{"id":50,"date":"2013-08-05T18:09:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.art-of-bjj.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2016-09-04T14:47:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T13:47:36","slug":"luxemburg-a-bjj-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-of-bjj.com\/en\/luxemburg-a-bjj-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxemburg: a BJJ paradise?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was looking for a Brazilian jiu-jitsu club in Luxemburg it brought me in a bucolic place to discover the Fight Team Impact<\/a>. Located in Livange <\/a>(20 minutes from Luxemburg city), the Carlson Gracie<\/strong> academy offers many BJJ<\/strong>, grappling<\/strong> and other combat sports courses.<\/p>\n

\u00ab Moien \u00bb, \u00ab Hello \u00bb, \u00ab Bonjour \u00bb, \u00ab Bom dia \u00bb\u2026<\/h2>\n

The first thing that strikes me was the cultural diversity and the various used languages. Surprising? Not that much. As a small country located in the heart of Europe Luxemburg benefits from migratory dynamics because of its financial activities and as the headquarters of several European Union Institutions. You can meet fighters from all nationalities.<\/p>\n

It becomes ludic particularly when counting the drills. One may learn in a short time how to count in Portuguese or Luxemburgish! For some people it might be a barer but it also brings diversity in jiu-jitsu styles. This becomes richness for all the team members. BJJ is universal and we understand each other better on then outside the mat!<\/p>\n

Coach Bartolom\u00e9 Aguilera<\/h2>\n

Wrestler in Greco-romaine style for 7 years, Bartolome Aguilara<\/a> (allias \u201cTolly\u201d) became passionate by combat sports. He practiced ninjitsu, jeet kune do, kick boxing, boxe tha\u00ef, kali, grappling et shooto pancrac<\/strong>e. Besides he distinguished himself at European high level: he is double European champion in grappling and pancrace European champion (oss!).<\/p>\n

Expert both in hand-to-hand combat and in striking, Bartolome decided to learn Brazilian jiu-jitsu after an European championship final he lost on the ground. To strengthen his ground fighting techniques he travelled a dozen times to Brazil since 2002. Each time he trained for 3 or 5 weeks at Carlson Gracie academy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His initiatory trip didn\u2019t stop there. Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston<\/strong> were the next steps of his trip to discover different kinds of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He finally completed his cursus by 3 month and a half of intensive training in MMA by Erik Paulson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carlson Gracie Luxembourg: 10 years of existence<\/h2>\n

Today he shares his knowledge with his students. After 6 years of training in his cellar converted as a dojo, Bartolome founded the Fight Team Impact which just celebrated its 10 years. The team counts about 60 members including:<\/p>\n