More than 60 students participated in the 4th Kimura BJJ Belt test that took place on Saturday, November 18th at the Kimura BJJ Academy. The test was very successful - 15 people went on to receive the blue belt, while 18 students received stripes.

We would like to thank everyone who showed up and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with peace and health!
- Jean Kleber and Michael Fontes

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The Kimura BJJ Academy won 14 swords and won 3rd place at the team competition at the NAGA North American Championships on November 4th, 2006. The event took place at Sacred Heart University (Pitt Center) Fairfield, CT. Kimura had 24 students and won 14 swords. The highlight of the competition was Diego Ferroni (blue belt, 170 pounds), who won his 5th championship this year. Another highlight was Bruno Braz (blue belt, 140 pounds), who won the New England and now the North American. Another highlight was Mauro Silva, who won 3rd place in the adult category despite the fact that he is in the master category of over 40. Romulo (white belt, 160 pounds) was also a highlight, winning 4 fights and winning 3rd place despite the fact that he has only been training for one month!

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Robson Moura (Robinho) from Nova Uniao, will be giving a seminar at the KIMURA BJJ Academy on September 13, 14, and 15.

Robson Moura is 29 years old, from Rio de Janeiro, and is one of the biggest names in world jiu-jitsu. He is a 6-time world champion, with 5 titles coming from the black belt category and Vale Tudo champion. He is coming to Boston for the 2nd time to give a seminar at the Kimura Academy, which is an affiliate of the Nova Uniao Academy (6-time world champion).

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The first United Grappling Association (UGA) Tournament took place last Saturday, August 12, 2006 at Tufts University. KIMURA Academy was once again team champion. KIMURA competed against great academies, including Renzo Gracie Academy, Alliance Academy, Barra Gracie Academy, Brazilian Top Team, and BTT Canada.

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KIMURA BJJ Master and founder, Jean Kleber, and boxing instructor Steve Baccari, gave a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu course to the National Nuclear Security Agency (N.N.S.A.). The course took place on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of June at the Eastern Command in Oak Ridge, TN. Jean Kleber taught the Jiu-Jitsu and MMA portion of the course, while Steve Bacari taught the boxing portion. The course had a duration of 32 hours. “I hope I was able to contribute to their improvement” said Jean Kleber.

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Kimura brought home 16 medals at the New England Tournament held Saturday, June 24th at Bryant University in N. Smithfield, Rhode Island.

The Tournament had participants from the best academies in the area, as this is the the biggest and most important Jiu-Jitsu tournament in New England.

Kimura BJJ, owned by master Jean Kleber, was once again the highlight bringing home 16 medals - 11 first-place, 3 second-place, and 2-third place medals!

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The KIMURA Academy wowed the Natick crowd with its technique and teamwork!

The event took place on Saturday, May 20th at the Natick Middle School. KIMURA sent out nine competitors and brought home seven 1st-place trophies and one 2nd-place! Congratulations to everyone for our victory and teamwork!

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Kimura BJJ ranked 3rd in the World on the GI category during the last 2006 NAGA World Championship, March 11-12. This is an outstanding result for our team!!! Most of the academies competing in this tournament selected their best fighters from a number of branches and we showed up with our team, representing a single academy, and simply “wowed” everyone. See Results here.
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM!

Kimura BJJ is proud to inform you that Bill Duffy is listed twice on the World’s Greatest Grapplers ranking. (See ranking here.) Bill brought home the 1st place on the Masters (40 yrs. and over) No-Gi Lightweight (159.9 lbs. and below) and the 3rd place on the Masters (40 yrs. and over) No-Gi Middleweight (160 – 179.9 lbs.) Congratulations Bill!

Kimura BJJ will be participating in the next Pan-American. The tournament will take place on April 7th, 8th and 9th in California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson - California. The PanAmerican Jiu-Jitsu Championshop 2006 is realized by United States Jiu-Jitsu Federation.

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