Hi Yago, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe?
My name is Yago De Souza. I’m 21 years old and from Sao Paulo. I am a brown belt and train at Cicero Costha academy. My main titles are 2x European champion, vice champion Europeans, South American champion and absolute national champion at Brasileiros.
Tell us about your Jiu-Jitsu story and about where you train
My jiu jitsu story, well I have to start with Anderson Perreira with whom I trained with for a few months before I had to go live with my father in Sao Paulo so I had to change club and started training with Cicero Costha in 2009.
You had a lot of success in the European Cup in 2014 with a gold medal in adult brown belt. What are the reasons for your success? Tell us about your preparation for competition.
Yes I was successful at the Europeans this year but to be honest I wasn’t expecting to do so well because I only received my brown belt in December 2013 and I managed to win the middle weight and come 2nd in the absolute . My preparation for the Europeans, I did a lot of sparrings for cardio and adjusted my positions.
How can you describe your style of BJJ?
I’m always trying to be complete and be well rounded. I work a lot on guard passes, throws, my guard so that I can be comfortable in any position.
What are the reasons for the success of the Cicero Costha Academy? What do you guys do different?
At the social project of Professor Cicero Costha, I think that we do a lot of drilling, we never spar relaxed, there is always a competition rhythm in training.
Tell us about your time spent in Europe and especially in Switzerland.
My time spent in Europe this year was pretty cool. I was in Germany to do 3 seminars then I went to Switzerland to visit some friends and train with them. It’s always good to see them again.
Yago with Ilke Bulut and Anderson Pereira in Switzerland
What are your goals for 2014?
My goals for 2014 is to win the 4 biggest competitions in the world : European , Pan , Brasileiro and World Pro.
If you want to thank someone or your sponsors, feel free
I want to thank my sponsor Reid Jensen , Thor Explod , Blackball
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