Eivind Windsrygg
One of the group that started Bergen Grappling in 2005, Eivind Windsrygg became what the club calls Bergen's first BJJ black belt ten years later.
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Bergen Grappling Kampsportklubb, «Instruktører» (club website), undated.(opens in a new tab)
Bergen Grappling's instructor page states that Eivind Windsrygg has trained martial arts since 1991.
Where in the source: Instruktører page, first entry (Eivind Windsrygg), first sentence — «trent kampsport siden 1991»
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According to the club's instructor page, Windsrygg holds a black belt in BJJ and was among those who started Bergen Grappling in 2005.
Where in the source: Instruktører page, Eivind Windsrygg entry, second sentence — «var med på å starte Bergen Grappling i 2005»
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Windsrygg is listed as an instructor at Bergen Grappling, teaching submission wrestling and BJJ.
Where in the source: Instruktører page, Eivind Windsrygg entry, subheading — «Submission wrestling og BJJ»
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Outside the club, Windsrygg works as a secondary-school teacher (lektor) and a milieu therapist (miljøterapeut).
Where in the source: Instruktører page, Eivind Windsrygg entry, last sentence — «jobber Eivind som lektor og miljøterapeut»
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Bergen Grappling Kampsportklubb, front page (club website), undated.(opens in a new tab)
Bergen Grappling was established in 2005 as the first sports club in Bergen to offer grappling and BJJ, and is part of the BJJ Globetrotters network.
Where in the source: Front page, «Velkommen til Bergen Grappling» section — «byens første idrettslag som tilbyr grappling og BJJ»
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BJJ Beltchecker, profile «Eivind Windsrygg» (id 53), community-verified rank registry.(opens in a new tab)
Windsrygg's BJJ Beltchecker profile lists his rank as black belt, 3rd degree, marked as verified by the community.
Where in the source: Profile header under the name — «Black belt 3rd degree», badge «Verified by the community»
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The same Beltchecker profile gives the degree of his black belt as the 3rd.
Where in the source: Profile header, belt label next to the belt graphic — «3rd degree»
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Windsrygg was born in 1982, according to his Beltchecker profile.
Where in the source: About panel, BIRTHDAY field — year 1982
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The Beltchecker profile gives his location as Bergen, Norway, his academy as Bergen Grappling and his affiliation as BJJ Globetrotters.
Where in the source: About panel — LOCATION «Bergen, Norway»; ACADEMY «Bergen Grappling»; AFFILIATION «BJJ Globetrotters»
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Beltchecker lists Windsrygg as a coach with confirmed students and shows a list of students and of belt promotions attributed to him.
Where in the source: Achievements — «Coach with confirmed students»; sections «Students» and «Belt promotions»
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Bergen Grappling (club blog), «Back in black.», 17 August 2015.(opens in a new tab)
In August 2015 the club's blog reported that Windsrygg, one of its main instructors and one of the initiators of the club ten years earlier, had come home from a BJJ Globetrotters summer camp in Belgium with a black belt, the first person in Bergen to receive one.
Where in the source: Post «Back in black.», 17 Aug 2015, first paragraph — «som førstemann i Bergen, fått svart belte»
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The same post says the club had turned ten about two months earlier and had been started on a small scale by a group of enthusiasts, several of whom were still running it.
Where in the source: Post «Back in black.», first paragraph — «startet i det små av en gruppe ildsjeler»
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BJJ Globetrotters, «December 2013 newsletter».(opens in a new tab)
BJJ Globetrotters' December 2013 newsletter reported a seminar at Bergen Grappling where five blue belts, one purple and one brown belt were awarded, and described Windsrygg as one of the team's main coaches who had long been a purple belt.
Where in the source: Section «New belts!», paragraph on Bergen Grappling in Norway — «has been a purple belt forever»
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MMA-Revyen, tag archive «eivind windsrygg», via Internet Archive snapshot of 23 April 2021.(opens in a new tab)
Windsrygg appeared as a guest on the Norwegian MMA podcast MMA-Revyen in at least seven episodes between September 2012 and January 2014, discussing UFC events.
Where in the source: Archived tag page «eivind windsrygg» (snapshot 23 Apr 2021): episodes 4, 6, 11, 19, 28, 46, 58, dated 26.09.2012 to 29.01.2014
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MMA-Revyen introduced him as one of Bergen's foremost experts on Brazilian jiu-jitsu (episode 4, 2012) and later as a BJJ expert and regular guest co-host of the show (episode 28, 2013).
Where in the source: Episode 4 summary — «en av Bergens fremste eksperter»; episode 28 summary — «fast gjesteprogramleder»
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Norges Kampsportforbund, «BJJ seminar i Oslo», Kim Gibson, 4 February 2016.(opens in a new tab)
In February 2016 the Norwegian Martial Arts Federation announced a weekend BJJ seminar at Oslo Kampsportklubb taught by Windsrygg, a black belt from Bergen Grappling, with a Saturday session at Nesodden Judoklubb, whose BJJ group had been started by a former Bergen Grappling member.
Where in the source: Article «BJJ seminar i Oslo», 4 Feb 2016, first paragraph — «får besøk av Eivind Windsrygg, svartbelte i BJJ»
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Bolten BJJ Podcast (Carl-Axel Bakke-Erichsen), «Eivind Windsrygg Bergen Grappling», 9 November 2021 (Spotify for Creators).(opens in a new tab)
In November 2021 the Bolten BJJ Podcast published a 53-minute episode with Windsrygg about how BJJ started in Bergen Grappling and its path since; the episode notes say he was early into BJJ and helped start the club in the early 2000s.
Where in the source: Episode entry «Eivind Windsrygg Bergen Grappling», Nov 09, 2021, 53:18, description — «var tidlig igang med BJJ»
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