#223 Dave Camarillo and Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu
August 29, 2010
He’s back! Dave Camarillo of Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu fame has returned to the audio home of Brazilian jiu-jitsu this week. Camarillo started his career as a judoka, training under his father in the judo-rich area of northern California. Later Camarillo started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Ralph Gracie alongside other jiu-jitsu names like BJ Penn and Gumby & Scotty from OnTheMat.com. As his career progressed, his significant judo experience and aggressive offense made for some wild highlight reels.
Today Dave Camarillo is a coach to UFC fighters and runs his own Brazilian jiu-jitsu school. In today’s conversation with Chris Simamora we learn about the difference between grappling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, what being a martial artist means, and much more.
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#222 Ricardo Liborio, Rio Open and Masters & Seniors Championship with Stephen Hall
August 8, 2010
Ricardo Liborio. Photo courtesy cohost Dan.
Big show this week on the audio home of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, The FightWorks Podcast. Today we of course begin the show with a discussion of the most recent BJJ poll results, and from there we move on to this week’s feature interview with American Top Team’s Ricardo Liborio. Liborio is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under the late Carlson Gracie, and a leader of ATT, located down in Florida. Cohost Dan will bring us an in depth conversation about jiu-jitsu today, and in yesteryear when he was coming up in the ranks alongside peers like Amauri Bitetti, Wallid Ismail, Murilo Bustamante, and others.
We also spend some time with Stephen Hall, aka Pesadelo Triangulo of Alliance. Hall just attended the Rio Open BJJ Tournament and the International Masters and Seniors in Brazil. As always, we benefit from his great stories and helps us feel like we were right there with him at the Tijuca Tenis Clube, the home of so many important matches in BJJ history.
Finally, Cohost Dan and I will answer some listener email and even a voicemail to wind down today’s show.
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#221 Carlos Machado
July 25, 2010
Carlos Machado. Photo courtesy Carlos Machado Jiu-Jitsu.
Our feature interview this week on The FightWorks Podcast is with Carlos Machado, a returning guest to our show. What? You don’t remember our other conversation with Carlos? Well our last chat was in 2006, so I guess we can’t be too upset. We introduced that show by saying, “if there’s another surname that’s synonymous with jiu-jitsu along with Gracie, it’s ‘Machado’”, which is of course as true today as it was then.
Carlos is the oldest of the Machado brothers, cousins to the Gracie family who grew up alongside the Gracies on the mats, streets, and beaches of Rio de Janeiro as well as in the mountain town of Teresopolis where the Gracie estate was located. Carlos brings us back to those early days in the late seventies and early eighties when today’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu leadership were coming of age. We will hear rare details about Gracie family patriarch Carlos Gracie as well as Rolls Gracie, the son of Carlos Gracie who spent so much of his childhood with his uncle Helio that he referred to Helio as “father” also. A victim of a tragic early death caused by a hang gliding accident, Rolls is still considered one of jiu-jitsu’s most important innovators and remains beloved by all those who remember him.
From there Carlos Machado will bring us along to learn about the Machado brothers’ arrival in the United States around 1990 and their close relationship with martial arts celebrity Chuck Norris. So please join us for this visit to some very important moments in Brazilian jiu-jitsu history.
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#220 Ryan Hall, Cobrinha vs Mendes $10,000 Match
July 18, 2010
Ryan Hall’s hand is raised after a victory in his debut as a black belt at the 2010 BJJ World Championship. Photo courtesy cohost Dan.
Ryan Hall’s been in the spotlight of the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world for several years now. After parting ways with Lloyd Irvin at the beginning of 2009, Hall has been working on the transition from standout competitor to jiu-jitsu school owner and learning how to balance the needs of being a high end competitor with the needs of his students and his business. All this while becoming promoted to black belt by Felipe Costa! This week on the show we hear about what that’s like from the highly analytical mind of Hall (as well as from cohost Dan!).
Next we will jump on the phone with Bray Devours, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu student from Georgia who is one of several who are attempting to organize a no time limits, submission only Brazilian jiu-jitsu match between 2010 BJJ featherweight world champion Rafael Mendes (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) and 2009 BJJ featherweight world champion Rubens Charles Maciel (Alliance Jiu-Jitsu), aka Cobrinha. Bray represents a group of diehard BJJ fans who have offered $10,000 to the winner of that match. As of the time of this writing, Cobrinha has agreed to the terms but Rafael Mendes has stated he would need more money to make it worthwhile. Devours gives us all the details on how the idea came about and where it may lead in the future.
