Pierwsza zawodowa gala Bjj w Japonii

Professional Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in... Japan???
Submitted by: The Midwesterner
Posted On 04/06/2002

May 2nd, 2002 / Ground Impact Tokyo, Japan, DIFFER Ariake

That’s right! Paraestra Dojo, one of SHOOTO’s top promoters, is holding Japan’s first ever Professional BJJ event. Paraestra often adds a BJJ match or two into their pro SHOOTO cards but this is definitely something new. The event is called Ground Impact and will be on May 2nd in the DIFFER Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. As we are mostly aware, the grappling arts are integral part of Japans martial arts culture, from traditional Judo to Combat Wrestling, from Freestyle Wrestling to SHOOTO. Yuki Nakai is the founder of Paraestra and the first ever Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt in Japan. He is the driving force behind BJJ’s presence in the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ and is scheduled to compete on May 2nd against Leo Vieira. To fans of BJJ this promises to be a great one. Also lined-up to compete are Masahiro Oishi, the SHOOTO Featherweight Champion, and Naoya Uematsu. We are not sure where things are going to go from here, but it should be interesting.

Line-up:
Yuki Nakai vs. Leo Vieira
Shinsuke Fukuzumi vs. Isamu Shishido
Takeru Ueno vs. Naoya Uematsu
Yutaka Tan vs. Naoyoshi Watanabe
Masahiro Oishi vs. Hidenori Hayashi
Koji Asakura
Takashi Watanabe
Koichi Kuwabara

Ground Impact: BJJ Results in Japan
Submitted by: ADCC NEWS
Posted On 05/03/2002

May 2nd - Tokyo, DIFFER Ariake

*All BJJ Matches

Results -Black Belt-
Leonardo Vieira (Brazil, Alliance) defeated Yuki Nakai (PARAESTRA TOKYO) [9:58 choke]
Ricardo Vieira (Brazil, Alliance defeated Dai Yoshioka (PUREBRED Omiya) [0-10]
Marcos Barbosa (Brazil) defeated Koji Asakura (PARAESTRA IKEBUKURO) [2:18 choke]

-Brown Belt-
Isamu Shishido (PUREBRED Arena) defeated Shinsuke Fukuzumi (Nagoya BJJ Club) [0-6]

-Purple Belt-
Hidenori Hayashi (Gracie Barra Shikoku) defeated Masahiro Oishi (K'z FACTORY) [0-2]
Mutsutomi Mishima (Dokonjonosuke) (Cobra Kai) defeated Koichi Kuwabara (Tokyo Yellow Mans) [0-2]
Naoya Uematsu (K'z FACTORY) defeated Takeru Ueno (Gracie Barra Tokyo) [0-2]

Takashi Watanabe (PARAESTRA TOKYO) defeated Tomomi Iwama (Nagoya BJJ Club) [0-0, advantage 2-0]

Naoyoshi Watanabe (SSS Academy & K'z FACTORY) defeated Yutaka Tan (Striple) [6:58 arm bar]

-Ladies Blue Belt-
Yasuko Mogi (Striple) defeated Naomi Suzuki (Nova Union Japan) [0-0, advantage 1-0]

No one can call the Vieira Brothers anything but great, but it appears that they outdid themselves in Japan this time. The pair was participating in the inaugural Ground Impact event in Japan. Gorund Impact is a professional BJJ event held at Differ Ariake in Tokyo.

The showman Ricardinho started to bedazzle the crowd the day before during the weigh in. Ricardo didn't make weight and the promoters asked him to remove his pants and retry. He promptly told him he 'had no underwear' and had to be provided with a tiny 'speedos', needless to say that had the crowd roaring. The next day, the Vieira appeared for the sports match wearing a 'yellow' Gi while sporting Green Hair with the Brazilian Flag painted on it. Using his show stopping style with 'star' guard passes and a lot of movement, Ricardinho defeated his opponent Dai Yoshioka by points 10 x 0.

Not wanting to be outdone, brother Leozinho had to resort to extremes. Leo duplicated his brother's 'star' guard pass and used his crazy 'summersault' taking the back technique and after running the score to 13 x 0, finished the 'show' with his new and soon to be patented 'Brabo' choke (apparently Leo has developed a new collar choke that he debuted in the 2002 Pan Ams). All this against the great Yuki Nakai. Unbelievable! ! !They are now going to be interviewed by GongMagazine and are scheduled for a variety of press conferences.

Of course they had a tough act to follow as, Black Belt Barbosinha applied a 'cloke choke' and put his opponent to sleep in an earlier match.

Congratulations to the crew!

Sa juz pierwsze zdjecia

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Ricardinho v Dai Yoshioka

Leozinho wychodzi do walki

Bracia Vieira

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