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The North American Grappling Association (NAGA) is an organization started in 1995 that holds submission grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments throughout North America and Europe. NAGA is the largest submission grappling association in the world with over 175,000 participants worldwide, including some of the top submission grapplers and ...
The dojo was also an affiliate of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Network, [3] but the termination of its association with the Network was announced on February 2, 2012. [17] On February 18, the dojo announced that its jiu-jitsu program would be under Demian Maia. [18] The school is accredited by the North American Grappling Association. [19]
The Fort Worth resident has four World Deaf jiu-jitsu championships, two North American Grappling Association championship belts and over 50 medals and belts in all.
Other promotions within North America, such as Battleground Grappling Championship, American Grappling Federation (AGF), North American BJJ Federation (NABJJF), and North American Grappling Association (NAGA) host tournaments nationwide, but visit these states multiple times within a tournament season.
Among her biggest accomplishments in this sport are gold medal at the Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2008 as a blue belt, gold medal at World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2009 as a purple belt and becoming a world champion of the North American Grappling Association (NAGA) in the lightweight and absolute divisions in 2012. She currently ...
North American Grappling Association (NAGA) – 2017 Mixed Grappling/Jiu Jitsu Heavyweight World Champion (April 2017) [7] Nwamu was the first IBA super-cruiserweight world-champion professional-boxer to win the ISKA full-contact kickboxing world-championship title.
In recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the sport of grappling, Pablo Popovitch was inducted to the Grappling Hall Of Fame, February 13, 2010, by the North American Grappling Association. [9] Also In 2010 he was awarded the "BJJ Fighter of the Year Award" by Gracie Mag – A magazine specialized in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. [10]
2012 NAGA (North American Grappling Association) Expert Division Champion Former #1 world ranked fighter in 2004 under the World Shooto rankings Former American Kickboxing Academy Fighter (AKA) who trained under 5-time UFC Middleweight Champion Frank Shamrock and trained with current UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Valasquez, as well as Josh ...