My mission is to teach Jiu-Jitsu to students across the world. That's why I created Atos BJJ On Demand - to give everyone access to the secrets that kept me at the top level of competitive Jiu-Jitsu for 20 years. Join my mailing list to keep up-to-date with tips on improving your Jiu-Jitsu, competition highlights from Atos athletes and highlights from our website.
The most entertaining fighter in Jiu-Jitsu?
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Was this the greatest weekend ever for grappling? Definitely one of the most hectic – I’m super tired after coaching at two major events 😅 But I had to quickly write about CJI and Atos’ new millionaire – Kade Ruotolo 🥇 Is Kade Roots the most entertaining fighter in Jiu-Jitsu?🔥
I’m so proud of Kade From breaking records as the youngest ever ADCC champ… To becoming the first ever -80KG champ at CJI… And now maybe the youngest millionaire in Jiu-Jitsu 😅👊🏽💰 What a crazy story. (And all while he’s starting to break into the MMA world 👀) All athletes from Atos at CJI represented our team so well. Tye Ruotolo, despite getting injured, had some INCREDIBLE fights… Luke Barbosa’s highlight reel calf slicer… And Inacio Santos pushed the pace in the heavy division. The event was amazing – one of the most entertaining tournaments in Jiu-Jitsu. Well done to Craig Jones and his team – these are big steps forward in helping our athletes get paid. Events like CJI will encourage more people to train grappling… Kade Roots VS. Andrew Tackett might be THE most entertaining fight ever in the grappling world. The world now knows just how entertaining grappling can be… And that Jiu-Jitsu athletes now can win serious 💰 What did you guys think of CJI? Hit reply and let me know! I love hearing your thoughts on the development of our sport. Oss Andre Galvao |
Hey guys! I'm Andre Galvao, 15X Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt World Champion and Head Coach at Atos BJJ
My mission is to teach Jiu-Jitsu to students across the world. That's why I created Atos BJJ On Demand - to give everyone access to the secrets that kept me at the top level of competitive Jiu-Jitsu for 20 years. Join my mailing list to keep up-to-date with tips on improving your Jiu-Jitsu, competition highlights from Atos athletes and highlights from our website.
This week we're celebrating our 14th anniversary at the academy. I remember when I got to San Diego in 2010… We officially opened the gym in September. Great things happen to me in September. Maybe it’s because it’s my birthday month! I remember I used to teach only three times a week – Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday. In the beginning, there were like only ten people at the gym – not even that. Then little by little, we started increasing the number of students. The gym started really blowing...
Do you know the story behind the origins of modern Jiu-Jitsu? The legend goes that Hélio Gracie – the man who created the system of Jiu-Jitsu we train today – suffered a lot of illnesses when he was young. This made training more difficult for Hélio than for his brothers. He spent much of his time watching his brother Carlos teach. But he couldn’t train at the same intensity. One day Carlos didn’t show up for class at the expected time. So Carlos’s students were left waiting for him to show...
Kade Ruotolo VS. Andrew Tackett was the most exciting match at CJI. Maybe even the most exciting Jiu-Jitsu match of all time. There are so many comments online of people saying that if they had to introduce their friends to Jiu-Jitsu, THIS would be the one video they would show them. So I wanted to dive deeper into one really incredible moment from the match. (Actually, I’ve been doing this for a few of the best fights from Team Atos on our online platform. See my "P.S.") This was the moment...