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Alberto Gonzalez Ortiz

Alberto González Ortiz built Sutemi, taught in Abu Dhabi’s schools and developed competitors through ground-fighting and online instruction.

Biography

Alberto González Ortiz combined military work with training and competition before making jiu-jitsu his profession. He had practised karate, kickboxing and kung fu without a family tradition in martial arts, but Brazilian jiu-jitsu became his central pursuit. He began teaching in 2005, founding Crazy Sevilla; the academy adopted the Sutemi name in 2011. His own instructor biography dates his BJJ black belt to 2012. Competition opened a different working life. A second-place performance at a European event in Italy led to recruitment by Palms Sports in Abu Dhabi. There he taught jiu-jitsu in schools while continuing to train alongside other instructors and athletes. Muchodeporte’s 2019 profile reports regional best-coach recognition for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 school years. He remained in Abu Dhabi until September 2016. His own instructor profile also lists Spanish federation Level III national-coach training and work in the UAE’s school and military programmes. Returning to Seville meant further academy work, supported by his wife and Enrique Marín. By 2019, Sutemi’s teaching team included González, Marín and Marisa Muñoz. In his Diario de Sevilla portrait that year, González said his students’ successes could bring him more joy than his own. Respect had a practical meaning in his teaching: training partners made daily learning possible, while opponents made competition possible. Financing remained difficult, however. Paying for trips and events was a major obstacle, and he organised crowdfunding to help cover the costs. In 2022, he regained the Spanish senior grappling title in Seville, ten years after his earlier national win. He described changing strategy and finding extra motivation in competing before family, students and colleagues. At the Europeans in Budapest, he won silver in senior men’s gi grappling at 84kg. Speaking afterwards, he said he had continued after an injury in his opening match because he felt he would regret stopping. His next aim was to recover, train and earn selection for the Worlds. Later that year, representing Spain in Pontevedra, he took bronze in the same senior men’s 84kg gi category at the UWW World Championships. Blanca Medina’s account gives a specific example of his teaching. Seeking more professional preparation than she had found at a small Triana gym, she came to Sutemi from a striking background. In her 2023 interview, she credited González with urging her to understand ground fighting and helping her organise the transition into MMA. Learning how to work on the ground became part of structuring her development as a fighter. Through Jiu Jitsu Imparable, González also organises online teaching around positions, concepts and fight situations, with progressions for transitions, defence and control. His 2023 indirect guard-passing course gives one example: prompting an opponent to defend in one direction before attacking in the other, working to get past the legs. The course addresses practitioners with some experience and coaches looking for material to help plan their own classes.

Sources for this profile

  • Alberto González Ortiz, own instructor biography, Jiu Jitsu Imparable(opens in a new tab)

    • Alberto González Ortiz is the jiu-jitsu instructor behind Jiu Jitsu Imparable.

      Where in the source: Full name heading and instructor biography.

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    • He began teaching in 2005 and became a BJJ black belt in 2012.

      Where in the source: Instructor biography, first paragraph.

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  • Álvaro Guillén, El perfecto equilibrio entre cuerpo y mente, Diario de Sevilla, July 8, 2019(opens in a new tab)

    • He was born in 1984.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph gives 02/05/84.

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    • He practised karate, kickboxing and kung fu before Brazilian jiu-jitsu became his central pursuit.

      Where in the source: Second life paragraph.

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    • He combined training and competition with military work, having taken up martial arts without a family tradition in them.

      Where in the source: Third life paragraph.

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    • His wife and Enrique Marín supported his academy work after he returned to Seville.

      Where in the source: Paragraph beginning Al volver.

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    • By 2019 he said his students’ successes could give him more joy than his own.

      Where in the source: Paragraph beginning Ahora su pasión son sus alumnos.

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    • He taught respect for training partners and opponents: partners enable daily learning and opponents make competition possible.

      Where in the source: Youth-values paragraph.

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    • Paying for travel and competitions remained a major obstacle; in 2019 he organised crowdfunding to help cover those costs.

