Saulo Ribeiro Gi Videos
Saulo Ribeiro is one of the greatest Gi and No-gi BJJ players in the world, a fierce competitor, and he also has a keen ability to instruct. He began his Brazilian Jujitsu training in 1992 under Royler Gracie at the world-renowned Gracie Humaitá gym in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lightning fast, he advanced through the belts and attained his black belt ranking just three years later on November 27, 1995.
Saulo's Competition titles include:
- 2 time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship Champion (2000 and 2003)
- 6 time Gold Medalist: World Jiu-Jitsu Championship (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002)
- 2 time Gold Medalist: Brazilian National Championships (1995, 1998)
- 2 time Gold Medalist: Rio de Janeiro State BJJ Champion
- 2 time Gracie World Submission Champion
- 1 time Gold Medalist: World No Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship (defeated Gregor Gracie in the medium heavyweight class, August 2008)
Saulo and his brother Xande Ribeiro operate the University of Jiu Jitsu in San Diego, CA. Saulo has appeared in every major grappling magazine in the world.
Ground fighting
BJJ is strongly differentiated from judo by its greater emphasis on groundwork. This is due to both its radically different point-scoring system, and the absence of most of the judo rules that cause the competitors to have to recommence in a standing position. This has led to greater time dedicated to training on the ground, resulting in enhancement of judo's groundwork techniques by BJJ practitioners.
However, there are also many techniques that are allegedly created by BJJ, though they already existed in Kodokan judo. This misconception is often the result of incorrect assumptions by BJJ practitioners who simply assume that the techniques they learned in BJJ classes originated in BJJ, and it is also due in some instances to BJJ practitioners genuinely rediscovering techniques that they did not know already existed in judo, such as the Gogoplata. Along with BJJ's great strengths on the ground comes its relative weakness with standing techniques. There is an increasing amount of cross-training between the two sports.