Tagarela Teaches: Famed American Top Team Teacher Joins MMAWeekly as Instructor
- Posted by renan on May 22, 2012
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MMAWeekly.com is proud to welcome Jonatas 'Tagarela' Gurgel to the site as he will be presenting a series of instructional videos in the coming months.
Tagarela, which translated from Portuguese means 'a person that is always talking', is a lead Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor at the famed American Top Team in Florida, and comes from excellent lineage for his grappling roots.
A multi-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion, Gurgel will join MMAWeekly.com as a guest instructor as he walks through some of the top techniques used in and out of mixed martial arts, while also demonstrating some submission moves that may have recently been showcased in a fight.
In this first video, Tagarela is joined by former MMAWeekly Radio Ultimate Fighter correspondent Marcus Brimage, who actually takes the reigns as he teaches the teacher how to do the back flip he displayed during his fight with Maximo Blanco at UFC 145.
In the coming weeks, Tagarela will teach several moves to MMAWeekly.com fans includin