Luiz Claudio

In November, Luiz Claudio, a multi time world jujitsu champion and just all around great guy, came to my jujitsu school, Zingano Brazilian Jujitsu, to give a seminar. Luiz and my professor, Mauricio Zingano, have been friends for a long time, and our schools are affiliated. Luiz’s primary school is down in Brazil, the Luiz Claudio Combat Team, and hopefully we will get to visit at some point.

I didn't take any photos of the seminar but my husband and our friend Chris Goettch (aka Big White Chris) also took a private lesson with Luiz and I had the opportunity to photograph the lesson.

My husband Joe, (aka GI Joe) is on the left in this photo, Luiz is in the middle and Chris is on the right.



For those that aren’t familiar with jujitsu, it is a grappling martial art. In general you use a combination of joint locks and chokes to submit your opponent on the ground. Here is one of the arm bar sequences that Luiz taught:



Luiz taught several other moves and sequences - he always end up teaching me so much I feel like I can't remember all of it.


















He is a fantastic instructor, passionate about jiujitsu, and a lot of fun to hang out with! Luiz visits our school about twice a year, and he will visiting again this spring.

I’m looking forward to his visit and if you take jujitsu and ever have the opportunity to take a seminar or class from him, I would jump at the chance!

You can also see some video of Luiz and his students from on YouTube – Here is a link to one of them: Luiz Claudio Combat Team (L.C.C.T)

One last pic of me and Luiz together is below. Thanks again Luiz for all your instruction!!