MANY WEAPONS sits down with Founder of GD Jiu-jitsu and head Jiu-jitsu instructor at Arizona Combat Sports. Gustavo Dantas is a 3rd degree black belt from Andre Pederneiras (founder of Team Nova União). Gustavo has been producing world-class competitors since October 2000 in Tempe, Arizona.
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 3rd. 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
The 1st Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Kids Cup took place at the Broadway Recreation Center in Mesa, Arizona on April 25th. 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.
Martin Escobar and his instructor Rey Diogo
Check out the results of our Arizona Pan American competitors:
BLACK BELT
Luciana Dias (Megaton) – Female/Heavy – 1st place
Martin Escobar (De Brazil) – Senior 2/Super Heavy – 1st place
The AZSBJJF sent two of its certified referees to work and represent at this year’s Pan-Ams in Carson, CA. Chris Lopez, a black belt, and Jacob McClintock, a brown belt, both under Gustavo Dantas.
The GRACIE Magazine Association has added another member to its network of Jiu-Jitsu promoters. Black belt Gustavo Dantas is the professor responsible for the Nova Uniao Arizona school, in Tempe,AZ.
Dantas comes from the linage of Andre Pederneiras and Fernando Cruz. He has some big titles in competitive Jiu-Jitsu, such as Brazilian champion, world champion and more. He has competed in the ADCC Submission wrestling competition. For more info, go to gdjiujitsu.com.
On February 21, 2009, the Arizona State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (AZSBJJF) hosted the 4th 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 4th 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:
European Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2009
Complexo Esportivo Casal Vistoso
Lisbon, Portugal
Wellington “Megaton” Diaz took second place at Feather weight/Black Belt/Adult Division on February 1st. Megaton defeated two opponents but, he lost in the finals against World Champion,Mario Reis.
Congratulations to Megaton for his great performance.
UFC Middleweight Contender, Thales Leites, will be teaching a three hour Submission Wrestling and MMA Seminar at Arizona Combat Sports on January 17, 2009 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. The cost of the seminar is only $50. For more information, please contact Gustavo Dantas at gdjiujitsu@hotmail.com
Leites will be facing Anderson Silva at UFC 97 for the Middleweight title on April 18th in Montreal,Canada.
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion, Abu Dhabi Absolute Champion and MMA Veteran Roberto “Spider” Traven will be hosting No Gi grappling clinics for both youth and adults at the Lion’s Den in Scottsdale Arizona on December 6th 2008. “We are privileged to have such a decorated champion hosting BJJ clinics at Lion’s Den Scottsdale. Traven is a 5th Degree Black Belt and his professional career in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA is remarkable.
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