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Rafael Mendes awaits to be called to the mats at the 2010 BJJ World Championship. Photo courtesy cohost Dan.
Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles awaits to be called to the mats at the 2010 BJJ World Championship. Photo courtesy cohost Dan.
#219 Lloyd Irvin, Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros
July 11, 2010
Photo courtesy Lloyd Irvin.
Let’s start this week’s show with a couple of questions. Have you trained Brazilian jiu-jitsu for very long? Have you been on the internet while you’ve trained jiu-jitsu? If you can say yes to both of those questions, I am guessing you are familiar with Lloyd Irvin, the Maryland-based black belt who bears legitimate claim to being the founder of the highest performing group of American BJJ competitors that is also lead by an American. Consider the team results from the 2010 BJJ World Championship: of the five teams listed, Team Lloyd Irvin is the only team present of 100% American origin, capturing 1rst place in the juvenile divisions and third place in the womens divisions.
While Team Lloyd Irvin’s results in jiu-jitsu competition make them a hot topic, Lloyd Irvin has been working hard over the years to spread the word about his efforts on the internet, making him well known off the mats as well. Our show this week features a long conversation about who Lloyd Irvin is. We’ll learn how he got started in BJJ, how Team Lloyd Irvin rose to its high position in the world of competitive Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and of course, we’ll hear his thoughts on how others may perceive his marketing.
We will also hear from Brasa Jiu-Jitsu’s Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros, courtesy of FightWorks Podcast contributor and Next Edge Academy owner Bruce Hoyer. Comprido’s a former BJJ world champion and a returning guest here on our humble BJJ radio show. We thought we’d bring him back to discuss his recent work, including coaching UFC champion Brock Lesnar to a submission victory recently. (Thank you Bruce!)
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Team Lloyd Irvin purple belt Tracey Goodell on her way to becoming the women’s purple absolute division gold medalist at the 2010 BJJ World Championship.
#218 Romulo Barral, Gracie Barra Superstar
July 4, 2010
Gracie Barra’s Romulo Barral at the 2010 BJJ World Championship defeating Gracie Humaita’s Xande Ribeiro.
Like other stellar objects in the stratosphere of Brazilian jiu-jitsu talent, Romulo Barral is one of the nicest, easiest-to-approach people you will find. Now located at Gracie Barra Encino, Barral began martial arts as a tae kwon do student as a kid. But when his friend showed him early UFC matches featuring names like Royce Gracie and Vitor Belfort, the self-described “hyperactive kid” began dedicating his energy towards learning the effective art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Today the Draculino student is one of the sharpest arrows in the quiver of global jiu-jitsu power Gracie Barra. Although he was severely injured while defending his medium heavyweight title at the 2010 BJJ Mundials against Tarsis Humphreys, his competition record tells the tale of his jiu-jitsu technique:
- 2010 Black belt medium heavyweight silver medalist, silver medalist in the absolute division
- 2009 Black belt medium heavyweight gold medalist, silver medalist in the absolute division
- 2008 (out due to shoulder injury)
- 2007 Black belt medium heavyweight gold medalist
- 2006 Black belt medium heavyweight bronze medalist
- 2005 Brown belt medium heavyweight gold medalist
Today on our humble Brazilian jiu-jitsu internet radio show, we will sit down and get to know Barral. We will learn more about how he became so dominant, an update on his injured knee, and tons more!
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#217 Sergio Penha, Jiu-Jitsu Red & Black Belt
June 27, 2010
Sergio Penha is one of the newest members of an elite club in Brazilian jiu-jitsu who have earned the red and black belt. After being a black belt for thirty-one years, he was awarded his red and black belt on June 7th at the 2010 BJJ World Championship alongside Romero “Jacare” Cavalcanti and Mauricio Motta Gomes (Roger Gracie’s father).
Perhaps you have also heard of Sergio Penha for being “the man who almost beat Rickson Gracie“. That’s right, Penha was the closest to breaking the aura of invincibility of the lion of the Gracie family: Penha had racked up a significant lead against Rickson when in the final moments Rickson came back and submitted Penha just before the whistle blew.
And how many jiu-jitsu practitioners who have reached black belt do you know that were never a brown belt? I didn’t know any, until now. That’s right, Penha skipped brown belt altogether.