      Where in the source: La financiación, uno de los grandes obstáculos.

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  • J.A.J., Alberto González and Sutemi Academy, Muchodeporte, December 3, 2019(opens in a new tab)

    • He founded Crazy Sevilla in 2005; the school adopted the Sutemi name in 2011.

      Where in the source: Academy information box: Fundación and Fundador.

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    • A second-place performance at a European event in Italy led to recruitment by Palms Sports in Abu Dhabi.

      Where in the source: Recruitment sentence after Hasta septiembre de 2016.

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    • In Abu Dhabi he taught in the school jiu-jitsu programme while continuing to train alongside instructors and athletes.

      Where in the source: Educational programme paragraph.

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    • The 2019 profile reports regional best-coach recognition for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 school years.

      Where in the source: Educational programme paragraph, distinction sentence.

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    • He lived in Abu Dhabi until September 2016.

      Where in the source: Paragraph beginning Hasta septiembre de 2016.

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    • In 2019 the Sutemi teaching team included González, Enrique Marín and Marisa Muñoz.

      Where in the source: Closing instructor paragraph.

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  • Diario de Sevilla, El sevillano Alberto González, campeón de España de grappling, March 3, 2022(opens in a new tab)

    • He regained the Spanish senior grappling title in Seville in 2022, ten years after his earlier national win.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraphs and Senior gold results.

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  • María Casquete de Prado, Alberto González European silver interview, Diario de Sevilla, March 28, 2022(opens in a new tab)

    • He described changing strategy for the 2022 nationals and feeling extra motivation competing before family, students and colleagues at home.

      Where in the source: Opening athlete quotation.

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    • He said he continued after an injury in his first European match, reaching the final because he felt he would regret stopping.

      Where in the source: European final and athlete explanation paragraphs.

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    • After European silver he aimed to recover, resume training and earn selection for the Worlds later that year.

      Where in the source: Closing athlete goal.

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  • United World Wrestling, Grappling European Championships 2022 final book(opens in a new tab)

    • Representing Spain, he won silver in senior men’s gi grappling at 84kg at the 2022 Europeans in Budapest.

      Where in the source: PDF page 27, complete Men’s Grappling Gi – Seniors – 84kg ranking.

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  • United World Wrestling, Grappling World Championships 2022 final book(opens in a new tab)

    • He took senior men’s gi grappling bronze at 84kg at the 2022 Worlds in Pontevedra, representing Spain.

      Where in the source: PDF page 35, complete Men’s Grappling Gi – Seniors – 84kg ranking.

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  • Pablo Zorrilla, Blanca Medina interview, Una Mezcla To’, May 17, 2023(opens in a new tab)

    • Blanca Medina recalled coming to Sutemi while seeking more professional training than she had found in a small Triana gym.

      Where in the source: Cuáles son tus primeros pasos answer.

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    • Medina credited González with urging her to understand ground fighting and helping organise her development from striking into MMA.

      Where in the source: First steps answer, Comencé a hablar con mi entrenador Alberto.

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  • Jiu Jitsu Imparable, own platform introduction(opens in a new tab)

    • His Jiu Jitsu Imparable platform organises teaching around positions, concepts and fight situations, with progressions for transitions, defence and control.

      Where in the source: Platform introduction and Qué encontrarás list.

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  • Alberto González Ortiz, Pases de Guardia indirectos, Udemy, updated October 2023(opens in a new tab)

    • His 2023 indirect guard-passing course teaches provoking a defensive reaction in one direction before attacking the other.

      Where in the source: Description, second paragraph.

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    • The course addresses practitioners with some experience and coaches seeking material for planning their own classes.

      Where in the source: Requirements and course-audience paragraphs.

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  • Alberto González Ortiz, own Udemy instructor profile(opens in a new tab)

    • His instructor profile lists Spanish federation Level III national-coach training and teaching in the UAE’s school and military jiu-jitsu programmes.

      Where in the source: About me opening paragraph.

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