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Christian Graugart

Christian Graugart linked a Copenhagen academy, visiting practitioners, and training camps into the community behind BJJ Globetrotters.

Biography

Christian Graugart is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who built community through an academy in Copenhagen and BJJ Globetrotters. His 2023 instructor profile on the official BJJ Globetrotters site says he began training in 2000, founded the Copenhagen academy he ran for fifteen years, and considered BJJ Globetrotters his biggest achievement. In that account, the achievement was the community-building work, not his competition record. In a 2013 interview, Graugart described teaching and training at CSA.dk, then ten years into its run. The book recounted his journey around the world to train BJJ. He traced BJJ Globetrotters to the network that formed after his book and described the affiliation as based on friendship and training rather than a traditional organization. The camps grew from the same pattern of connection. Graugart said CSA began gathering its international guests for training camps. Across these accounts, competition sits to the side; the central thread runs through the academy, its visitors, the camps, and the wider training community.

Sources for this profile

  • BJJ Globetrotters, “Featured Camp Instructor: Christian Graugart – BJJ Globetrotters,” March 20, 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJ Globetrotters' 2023 instructor profile identifies Christian Graugart as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt.

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    • Graugart described BJJ Globetrotters as his biggest achievement, emphasizing the community-building work rather than his competition record.

      Where in the source: BJJ Globetrotters is my biggest achievement

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    • The same profile says Graugart began training in 2000.

      Where in the source: Started training (year): 2000

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    • Graugart said he founded an academy in Copenhagen and ran it for fifteen years.

      Where in the source: academy I started in Copenhagen and ran for 15 years

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  • BJJ Eastern Europe, “The BJJ Globetrotter Christian Graugart On The Creation Of His BJJ Globetrotter Team,” July 22, 2013.(opens in a new tab)

    • In a 2013 interview, Graugart described himself as a black belt who taught and trained at his Copenhagen gym, CSA.dk, which he said he had run for ten years.

      Where in the source: CSA.dk ... ten years

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    • Graugart said the network that grew after his book led to the creation of BJJ Globetrotters, which he described as a friendship- and training-based affiliation rather than a traditional organization.

      Where in the source: network ... creation ... BJJ Globetrotters

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    • Graugart said CSA began gathering its international guests for training camps.

      Where in the source: guests ... training camps

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    • A 2013 BJJ Eastern Europe interview introduces Graugart's book as an account of his round-the-world journey to train jiu-jitsu.

      Where in the source: world training Jiu-Jitsu ... book

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