by admin | 11/Apr/2018 | Uncategorized
“I will miss you too Pooh. I will miss you very, very much.” – the final words of Christopher Robin in Winnie-The-Pooh Hard decisions are never easy, they wouldn’t be called hard if they were. It is therefore with some sadness that I write this post. Due...
by admin | 16/Mar/2018 | General, News
Recently there has been some debate online regarding belt ranking, specifically the coral belt that is awarded to 7th degree black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It started with a BJJ black belt who was awarded his coral belt by his students. It escalated into the...
by admin | 13/Nov/2017 | News
Congratulations to Dino Calitz, Tian Visser and Jonathan Bossenger on their promotions today at the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Cape Town belt ceremony. Dino and Tian were awarded 2nd and 1st stripe on their blue belts respectively and Jonathan was awarded his brown belt....
by admin | 25/Jun/2017 | General, Gi
Thanks to our ‘jiu jitsu journalist’ Dino Calitz, we have all the fights from the advanced division at Alpha 7 this weekend. Thanks...
by admin | 08/Jun/2017 | General, Lessons, Sparring
One often finds that with jiu jitsu (as with most things in life) being able to determine personal progress is difficult. Mostly this is because you are living through that progress. So you can’t really compare yourself today from where you were say a year (or...
by admin | 15/Apr/2017 | General, Uncategorized
Saturday 15 April 2017 2017 marks my 10th year training in the art of Gracie/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I’ve never been a ‘full time’ practitioner, training 5 days (or more) a week. With work, family and various other responsibilities I’ve managed on...
by admin | 24/Feb/2017 | General, Uncategorized
In 2017 Infinitus Jiu Jitsu plans to visit our local Headquarters, Gracie Jiu Jitsu Cape Town at least once a month. Thanks to the administration and scheduling skills of Leon Visser, we have a calendar mapped out for the year ahead. (Last Monday of the month) – 30...
by admin | 18/Dec/2016 | General, Training
I will never stop learning. I won’t just learn the techniques that are taught to me, I will actively seek out useful techniques to share with the group. I know there’s no such thing as being the best, there is always someone better than me. I will build a solid...
by admin | 13/Jun/2016 | Interviews, No-gi
Jason Gregoriades is currently one of the finest no-gi grapplers in Cape Town (if not South Africa). After taken some time off from jiu jitsu, he blasted onto the no-gi competition scene in recent years, winning both the Alpha and Unanimous tournaments against some...
by admin | 13/Jun/2016 | General, News, Self defence
Recently, Rickson Gracie, Rener and Ryron Gracie and Pedro Sauer took part in a video to discuss their respective paths in the furtherance of jiu jitsu around the world. They also discuss a change to the Gracie University belt system, introducing a new ‘Gracie...
