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Mendes Brothers
Art of Jiu Jitsu (AOJ) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy and team started in 2012 by black belt world champion brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes together with RVCA founder PM Tenore. The academy is known for developing young grapplers for world-class competitions. History The Art Of Jiu Jitsu (AOJ) academy was established in 2012 by Rafael and Guilherme Mendes, in collaboration with RVCA founder PM Tenore, originally as an affiliate of Atos Jiu-Jitsu. The academy is located in Costa Mesa, California. In 2015, the Mendes brothers started the ''Believe & Achieve Grappling Scholarship,'' a training scholarship to provide select juvenile athletes full room and board, assistance with event registration and travel, and the opportunity to train with one of the world's top competitive teams. The first two athletes to be recruited were Caio Antonini from Minas Gerais and Johnatha Alves from São Paulo, chosen out of 1,000 applicants. Recipients of the scholarship later included Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, controlling one's opponent, gaining a dominant position, and using a number of techniques to force them into submission via joint locks or chokeholds. Brazilian jiu-jitsu was initially developed in 1926 by Brazilian brothers Carlos, Oswaldo, Gastão Jr., George, and Hélio Gracie, after Carlos was taught jiu-jitsu by a travelling Japanese judoka, Mitsuyo Maeda who himself mastered his ground fighting while interacting with Taro Miyake (Tanabe student), Sadakazu Uyenishi (Handa, Tanabe) and Yukio Tani (Tenjin Shinyo-ryu) and catch wrestlers in Europe. Later on, the Gracie family developed their own self-defense system, and published ''Gracie Jiu-Jitsu''. BJJ eventually came to be its own defined combat sport through the innovations, practic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kade Ruotolo
Kade Ruotolo (born January 22, 2003) is an American submission grappler and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete. A competitor with his twin brother Tye since the age of 3, Ruotolo is a IBJJF World champion, Pan Am and European Open champion at coloured belt level. Promoted to black belt in December 2021, Ruotolo won the 2022 ADCC World Championship in the 77kg division, becoming at age 19 the youngest-ever ADCC Submission Fighting World champion.ADCC 2022 Highlights: Old Champs Dethroned, New Champs Crowned – Gordon Ryan Submits André Galvão Andrea Tang, ''Jiujitsu Times'', September 18, 2022 Ruotolo is signed to |
Tammi Musumeci
Tammi Musumeci (born July 8, 1994) is an American submission grappler and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor. A multiple times world champion in colored belts, Musumeci is a black belt world champion, a four-time No-Gi world champion and a two-time Pan American champion. Biography Born on July 8, 1994, in New Jersey, Musumeci began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu when she was six years old. After a successful competitive career in the colored belt divisions, having won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship at every belt level, and with three Pan American titles (two at purple belt and one at brown), Musumeci was promoted to black belt in 2013 by Emyr "Shark" Bussade. During her first year as a black belt, 19 years old Musumeci won the 2013 IBJJF World No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship, then won gold again in 2015 and 2016. Musumeci added two IBJJF Pan Championship gold medals in 2014 and 2017. Her silver medal in the 2016 edition of the tournament solidified her re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikey Musumeci
Michael Musumeci Jr. (born July 7, 1996) is an American submission grappler and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt competitor. A four-time World Champion and Pan American Champion in colored belts, Musumeci is a five-time IBJJF black belt World Champion (four times in Gi and once in No-Gi), and the first American to win more than one IBJJF World title at black belt. He is currently signed to ONE Championship where he is the current flyweight submission grappling champion. Early life Michael Musumeci Jr. was born in Marlboro, New Jersey on July 7, 1996. Musumeci is of Italian ancestry. He began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at age 4 along with his sister Tammi at ''Fatjo's Martial Arts Academy'' under coach Fernando "Cabeça". When he was 10 his family moved to Florida. While training at various academies, he met brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes of Art of Jiu Jitsu (AOJ) during a seminar, starting a long relationship with the brothers and their academy. Starting at juven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Ciccarelli
Margot Ciccarelli (; born 17 November 1993) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor and coach. Representing Italy, she is a multiple-time World, World Pro, World No-Gi and European Open Champion in the lower belt divisions. Ciccarelli is a three-time World Championship medalist, a three-time Pan American Championship medalist and a European Championship black belt medalist. Early life Ciccarelli was born on 17 November 1993 in London, the daughter of an Italian father and a Chinese mother. Raised in the UK, Ciccarelli learned Wushu from the age of 6 before progressing to Chinese kickboxing and Wing Chun Kung Fu. She took her first jiu-jitsu class just before her 19th birthday. Early career Ciccarelli trained in various academies around the world during her coloured belt years. She was promoted to blue belt in Hong Kong (under Atos) and purple belt in London (under Inglorious Grapplers). In May 2017, she joined New York based team Unity Jiu Jitsu and started training under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Abate
