Comments on: Tournament Review Tuesday: Brasileiros http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009/05/19/brasileiros/ Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Grappling News and Podcast Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will Koplitz http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009/05/19/brasileiros/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 Will Koplitz Thu, 21 May 2009 00:04:18 +0000 http://thefightworkspodcast.com/?p=2456#comment-1175 Nice write-up Jeremy. I was thinking of offering to Caleb to also write about the Brasileiros, but I am a purple belt, so I fought a the previous weekend than the brown and blacks. (I got second in my division.) Unfortunaltey I had to return to Porto Alegre, in the far south of the country and couldn't stay another week to train and sit on the beach eating acai, all in the name of writing an article. :) There is always next year. It was a great competition, and definitely among the highest technical levels in the world, and there are a lot of people in your bracket... These guys are fighting for their lives. I mean that in the following sense: for a lot of Brazilians, jiu-jitsu, like football, is their ticket to a better life. It isn't just a bunch of 3X a week warriors, you can feel a pressure there that I've not experienced at other competitions, even other competitions in Brazil. Nice write-up Jeremy. I was thinking of offering to Caleb to also write about the Brasileiros, but I am a purple belt, so I fought a the previous weekend than the brown and blacks. (I got second in my division.) Unfortunaltey I had to return to Porto Alegre, in the far south of the country and couldn’t stay another week to train and sit on the beach eating acai, all in the name of writing an article. :) There is always next year.
It was a great competition, and definitely among the highest technical levels in the world, and there are a lot of people in your bracket… These guys are fighting for their lives. I mean that in the following sense: for a lot of Brazilians, jiu-jitsu, like football, is their ticket to a better life. It isn’t just a bunch of 3X a week warriors, you can feel a pressure there that I’ve not experienced at other competitions, even other competitions in Brazil.

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