- Claudio Calasans
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This article is about Claudio Calasans. For other uses, see Cláudio Calasans (disambiguation).
Claudio Calasans Other names Cláudio Calasans Camargo Jr Nationality 
BrazilianStyle Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team Atos Jiu Jitsu / Academia Calasans Camargo [1] Rank black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
3rd degree black belt in JudoMedal record Competitor for BrazilBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Jiu-Jitsu Championship Bronze 2009 California, USA Absolute[2] Silver 2010 California, USA -82 kg[3] Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup Gold 2010 Abu Dhabi, UAE -82 kg Gold 2010 Abu Dhabi, UAE Absolute Gold 2011 Abu Dhabi, UAE -83 kg European Championship (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) Gold 2011 Lisbon, Portugal -82 kg[4] Silver 2011 Lisbon, Portugal Absolute[5] Pan American Championship (Jiu Jitsu) Gold 2011 California, USA -82 kg Cláudio Calsans Camargo Jr or Juninho for his friends , (born 1984 ) is a Brazilian Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor. Calasans is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Judo black belt (3rd Dan) that fights for the Atos JJ team.
Biography
Claudio Calasans was born in 1984 in a town called São José dos Campos 100 Kilometres from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is the son of Judo personality Calasans Camargo, the youngest Brazilian Judoka to have ever received his coral belt (white and red – received when he was 38 years old), and his uncle (who is his father’s identical twin) is also a black belt in Judo.[6]
Being part of a family with such a strong judo background, it was only natural that Claudio also picked up the Japanese martial art, and so, when Calasans Junior reached the age of 3, he began his tuition and family tradition. Being a strong Judo competitor since he was but a child, he felt the need to train some Jiu Jitsu when he reached 15 years of age in order to improve his Newaza (ground work), as chokes and armlocks are allowed in Judo from that age onwards. In the beginning he used his new found BJJ skills in Judo competitions, but slowly the Jiu Jitsu “bug” grew in him and he started practicing and competing mainly in the Brazilian Style.
His Jiu Jitsu tuition took place at a [Sao Jose dos Campos] academy called “Liga Jiu Jitsu”, and he trained there from his Blue Belt to his Black Belt, a belt which was awarded to him in the end of 2006 by the hands of his long time master Erivaldo Junior.
Being a very strong competitor, Calasans also joined the Wrestling team in his gym, he was very successful at that discipline also, winning a spot with the Brazilian National Wrestling Team.
After receiving his Black Belt, Claudio’s dream of becoming a professional Jiu Jitsu fighter was getting faded as he was teaching classes at his gym and didn’t have time to train full time. when the Atos Team was formed by a good old friend of Calasans by the name of André Galvão (another big name in Jiu Jitsu), Claudio asked Galvão if he could be part of his team and was immediately accepted. So was forged a strong alliance with the team from Rio Claro, and Claudio now spends most of his time before big competitions preparing in the Southern Brazilian town, training with great names of the modern Jiu Jitsu like : Ramon Lemos (Founder of Atos JJ) , Rafael Mendes and Guilherme Mendes, Gilbert Burns (Durinho) , Ary Farias, etc.
Having fought most of his life as a lightweight, on the 2009 World Cup Claudio decided to try his luck at the absolute division. In order to do that he went through a rigorous weight lifting program, and that is the reason he now fights in middleweight. This new program bore fruit almost immediately as he got to the semi finals of the World Cup Open Weight Division, unfortunately on the other side of the bracket was a man by the name Roger Gracie, a man who many believe to be the best BJJ fighter to have ever competed. Claudio’s end was no different than the others who fought Roger that year as he was submitted from the mount.[7]
In 2010 at the World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup, came the prize Calasans so vehemently fought for, winning the competition in both the Middleweight and the Absolute divisions. Also in 2010 he won the silver medal in the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship only being stopped by Marcelo Garcia one of the best grapplers in the world.
In January,2011 at the European Championship (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) , Calasans won the Gold Medal at Middleweight and Silver Medal in the Absolute division.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.calasanscamargo.com.br/
- ^ http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2009mundial.htm
- ^ http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2010mundial.htm
- ^ http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2010euro.htm
- ^ http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2010euro.htm
- ^ http://www.bjjheroes.com/bjj-fighters/claudio-calasans-facts-and-bio
- ^ http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2009mundial.htm
- ^ http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2010euro.htm
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