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Jordy Peute

Jordy Peute turned two-hour train journeys to BJJ into an academy in Maastricht, developing as a competitor and teaching future instructors.

Biography

Jordy Peute is the owner and head instructor of Gracie Barra Maastricht. His route to building a school in his hometown began with a practical problem: the nearest BJJ academy he found was two hours away by train. A student travel pass made repeated trips possible, and training with Remco Pardoel eventually became a daily commitment. Born and raised in Maastricht, Peute began with judo and switched to traditional Japanese ju-jitsu at eleven. At sixteen, Rob Coolen encouraged him to try its fighting-system competitions. Regional successes and a national top-three finish brought him into the traditional ju-jitsu national team. A seminar with Harold Harder then introduced him to BJJ. Searching for more information led him to the Gracie family and UFC, and to Pardoel's school in Oss. In his February 2013 interview with BJJ Eastern Europe, Peute recalled visiting the gym with his parents and being repeatedly submitted. The experience persuaded him to return and learn. He first traveled once a week, then twice, with the student pass making the journeys financially possible. After about four years, he moved to Oss and trained daily for three years, eventually leaving traditional ju-jitsu and a period in MMA to concentrate on BJJ. The Maastricht school began while his own training with Pardoel continued. Its biography dates the founding to 2006, when Peute was still a BJJ blue belt and also held black belts in judo and traditional ju-jitsu. Peute recalled deciding to make his hometown the base for his own academy as his studies neared completion and Pardoel moved to Amsterdam. At the 2011 IBJJF Worlds, he won bronze for Gracie Barra in the adult male brown-belt rooster division. He also received his BJJ black belt in 2011 from Vinicius Magalhaes, known as Draculino, and Pardoel. At the 2012 and 2013 Europeans, he took bronze in adult male black-belt rooster. The results did not remove his dissatisfaction with particular matches. Recalling the 2013 Europeans, Peute said he beat Levy Jackson 12–6 before losing 6–0 to Koji Shibamoto in the semifinal. A mistake allowed Shibamoto to take his back. Peute escaped and nearly recovered with a pass into mount, but could not secure the position. He was disappointed after what he considered ideal preparation. It was his second successive European defeat to Shibamoto, following an advantages decision the year before, and he resolved to return better prepared. Being the smallest person at his gym had shaped how he approached those contests. Peute described precise movement, speed and close control as solutions to larger partners, with little change when facing people his own size. He competed at rooster weight and worked with a nutritionist on preparation. In 2013, he described improving toward the level of Bruno Malfacine and Caio Terra as an aim. Teaching and training with his Maastricht students were nearly daily activities by then. Peute named Daan and Wout Westra and Laura Hondorp as emerging competitors. Hondorp's own September 2013 interview gives a view of that coaching. Seeking an alternative to competitive judo, she recalled Peute taking her to a class at his school around 2010. After that first class, she left judo and committed to BJJ. She valued a coach who still competed and a training partner of similar size and style, learning from his speed and technique within a team where recreational and competition athletes helped one another. The students' later roles show how instruction spread through the academy. Its biography records Daan Westra receiving his black belt from Peute and Draculino in 2016, and Wout following in 2017. Andy Peters, who began BJJ in 2009, received his from the same teachers in April 2019. The school describes the three as instructors who also teach beyond Maastricht or cover classes when Peute competes abroad. Peute's own biography lists a Sports and Education bachelor's degree and teaching for recreational students, competitors and law-enforcement officers through classes, private instruction, seminars and camps. One seminar report supplies a specific example. At Pantarei in Aachen in November 2018, Peute taught a two-hour no-gi session on the omoplata, a shoulder lock using the legs. Participant Daria Weiden described several routes to the submission and details for tightening the positions, explaining how the attack could work without the usual jacket grips. In 2019, Peute won the IBJJF European Master 1 black-belt light-feather title for Gracie Barra.

Sources for this profile

  • BJJ Eastern Europe, Jordy Peute interview, February 12, 2013(opens in a new tab)

    • Jordy Peute was born and raised in Maastricht. He began with judo as a child and switched to traditional Japanese ju-jitsu at eleven.

      Where in the source: Introduction: Maastricht; journey: Judo.

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    • At sixteen, Rob Coolen encouraged him to try traditional ju-jitsu's fighting-system competitions. Regional successes and a national top-three finish brought him into the national team.

      Where in the source: Journey: Coolen.

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    • A seminar with Harold Harder introduced him to BJJ. Searching for more information led him to the Gracie family and UFC, but the nearest school he found was Remco Pardoel's in Oss, two hours away by train.

      Where in the source: Journey: Harder.

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    • Peute visited Pardoel's gym with his parents and was repeatedly submitted. The experience convinced him to return and learn; a student travel pass later made regular train journeys financially possible.

      Where in the source: Journey: travelcard.

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    • He first travelled to Oss once a week, then twice. After about four years he moved there and trained daily for three years, eventually giving up traditional ju-jitsu and a period in MMA to concentrate on BJJ.

