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|July 27th 2008| Two highly decorated BJJ Champions have joined the German Top Team. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Blackbelt Peter Schira, who recently won his first tournament in the blackbelt category in Rio (Brazil) and Jörg "Marshmallow" Lothmann, a European and Vice Masters World Champion, both decided to join Germany's strongest fight team and become members of the GTT.

|June 10th 2008| Yesterday Daniel "Hijikata" Schöb and Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer joined a BJJ-Seminar held by Grandmaster Rolker Gracie from Brazil in the BJJ Academy of Blackbelt Peter Schira in Cologne. After three hours of tremendous training and instructions by Rolker Gracie he awarded the GTT Fighter Peter Angerer with the third stripe on his Bluebelt.

|June 3rd 2008| Last Saturday Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer and Jochen "Isami" Gieb were scheduled to fight in the newly founded IBK Pro Division in Berlin. First of all: both opponents of the GTT fighters didn't come to Berlin to fight... Wheter Pride veteran Rodney Faverus nor Danial Sharifi were informed about those fights in Berlin by their management of Team Hardcore. While no replacement opponent for Angerer could be found in such a short time Peter Verschuren of Team Hardcore agreed to fight Jochen on that day. The 42 year old Trainer of Team Hardcore gave Jochen a valueable lesson. After a very tight first round in Karate Jochen was able to land some serious shot in Thaiboxing in round 2 but the dutchman was going forward like a bulldozer and worked the body of Jochen with heavy hook combinations. At the end of round two this strategy worked for Verschuren, when he hit Jochen on the liver to drop him for the count and winning by KO.

|May 26th 2008| Thorsten "German Oak" Kronz has to withdraw from his fight against Rodney Glunder at the IBK European Championship in Berlin next Saturday. After his fight against Deividas Banaitis from Lithuania at the Millfights Cup in Hamburg over two weeks ago he experienced serious medical problems and a fracture of his skull was detected by his doctor. Thorsten will be suspended from all fights and training for at least four weeks.

|May 26th 2008| Yesterday Shidokan Germany held the fifth edition of "This is SHIDO", highlighted by a Welterweight-Tournament with tremendous and technical fights. Also some fighters of the GTT from different schools of the GTT has been pitted against each other and once again it was time to find out who is the best. The reigning champion of the Welterweight Division in the C-Class Igor Montes-Kircher of the Team German Oak in Stuttgart gave a stunning showcase of his skills, when he knocked out Sebastian Liebner from the Kamikaze Dojo in only 7 seconds in Round 1 with his lightning fast punches. Also his second opponent in the Welterweight Tournament, Dietrich Gebert of the Sakura Dojo in Lossburg wasn't a true test for the student of Shidokan World Champion Thorsten Kronz. Igor finished the Sambo-Stylist in under two minutes with a text-book Juji-Gatame in Round 1. On the other hand there was a new but promising talent from the Kamikaze Dojo in Nürtingen under Shihan Peter Angerer: Matthias Merkle. Matthias left the spectators in awe when he finished the highly favored Daniel Talmon of the Sakura Dojo in Lossburg in only 14 seconds of Round 1 with a Bulldog-Choke. In the finals he faced Igor, who has finished two opponents in barely two minutes total fight time and the fight lived up to all the expectations. Both fihgters showed high class Thaiboxing during the stand-up but it was Matthias who repeatedly scored the takedowns and who was more effective on the ground. After 1:15 minutes in Round two he finished Igor with a perfect toehold to win this tournament. It was an excellent performance in his first two fights and we welcome Matthias to the GTT! In other fights GTT's Michael Heist fought to a draw with Daniel Mattuschek of Grappling Arts Freiburg and Miroslav Neralic lost in the upset of the night to Ali Alan Omer of the Stallions Cage in Stuttgart by TKO in Round 1. Also Benjamin Nüßle lost by TKO to Christopher Johnson.

|May 17th 2008| Three Pro Fighters of the GTT will fight in two weeks at the European Championship of the IBK in Berlin in special Pro Matches. Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer, Jochen "Isami" Gieb and Thorsten "German Oak" Kronz will compete in professional matches against top notch competitors from Holland in the new IBK Pro Division. The athletes will battle in a Triathlon, very similar to the Shidokan rules of the World Championships in Chicago (USA). In the first round the athletes will fight under original Kyokushinkai rules in Knockdown Karate. In round two K1 rules will be in effect and the third and final round will be fought under Pride rules with stomps and soccer-kicks.

