Top gi and no-gi competitor Diego “Pato” Oliveira has officially joined the Mendes brothers’ Art of Jiu-Jitsu. The famed Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Costa Mesa, California just added another world-class competitor. Recent ADCC bronze medalist and multiple-time IBJJF black belt world champion Diego “Pato” Oliveira has joined the elite
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The 2022 IBJJF Pans took place on April 6-10, with the adult black belt divisions competing on Saturday and Sunday. It was the second major IBJJF tournament of the year, and featured a number of the world’s top gi competitors. These were the biggest winners stories coming out of the
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He may hold wins over some of the best black belts in the world, and he may have already qualified for the 2022 ADCC World Championships, but in the eyes of the IBJJF, Cole Abate is not yet an adult competitor. That will change next week when the 17-year old
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Among the class of newly-promoted black belts at the 2021 IBJJF Worlds was 23-year old Art of Jiu-Jitsu product Iasmim Casser. Just four years after walking into Art of Jiu-Jitsu as a white belt, Casser is now poised to make waves, not only in the black belt competition scene, but
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As 2021 winds down, Grappling Insider will be recognizing those athletes that made the biggest impact, had the best performances, and found the most success this year. 2021 saw plenty of rookie black belts making their mark at the highest levels of the sport. In gi jiu-jitsu, one rookie black
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Purple belts beware. Fresh off his first-place finish at the ADCC East Coast Trials, 16-year old jiu-jitsu phenom Cole Abate has been promoted to purple belt. Abate was promoted by Art of Jiu-Jitsu instructor by Guilherme Mendes. View this post on Instagram A post shared by FloGrappling (@flograppling) View this
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This is a part of a series of articles taking at in-depth look at the best competitors and their gameplan. This edition is on Rafael Mendes. Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Carlson Gracie > Andre Pederneiras > Ramon Lemos > Rafael Mendes Rafael Mendes is a six time
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