European Championships

[Jon Helton]

I know that Ryan Hall and the Mendes brothers will be there. Should be some awesome matches.

Am I the only one excited to see these guys?

[RobSchwartz]

Any more info on this? GI or No GI? When is it taking place?

[Scott Yockel]

I'm looking forward to it too. I hope they do a live stream of the tournament.

[Jon Helton]

http://www.ibjjf.org/euro11registration.htm

It's gi. It's Jan. 27th-30th.

[Eric Perez]

I like Hall but he has no chance in this one, neither does JT Torres

[Jason Eisner]

The whole Atos team is there, except for Durinho I think. But he placed second in the Brazilian trials. Watch anything Atos. Those guys are amazing!

[James Fisher]

Go shawn hammonds u got this reprsenting ohio

[Jared Gammel]

Who is Team Atos you might ask:

When Galvao was a jiu-jitsu brown belt, he trained under the TT banner, a team lead by Eduardo Telles and Fernando Terere (hence the two T’s in the name). It was then that Galvao met Ramon Lemos. The two became close friends, and Lemos ended up bringing his group of students to the TT team as well. Lemos’ students included the Mendes brothers Rafael and Guilherme, as well as Gilbert “Durinho” Burns.

At some point after winning the 2005 BJJ World Championship at black belt middleweight, Galvao left TT and began training with Brasa Jiu-Jitsu, a team adorned with such jiu-jitsu stars like Demian Maia, Felipe Costa, Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros, Leo Leite, Robert Drysdale,and Leo Vieira. When Galvao left TT to join Brasa, his friend Ramon Lemos came along with him, bringing his students to help comprise Brasa. Brasa would in turn go on, like many jiu-jitsu teams, to rupture. While Brasa remains active today with stalwarts Comprido and Costa, Leo Vieira left Brasa and went on to lead a team he named Check Mat BJJ.

So where does Atos come in? Among a landscape of shifting BJJ tectonic plates, Andre Galvao and his close friend Ramon Lemos decided to go their own way to create Atos. Reflecting the religious beliefs of the team’s leaders, the name “Atos” is a Biblical reference to the Book of Acts. The team is small but enjoys a technical level found among few jiu-jitsu camps anywhere.

http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009...tsu-brasa-bjj/

[Jon Helton]

Gilbert "Durinho" Burns is amazing! Had the opportunity to train with him last June.