On Saturday the 23th of June the first Brasa Holland Ladies Only seminar was held, and needless to say it was a big success! The seminar was organised for women interrested in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Thanks to the effort of Saraï there were 15 ladies in attendance. The duration of the seminar was from 12:00 till 15:00u. After the warming-up there was a two hour instruction by Brasa head instructor Zohair Abouchoaib. Many techniques were addressed, for example schrimping. After the warming-up there were several techniques as a mount escape, armbar, triangle and a guard sweep. Also games...

The lesson next Tuesday (26th of June) will be in Oisterwijk and not in Tilburg Noord. The location in Oisterwijk is: Dojo Team Coolen Sportlaan 6 5062 JK Oisterwijk

On Saturday the 7th of April there will be a new edition of the Antwerp Open at Merksem (BE). In attempt to fill the womens bracket they will not charge anything to the women who are competing. So the womens class is free! The male brackets are 20 euro untill the 1st of April, after that it's 25 euro. You can enter on http://antwerpopenbjj.be/?page_id=15. Don't forget the teamname "Brasa Team".

Since February 1st 2012 Brasa Team Holland is also offering Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes in OISTERWIJK. The classes are located at CJK-Oisterwijk. An academy with a vast amount of Judoka’s and traditional Jiu-Jitsuka’s. It’s great to see more Judoka’s and Jiu-Jitsuka’s embracing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and grappling! You are more than welcome to come and try one of our classes for free! We are further planning on expanding to Breda or Eindhoven later this year.

On Sunday January 22nd we are organizing the first Brasa Holland team day. We are planning on having a day filled with sport activities and mainly offering the opportunity in getting to know each other a little bit better. Since Brasa Holland has seen some significant growth in the past half year, this will help the team to grow closer and create a more familiar feeling. So make sure to attend, please rsvp with Maarten van Esch or Zohair Abouchoaib. ...

The yearly European Championships BJJ will take place next week in Lisbon. Cleberson Lobato and John Oduber will represent our team. Clebersen will also be participating in the Dutch team representation consisting of various representatives of different Dutch teams. We wish Cleberson and John all kinds of success!