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European Jiu-Jitsu Open 2012: results and images from day two
A day rich in finishes at the 2012 European Championship / Photo: Raphael Nogueira
The second day of the 2012 European Jiu-Jitsu Championship started out with a bizarre scene. I open the hotel room door to go get breakfast and I stumble upon a female competitor practicing hip shrimping on the corridor carpet. She sees me go by and isn’t the least bit embarrassed. She just switches exercises. Rather than shrimping, she starts doing somersaults.
During breakfast, I cross paths with Lúcio Lagarto. “So there, all set for tomorrow?” I ask him. Lagarto says he is, that “it will be war,” adding t...
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Roger Gracie: “I’m changing my game”
Roger Gracie at the 2012 European Open / Photo: Raphael Nogueira
“I’m changing my game,” said Roger Gracie this Friday behind the scenes at the 2012 European Championship, the welcoming Jiu-Jitsu tournament going on in Lisbon, Portugal, until Sunday.
“For my whole career as a black belt I got used to starting out slow and calm in my matches. I never felt the need to go all out against my opponents during the first two minutes, since a match lasts ten. I always started out slow and brought up the rhythm progressively, hitting max intensity towards the end. However, ever since losing in MMA ...
The Trainee’s Picks: UFC on Fox 2
Chael Sonnen, between Demian Maia (left) and Rashad Evans, plays with the replica UFC belt he took to yesterday's press conference. UFC publicity phto.
It’s been tense going to press for the greatest Jiu-Jitsu magazine on the planet. The GRACIEMAG editor-in-chief asks the trainee to help out in revising Training Program of the month, with guard techniques taught by Bruno Frazatto, while the team got to wrapping up the cover—which is a sight to behold, by the way.
“I can’t right now,” says the newbie, wagging a finger. “This here is serious. I’m concentrating to figure out w...
One eye on Europeans, the other on Abu Dhabi
Guto Campos sinks a triangle at 2010 Europeans. Photo: Ivan Trindade.
On the week of the 2012 European Jiu-Jitsu Championship, GRACIEMAG.com caught up with Guto Campos while he was overseeing the makeover his school in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre is undergoing. The Southern Brazilian was mulling over ideas regarding the female dressing room with the architect, but at the same time he was laying out his plans for the season.
“I didn’t get to be at the Euros [he won the absolute division there in 2010] because of this refurbishment. But next week I’ll head to São Paulo to train ...