Next May 22nd, he will be hosting a members only tournament at his academy.

“Last year, 80 athletes showed up to compete,” remembers Shealy.

Other than that, Shealy has just promoted Chip Coffey to National Instructor position of the Kid Jitsu program. Coffey is a brown belt under Roberto Traven

And to top off that, Larry will be welcoming professor Flavio Almeida, of GB San Clemente, next April 29th, for a seminar.

For more info, go to jaxbjj.com.

After months of training,  that is the opportunity for each student to show the improvement he has achieved during the period.

At the end of the day, Shealy will be handing out new stripes and belts.

And on the weekend of february 13th-14th, Shealy organized a competition in Jacksonville. The ISGA tournament was quite a success.  Shealy thanked other schools present.

For more info, go to jaxbjj.com.

Quesinberry and Relson

In Daytona, Florida, John Michael Quesinberry, of Gracie Daytona, will be welcoming his master Relson Gracie for a seminar on March 2^nd. The price for two hours of the finest Jiu-Jitsu is $ 60. More info at graciedaytona.com.

Beauregard

Brown belt Ryan Beauregard, of Team Beauregard, in Arizona, did great at the Copa Nova, earlier this month, in Washington, DC. Beauregard conquered the 170lbs category and $ 400. His friend Dimitri Chrisios  came second. Later on that week, Ryan taught two seminar, one of each in Dimitri’s school. For more info, go to teambeauregard.com.

In New Jersey, Stevie Bongiorno, of South Jersey BJJ, will be having the Grand Opening ceremony of his new academy next February 27th. A Ricardo Almeida’s representative, Bongiorno will have the presence of his master and other black belts as well. The new address is 2 route 73 South in Berlin NJ. For more info, go to sjbjj.com.

On Twitter, Larry Shealy, of Gracie Barra Jacksonville, in Florida, announces: KidJitsu JaxBJJ is on fire our new Muay Thai Instructor,Brian Tyle, along with Haganah Black Belt Nathan Lang…….COME HIT SOMETHING! More at jaxbjj.com.

Also on Twitter, Carlao Santos, of Emirates Team, tells us that it is all ready for the US West coast World Pro BJJ trials. EmiratesBJJ: Check Brackets for Abu Dhabi US West Cost Trials abudhabibjj.com/Brackets.html.

Our third Twitter announcement comes from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Pablo Popovitch, the current up to 77kg ADCC champion, congratulates one of his students.  TeamPopovitch Fred Moncaio promoted to brown belt, congratulations. More at bjjcenter.com.

In Texas, Joao Crus invites for a special seminar on February 6^th. The class will cover BJJ techniques such as De La Riva Guard, Spider Guard, Sitting up Guard, Cross Guard. Untill January 30^th, it’s only $50. To register click here.

Back in Twiiter, we read that Ezekiel Zayas is having his technical director Yan Cabral for a seminar this Friday. More at asesbjj.com.

And our member in Birmingham, UK, Braulio Estima continues his US Seminar Tour. On January 31^st, Braulio will be in Chicago for a class at GB The Loop, of Beto Barros and Phillipe Dela Monica. More at, graciebarratheloop.com.

And to finish the newsflash for now, Yamasaki Jiu-Jitsu, of Mario and Fernando Yamasaki, in Maryland, is announcing another location for Jiu-Jitsu in the state. Now the team will also teach at Virginia Beach. More info at grappling.com

Xande and Victoria

Happy birthday to Xande Ribeiro, our GMA member in San Diego, California. The two-time absolute Jiu-Jitsu world champion turned 29 this Wednesday. And 2010 begun just perfect to Xande. His first girl was just born and he does not hide how he feels about her: “Having a great day, my daughter is 3 months old(1 year with belly time ). I feel so happy and blessed . My birthday gift to myself was a lot of training today…sparring of course. And thank you all for so much care and love you show me. This inspires me and makes me go forward even stronger. Wish you all the best and all you wished for me in double. Thanks,” he wrote on Facebook. For more on Xande and UNIJJ, go to unijj.com.

Leopoldo and Henle

In Ventura, California, black belt Fabio Leopoldo, head of the GB branch there, promoted his student Joseph “Leonidas” Henle to purple belt last Friday! Any graduation is special, but this one is even more. Henle was the first student Leopoldo had when he moved to Ventura. “Even before I opened the academy I gave private lessons to Joe,” said Professor Fabio.

Baby Mason

And that was not the only good news at GB Ventura. Brown belt instructor Ryan Dahlgren’s second son was born last Friday. Mason Clark was born with 7.5 lbs and 18 inches. Huge congrats to Ryan. For more info on GB Ventura, go to graciebarraventura.com.

In Denver, Colorado, black belt Amal Easton has come up with another way to improve the teaching skills of his students at Easton BJJ. The EBJJ Adult instructor course that starts Febuary 22^nd. It is a 36 hour course and consists of 12 hours of classroom, 12 hours of assisting / monitoring and 12 hours of practical one on one or small group teaching. Those who complete the course will receive the EBJJ Level One Instructor Certification. Fopr more on Easton BJJ, go to eastonbjj.com

Nathan

Down in Florida, Professor Larry Shealy congratulates his purple belt instructor Nathan Lang for getting the Black belt rank in Haganah, an Israeli combat system. Lang was awarded his Black Belt after 3 days of training with Haganah founder and Main Instructor Mike Lee Kanarak. Nathan is one of 34 people in the world who have achieved this rank!! For more info on GB Jacksonville, go to jaxbjj.com.

Also in Florida, a encounter of GMAs took place at Renzo Gracie Weston. Stan Beck welcomed Renzo Gracie Mexico’s headcoach Mario Delgado for a seminar. Read what Beck had to say about the class: “Everyone loved it and were raving about the new moves.  I saw right away some students even using those moves they learned that night. I will be trying to get him here as soon as possible to teach another seminar.” For more info , go to renzogracieflorida.com, renzograciemexico.com.

RG Weston class after the seminar

In illinois, Marcos Barros, head of  GB Springfield, also have good news. This January 23^rd, Austin Jordan will step into the ring and fight MMA at The Courage Fighting Championships in Decatur.  The team is getting together to support Austin and half of the procceds with the tickets to the fight will go to GB Cares Orphan Rescue. For more info, go to graciespringfield.com.