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  Last week was the 2022 IBJJF Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championships! Fully rebounded from the past two years of pandemic restrictions, this year’s edition featured more than 4,600 competitors. That made for an event jam-packed with incredible matches! womens gi pants We wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate all our Kingz athletes on their performances last week. Win or lose, you stepped out there on the competition mat and made us proud! However, there were some standout performances that we wanted to highlight: Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu Living up to his nickname, Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu is a machine! At nearly 42 years old, Cyborg is showing the jiu-jitsu world that age is just a number and means nothing to him. After three hard fought battles in the Ultra-Heavy weight division, Cyborg faced Gutemberg Perreira in the finals. The match featured some incredible scrambles, with Cyborg playing his distinctive heavy pressure passing game. Gutemberg was penalized with two points for at

  Who isn’t obsessed with a good collection? With the NYC Capsule Collection, Kingz has outdone themselves. While remaining faithful to their strict adherence to quality and impeccable construction, Kingz has encapsulated – see what I did there – the stylish, yet no-nonsense vibe of New York City aesthetic. - gi pants for sale With their first drop of the NYC Capsule Collection, Kingz brings you a super sharp black gi, two sweet new t-shirt designs, and two of the slickest looking sweaters out there. Without further ado… The NYC Capsule Collection: Limited Edition NYC Jiu-Jitsu Gi Let’s get started with the most exciting item: the NYC Jiu-Jitsu Gi! If you’ve never owned a black gi, this is definitely the one to have. If you’re all about the black gis, prepare to be blown away. One of the heaviest gis in the Kingz lineup – with a 550 GSM jacket and 12 oz cotton drill pants – this gi was made to last. Seriously. You may find yourself passing it along to your children as some epi

  This season’s new gi drop from Kingz Kimonos is a fresh take on a tried-and-true model: The One Vice Jiu Jitsu Gi . The inspiration for this gi came from a recent trip by the Kingz team to “The Magic City” and the resurging popularity of 80’s style and television drama. But you don’t have to be from Miami to enjoy this retro styled gi.  Miami Vice Influenced What is that “Vice” style from you ask? From 1984 to 1989, Miami Vice was one of the most-watched crime dramas on television. Featuring Don Johnson as Detective James Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Detective Ricardo Tubbs, the series is chock-full of 80’s fashion, music and that distinctly Miami vibe.  With The One Vice, Kingz did their own take on the iconic Vice logo and font, pulling in the bold love for vibrant blues and pinks that epitomizes 80’s style. A War Horse Gi But Kingz could have designed it on any of their leading gi model. They chose their best-selling The One jiu-jitsu gi because it’s essenti

  The 24-year-old Brazilian from Panorama, a small town in Sao Paulo state in Brazil, has been training jiu-jitsu since 2013, along with his two older brothers Anderson and Alex. Showing great promise, the boys earned a scholarship to train under Rodrigo Feijao at Clube Feijao. However, their big break came when Israel Bahiense from Dream Art recruited them. gi pants with pockets That’s when Erich’s talent became recognized on the international jiu-jitsu circuit, with double-gold wins at the IBJJF World Championships, Pan Americans, Europeans and Brasileiros at purple belt in 2019, then another double-gold win at Europeans at brown belt in 2020. Then COVID hit. Erich was awarded his black belt by Dream Art’s leaders, Isaque Bahiense and Gabriel Figueiró, in September 2020. When BJJ tournaments started back up, Erich picked up right where he left off. In 2021, he won the AJP Abu Dhabi World Pro, won his weight division at the IBJJF World Championships, and earned double-gold at the