BJJ EXPERIENCE CAMP PHUKET

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.

6TH DEGREE BJJ BLACKBELT

PROFESSOR OLAVO ABREU IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS A BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU LEGEND ACROSS THE WORLD.

IN 1988, OLAVO EMBARKED ON HIS JOURNEY IN THE REALM OF BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU UNDER THE ESTEEMED GUIDANCE OF CARLSON GRACIE IN BRAZIL. FOLLOWING RIGOROUS JIU JITSU TRAINING AT THE RENOWNED BRAZILIAN TOP TEAM, HE VENTURED TO ABU DHABI, WHERE HE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN DISSEMINATING THE ART OF BJJ THROUGHOUT THE REGION. IN 2012, HE MADE HIS MARK IN PHUKET, ASSUMING THE ROLE OF HEAD BJJ COACH AT PHUKET TOP TEAM FOR AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD. NOW A REVERED FIGURE IN THE GLOBAL BJJ COMMUNITY, WITH NUMEROUS AFFILIATED GYMS WORLDWIDE, OLAVO IS SET TO EMBARK ON A NEW CHAPTER BY ESTABLISHING HIS OWN GYM AT BORN TO ROLL IN THE PICTURESQUE LOCALE OF PHUKET, THAILAND. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM PARTICIPATING AT OUR THIS YEARS BJJ EXPERIENCE CAMP.

 4TH DEGREE BJJ BLACK BELT 

PROFESSOR CAIQUE STARTED TRAINING JUDO IN 1977 AT THE AGE OF 4, IN 1988 HE STARTED TO LEARN GRACIE JIU JITSU UNDER GRAND MASTER FRANCISCO MANSUR WHO RECEIVED HIS BLACK BELT FROM GAND MASTER HÉLIO GRACIE. IN 1991 CAIQUE STARTED TRAINING AT THE FAMOUS CARLSON GRACIE ACADEMY IN COPACABANA BEACH, RIO DE JANEIRO.

AT CARLSON GRACIE ACADEMY, HE TRAINED WITH LUMINARIES SUCH AS RICARDO LIBORIO, MARCELO ALONSO, CARLSON GRACIE JR., AMAURY BITTETI AND MANY MORE.  

HE IS A 5 TIMES STATE CHAMPION AND 2 TIMES BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. HE IS TEACHING AT SHBJJ IN HONG KONG, CHINA. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE HIM TEACHING AT OUR THIS YEARS BJJ EXPERIENCE CAMP.

4TH DEGREE BJJ BLACK BELT 

PROFESSOR ANDRÉ NUNES IS THE HEADCOACH OF GRACIE BARRA IN HAMBURG, GERMANY.

HE IS A 5 TIMES EUROPEAN CHAMPION AND HAS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU TRAINING AND TEACHING. 

WITH HIS LOVE AND DEDICATION FOR THE SPORT HE HELPED MANY ATHLETES REACH THEIR COMPETITION GOALS. HE NEVER STOPED LEARNING AND TAKES EVERY POSSIBILITY TO IMPROVE HIS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE.

WE ARE EXCITED TO LEARN SOME OF HIS CONCEPTS AT THIS YEARS BJJ EXPERIENCE CAMP.

31.03.2025 - 04.04.2025

500 €

10 JIU JITSU GI & NOGI TRAINING SESSIONS