Now it’s time for Clark Gracie to teach a guard recover and sweep.

Enjoy and add it to your game.

GMA member Adem Redzovic paired up with Clark Gracie recently in Costa Rica for a seminar.

They took the time to teach a guard pass for the camera.

Enjoy.

The promoted students at GMA Team Redzovic. Photo: Personal archive

On Nov. 18 the Redzovic family, Adem, Eddie and Idriz, held a special promotions ceremony with long-time friends Clark Gracie and his father, red belt Master Carley Gracie.

After an exciting weapons defense seminar put on by Master Carley Gracie, Carley promoted Eddie Redzovic to 3rd degree black belt.

The Redzovic clan also graduated several black belts to their first and second degrees as well as awarded six new black belts! Among those promoted to black belt were: Ramon Arellano Jr, Jerry Hagene, Vince Fosco, Jon Tutaj, Muhamed Nesiren, and Haris Usanovic.

The Redzovic family has been teaching Jiu-Jitsu for close to 15 years in Chicago and runs one of the largest and most successful Jiu-Jitsu teams in the midwest.

You can learn more about the team at www.chicagojiujitsu.com

GMA member Adem Redzovic of Team Redzovic in Chicago, IL will be in the Bay for a seminar on Aug. 18.

The class from 5 to 6:30 p.m. will go over his techniques on the open guard and will break down or “translate” the many variations.

If you’d like to be more well-rounded and spice up your guard, head to this seminar.

To reserve your spot contact 45-255-8482. The cost per person is $50.

Learn more about Adem and his team at www.chicagojiujitsu.com

Learn more by watching this video of concepts and Jiu-Jitsu positions explained:

For three hours you can learn from legend Carley Gracie and his son, black belt Pan champion Clark Gracie at Team Redzovic BJJ Academy on Tuesday, June 10.

From 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. te duo will teach their techniques. The cost is $100 per person.

GMA Team Redzovic BJJ Academy is located at 4900 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60625.

To reserve your spot please contact chicagojiujitsu@gmail.com

Black belt Adem Redzovic of GMA Team Redzovic will be traveling from Chicago, IL to San Diego, CA for a seminar at Clark Gracie Jiu-Jitsu on May 26.

Open to all levels, this open guard workshop will better your game or your money back guaranteed. If you’re looking for find a better perspective on the various forms of open guard, Adem can simplify the moves and give you a better understanding.

It will be held on Monday, May 26 from 6 – 8 p.m. The cost is $40 per person.

The location of the event will be Clark Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Old Town: 1851 San  Diego Ave. #100B San Diego, CA.

To learn more about Adem Redzovic and his upcoming event please visit www.chicagojiujitsu.com

The Redzovic team with Royce Gracie. Photo: Personal Archive

The team at Redzovic Jiu-Jitsu hosts seminars regularly with some of the biggest, most influential names in the gentle art. Names like Rolles Gracie, Rener Gracie, Ralph Gracie, Clark Gracie, Tareq Azim and more.

Adem, Eddie and Idriz bring different world-class instructors and competitors into the gym so that their students can benefit from many aspects of Jiu-Jitsu knowledge. Also, time spent with the visitors off the mats allows the students and the Redzovic family to learn about aspects of their lives.

More information about GMA Redzovic Jiu-Jitsu Chicago can be found at: www.chicagojiujitsu.com

Adem Redzovic speaks to his students at Team Redzovic

GMA member Adem Redzovic of Team Redzovic in Chicago, IL is a Jiu-Jitsu black belt who runs a school with his brother Eddie and cousin Idriz. In a speech to his students he offers some simple yet valuable advice targeted towards beginners but we believe everyone should hear it.

Maximum efficiency, minimal effort.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXVgo-awNPw

With the help of Oliver Geddes, Adem showed us two nice sweeps that start from the closed guard.

For more info on Team Redzovic, go to chicagojiujitsu.com

Let’s learn.

Janaina Barral

The fourth day of Lloyd Irvin’s MMA Blueprint 5.0 – The Next Generation conference is underway.

After three days of intense activities, attendees talked to GRACIEMAG about the impact the techniques had on their businesses.

