The new address is 2560 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107.

Go train with a BJJ World Champion and a UFC veteran. 

More info at legacymixedmartialarts.com.

Crane

Barral

The event was a hit.

Pereira has sent us some pictures. For more info, go to ugc-challenge.com

For instance, the Jordan Team, led by GMA Zaid Mirza, is here too. After a long flight from their base in Amman, they are ready to compete with 21 athletes, mostly in the White and Blue Categories. “The Team is formed by Army and Police Members as well as my club team members” says Black Belt Zaid Mirza. “Among them, we also have 2 great Purple Belts Zaid Abu Soud and Mohamed Bilbeisi who will be joining us from the UK”. Jordan Team has the biggest participation in Europeans among Arab Countries. They will be training at local gyms in Portugal in preparation to the Tournament starting on Thursday. For more info, go to www.jordanjiujitsu.com.

Still on the subject of championships, we move back to America, where Luis “Sucuri”Togno is putting together the 2010 Haiti Relief Open HouseTournament, to be held on February 6th at the Alliance Charlotte Academy, in Charlotte, N.C. The cost to compete is $ 50 for adults and $ 25 for children. All the proceeds will go to Haiti Relief Organizations. More info, info@ncbjjf.com.

The connection between Surfing and Jiu-Jitsu is widely known. Our GMA member Fabio Leopoldo, in Ventura California, gasve anther example of the link between the two. A accomplished black belt, Leopoldo misses no opportunity to hit the waves in California. Because of that, he was feature on an article by Deepm Magazine. To check it put, click on the link (viewda.com) and go to page 12. For more, go to graciebarraventura.com .

Then we cross the USA to announce that Eloy Santos and Milton Almeida are organizing another edition of the traditional Long Island Pride BJJ. The eighth edition is scheduled next March 7^th. The novelty is a supernelt division that will give away $ 2,000. There’s only seven spots left, so hurry. To register, go to www.LIPRIDEJJ.com

And At last, Gustavo Dantas, of GD Jiu-Jitsu is proud of his students performance at the US West Coast trials, last Sunday. “The team secured one spot in Abu Dhabi, with Issa Abe, and won 6 medals with five athletes competing”, says Mendes. Read more at gdjiujitsu.com.

We continue to cover what our associates are doing around the globe. Check out the latest news.

In Daytona, Florida, John Michael Quesinberry, of Gracie Daytona, will be welcoming his master Relson Gracie for a seminar…

Brown belt Ryan Beauregard, of Team Beauregard, in Arizona, did great at the Copa Nova…

In New Jersey, Stevie Bongiorno, of South Jersey BJJ, will be having the Grand Opening ceremony of his new academy next February 27th…

And our member in Birmingham, UK, Braulio Estima continues his US Seminar Tour…

Read more at the GMA Blog.

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

And there is much more. Check out the latest on our members around the world.

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.

Lots of good news from our GM associates. Check it out.

Alberto Crane, of Legacy MMA, announces a busy week for the academy. His students will be competing at the Gracie Nationals. One of the coaches of the academy will be competing at the World Pro BJJ Cup, in Santa Cruz and Alberto himself is getting ready for another MMA bout at the  Called Out MMA event. More at legacymixedmartialarts.com.

In Arizona, Gustavo Dantas announces the main sponsor for the upcoming 5^th Arizona BJJ International Open, scheduled March 13 & 14th in Mesa, AZ. Many Weapons has been sponsoring BJJ Competitors such as: Gustavo Dantas, Steve Rosenberg, Kristina Barlaan, Issa Able,and the Broadnax Brothers. More at manyweapons.com. To register at the event, go to gdjiujitsu.com.

And there is much more. Click here and go to the GMA BLOG.

Alberto Crane, of Legacy MMA, announces a busy week for the academy. His students will be competing at the Gracie Nationals. One of the coaches of the academy will be competing at the World Pro BJJ Cup, in Santa Cruz and Alberto himself is getting ready for another MMA bout at the  Called Out MMA event. More at legacymixedmartialarts.com.

In Arizona, Gustavo Dantas announces the main sponsor for the upcoming 5^th Arizona BJJ International Open, scheduled March 13 & 14th in Mesa, AZ. Many Weapons has been sponsoring BJJ Competitors such as: Gustavo Dantas, Steve Rosenberg, Kristina Barlaan, Issa Able,and the Broadnax Brothers. More at manyweapons.com. To register at the event, go to gdjiujitsu.com.

Wellington “Megaton” Dias announces another seminar. The leader of Team Megaton, in Arizona, will be at the North West Martial Arts Academy next February 27^th-28^th . For more info, go to teammegaton.com or call (541) 912-9099.

Browsing the website of our member Cadu Francis, we have found no breaking news, but we did found a taste of Cadu teaching. So, we direct you to this calss of the black belt teaching a arm bar from closed guard. Enjoy: myjiujitsuschool.com.

After organizing the World Pro BJJ Cup US west coast trials, in a partnership with Emirates Team leader Carlao Santos, to be held this Sunday, in Santa Cruz,  Claudio Franca is ready for yet another tournament. The Jiu-Jitsu by the Sea is scheduled February 6^th and registration is open at strongvon.com/jjbts0210.

