UAE earns another world record with largest Jiu-Jitsu training session

The UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation set a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest Jiu-Jitsu lesson by successfully coordinating with 2,700 athletes in 14 sites across the UAE.

The joint training sessions took place simultaneously at 14 sites across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, including one at the Brazil pavilion at EXPO 2020 Dubai.

Aside from the EXPO session, nine schools in Abu Dhabi and four schools in Al Ain staged the event.

The EXPO session was attended by Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, and Fernando Igreja, the Brazilian Ambassador to the UAE.

The President’s visit to the biggest Jiu-Jitsu lesson coincided with Brazil’s Republic Day.

The event was created in collaboration with Palm Sports and the Brazil Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020 to “highlight the growing strength of Jiu-Jitsu and the positive impact the sport has on society,” according to a national media WAM report.

“We chose to organize the classes in 13 schools in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, based on our belief in the importance of promoting the sport among youth,” said Mohammed Salem Al Dhaheri, Vice Chairman of the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation.