu (Sur Union) def. Miguel Kama (Zarate Team)
  • Advanced 66 kg Fran Alcalde (Sur Union) def. Luis Quiñones (Sur Union)
  • Advanced 77 kg Oriol Gaset (Alianza-MMA) def. Agusto Aloisio (Gracie-Barra Marbella)
  • Advanced 88 kg Fredson (ASES) def. Leandro Galati (Gracie-Barra Marbella)
  • Advanced 99 kg Jose Antonio Merida (Gracie-Barra Marbella) def. Pedro Carvalho (Werdum Zaragoza)
  • Absolute Beginner Guara (Gracie-Barra Marbella) def. Nicolae Bogdan (Werdum Zaragoza)
  • Absolute Advanced Oriol Gaset (Alianza-MMA) def. Pedro Carvalho (Werdum Zaragoza)
  • Absolute Elite Fran Alcalde (Sur Union) def. Leandro (Gracie-Barra Marbella)

Team Results

The winner of the team competition was Sur Union, who clearly trained hard for this event, and brought a team of focused and prepared competitors. In second place was the home team of Gracie-Barra Marbella, and tied for third place were ASES and Team Choco. The full team results follow:

Superfight Results

  • Edson Jorge (GBM) def. Tito Beltran (ASES)
  • Cristina (ASES) def. Aida (GBM)

Videos

Edson Jorge (GBM) vs Tito Beltran (ASES)

Fran Alcalde (Sur Union) vs Leandro (GBM)

Thanks!

First, we want to thank all the teams, competitors and fans that came from all over Spain to participate in and watch the event. Through your support and participation, it’s clear that our sports of BJJ and grappling are alive and growing in Spain! We hope you all enjoyed the event, and look forward to next year.

We also want to thank our sponsors:

  • MakaluMedia
  • Ronin Wear
  • Platinum Gym (Puerto Banus)
  • Soul Beach
  • Pink (Puerto Banus)
  • Tango Restaurante (Puerto Banus)
  • Lyndon

And, last but not least, a big big thanks to Roger Gracie black-belt Jude Samuel for coming to the event, and graciously volunteering to help with the refereeing. Thanks Jude!

Links

Discussion about the event in FightSol forums

Open Grappling Notas Finales

August 9th, 2007

Este documento contiene algunas notas finales, plan de actividades, reglas y lista de participantes relacionado con el Torneo Open Grappling, este fin de semana, 11 de Agosto. Es muy importante leer esta información! (This document contains final notes, rules, schedule and participant list for the Open Grapping Tournament this coming weekend, 11 August. It is very important to read this information!) Read the rest of this entry »

Open Grappling Torneo Inscripcion (Español)

July 18th, 2007

Formulario en Español del primer torneo de Open Grappling en Marbella, 11 Agosto, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Open Grappling Tournament Registration (English)

July 17th, 2007

Registration form, in English, for the first Open Grappling tournament in Marbella, 11 August, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Beginner’s Guide to Brazilian

July 10th, 2007

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. (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…

Follow-up: Seminar with Roberto Atalla

July 10th, 2007

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It’s great being part of an active, vibrant Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club. Sometimes we’re working on technique. Sometimes we’re training for a competition. Sometimes we’re welcoming new members to the club, or welcoming visiting black belts from Brazil. And sometimes, we’re treated to seminars.

This past Monday night, we had the pleasure of welcoming BJJ black belt Roberto Atalla to our academy for a one-evening seminar. It was a great experience, as Roberto is a tremendously friendly and competent instructor. (And, he’s fluent in both English and Spanish!)

The seminar focused exclusively on guard passing, with kimono. We focus on a few details to improve our general pass from the closed guard, and then we moved on to several passes from the open- and spider guards, including a nice counter to an attempted De La Riva guard. We trained the techniques for two hours, and then spent a final 45 minutes doing specific-position sparring.

All in all, it was a great evening, and we hope that Roberto can find time in his schedule to pass by again, and spend a bit of time with us here in Marbella. He’s got a busy schedule of seminars around Europe, but hopes to be back next year.

Be sure to follow Roberto’s blog at:

http://robertoatalla.wordpress.com/

Seminar with Roberto Atalla!

July 4th, 2007

Hey everybody, just wanted to announce that next Monday, 9 July 2007, we’ll be hosting a BJJ seminar with Roberto Atalla at our academy in Puerto Banus. The cost will be 25 Euro per person. The class starts at 20:00 until 22:00 (usual training time.) Check out Roberto’s weblog and don’t miss this opportunity. Bring kimono and grappling clothes.

http://robertoatalla.wordpress.com/

Hola a todos, el proximo lunes, 9 Julio 2007, vamos a tener un seminaro de BJJ con Roberto Atalla! El lugar es nuestro academia en Puerto Banus. La hora es de 20:00 a 22:00, y el coste es 25 Euros. No pierdas ese oportunidad! Trae ropa de BJJ (kimono) y grappling.

Un saludo, y hasta entonces!

Announcing: Marbella Grappling Tournament

June 29th, 2007

On Saturday, August 11, Edson “Sururu” Jorge will host the first annual Marbella Submission Wrestling Tournament, to be held at Soul Beach, in beautiful Puerto Banus.

Details will follow soon. Please leave a comment on this article, to be informed by email when more details are available.

A number of SUPERFIGHTS are already being negotiated, including Edson Jorge vs Tito Beltran! Stay tuned…

X Fight Granada Fight Videos

May 5th, 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)

Mike Rios (Round 2)

High Quality Downloads

All videos are .mp4 format, ZIP archived, and approximately 80 MB in size:

Directory of Student Names

April 26th, 2007

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.

Spectacular Success at X Fight Granada for Gracie-Barra Marbella Team

April 23rd, 2007

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 Arts (MMA) fights — three of which featured Gracie-Barra Marbella Team Edson Jorge fighters making their MMA debut! So how did go? Well, in short, the team remains undefeated!.

Capoeira Guara!

The first fight of the night featured our newest import, Brazilian capoeira instructor “Guara” (Don’t ask. If he told you his real name, he’d have to kill you) facing off against Victor De Niro. The weeks before the fight, Guara was telling me that he really didn’t know much Jiu Jitsu, and planned to keep the fight standing up. Well, that didn’t go according to plan, and within the first minute, the fighters hit the deck. But surprise surprise, Guara must be a secret black belt or something, because in a flash he had De Niro mounted and was raining down punches causing a quick submission for the first GB Marbella win of the night.

Even more impressive than the fight was the double-back-over triple spin summersault thing he did after being announced the winner!

Paleta Power!

The next fight of the evening was a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu challenge match between our very own purple belt Pablo “Paleta” Cabo against the ever tough Ali Dinar of Granada. The fight started fast and furious with Pablo getting the first takedown. For 10 minutes, Pablo demonstrated why he’s one of Spain’s top BJJ talents as he passed Dinar’s half guard to side-control and north-south, back up, and back down again. Dinar put up a great effort, but Pablo fully controlled the fight, earning the judges’ unanimous decision for the win. It was a great win for Paleta and we look forward to continue seeing him dominate the BJJ competition scene this year.

Leo, The Argentinean Sensation, Galati!

In the second MMA fight of the night, our very own Leo Galati, put on a show! Seeing the fight, you’d never guess this was his MMA debut, as he demonstrated the cool control of a seasoned MMA professional. I’m not sure anybody has prepared harder for their fight than Leo. Seeing the transformation he has made over he past few months through hard work and training, going from slightly overweight to ripped, lean and mean athlete, has been, for me, inspirational. When Leo entered the ring last night, you could see on his face that his opponent had little chance.

As the fight began, Leo and his opponent, Urtzi “Wanderlayla” Bilbao, circle a bit, feeling each other out and judging the distance. After a quick kick exchange, the fighter’s clinched and Leo worked a spectacular take-down. Leo quickly gained side control, and then the mount, where he was perfectly position for some top end ground and pound. After about 30 seconds, Bilbao couldn’t take any more pounding, and called for the submission, giving Leo his first in what will likely be a long stream of MMA wins!

Mike “The Shark” Rios!

Marbella Submission Fighter Co-Founder, Used Car Salesman, Maker of Fine Kimonos, Publisher of Glamour Magazines, and now… Ultimate Fighting Warrior!!!, Mike “She Knew from Day One I Was a Surfer” Rios, has truly become an Urban Legend.

I can’t begin to tell you how worried I was warming up with Mike for his fight. I could tell he was nervous, and knew that having waited around all day and all night for his fight could take its toll. Then, entering the ring and seeing Mike’s tough, pit-bull-looking Brazilian opponent Bethoven de Castro, I almost threw in the towel before the fight started. (I had a ring-side view, as I was working the corner in Mike’s fight with Edson, and my job, as always, was the single task of periodically screaming, “Breathe!”)

When the bell rang to start the fight, Mike and Pit Bull circled for a moment, until the Brazilian charged in to attempt a take-down. Mike did a good job with the sprawl, but managed to get hit squarely one time during De Castro’s barrage of initial punches. Mike then got under the Brazilian’s leg for a reversal take down, and the momentum of the fight changed. The fighters ended up on their feet again with the Brazilian behind Mike. Mike, a purple belt in Jiu Jitsu, took his opponents left arm and jumped down for a kimura, but the Brazilian escaped, but in the process Mike ended up in full back mount. Man oh man was the tide turning in the fight!

Round one ended squarely in Mike’s favor. Between the rounds though, I got concerned seeing how tired he was. But he’s got the heart of a warrior and stood up to face the pit-bull for round 2.

Round two started with Mike landing some solid jabs. Da Castro, starting to wear down, tried again to shoot, but Mike’s wrestling skills were just too much. Mike managed to reverse his opponent again, throwing him to the mat, and into position to attempt a foot lock. Several audible cracks came from his foot, but the tenacious Brazilian wasn’t about to tap. The two fighter rolled, and Mike ended up in his opponent’s guard, where for the remainder of the fight, he scored ground and pound punches to the face of Da Castro.

The bell rang, and Mike “El Tiburón” Rios has his first MMA victory.

Hopefully I’ll get the videos of the other fights soon. My little digital camera only had enough time in memory to record Mike’s fight, so here it is for download:

VIDEO: Mike Rios - X Fight (38 MB)

Edson “Sururu” Jorge, Fighter and Coach Extrodinaire!

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Wrestling, and now MMA champions. It’s quite amazing what Edson “Sururu” Jorge has done since arriving in Marbella and establishing his Gracie-Barra academy! If you’re looking to train BJJ, grappling or MMA in Spain, you’ve got a wonderful opportunity in beautiful Marbella to train under one of the top professionals in world.

Congratulations to all the fighters, and a big thanks to Luis Zarate for putting on a great show, and to our friends Pablo Espejo (promoter of KO Arena), Luis Quiñones (undefeated MMA fighter), and Rodrigo (BJJ pioneer) for the excellent jobs they did refereeing and judging the event.

Springtime at Gracie-Barra Marbella

March 30th, 2007

It’s springtime here in Marbella, and that means, in addition to more girls working out in the gym trying to distract us from our BJJ training, it’s about time for a website update.

Having created one of the most competitive BJJ/grappling teams in Spain, and having dominated MMA fights in route to his Middleweight Championship belt in Spain’s premier MMA event, KO Arena, Professor Edson Jorge’s Gracie-Barra Marbella academy has been growing by leaps and bounds. We’ve got new academies opened in Malaga and La Linea, and here in Marbella we’ve welcomed a ton of new students. (One of whom, “Peachy Boo” — that’s Brazilian for “Pit Bull” — tossed me around like a rag doll last Monday…) We’ve now got guys and girls training, people young and old, and even our very own Cro-Cop replica, with equally devastating knock out ability.

In an upcoming news, we’ll be reporting on a recent graduation, where Professor Edson awarded yellow, blue and purple belts to several students. Congrats to all those! (Somehow, though, um, he, uh, seemed to have forgotten one particular Brown Belt promotion… I’m sure it was just a slight oversight that’ll be corrected soon… ;-)

Anyway, the big news is that five of our BJJ/grappling students are making the transition to MMA, and preparing for their first fights in Granada, on the 22nd April.

So, in summary, things have been going great, and Professor Edson continues to build one of Spain’s premier BJJ, grappling, and now, MMA academies. On behalf of all the students here, we can just say, “Thanks Professor Edson, for your hard work, and dedication!”

