In 1988, a young boy named Paulo Guillobel was fed up with being harassed by bullies at school and decided to join a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school. He found Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (which in Brazil we call Jiu-Jitsu) through one of his ...
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Voted Best Martial Arts School In San Clemente Since 2014 Once again, Guillobel Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy got voted the best martial arts school in San Clemente. Every year, the San Clemente Times polled all its readers to vote for their ...
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Guillobel Jiu-Jitsu San Clemente BBQ Every year, Guillobel Brazilian Jiu-jitsu School celebrates our founder’s birthday by hosting a Brazilian BBQ at one of our San Clemente parks. This year was Sensei Paulo Guillobel‘s 48 birthday and we celebrated at San ...
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Voted Best Martial Arts School In San Clemente 8 Times In A Row Even with all the uncertainties due to COVID, Guillobel Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school has managed to thrive and win Best Martial Art School in San Clemente for the ...
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10 Mental Benefits From Training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu If you think Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) will ONLY give you more confidence, physical fitness, and self-defense skills, think twice. There is one thing that people overlook about jiu-jitsu training, which is the mental ...
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What is the Best of San Clemente People’s Choice Award? Fourteen years ago, our local newspaper The San Clemente Times (SC Times) created an annual poll where its readers can vote for their favorite businesses in different categories. After all ...
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Sometimes people may question whether Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu works for self-defense. They see two people rolling on the ground and wonder what happened to punches and kicks? It usually happens when they only see the ground training, which is just a ...
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The Team Guillobel Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu San Clemente has been pretty busy lately. In August, Sensei Guillobel and some of the Guillobel Team members were invited by one of the San Clemente Youth League Football coaches, Chris Culbertson, to share some ...
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Preparing a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu demonstration with twenty-one kids, one teenager, and two adults is not an easy thing to do, but yet, every year Guillobel Brazilian Jiu-jitsu School does just that. The preparation takes a few weeks. Our Demo Team ...
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