|May 11th 2008| Last Saturday GTT's Thorsten "German Oak" Kronz competed on a high international level at the Milfights Cup in Hamburg (Germany). His opponent was the Lithuanian K1 Heros veteran Deividas Banaitis. After his loss against Shaun McKenning (UK) in his World Title Match five weeks ago this was Thorsten's first big challenge again. And the German Oak handled this challenge in fashion. Over two rounds he dominated the Lithuanian in all ranges of the fight, winning a Unanimous Decision.

|April 6th 2008| Yesterday one of the finest ever MMA events in Germany was held: Gorilla Fight Vol. 2 in the Multihalle in Mannheim. The app. 1.100 spectators saw a thrilling fight-card with a total of 15 matches and most of the GTT Pros has been on a mission this night. Franco "Ortega" de Leonardis and Thorsten "The German Oak" Kronz fought in World Title Matches against international top fighters in person of Marcelo "Bocao" Fereira of the famous Brazilian Top Team and Shaun McKenning of Team Ultimate Force in the UK. The fight between Ortega and Bocao was ruled a "No contest", when Bocao slammed Ortega illegally in round 1 and delivered a series of punches to the paralyzed and unconscious Ortega. The slam was declared an "accident" and according to the rules the bout was ruled with no result to both of the fighters, so Ortega will keep his title. Thorsten Kronz started his match for the vacant Heavyweight Title against Shaun McKenning confident with good boxing, but soon McKenning was able to take the German Oak to the floor, where he punished the German with heavy strikes. McKenning finished the fight in fashion at the end of round 1 with a text book Kimura to win the Heavyweight Crown for England. Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer lost his match against Jason Ball of England via TKO at the end of Round 1 as well as Daniel "Hijikata" Schöb lost to Manuel Sully of France the same way. Only two of the GTT has been victorious at this night. Annika "La Locita" Sitter fought a tremendous battle against the Judo Champion Tanja Hoffmann of Stuttgart. For two entire rounds the ladies fought on a high pace with Annika in total control of the action to earn a Unanimous Decision after two rounds. Stefan "The Boss" Hoss fought against Vito Tanga of the Stallions Cage in Stuttgart and he proofed his class in his first professional match. The Boss showed all of his skills to take Tanga down to the ground and pound him from the Back-Mount until the Referee stopped the fight in round 1. All results can be found at www.fists-of-fury.com

|March 10th 2008| Yesterday the fourth edition of the current Amateur Series "This is SHIDO" has been held in the Sakura Dojo in Lossburg. Some of GTT's finest fought in crueling battles against top-notch opponents from France and Germany. Impressive was the lightning fast victory of Stefan "The Boss" Hoss against Miroslav Neralic from the Sakura Dojo Lossburg. In under 30 seconds the Boss finished the fight with another tight Guillotine-Choke and is on a seven-fight-winning-streak. A total of eight fights showed the electrified crowd classy MMA action. All results of the fights can be found at the "Fists-of-Fury"-Website.

|January 29th 2008| Last sunday Shidokan Germany hosted the third event of the Amateur Series "This is SHIDO!" in Lossburg. All fighters of the GTT were victorious and all wins came by submission! Philipp "Marvel" Schade of Freudenstadt defeated Igor Montes-Kircher of Stuttgart in 2:33 minutes of round 1 with an armbar. Philipp Krebs, one of the newest additions to the GTT, defeated the State Judo Champion Florian Lenz of Reutlingen with a Mata Leao in only 1:26 minutes of the very first round. Max "Maximus" Schmid fought a Grappling Superfight against Sascha Schlegel of Geislingen and again he finished the fight in fashion with a textbook Triangle Choke after 1:47 minutes in round 1. Daniel "Hijikata" Schöb won his Re-Match against Daniel Talmon of Freudenstadt with a beautyful armbar after 1:02 minutes in round 2. The most promissing talent of the GTT, the 18 year old Stefan Hoss, finished his fight against Judo Champion Florian Lenz with an armbar after 2:03 minutes in round 1! It is good to see that the new talents of the GTT are on their way with impressive wins!

|January 20th 2008| The 15 year old "Wunderkind" of the GTT Max "Maximus" Schmid competed in the Men's division of the third "Altenheimer Aufgaberingen", a tournament which is hosted by BJJ Purple Belt Michael "Maluco" Hockenjos. In impressive fashion the 15 year old Maximus finished all of his three fights with submission early in the fights to become the Men's Champion in this tournament!