Professor Itabora Ferreira of Alliance Jiu-Jitsu San Francisco with Master Romero ‘Jacare’ Cavalcanti. Photo: Itabora Ferreira

Coming up in November GMA academy Alliance Jiu-Jitsu San Francisco will add Jiu-Jitsu and anti-bullying classes for kids to the schedule.

The enrollment is open now for a seven week program with emphasis on basic Jiu-Jitsu techniques for kids. This will include a self-defense curriculum as well as an anti-bullying program.

Each class will be taught by professor Itabora Ferreira, a qualified and experienced Jiu-Jitsu black belt with forty years of teaching experience who encourages a respectful environment.

The age group group for this first program is for six-year-olds up to twelve-year-olds. Classes will start on Monday, Nov. 4 and will run until Friday, Dec. 20.

The schedule is: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

If anyone is interested in enrolling their children in the program please leave a message at 415-793-2988.

Gracie Barra San Clemente’s Felipe Guedes teaches an anti-bullying course to students / Photo: Gracie Barra

A large issue for kids today is the presence of bullying. Jiu-Jitsu is a great martial art for not only self-defense in bullying cases but in building the confidence to prevent it altogether. Gracie Barra has been a leader in their bully-proof programs and now they are releasing a new program for the year of 2013 starting April 6.

During the entire month of April they are offering a free self-defense program that will help kids ages six and up to properly prevent, respond and deal with bullying.

Now the team has designed a curriculum broken down into three steps:

1- Walk away

2- Stand up for yourself

3- Protect yourself

“Turn bullying from a potential lifetime trauma, into an opportunity to build a stronger character in your child.”

For more information please click here.

To find a Gracie Barra location nearest to you please click here.

Take a look at the video below for an example of how each step is taught to the students:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIDUFevU_rU

Fight for Charity 2 will hold its second installment of Jiu-Jitsu super matches with all proceeds going towards The GSP Foundation for Anti-Bullying on Friday, Mar 15.

It will be held starting 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Montreal- Midtown, 420 Sherbrooke West, Montreal, Quebec CA.

Tickets are $40 for general admission.

Some of the matches:

Bruno Fernandes  vs. Jake MacKenzie – Black belt gi

Murilo Santana vs. Mark Colangelo – Black belt nogi

Ryan Kellar  vs. Oliver Aubain – Brown belt nogi

Garry Tonon vs. Lee Villeneuve – Brown belt nogi

Alex Garcia vs. Michael Tremblay – Purple belt nogi

Alison Tremblay vs. Erin Herle – Purple belt gi

Kevin Charette  vs. Maxime Poulin – Purple belt nogi

Alessandro Roman vs. Yann Debonnel – Purple belt gi

Gregg King vs. Nicolas Soucy –  Purple belt gi

Dominique Trépanier vs. Mike Bryers – Blue belt nogi

Xavier Angelic Alaoui vs. Mario Periera – Blue belt nogi

Melissa Hebert vs. Mandy Holmes – Blue belt gi

Fight for Charity 2 flyer