Last weekend concluded the 2019 IBJJF San Jose Open gi and no gi tournaments. This was the biggest margin of victory yet, as CTA captured the team title for the 4th year in a row!With that said as amazing as it was to win, winning isn’t…
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Santa Cruz Pro 2015
This past weekend the CTA team headed to Santa Cruz for the first ever IBJJF Santa Cruz Pro! Unlike open events, pro events offer cash prizes for the top adult, masters and absolute winners so the best in the world typically come to compete. After a long day competing and a complete team effort by […]
SF Open
Today was awesome! We won the sf open and it was amazing to share this moment with our entire team. 18 months ago I would never imagine that we would be here. Supporting us today we had team members from Canada, Oregon, Arizona, Missouri, Minnesota, and Minnesota. To support them I didn’t compete and chose […]
IBJJ Pro League
This past weekend the Institute of Martial Arts had 4 participants in the inaugural IBJJF Pro League. The pro league is the first IBJJF tournament offering money to the winners making the athletes true professionals. Invited were the top black belts in each weight class over the last 3 years and 2 wild card spots […]
Caio Terra 2012 Pan Ams Champion
The Pan American Championship, often referred to colloquially as the “Pan Ams” is the largest Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament held in North America by the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation, a governing body directly connected to the Brazilian Confederation (CBJJ). The Pan Ams represented the first step towards the internationalization of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as […]
Caio Terra on the 2012 Pan Ams Advertisement
San Jose, CA’s very own Caio Terra is yet again a featured in an advertisement for a major jiu jiutsu tournament. Caio Terra was previously featured on the 2011 No-Gi Worlds. This time IMA’s Head Instructor, Caio Terra is featured wearing the jiu jitsu gi he auction for charity in the advertisement of the Pan […]