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“The Best Of The Best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructor”
And he isn’t even a Gracie or a Machado!
His name is Pedro Sauer, 7th dan BJJ.
In a worldwide poll in 2005 organized by the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Center) he received this coveted recognition.
But let’s first have a look at Professor Pedro Sauer’s climb to the top:
Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at age five he started boxing and thereafter judo and taekwondo.
As a teenager and after training for about 10 years one of his buddies invited him over to check out a youngster training in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. After this experience Professor Pedro started training in BJJ the very next day.
Get this: His buddy was Rickson Gracie and the younger brother was Royler Gracie, who at the time was only 9 years old and 6 years younger than Professor Pedro.
After majoring in economics and business Pedro worked as a stockbroker for about eleven years.
During this time Pedro earned his Black Belt from Helio and Rickson in 1985, after years of training at Gracie Humaita which can be considered something like the equivalent of BJJ’S Kodokan.
In 1986 he started teaching and training under Alvaro Barreto, who is a 9th degree (red belt) master under Helio Gracie.
Several years later he made the decision to emigrate and start teaching Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the U.S.
Understand that 1990 was when the original wave of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructors moved to California and the martial arts world would never be the same.
Pedro Sauer immersed even deeper in BJJ in California while living and training daily with Helio, Rickson, Rorion, Relson, Renzo and Royce Gracie as well as the Machado Brothers, who are the famous cousins of the Gracies.
By the end of that same year Pedro set up camp in Utah where he lived to train and teach for sixteen years as one of only two non-Gracie instructors.
By 2006 Pedro Sauer and his family decided to relocate to Leesburg, Virginia.
It is here that Profesor Pedro instructs at One Spirit Martial Arts in Herndon, Virginia, and Jeff Gordon’s Mixed-Martial Arts Academy in Germantown, Maryland, as well as 80 affiliate schools worldwide.
His expertise has been highly sought after by a number of law enforcement, military and federal agencies such as FBI, CIA and Naval Special Warfare Group.
In 2005, Professor Pedro Sauer was named “Best of the Best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructor” in a worldwide internet poll conducted by the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC).
The following video clips feature Professor Pedro Sauer with an arm bar technique and his words of wisdom that can help any martial art of any style progress a lot quicker.
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Amir Perets, Martial Arts Champion, Fitness Guru, Israeli Self-Defense Expert
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Legendary Renzo Gracie Gets Multi-Fight deal With The UFC
UFC Dana White Gets BJJ And MMA Legend Renzo Gracie Back Into The Octagon.
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Before Steven Seagal Was “Lawman” And “Above The Law”
Action Movie Superstar And Martial Artist Steven Seagal Stars As “Lawman” In A&E Reality Cop Series.
TKD Gold Medalist Dana Hee And Change “I Can’t” To “I Can”
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Hope you enjoy catching up on some of the posts you might have missed. Or maybe you liked them so much that you just have to read them again.
I can’t leave you without two really good quotes:
“Happiness depends on ourselves.”
Aristotle
“Every man dies; not every man truly lives.”
Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
The Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Saga Continues
If there were any martial arts royal families, I believe that the Gracies would certainly meet that description.
Most of us have probably heard of the countless accomplishments of Helio, Carlos, Carlos Jr., Carlson, Rickson, Renzo, Royce, Ryan, Charles, Royler, Robson, Reyson, Reylson, Rorion, Relson Gracie…. just to name a few.
Yet, there is another Gracie family member not mentioned in the long list, but who has already impressively leavng a mark.
And it’s not another guy. And her name doesn’t begin with a ‘C’ or a ‘R’.
Her name is Kyra Gracie.
She is the 24-year-old daughter of Flavia Gracie, who is the sister of Renzo, Ralph and Charles Gracie.
Kyra is the first female black belt of the Gracie family to compete in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and submission wrestling.
After starting her studies at the age of 11, she has been leaving her own personal mark on fighting the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu way.
Two years later, at age 13, Kyra Gracie was already both Brazilian and New York State BJJ champion.
Just check out her impressive list of championship titles so far:
3x World BJJ Champion (2004,2006,2008)
5x Pan American BJJ Games Champion (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007)
5x Brazilian BJJ Champion (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004)
5x New York State BJJ Champion (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
2x ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) Submission Wrestling World Champion (2005, 2007)
1x Asiatic BJJ Champion (2006)
She spends much of her time training at her uncle Renzo’s academy in Manhattan advancing in her fighting and teaching skills.
There is no doubt that we will be hearing a lot more from Kyra Gracie in the future. Possibly Women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)?
Either way,The Gracie Saga Continues.
Bruce Lee And Albrecht Pflueger. Albrecht Who?
With today’s post I’m really going to sound like an oldtimer.
But what has to be said, has to be said.
Albrecht Pflueger is probably THE karate master/sensei who (besides Bruce Lee, of course!) inspired me to start taking Shotokan karate classes in the first.
And like Bruce Lee, I have never met Sensei Albrecht Pflueger (yet).
It’s funny actually, because way back during the mid 70s while living in Germany, I stumbled across a paperback on “Karate – Jiu Jitsu -Judo /Modern Self-Defense” at a local department store. I thought it was pretty cool, never having looked at martial arts before.
I was more into soccer football and trying to date girls. Ha ha.
But I digress, sorry.
Anyway, I really had to scrape the money together to get me this book. Yeah, I know 2-3 bucks in those days was more than today.
Several days later on a Saturday I had the dough and off I went to the store that carried the book.
If you’re not that familiar with store hours in Germany in those days, stores normally closed at 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
I was running late that day, but I somehow made it just in time before they closed for the weekend to become the proud owner of mentioned paperback.
Whatever happened to that book anyway? Hmm, probably got lost in all the moving throughout the years.
To me that little paperback by Albrecht Pflueger made all the difference.
Albrecht Pflüger is in my humble opinion together with Juergen Seydel THE karate pioneer in Germany. Remember Juergen Seydel introduced karate to Elvis Presley while stationed on Germany in the late 50s.
Many consider Albrecht Pflueger also one of the first karatekas in Europe.
In 1957 Sensei Pflueger began studying Jiu Jitsu under Ago Glucker in Stuttgart.
He then switched over to Judo and in 1962 he attained 1st Kyu.
As a 23-year-old karate brown belt, he founded a martial arts club near Stuttgart and shortly thereafter in 1965 he became a 1st Dan black belt, certified by JKA-instructors Kase, Kanazawa, Enoeda and Shirai.
Sensei Pflueger has ever since been writing books, promoting karate in Germany in a number of functions in the karate associations as well as teaching at his local club (Karate TSG Leonberg) and countrywide seminars.
And after all these years come to think of it, Sensei Pflueger is actually a mixed martial artist in the true sense:
7th Dan Shotokan-Karate, 2th Dan Jiu Jitsu, 1st Dan Aikido as well as 1st Kyu Jūdō.
And there you have it: Albrecht Pflueger (along with Bruce Lee), the guy who ignited my interest and passion for martial arts.
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