The keys to success By Caio Terra

A really nice inspirational video from Former world champion in rooster division. Technique last forever power not. This is a view from a very successes fighter in bjj tournaments.   

European bjj championships 2013

 Is been almost one month after our European championship and the truth is that I've been so skeptical and confused to compose an article about it.

The results from our academy was not the results that we were expecting. In total we just had one win by young athlete  Nikolas Mavromatis. He destroyed his opponent by taking almost all the positions possible. He showed great jiu jistu skills!

Everybody was faced strong opponents which eventually were placed on the podium.

Losing is part of the game but the hard part is to accept it and move forward by improving and learning from your mistakes .

 My last European championships were in 2010 and since then the level has improved greatly. The reason for this is that more athletes now train on a daily basis and constantly compete in several tournaments around Europe and the world. Competing on a regular basis enables an athlete to perform better at tournaments and deal with the adrenalin and stress. 

Here I'd like to remind you all, that we, unlike the other European athletes, only compete once or twice a year, because it is difficult and expensive to travel from Cyprus. This leaves us inexperienced and lacking. Training only with the same members of your academy over and over again, means when you will be inexperienced and unprepared when you come up against an opponent whose style or game you are not familiar with. 

For this reason, we need to take action in Cyprus and have to regular common training sessions with other academies, organize seminars and tournaments. Eventually as the sport grows, a federation can be formed that can help athletes and trainers.



The team