Alliance Online Magazine

James "Calango" Love

Calango James Love
Nickname: Calango
Blue Belt under Jacaré
Member of the Alliance Jiu-Jitsu Team
Age: 27
Height: 1,75m (5' 9")
Weight: 66kg (145lbs.)
Category: Pena
Home: Savannah, GA, USA
Occupation: Engineering Draftsman

Calango is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and trains at the Master Jiu-Jitsu Atlanta academy under Romero "Jacaré" Cavalcanti for at least one weekend out of each month. In addition, Calango trains at least 2 days a week with a group of fellow Jiu-Jitsu practitioners. Calango has trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since mid 1996. His first instructor was Fábio Gurgel. He has also trained under Haroldo Vitoriano Bunn and Felipe Netto. He still continues to train under Jacaré, Fábio, and Felipe Netto.

Fábio, Calango, Felipe Netto, and Jacaré
Calango participated in the 1999 Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Tournament in the Pluma Blue Belt division. He was winning his match by a score of 5-2 when an injury forced him to drop out of the tournament. He also competed in a Jiu-Jitsu tournament in Auburn, Alabama, where he won his matches until facing a fellow team mate. He has plans on competing in more tournaments in the future, and hopefully having a successful tournament career.

In addition to studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Calango has also trained in Judo, and is still training in Chito-ryu Karate, in which he holds the rank of Black Belt. Calango was on track to become the State Champion in his division for the Sport Karate International league and the National Black Belt League before the ciruit broke down in 1997 in South Georgia, having only one tournament to go before disagreements within the league committee cause the circuit to disban. Calango began his training in Karate in 1989, but took an extended break before starting again in 1995, beginning at white belt again.

Fábio, Calango, and Haroldo Vitóriano
Calango is available for training to anyone wishing to learn or train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in his area. He is working on opening a satelite academy in the Savannah area in the near future, along with a partner. Calango is also, of course, one of the webmasters for this website.

Calango's e-mail: jlove@g-net.net