Best polish Lightweight fighter Maciej „Irokez” Jewtuszko (8-0) is preparing to his debut in UFC!

Shooto Germany will host the fifth edition of the Amateur Show „German Vale Tudo – Contenders” on February 12th in the German Top Team Academy in Reutlingen (Germany). We hereby invite you to participate at this event (fb link) with your team and fighters, as well as come and watch the fights live.

Adress:

German Top Team Akademie
Wörthstraße 17
Reutlingen, Germany

from Gracie Barra Birmingham official website:

We are privileged to announce that ADCC and IBJJF World Champion Kyra Gracie will be holding a seminar at Gracie Barra Birmingham on January 23rd. Kyra is one of only a few Gracie women to achieve a black belt in BJJ and the first to actively compete in the sport, with great success.

Kyra’s achievements include:

3x World BJJ Champion
5x Pan American BJJ Games Champion
5x Brazilian BJJ Champion
5x New York State BJJ Champion
2x ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) Submission Wrestling World Champion
1x Asiatic BJJ Champion

Spaces will be limited so be sure to book soon.

For more information call us on 0121 6162760

Warsaw Trials official website is available  ! Registration is open until 31.01.2011 www.wpjjc.eu

Cipao with KSW belt after the fight with Kulak in 2006

One of the most talented polish  fighter Michal Materla (13-3)  who’s also bjj brown belt will fight one more time against Krzysztof Kulak (24-12-2). The first fight between them took place at KSW 6 in 2006, and was won by Michal via guillotine choke. .  Cipao hasn’t fight since 2009 because of serious knee injury. Now he want to fight as fast as is possible, look what he said to konfrontacja.com about his rematch with Kulak.

I’m really happy to return to the ring after the two-year break. I look forward to my fight at KSW 15, on March 19th in Torwar, Warsaw. The last few years were very hard for me because of many injuries. During this time I had a lot of support from my family, friends, coaches and other people who helped me a lot. I’d like to really thank my main trainer Piotr Baginski as well as my boxing coach Karol Chabros and all fighters from Berserkers Team Szczecin and Top Team. Just like they’ve been always out there for me, I’ll be always out there for them. At the moment I’m getting back in shape working diligently on my cardio. I enjoy fighting, I don’t do it because I have it, I just want to be the best. I want to test myself, feel the sweat, blood, adrenaline, fatigue and taste the victory at the end. As for my fight against Krzysztof Kułak I have one thing to say, I beat him at KSW 6 and I’ll beat again. I’m a fighter who always fights his heart out and never retreats. I always give 100%. Krzysztof Kulak has many different faces, it’s hard to tell which is the true one. What’s important he’s always there to entertain the crowd and fans love him. He’s also very experienced and after ten years of professional career he finally won the title. I want to win the upcoming fight thanks to my superior skills, my determination and heart, following the fair-play rules, that’s who I am. Kulak has to be aware that even if he plays foul or break the KSW rules for instance using baby oil or other lubricants, he still won’t get away from me (laughing).

fila-grappling.com

FILA is glad to announce the awarding of the title „Athlete of the Year” to the grapplers who did an outstanding performance in 2010. The laureates were determined upon the results obtained at the World Championship, Continental Championship, and World Combat Games according to the point system adopted by FILA:

No-Gi Grappling Men: Maciej Polok in 70kg from Poland (52 points), Gold at the World Championship, Gold at the European Championship, and Gold at the World Combat Games.

No-Gi Grappling Women: Océane Talvard in 55kg from France (48 points), Silver at the World Championship, Gold at the European Championship, and Bronze at the World Combat Games.

Gi Grappling Men: Grzegorz Kloc in 75kg from Poland (37 points), Gold at the World Championship and Gold at the European Championship.

Gi Grappling Women: Karolina Zawodnik in 75kg from Poland (37 points), Gold at the World Championship, Gold at the European Championship.
The award ceremony for the Athletes of the Year will take place on the occasion of the 2011 European Championship in Yuzhny. Więcej

Can you please introduce yourself to our readers and describe in a few words how your jiu jitsu adventure started?

My name is Mackenzie Dern and I’m a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. My dad is black belt, Megaton Dias and my stepmom, Luciana Dias is also a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Fortunately, instead of a babysitter, my dad took me to his academy where he introduced me to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu when I was 3 years old.

How long have you been training?

Well, my first tournament was when I was 6 years old, but I have been learning Jiu-Jitsu for 14 years starting when I was 3. Więcej

When and why did you start your BJJ adventure.

I started Brazilian Jiu-jitsu when I was 15 years old. I started training BJJ because I was cut from the high school Basketball team and my father wanted me to stay in shape and that is when I took up the art of BJJ.

What is in your opinion a path to success and BJJ mastery?

In my opinion in order to be succesful you need to patient and really play close attention to the technical aspect of BJJ in the early stages like white belt, blue belt and purple belt. The only way to master BJJ is drilling the techniques millions of times!! until you master the technique!

What tournament plans do you have for 2010/2011? Więcej