Gustavo Dantas wins in Japan

The Rickson Gracie International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Cup took place in Hamamatsu, Japan on June 28th, 2009. The event promoted by the Jiu-Jitsu Federation of Japan, brought 700 competitors to the Hamamatsu Arena. Arizona was well represented by the Vice-President of the AZSBJJF, Gustavo Dantas, who won the Black Belt/Adult/Light weight division.More pictures at www.gdjiujitsu.com

Here are the results:

BLACK / ADULT / LEVE

1. GUSTAVO DANTAS (NOVA UNIAO )
2. SILVA RENATO (INFIGHT JAPAN )
3. SUTO YOSKI (GRACIE BARRA AICHI)
4.VITAL ADALBERTO (KRAZY BEE)

Worlds BJJ 2009 Results

The World BJJ Championship 2009 took place in Long Beach, Califonia from June 4th to 7th. Check out the results of our Arizona Competitors:

Black Belt

Luciana Dias (Heavy/2nd place) – Megaton

AZ BJJ State Championship 2009

Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu State Championship 2009
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
July 11 & 12 of 2009

The GD JIU-JITSU Events in association with the Arizona State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (AZSBJJF) is proud to announce the Arizona Brazilian Jiu-jitsu State Championship 2009. The competition will take place on July 11 & 12 at the Westwood High School located at 945 W. 8th St. in Mesa, AZ 85201

Gracie Mag will be covering the event.

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition will offer kids, juveniles, Adult (Male and Female), Masters and Senior Divisions.

Registration

. Each competitor must fill out the registration form online. The Pre-registration fee is $50 for the adults and juveniles (16-17 yrs) or and $35 for the kids division until July 3^rd. After this date,$60 for adults and juveniles and, $45 for the kids.

KIDS Division is limited to 200 Competitors.

Juvenile, Adult, Masters and Senior Divisions are limited to 350 competitors.

. Registration Online Available at www.azsbjjf.com or www.gdjiujitsu.com

1st AZ BJJ Kids Cup Results

The 1^st Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Kids Cup took place at the Broadway Recreation Center in Mesa, Arizona on April 25^th. The event promoted by GD Jiu-Jitsu Events, in association with AZ State BJJ Federation, was sponsored by Forever Fighter, Custom T-Shirt Warehouse, OTM Fight Shop, Gracie Magazine Association and Arizona Combat Sports. The event was dedicated to competitors between ages of 4 and 17 yrs old and was a great success with its debut at 163 competitors.

AZ Pan Am Competitors results

Martin Escobar and his instructor Rey Diogo

Check out the results of our Arizona Pan American competitors:

BLACK BELT

Luciana Dias (Megaton) – Female/Heavy – 1^st place

Martin Escobar (De Brazil) – Senior 2/Super Heavy – 1^st place

4th AZ Open of BJJ Results

On February 21, 2009, the Arizona State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (AZSBJJF) hosted the 4^th AZ Open of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The tournament took place at the Westwood High School in Mesa, AZ. Featuring over 400 competitors representing Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and Maryland and over 1000 spectators, the 4^th AZ Open was a success.

The day started out with the kids divisions with there being 140 young competitors. All the schools represented themselves very well, and the team scores became very close. The team winners of the kids division were:

Mistake at the BJJ Division

We made a mistake at the BJJ Team Results. Team Rey Diogo/De Brazil took 3rd place with 54 points. We had listed BJJ Revolution with 53 points. Good job Martin Escobar!

More info about Martin Escobar’s Team at www.debraziljiujitsu.com

11th AZ Grappling Challenge Results

Over 300 athletes competed at the 11th Arizona Grappling Challenge on October 26th of 2008 in
Mesa,Arizona. The tournament was sponsored by: OTM Fight Shop, Living Canvas Tattoo, Custom T-Shirt Warehouse, Extreme MMA Training, Home Saving of America, DPR Realty, One Stop Nutrition and, Arizona Combat Sports. The event was promoted by the Arizona State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.

Full results will be available at www.azsbjjf.com

Pictures available at www.bjjphotos.com

U.S. Nationals 2008

The U.S. Nationals BJJ and No-Gi Championship took place in Carson, CA on September 20th and 21st.

You can find pictures at www.bjjphotos.com and www.aliciaphotos.com

 Competitors from Megaton, Gustavo Dantas, Arthur Ruff and Demetrius Ramos     represented AZSBJJF. Check out the Results:

2nd No-Gi Worlds

The 2nd No-Gi Worlds and the International Masters and Seniors took place in Carson,CA on August 9th and 10th. Over 600 hundreds competitors from twelve  countries competed at the tournament promoted by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.

AZSBJJF was well represented by: