NoBeltMMA

On August 6th, 2010, Shanghai BJJ and NoBelt MMA will be holding an open Grappling Tournament at the Shanghai BJJ gym in Shanghai China with a guaranteed prize pool of 2000 RMB.
There will be 4 divisions including:

White Belt < 75kg – Guaranteed 1st place prize of 500 RMB
White Belt > 75kg – Guaranteed 1st place [...]

Fabio Duca Gurgel do Amaral (born January 18, 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an 8 time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World champion and wants to train with you on a Jiu-Jitsu exchange.

Yesterday was quite a momentous day for Jiu-jitsu in China. ShanghaiBJJ’s own Ryan Melchiano and Stanley Tam were appointed Vice Directors of Jiu-jitsu within the Chinese Judo and Wrestling Federation. This is a huge progression for jiu-jitsu in China as it means that China is going to be supporting Jiu-jitsu and will be holding their first Abu Dhabi Trials this year.

Having missed Monday and Tuesday’s BJJ class because I was in Hong Kong while I worked on getting my work visa for working in Shanghai, as the 1 month time that I was going to be in Shanghai has changed into 1 year.

Because of missing these classes I felt a bit behind, as during some [...]

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training with Marcelo Garcia is perfect for any BJJ Practitioner who travels a lot

The Google friendly gym that is Shanghai BJJ was one of the first gyms I found when I started looking for a gym to train at in Shanghai even before I had moved to Shanghai. Although I found a few other gyms while looking for a gym to train at in Shanghai a few things stuck out in my decision to lay down the money to train with them.

Having moved to Shanghai, China, I faced a few physical set backs before being able to go back to training. Learning how to say street names in a different language seems just as important as knowing the word for Hospital.

Vagabonding the world to bring an inside look at Mixed Martial Arts Gym’s, Fighters, and Instructors. Always in flux between moving up and starting over. My knowledge grows with each gym I travel to and instructor I meet, yet my belt remains the same.