Unity Jiu Jitsu
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| Date founded | 2015[1] |
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| Country of origin |  USA |
| Founder | Paulo & Joao Miyao, Murilo Santana, Ana Lowry, & Yago De Souza[2] |
| Current head | Murilo Santana[3] |
| Arts taught | Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Grappling |
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| Official website | unity jiu-jitsu |
Unity Jiu Jitsu is one of the most prominent Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy and team started in 2015 with its headquarter based in New York City. Murilo Santana is the head instructor.[3] The academy is known as one of the top talent-producing facilities in the sport.[4]
History
Unity Jiu Jitsu was established in New York City in January 2015 by Paulo Miyao, his brother Joao, Ana Lowry, and Yago de Souza, all from Cicero Costha’s academy in Brazil as well as Murilo Santana from Barbosa Academy.[1][5] Murilo Santana is the head instructor while the Miyao brothers and Yago De Souza were resident athletes.[3]
The first Unity members to compete at the 2015 IBJJF World Championship were Paulo & Joao Miyao, Murilo Santana, Leandro Lo, Luiza Monteiro, Yago De Souza, Mitch MacDonald, Devhonte Johnson, Matheus Francisco, Junny Ocasio, Brian Richards, Alix Cornu, Thiago Abud, Andres Limongi, Johnavelle Gabriel, Tanner Rice, Ana Lowry, Asif Mansoor, and Antoine Delannoy.[6] Unity ended their first world championship in the top ten academies with 19 points.[7] In June 2020 the Miyao Brothers announced their departure from the team.[8]
Notable members
A list of current and former members:
- Thiago Abud
- Mayssa Bastos
- Felipe Cesar
- Margot Ciccarelli
- Eddie Cummings
- Yago de Souza
- Jeferson Guaresi
- Devhonte Johnson
- Levi Jones-Leary
- Leandro Lo
- Paulo Miyao
- Joao Miyao
- Chloé McNally
- Luiza Monteiro
- Italo Moura
- Edwin Ocasio
- Junny Ocasio
- Sebastian Rodriguez[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Unity Jiu-Jitsu's Ana Lowry: 'The Miyao Bros are Excited About Moving To New York City & Will Keep on Training Just as Hard'". Bjj Eastern Europe. 2014-12-14.
- ^ "Miyao Brothers Opens New School in New York Called Unity Jiu-Jitsu School". Jiu-Jitsu Times. 2014-12-13.
- ^ a b c "(Video) Unity Jiu-Jitsu Academy in NYC feat. Leandro Lo, Miyao Bros, Murilo Santana & More". Bjj Eastern Europe. 2015-02-15.
- ^ Teague, Hywel (2017-04-10). "Unity Jiu-Jitsu Team Score Major Colored Belt Success in New York". FloGrappling.
- ^ "Miyao brothers and Murilo Santana move to New York". Graciemag. 2015-01-12.
- ^ "UNITY JIU JITSU x 2015 IBJJF WORLDS by MrJesseBell - WATCH BJJ". WATCH BJJ. 2020-08-25.
- ^ "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation -". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
- ^ Liwag, Jeff (2020-06-23). "Paulo Miyao Leaves Unity Jiu-Jitsu". Grappling Insider.
- ^ "Pans Results, Sodre Brothers Dominate Featherweight, Costa Rica's First Champ And Munis Crowned Open King". BJJ Heroes. 2022-04-10.
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