An Interview with Mikey Musumeci

Hey guys, today I bring you an interview with Mikey Musumeci. At only 18 years old, Mikey is already a three time World Champion and four time Pan Am Champion.  He has recently been dominating in the brown belt division and seriously has a bright future ahead of him. I hope you enjoy the interview! Source: Preston Smith Could you please give a brief outline...

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The Berimbolo Kid's Match of the Week - Week 33 - Claudio Calasans vs. Marcus "Buchecha" Almeida - 2011 CBJJE Pan Ams

(The previous edition can be found HERE) Welcome to another edition of Match of the Week! This week's match is Claudio Calasans vs. Marcus "Buchecha" Almeida from the 2011 CBJJE Pan Ams.  Claudio Calasans is a black belt under Erivaldo Junior and fights for Team Atos. Claudio is one of top grapplers in the very competitive middleweight division. Besides this, Claudio also holds...

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The Man From Taured - A Real Time Traveler?

Quick question; have you ever heard of a country called Taured? Well, no such country actually exists. However, a man in summer of 1954 arrived at Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan, and claimed to be a citizen of that country.  During the summer of 1954, a routine European flight arrives at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. As the passengers disembark, they inevitably make their way to customs point....

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The Berimbolo Kid's Match of the Week - Week 32 - Michelle Nicolini vs. Luanna Alzuguir - 2013 Brazilian Nationals

After a four week break, welcome back to another edition of Match of the Week! I have done over thirty editions of Match of the Week thus far, so I thought it was about time to cover my first female match. The match this week is Michelle Nicolini vs. Luanna Alzuguir from the absolute finals of the 2013 Brazilian Nationals.  Michelle Nicolini is black belt under Robert...

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Update (13/04/15) - Time Flies

Time flies...  Jeez, it's been almost three weeks since I've posted anything. S***! It's been over four months since I even did an update post. Well, now Easter and everything that comes with that is over, I can get back to writing on my blog. Woop woop! Some things are going to be different for the next few weeks. Firstly, I want to start talking a lot more about topics which interest me other than BJJ. I'm not saying I'm totally going to banish BJJ, there will still be plenty...

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