Can you please introduce yourself to the Swedish grappling community? My name is Nicolas Renier, I’m French and I practice and teach Luta Livre which is a ground fight without Gi. I’m 27 years old and I already have fought 3 times in ADCC and I’m going to fight this year in Beijing. I’m world…
Can you please introduce yourself to the Swedish grappling community? Hi. I’m Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas, a grappler from Finngifhters Gym Turku Finland. When and how did you first come in contact with Grappling/Jiu-Jitsu? Well I started with grappling almost by accident, I started with MMA in 2005 and my coach Marko Leisten wanted me to do…
You qualified to ADCC World Championship by winning the +99 kg weight class at ADCC European Championship 2012. Can you tell us about the matches that led you to the gold? I had 4 fights, in the first one I finished with a choke from the back, in the second I took the back and…
Can you please introduce yourself to the Swedish grappling community? My name is Tero Pyylampi, I’m a 28 years old BJJ brown belt from Tampere, Finland. I train and teach at Tampereen Ju-Jutsukoulu, usually just called ‘TJJK’ and as we are part of Hilti BJJ sometimes ‘Hilti BJJ Tampere’ in international competition. When and how…
Photo: Erin Herle of GracieMag.com. Can you please introduce yourself to the Swedish grappling community? My name is Kristina Barlaan and I am currently a brown belt representing Caio Terra Association in San Jose, California. When and how did you first come in contact with Jiu-Jitsu? I was first introduced to Jiu-Jitsu in 2006 through…
Can you please introduce yourself to the Swedish grappling community? My name is Mackenzie Dern and I am a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I am 20 years old and have been doing jiu-jitsu for 17 years! I am 6x World Champion and 5x No Gi World Champion. When and how did you first come…
Can you please introduce yourself to the Swedish grappling community? My name is Laura Hondorp, 24 years old and I am a Dutch purple belt training at Gracie Barra the Netherlands under professor Jordy Peute. When and how did you first come in contact with Grappling/Jiu-Jitsu? A little over 3 years ago, my boyfriend Jordy…
Ida Hansson kommer att ersätta Hannette Staack i +60 kg viktklassen på ADCC World Championship 2013 som går den 19-20 oktober i Peking, Kina. Ida blir den andra svensken att bli inbjuden till ADCC VM 2013, Mikael Knutsson är sedan tidigare inbjuden.
Under ADCC VM 2011 tog Hannette Staack silvermedaljen efter att ha blivit besegrad av Gabi Garcia i +60 kg klassen för damer. Igår publicerade hon ett inlägg på sin blogg där hon skriver att hon efter ADCC VM 2011 pratade med organisatören om att de borde återinföra flera viktklasser för damerna så som det var…
Mikael Knutsson har blivit inbjuden till ADCC VM 2013 som i år går i Kina. Han kommer tävla i -99 kg klassen.