Alexander Trans

The Danish BJJ black belt champion Alexander Trans made ​​history in the last European Championship of Jiu-Jitsu , held in Lisbon, Portugal, last weekend. After winning the final against Yuri Simões, Alexander became the first European to win the absolute adult black belt championship.

Alexander currently lives in the UAE where he trains full time with the numerous black belts living and teaching there (over 100 black belts).

In an interview with tatame, the athlete, who, in his ultra heavyweight division gave way to his teammate Ricardo Evangelista, spoke about the conquest of the absolute title, his future plans and how black belts in Europe need to travel to look for better training.:

“I think I did a good championship. I made some mistakes, but that’s normal. I’ll see where I went wrong and work to improve it. In fact, this championship, despite being one of the major events on the calendar, it was more a test to see how I am, and to pick up the pace of competition, because I had not fought since Worlds last year. But the main focus for me this year is the World Pro and the Worlds, so I’ll plan my training to be at the peak for these two championships. “

About plans of conquering World Pro and Worlds:

“This is the dream of every Jiu-Jitsu player, and is also mine. I’m keeping the focus on my training and trying to be the best I can, without thinking too much. I want to fight the best in the world, to test myself and evolve as an athlete and person. I train because I love Jiu-Jitsu. For me, training is not a requirement, I do it because I like it a lot. So if titles come or not, I’ll be happy. But I like to have goals, and this is certainly one of them. “

About development of BJJ in Europe:

“In Gi Jiu-Jiutsu, no one else in Europe is reaching podiums in major championships. For now, toughest guys are in no gi. The problem is that you can not train and prepare for major championships in the black belt living in Europe. You have to travel to seek training. The sport is still new here, but it is growing a lot, so I think it will soon have more Europeans fighting at a high level in Jiu-Jitsu, because potential is not what is missing but we need more structure.”

Watch Alexander’s final at the 2014 Europeans: