Nakama Brand and Jitsplayer pay tribute to a legend
Gracie Mag- Grapple Arts
- My Digital Reading List, May 23, 2013I always say that this jiu-jitsu stuff is a marathon, not a sprint. Partially this is because it takes time to remodel your body so that it can do the things you want it to do. It’s also because you need to find and incorporate hundreds of little tricks, tweaks and techniques that work with [...]The post My Digital Reading List, May 23, 2013 appeared first […]
- The Armbar from Fifty-Fifty Guard by Keenan CorneliusThe fifty-fifty guard is a strange creature. In it you and your opponent face each other in the exact same position with your legs intertwined. On the one hand there’s no doubt that it’s a really powerful sweeping position for whoever’s on bottom. But on the other hand it has a reputation as a really [...]The post The Armbar from Fifty-Fifty Guard by Keenan […]
- My Digital Reading List, May 23, 2013
Sweaty Bettys have done it again
We’re giving a shout out to Sweaty Bettys for organizing the Leticia Ribeiro women’s only seminar to be held Dec. 7-9, 2012 at Fight and fitness in San Francisco. This promises to be one heck of a weekend for the ladies. Leticia Ribeiro earned her black belt under Royler Gracie and is a living legend in the sport of jiu jitsu. Here’s a wiki referenced list of her titles over the years. You can sign up for this awesome seminar at event bright.
Titles
- 2012 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Light Featherweight 1st Place
- 2011 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Light Featherweight 1st Place
- 2011 European Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 3rd Place
- 2010 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championships – Women’s Black Belt Super Featherweight 1st Place
- 2010 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Light Featherweight 1st Place
- 2009 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Light Featherweight 1st Place
- 2009 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championships – Women’s Black Belt Super Featherweight 2nd Place
- 2008 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 3rd Place
- 2008 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championships – Women’s Black Belt Super Featherweight 1st Place
- 2007 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 3rd Place
- 2006 World Cup Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2006 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2005 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 2nd Place
- 2005 Rio De Janeiro State Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2005 Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Feather 1st Place
- 2005 European Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- Challenge 2 – Brazil x Japan – Superfight Champion
- 2005 World Cup Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2004 Rio De Janeiro State Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2004 Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Feather 1st Place
- 2003 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 3rd Place
- 2003 World Cup Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2003 Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2003 Brazilian National Cup Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2003 Third Black Belt Challenge – Superfight Champion
- 2002 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2002 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 2nd Place
- 2001 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 2nd Place
- 2000 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2000 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Brown Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 2000 Rio De Janeiro State Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Brown Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 1999 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Brown Belt Featherweight 3rd Place
- 1999 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Brown Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 1999 Rio De Janeiro State Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Brown Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 1998 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Purple Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 1998 Rio De Janeiro State Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Purple Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 1997 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Purple Belt Featherweight 2nd Place
- 1997 Rio De Janeiro State Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Purple Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 1996 Rio De Janeiro State Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Blue Belt Featherweight 1st Place
- 1996 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championships – Women’s Blue Belt Featherweight 1st Place
Why women grapple
Interesting question. Why do women grapple? The number if women in BJJ has exploded. Just google women in jiu jitsu and you’ll find women only training camps/seminars and tournaments. Yes while it may be true that the men can out strength most women. Many women learn to play the small mans’ game opting for technique and stealthiness over brute strength thereby outwitting/outplaying and outlasting their make opponents.
Checkout a recent post on grapplearts about why women grapple.
Tomorrow’s Champions Today
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has exploded. Women and girls are frequently counted among the competitors in both local and major tournaments. We are poised to see an increase in the level of depth across divisions young girls mature into serious jiu jitsu players who will compete on the world stage. There will come a time when ADCC will have major players in each division and will award the same prize money to the women champions as they do to the men. I may have missed the boat at fifty. I came to jiu jitsu after a long period of practicing Kuk sool won. Brazilian jiu jitsu is an entirely different game and complements my existing skill set. Brazilian jiu jitsu like any other complex skill requires years of study to be come proficient. One always remains a student of the game. Nonetheless early instruction, ala Bia Mesquita, helps to develop proprioceptive learning wherein the body can perform a skill with very little thought as to the steps required making a complex set of movements seem deceptively simple in execution. The whole point is to start them early both in instruction and competition. Find academies that take a genuine interest in developing and nurturing young talent. Look for tomorrow’s champions to burst on the scene and to add depth to the current women’s division.
Womenonthemat
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