Cole Abate (born November 16, 2004) is an American submission grappler, and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) athlete. A competitor since early child years with multiple juvenile titles, Abate won, as a 16-year-old blue belt, the 2021 ADCC East Coast Trials. Early life Cole Abate was born on 16 November 2004 in Beaumont, Texas, before his family settled in San Antonio. At the age of 5 he started Brazilian jiu-jitsu at a local gym. In 2019 his family moved to Costa Mesa where Cole joined Art of Jiu Jitsu (AOJ), training under Guilherme and Rafael Mendes. Early grappling career Abate has been competing against adult athletes throughout his younger teenage years, first appearing on the preliminary card of Who's Number One: Gordon Ryan v Vagner Rocha on 26 March 2021. He was 15 years old at the time and defeated Ned Johnson by submission with a straight-ankle lock. He returned to the promotion at Who's Number One: Craig Jones v Luiz Panza on 28 May 2021, where he submitted Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The 2023 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was an international Brazilian jiu-jitsu event organised by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJFF) and held at the California State University, Long Beach in California from 1 to 4 June 2023. History The World Jiu-Jitsu Championship is known as the most important Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament of the year on the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, IBJJF calendar. Medal overview Men Adult male black belt results Women Adult female black belt results Teams results Results by Academy Prize money Black belt champions from rooster to ultra-heavyweight were awarded between $5,000 and $8,000, depending on their ranking points. Open class champions were awarded $15,000. See also * World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship * European Championship (Brazilian jiu-jitsu), European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship * Pan-American Championship (jiu-jitsu), Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The 2022 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was an international jiu-jitsu event organised by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJFF) and held at the California State University, Long Beach in California from 2 to 5 June 2022. Men's medallists Adult male black belt results Women's medallists Adult female black belt results Teams results Results by Academy See also *World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship *European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship *Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship The Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Pan American Championship (commonly known as Pan Ams or Pans), is the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament held in North America. The event is held annually by the International Brazilian J ... References {{World Jiu-Jitsu Championship World Jiu-Jitsu Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship or World 2021 IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship was an international Brazilian jiu-jitsu, jiu-jitsu event organised by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJFF) and held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, from 9-12 December 2021. This 25th edition of the most prestigious Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament was the first one to take place following the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of the 2020 season, it saw the emergence of a brand new generation of world champions. Background The 2021 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was the first season of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, the most prestigious event in the sport, to take place following the 2019 IBJJF World edition. The previous 2020 edition was cancelled by the organising International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. This 25th edition took place for the first time at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The European Championship or European Open (officially called the European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship) is the most prestigious and largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament held in Europe by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF). The tournament is an open championship accepting competitors from all countries. The IBJJF gives tournaments weighting which helps calculate the number of points an athlete can win via their participation. For the 2017/2018 IBJJF calendar the European Championship has a weighting of 4 alongside the Pan-American Championship (jiu-jitsu) making it second in importance only to the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship which has a weighting of 7. From 2004 the championship was held near Lisbon, Portugal, in 2022 it was moved to Rome, Italy after skipping 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Black belt male champions by year and weight Black belt female champions by year and weight See also * IBJJF * Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu weight classes * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tye Ruotolo
Tye Ruotolo (born January 22, 2003) is an American submission grappler and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete. A competitor with his twin brother Kade since the age of 3, Ruotolo is currently the youngest IBJJF World champion at black belt level in the history of the sport. At the 2019 ADCC World Championship, Ruotolo as a 16-year-old was the youngest competitor to participate in the competition and also to reach the semi-finals where he eventually came fourth place. Following promotion to black belt in December 2021, Ruotolo became a two division Who's Number One (WNO) champion, world champion at the 2022 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and a bronze medalist at the 2022 ADCC World Championship. Ruotolo is currently signed to ONE Championship. Background Born in Maui, Hawaii, of Italian and Puerto Rican heritage, Ruotolo was raised in Huntington Beach, California, and began competing in jiujitsu at age 3. Ruotolo and his twin brother Kade were considered "grappling's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessa Khan
Jessamine Jada Khan (born 8 October 2001), often shortened as Jessa Khan ( km, ខាន់ ចេសា, Khăn Chésa ), is an American-born Cambodian jiu-jitsu athlete. She is the 2023 IBJJF World Champion. Career Khan represented Cambodia at the 2018 Asian Games and claimed a gold medal in the women's 49kg ne-waza event. This was also the first gold medal to be received by Cambodia which happened to be unexpected in the sport of ju-jitsu during the 2018 Asian Games. Khan is a second Gold Medal Cambodia's Asian Games history after Taekwondo Gold 2014. She is a daughter of a Mexican American mother with Cambodian American father. She began jiu-jitsu training at age 12. On October 6, 2020, Khan was awarded her black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by her coaches, the Mendes brothers, just two days before her nineteenth birthday. Personal life Khan was born in Texas and resides in Southern California. Black belt career On February 26, 2021, Khan made her debut appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