Rafael Lovato Jr, a Gi and No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu world champion and the owner of Oklahoma-based Lovato Jiu-Jitsu, has been a follower of Lloyd’s teachings since 2011. He couldn’t be more clear about how important what he’s learned has been to his academy: “It changed my life! More than the practical side of it and all the improvements you can add to your business, the most important side of it is the change in mindset it creates. You learn that there’s a lot more you can do for your business to become more successful.”

Paul Halme, owner of Peak Performance BJJ in Keller, Texas, has himself been following Lloyd’s recipe for two years: “My academy was in trouble, but the improvement has been amazing. The sales techniques and the instructor-training system are the aspects that helped me a lot. Before I go home, I will get myself more products.”

Rafael Lovato Jr. and Paul Halme

Garth Taylor of Santa Cruz, California-based Kaijin Martial Arts is in his first Lloyd Irvin event. A veteran with over 20 years of Jiu-Jitsu training, Garth wants to upgrade his school with what he learned in Orlando: “My academy was a hobby for me until a while ago, as I had another job in construction. Since I left that job and started to devote myself only to my academy, I got another 40 students. With Lloyd’s techniques, I hope I get a couple hundred more and have a good way of living”.

Janaina Barral and her husband Romulo Barral own California academy Gracie Barra Northridge. She’s in her third LI event and also testifies to how effective the techniques are: “We’re still implementing some of the techniques, ‘cause it’s a long proccess, but I can already say that it has improved our academy a lot. One thing I want to say is that the advice is all there, but you have to apply yourself for them to work. If you do it right, the investment in Lloyd’s event will be more than worthwhile”.

Zach Adamson

Zach Adamson co-owns Oregon academy Seaside BJJ with his brother Nathan. He has one of the most dramatic stories of how Lloyd’s teachings can be beneficial: “It’s my second event, and I got tell you it changed our lives. Before we started using his methods, we had only 20 students in our school. After paying for expenses, we would be left with only $200 a month to live on. Sometimes we wouldn’t have enough to eat–a true story. Now we’re over the 200-student mark and last year’s gross income was over $200,000. We were able to invest $100,000 in the gym. Our community is very small, with only 7,000 people, but we knew we could do better, and that’s what we did. The internet marketing and the internal management are the two fields that are very useful for us. It’s so important to let people know how great what you have to offer them is, and after they come in you have to make them feel at home.”

Adem Redzovic

Adem Redzovic is the owner of three Gracie Barra schools in Chicago, Illinois, (The Loop, Lincoln Park and Lincoln Square). His diagnoses of why people come to LI events is interesting: “We are people that learned Jiu-Jitsu and then started teaching it. Many of us are black belts in Jiu-Jitsu but white belts in management and marketing. At the first event I attended, I probably got some stripes on my white belt. I hope to get the blue belt soon.” Redzovic talks of how he benefits from Lloyd’s methods: “More than increasing the number of students, which we did, we learned how to delegate responsibilities.  Now I don’t waste time with tasks that can be easily done by others, and I can focus on more important things”.

MMA Blue Print 5.0 – The Next Generation event wraps up this Sunday at 6:00 PM Orlando time.

Our GMA in New Jersey Rolles Gracie was in Chicago this week to conduct some seminars, and he made the most of the visit to drop in on long-time friends Adem and Eddie Redzovic, of Gracie Barra, when Eddie seized the chance to promote three new black belts.

The Redzovic brothers are students of Carlos Gracie Jr., with a ten-year tradition in teaching Jiu-Jitsu, and they celebrated the young Gracie’s presence. Also in attendance was Carlos “Escorrega” Lemos, the light featherweight world champion of 2003.

“Today was a very exciting day for us at Gracie Barra Chicago. Whenever someone receives the black belt it’s one of those moments that you will never forget; it’s an emotional experience for all of us who have shared the mats together. It was great to have our friends Rolles Gracie Jr. and Carlos Lemos Jr. here to share the experience,” said Adem.

Among the promotees were Andres Arias, Alexander Pinto and Idriz Redzovic.