We will hear about all the above stories and much more straight from Rio de Janeiro native Sergio Penha himself in this episode of The FightWorks Podcast. But if there is one theme in the show, it is his sincere appreciation for the wonderful benefits that jiu-jitsu brings us.
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Sergio Penha displays the certificate awarded by the IBJJF certifying that he has reached red and black belt.
#216 2010 BJJ World Championship Comments with Kid Peligro
June 20, 2010
Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu (Carlson Gracie Team) sets up an arm attack against his opponent at the 2010 BJJ World Championship. Photo courtesy cohost Dan.
Although now two weeks ago, the 2010 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship is still a major topic for discussion. How many times do you get to see the world’s best jiu-jitsu practitioners all in the same building at the same time, competing against each other? There is so much to talk about!
With that in mind, we brought back our good friend and Brazilian jiu-jitsu scribe Kid Peligro. I don’t think Kid needs much introduction as he’s been on The FightWorks Podcast several times in the past but suffice to say he’s been documenting jiu-jitsu technique and events for the better part of a decade, and is (of course) the author of The Gracie Way.
Kid and I will recap the 2010 BJJ Mundials considering the big players as well as some themes you may have missed in the event itself.
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#215 Voices of the 2010 BJJ World Championship
June 13, 2010
Roger Gracie (Gracie Barra) looks for the choke against Nova Uniao’s Ricardo Abreu Pinto aka “Demente” in the finals of the super heavyweight division of the 2010 BJJ World Championship. Photo courtesy cohost Dan.
We have had World Championships before here on The FightWorks Podcast, but I do not think we have ever had coverage like you will find in today’s show. Among the frenzy of activity among Brazilian jiu-jitsu’s best competitors, there was a similar tornado of reporting taking place. This episode contains comments from big players at the Mundials this year (in no particular order):
- New red and black belt Mauricio Gomes, father of 2010 absolute and super heavy weight champion Roger Gracie
- Multi-time world champion Saulo Ribeiro (Gracie Humaita)
- 2010 Ultra heavyweight world champion Rodrigo Cavaca
- Lloyd Irvin, head of the ever-stronger Team Lloyd Irvin
- Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles, who earned the silver medal after a narrow loss to Atos Jiu-Jitsu‘s Rafael Mendes
- Romulo Barral, whose injury in the finals of his weight division prevented him from competing in the absolute final against Roger Gracie.
- 2010 medium heavyweight champion Tarsis Humphreys
- Brown belt British competitor Oliver Geddes
- 2010 rooster weight bronze medalist Felipe Costa
- Romero “Jacare” Cavalcanti and Fabio Gurgel, the leaders of 2010 male and female team champions, Alliance.
Finally, before winding down, we will hear from the elite combat sports trainer Martin Rooney, whose book Ultimate Warrior Workouts was recently published. Rooney follows up on a conversation we had with him at the beginning of this year where he offered ways to help jiu-jitsu practitioners reach their goals in 2010. A timely conversation given the accomplishments we hear about in today’s show!
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Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles (Alliance) on his way to the finals at the 2010 BJJ World Championship.
Rodrigo Cavaca (CheckMat), the 2010 ultra heavyweight world champion at black belt.
#214 2010 BJJ World Championships: Black Belt Action
June 6, 2010
Roger Gracie (Gracie Barra) towers over Tarsis Humphreys (Alliance) at the 2010 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship.
What a day! The first day of black belt men and black / brown belt females is behind us at the 2010 BJJ World Championship and what a tornado of action. While every year’s Mundial showcases the best jiu-jitsu athletes on the globe, no event has ever felt as stacked as this year’s. Big stories of the event of course include Roger Gracie’s continuing dominance, the dense field of talent in the men’s middleweight division, Alliance’s female competitors, Team Lloyd Irvin’s persistent ascendance, and of course many others.
In this recap of the action on Saturday, we speak with the following jiu-jitsu personalities and try to bring just a taste of the intense competition here yesterday:
- Tracey Goodell (Team Lloyd Irvin)
- Hillary Williams
- Lloyd Irvin
- Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhaes
- Luca Atalla of GracieMag
Make sure you join us on Sunday June 6 for the live broadcast of the BJJ World Championship on budovideos.com/online!
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Kayron Gracie came up big this weekend with a triangle victory over Tiago Alves.
Tracy Goodell (Team Lloyd Irvin) celebrates a victory over Alliance’s Jackeline Oliveira at the 2010 BJJ World Championship. Goodell won both her weight division and the absolute division.
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