So that’s about it folks for this update, but not, of course, without a final Tip of the Week:

Never follow Professor Edson into the Turkish Bath after class, wearing only the pink silk underwear that you forgot you were wearing (given, of course, as a present from your father in law), when he claims, “C’mon, don’t worry, there’s no girls in there this time of night.”

CBJJ European Championship Tournament 27-28 january 2007

February 2nd, 2007

This year the GB Marbella Competition team returned again to Lisbon leaving on Friday morning and led by Professor Edson “Sururu” Jorge. In whitebelt we had Dani, Agusto, and Nacho and in Blue Belt Pablo “paleta”, Frank , Mike Rios and Jose Antonio.

Este año el equipo de competicion de GB Marbella volvio a Lisboa saliendo el Viernes por la mañana y liderado por Professor Edson “Sururu” Jorge. Competidores eran Cinturon Blanco Dani, Agusto y Nacho. En Azul Pablo “Paleta”, Frank, Mike, y Jose Antonio

Dani and Agusto were both in the lightweight category -76kilos.
Dani fought two very tecnical and cool headed fights before losing a very close third to the eventual champion by an Advantage.

Dani y Agusto lucharon en peso leve -76kilos. Dani lucho muy friamente calculador, ganando con superior tecnica sus primeros dos combates antes de perder ante el eventual campeon por una ventaja.

Agusto,true warrior that he is, refused to let a serious rib injury stop him from competing and won three fights in a row. The medical unit on hand were concerned with the obvious pain he was experiencing and after the third fight prohibited him from continuing although he had won. No amount of protest would change their minds even after Edson pleaded with them. Agusto was emotionally crushed, we all know he would have won so as far as we are concerned Congratulations Agusto you are the Champion!!!

Agusto, verdadero guerrero que es, se negaba a dejar una lesion en su costilla pararle de combatir y gano sus tres combates seguidos. La unidad medica desafortunadamente notaba el dolor obvio que experimentaba y prohibieron su continuacion en el torneo. Ninguna protesta de Agusto ni de Edson logro cambiar esta decision. Agusto estaba obviamente desilusionado, pero animo Agusto, todos sabemos que hubieras ganado asi que Enhorabuena Campeon!!!

Nacho—- Sometimes when you go to compete you just have bad luck. This time Nacho drew the eventual Sub-Champion in the first round. It was obvious this fighter was a highly skilled Judoka and caught nacho by suprise throwing him and submitting him quickly. Better luck next time Nacho and PULL GUARD!!

Nacho— A veces cuando vas a competir tienes mala suerte. Pues le toco a Nacho, en la primera pelea le toco el eventual sub-campeon. Este luchador obviamente de alta habilidad Judoka sorprendio a Nacho con una proyeccion y submission explosivas. Mejor suerte la proxima vez Nacho y METELE EN TU GUARDIA!!!!

Paleta also suffering from a serious rib injury overcame his pain and showed his grit and will winning his first fight with tecnical superiority and was on his way to winning his seond with a 2 advantage lead when while on their feet and headed out of the combat area the referee stepped in between to move them back to the center. As Paleta backed up he relaxed and his oponent anticipating the referee´s command threw pablo for 2 points and the win before the referee had taken a step back. Not willing to reverse himself or disallow the throw, the referee did nothing even when Paleta stopped fighting in protest. Bad luck Paleta!!

Paleta tambien sufria de una lesion en las costillas pero supero el dolor y lucho mostrando su dureza y determinacion ganando su primera pelea con superioridad tecnica de su guardia famosa. En su segundo combate iba ganando por dos ventajas con menos de un minuto restante, de pie y saliendo de la area de combate el arbitro paro la pelea se metio en medio y llevaba los luchadores al centro para reinciar el combate. Mientras Paleta caminaba hacia atras y anticipando la señal del arbitro su contrincante inicio una proyeccion y el arbitro le dio los dos puntos. Se negabtra a considerar lo ocurrido incluso cuando Paleta dejo de luchar protestandolo. Mala Suerte Paleta y tranquilo que te quedan muchos años y titulos por delante.