      Where in the source: Journey: moved.

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    • As his studies neared completion and Pardoel moved to Amsterdam, Peute decided to return to Maastricht and build an academy in his hometown.

      Where in the source: Journey: Amsterdam.

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    • Peute received his BJJ black belt in 2011 from Vinicius Magalhaes, known as Draculino, and Remco Pardoel.

      Where in the source: Introduction: 2011.

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    • Being the smallest person in the gym forced him to develop technical solutions rather than rely on strength. He described precise movement, speed and close control as central to his approach, which changed little against opponents of his own size.

      Where in the source: Larger-opponent answer: smallest.

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    • He competed at rooster weight and worked with a nutritionist on his preparation. His 2013 aim was to keep improving toward the level of Bruno Malfacine and Caio Terra.

      Where in the source: Weight answer: nutritionist; future: Malfacine.

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    • At the 2013 Europeans he recalled beating Levy Jackson 12–6 before losing 6–0 to Koji Shibamoto in the semifinal. Shibamoto took his back after a mistake; Peute escaped and nearly recovered with a pass into mount but could not secure the position.

      Where in the source: 2013 performance: Shibamoto.

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    • The semifinal disappointed him despite what he considered ideal preparation. It was his second successive European loss to Shibamoto, after an advantages decision the previous year, and he resolved to return better prepared.

      Where in the source: 2013 performance: advantages.

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    • In 2013 he taught and trained with his Maastricht students almost daily, singling out Daan and Wout Westra and Laura Hondorp as emerging competitors.

      Where in the source: Academy answer: Westra.

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  • Gracie Barra Maastricht, Professors(opens in a new tab)

    • He founded Gracie Barra Maastricht in 2006 while still a BJJ blue belt training with Pardoel in Oss. By then he also held black-belt grades in judo and traditional ju-jitsu.

      Where in the source: Jordy Peute: 2006.

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    • Peute remains the owner and head instructor of Gracie Barra Maastricht.

      Where in the source: Jordy Peute: owner.

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    • His academy biography records a bachelor's degree in Sports and Education and teaching work with recreational students, competitive athletes and law-enforcement officers, through classes, private instruction, seminars and camps.

      Where in the source: Jordy Peute: Education.

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    • Daan Westra trained throughout his BJJ career under Peute and received his black belt from Peute and Draculino in 2016. Wout Westra followed the same teaching line and received his black belt from them in 2017.

      Where in the source: Daan Westra: 2016; Wout Westra: 2017.

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    • Andy Peters began BJJ in 2009 after capoeira and received his black belt from Peute and Draculino in April 2019. The academy describes Peters and the Westra brothers as instructors who also teach beyond Maastricht or cover classes when Peute competes abroad.

      Where in the source: Andy Peters: April 2019.

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  • BJJ Eastern Europe, Laura Hondorp interview, September 4, 2013(opens in a new tab)

    • Hondorp recalled that Peute took her to a class at his Maastricht school around 2010 while she was seeking an alternative to competitive judo. After that first class she left judo and committed herself to BJJ.

      Where in the source: Journey: first class.

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    • Hondorp valued Peute as a coach who still competed himself and as a training partner of similar size and style. She described learning from his speed and technique through daily practice within a team where recreational and competition athletes helped one another.

      Where in the source: Academy: coach; partner: technical.

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  • IBJJF, 2011 World Championship official results(opens in a new tab)

    • Peute won bronze for Gracie Barra in the adult male brown-belt rooster division at the 2011 IBJJF World Championship, alongside Raul Gomes Marcello, behind Sangsu Lee and Levy Jackson Ferreira.

      Where in the source: Adult / Brown / Male / Rooster.

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  • IBJJF, 2012 European Championship official results(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2012 IBJJF Europeans he took bronze in adult male black-belt rooster, sharing third place with Gabriel Rosberg behind Koji Shibamoto and Masaaki Todokoro.

      Where in the source: Adult / Black / Male / Rooster.

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  • IBJJF, 2013 European Championship official results(opens in a new tab)

    • He again took adult male black-belt rooster bronze at the 2013 IBJJF Europeans, sharing third with Takahito Yoshioka behind James Brandon Mullins and Koji Shibamoto.

      Where in the source: Male / Adult / Black / Rooster.

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  • IBJJF, 2019 European Championship official results(opens in a new tab)

    • In 2019 he won the IBJJF European Master 1 black-belt light-feather title for Gracie Barra, ahead of Adam Adshead, with Cosme Henrique Medeiros Santos and Fabricio da Silva Tavares da Conceição sharing bronze.

      Where in the source: Male / Master 1 / Black / Light Feather.

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  • Daria Weiden, Pantarei seminar report, November 26, 2018(opens in a new tab)

    • In November 2018 Peute taught a two-hour no-gi seminar at Pantarei in Aachen on using the omoplata. Daria Weiden's report describes several submission routes and details for tightening the positions, demonstrating how the attack could work without gi grips.

      Where in the source: No-Gi Seminar mit Jordy Peute: Omoplata.

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