BJJ EXPERIENCE CAMPS

HEAD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CARLSON GRACIE ASSOCIATION

ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF OUR BJJ EXPERIENCE CAMPS, PROFESSOR CARLSON GRACIE JR. IS A LIVING LEGEND OF THE SPORT, AN ACCOMPLISHED JIU JITSU INSTRUCTOR AND AN EXPERIENCED COMPETITOR. CARLSON GRACIE JUNIOR, A CORAL BELT IN BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU, WAS TRAINED BY HIS FATHER, CARLSON GRACIE SENIOR. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE HEAD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CARLSON GRACIE ASSOCIATION AND IS THE HEAD COACH OF THE CARLSON GRACIE ACADEMY LOCATED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, WHERE HE RELOCATED IN 1996 FROM RIO DE JANEIRO. IN ADDITION TO HIS BJJ EXPERTISE, HE ALSO HOLDS A BLACK BELT IN JUDO UNDER RENOWNED BRAZILIAN JUDO MASTER GEORGES MEHDI. HE STARTED TEACHING AT HIS FATHER'S ACADEMY IN RIO DE JANEIRO BEFORE MOVING TO THE UNITED STATES. THE CARLSON GRACIE SCHOOLS HAVE PRODUCED NUMEROUS SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXCELLED IN JIU-JITSU, AS WELL AS IN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (MMA).

6TH DEGREE BJJ BLACKBELT 

SERGIO ZIMMERMANN, ALSO ONE OF THE BJJ EXPERIENCE ORGANIZERS, WHO WAS BORN IN RIO DE JANEIRO / BRAZIL IN 1977, IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE POUND FOR POUND TEAM AND SINCE 2012 THE HEAD COACH OF POUND FOR POUND MUNICH, GERMANY.

SERGIO, ALSO CALLED “CANUDO” BY HIS FRIENDS AND LONG-TIME STUDENTS, IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU AND SUBMISSION GRAPPLING ATHLETE AND TRAINER.

CANUDO IS A 2-TIME IBJJF WORLD CHAMPION (IBJJF WORLD MASTERS), 12-TIME IBJJF EUROPEAN CHAMPION (IN THE ADULT TO MASTER DIVISIONS) AND IBJJF NOGI EUROPEAN CHAMPION.

HE IS NOT ONLY AN EXPERT IN JIU JITSU TRAINING, BUT ALSO IN TEACHING. WITH HIS INNOVATIVE AND COMPATIBLE REPERTOIRE, AN EYE FOR DETAILS, HIS LOVE FOR BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU, HIS HUMOR AND FRIENDLY PERSONALITY, HE IS ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED TRAINERS IN THE WORLD.