Mike Rios– I won my first two fights easily and was on my way to winning the third by a slim advantage until I commited the mental error of trying to pass the guard to secure a bigger lead. Got swept, lost, end of story. Live and Learn.

Mike Rios– Gane mis primeras dos peleas bastante facilmente y iba ganando la tercera por una ventaja cuando cometi el error mental de intentar pasar la guardia . Me raspo, perdi, fin de la historia. Vivir y Aprender.

Jose Antonio– CONGRATULATIONS SUB-CAMPEON EUROPEO!!!!!!!!!! Those of us who have been getting crushed steadily by Jose Antonio for the last 2 years all knew he had it in him. He fought his way through 2 nerve rackingly close battles and into the final where he looked to be on his way to gold until late in the fight his opponent managed to score the winning points. We are very proud of you Jose Antonio!!!!!

Jose Antonio ENHORABUENA SUB-CAMPEON EUROPEO!!!!!!!!!! Aquellos de nosotros que llevamos años siendo aplastados por el sabia que era capaz. Cuidadosamente gano dos peleas muy ajustadas pasando a la final donde tambien ganaba hasta casi al final de la pelea su contrincante logro marcar unos puntos y ganar. Somos MUY orgullosos de ti Jose Antonio!!!

Frank Crocker, although he hasnt been able to train with us much this Palhares Jiu Jitsu student fought as a GB Marbella team member and finished his first fight in the Juvenile Blue Belt Open Category with a lightning triangle to armbar transition SWEEET. Not so much luck in his second fight as a pointless war ended up in a loss by an advantage. I know you could have beaten that guy Frank!!! Congratulations on the bronze.

Frank Crocker, Aunque no ha podido entrenar mucho con nosotros este luchador de Palhares Jiu Jitsu en USA peleo junto a nuestro equipo y finalizo en su primera pelea en Juvenille Open Blue Belt con una triangulo a Armlocki gaupisimo. No tuvo suerteen su segunda pelea perdiendo por una ventaja en una pelea sin puntos. Sabemos que puedes ganarle a ese Frank!!! Enhorabuena por el bronce!!

Special thanks to Jarno for coming with us and helping wherever he could next year you had better fight.

Gracias especiales para Jarno que nos acompañaba y ayudaba donde podia el año que viene estaras alli pero luchando.

The whole team and all the students of Gracie Barra BH Marblla would like to express our greatest gratitude to our Professor Edson “Sururu” Jorge who symbolizes professionalism and leads by example and whithout whom none of this could have ever happened. THANK YOU!!!!!!

El equipo y todos los alumnos de Gracie Barra BH Marbella queremos expresar nuestro profundo agradecimiento a nuestro Professor Edson “Sururu” Jorge que es todo un Profesional y lider por ejemplo. Sin el nada de esto seria posible jamas. MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!!!

FUMETSU kneepads & headgear now available. What are you waiting for? Take care of yourself!

January 5th, 2007

First of all, Thank you very much to professor Edson “Sururu” Jorge for his help and support of FUMETSU and for allowing me to present my products on www.gbmarbella.com.

Ante todo quiero agradecer a mi profesor Edson “Sururu Jorge por todo su ayuda y apoyo para FUMETSU y por permitirme presentar mis productos en www.gbmarbella.com.

If you train in BJJ, grappling or MMA, you already know why you need kneepads and headgear (ear protectors). You can now buy high-quality headgear and kneepads from me at:

http://www.fumetsu.eu

My first priority was to provide the essential protection needed in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Grappling. Headgear and Kneepads should be relatively low-cost items and every time I had to order them from the U.S. the shipping was more expensive than the price of the goods. I will continue to add products including Kimonos, Fight Shorts, Rash Guards etc. as I can, for now thank you very much for your support and please visit my website for more information and to contact me.

La prioridad para mi era rodilleras y protectores de oreja porque son las piezas de protección esenciales para BJJ y Grappling y no compensaba pagar mas para los portes que el precio de venta cuando los traía de USA. Iré aumentando la línea de productos tan rápido como puedo pero por ahora espero que os gusta estos dos productos y estoy muy agradecido por su apoyo. Muchas Gracias

-Mike Rios -Gracie Barra Marbella-

Edson “Sururu” Jorge KO Arena 5 Video

December 13th, 2006

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:

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