In Irvine, California, Gracie Barra America, has some great news too. The BJJ for MMA class is just about to kick off. Professor Marcio Feitosa will be in charge of the training. BJJ for MMA will take place on Wednesday, January 27th at 8:00PM and it is open to all Advanced and Black Belt Program members. On the same subjet of improving your skills, GBA will host a Braulio Estima Seminar next February 5^th. Before January 31^st, Gracie Barra students will pay only $50.  After that, the cost is $75. Non Gracie Barra students will pay $100 before January 31st and $150 after that. For more info, go to graciebarraamerica.com.

Gracie Barra Corona, of Tom Reusing,  also in California, has launched a women’s self defense program. It is called “know means no” and already a success, as the picture shows. Next class is scheduled January 31st and February 7^th and 21^st. For more info, go to graciebarracorona.com.

Another GB branch with a innovative Idea to teach BJJ is Gracie Barra Dana Point, run by black belt Flavio Almeida. Last Saturday, the school kicked off its Buddy week.  The idea is for students to invite friends and family to go train with them and have a taste of what BJJ is all about. For more info, go to gbdanapoint.com.

And in Santa Ana, Ulpiano Malachias and his GB students had no rest during the hollyday season. They took the time to make improvements to the academy. The purpose is to bring more comfort to the classes. As you can see in the picture, they realy needed more room. For more info, go to gbsantaana.com.

And GMA member Robson Pereira, of Team Pereira, in Pennsylvania, informs that this Wednesday, January 20^th, is the last day to pre-register for UGC XI “ADRENALINE”. For more info, go to www.ugc-challenge.com.

Tim Shears GBV will host a Inhouse BJJ Tournament this Saturday at 12 noon. Its a minimum $10 entry fee. All $ raised will be donated to the Haiti Disaster Relief. If you like to donate more, please do.

RenzoGracieBJJ By the way this is Renzo here, Jay is teaching me how to operate this thing. All the best guys, and don’t forget to kick some BUTT !!!

marcelogarciajj made a few improvements on mginaction.com like being able to watch in slow motion, zoom in, check it out and let me know if you like it!

RollesGracie RT @RenzoGracieBJJ: Braulio, Renzo, & Rolles training at the NYC Academy today http://twitpic.com/yosih

CobrinhaCharles Here is some pictures of camp in Canada. Cobrinha. http://bit.ly/4njsPV

TeamPopovitch There are millions of people without food, water and medical care. it’s time to help the people in Haiti who just lost everything. Text YELE to 501501.

Allianceofclt Muay Thai workshop set for Jan 20th… All levels welcomed. http://moby.to/uhjmsq

GDJIUJITSU Red Cross sends aid to Earthquake Victims in Haiti – http://tinyurl.com/yct6q5v

budovideos Please check out the viva jiu jitsu review of the new shoyoroll gis http://vivajiujitsu.com/2010/01/shoyoroll-superlight-ripstock-batch-6/

Hermes Franca Next Hermes Franca Seminar @ mma4fighter.com Jan 30th,1600 Kentucky Street Bellingham, WA 98229 (360) 734-5118

bestwaybjj The Pit and Best Way BJJ are family! – http://shar.es/aBjAU

In Canada, Sudbury BJJ, of Steve Joncas, is helding its new venue grand opening this weekend. The celebration begins this Friday and goes on until Sunday, with a charity train-a-thon, a free women’s self-defense seminar, a seminar by Renzo Gracie’s black belt Pat Cooligan on Krav Maga/ MMA Grappling seminar and much more. For further info, go to sudburybjj.com

Also in Canada, Toronto BJJ, of Jorge Britto, welcomed last Thursday, BJJ legend Saulo Ribeiro for a seminar with a video shoot that is going to be part of a DVD on how BJJ classes are taught on the Ribeiro System. Saulo, who is also a GMA member is one of the most accomplished athletes of all times. For more info, go to torontobjj.com

Julia on right

After a hop on a plane, we land in beautiful Italy for a stop at Gracie Bolzano, run by Alessandro Federico. The brown belt is preparing his student Julia “Von Flue” Klammsteiner for the trials for the World Combat Sports Games, to be held in Cracovia, Poland, late March. If she qualifies, she will be competing at the main event in Beijing, China, in September. For more info, go to bjjbz.it.

In Norway, Black belt Felipe Neto, of Stavanger MMA Center,  will be welcoming ADCC Champion Jon Olav Einemo for a Thai Boxing Seminar this weekend. It’s two days of action. For more info, go to  mma-center.no.

Still on the Seminar subject, we go back to Canada, where the Creative Fighter Guild academy will host a Wellington “Megaton” Dias seminar next January 23^rd-24^th. For more info, go to creativefightersguild.com.

And at last, but definetly not least, some great news from Sweden. Our GMA member Pilo Stylin received his black belt last December 5^th. His masters Fenrnando and Mario Yamasaki granted the graduation to a very pleased leader of the Yamasaki branch in Scandinavia. For more info, go to grappling.se

Fernandoo, Pilo and Mario

The post GMA Newsflash II: Pilo Stylin is a black belt and more first appeared on Graciemag.]]> https://www.graciemag.com/gma-newsflash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gma-newsflash Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:19:02 +0000 http://gma.graciemag.com/?p=246 Here is some of the latest that is happening with our members In New Jersey, Renzo Gracie Denville, run by George Sernack, will be welcoming world champion Leo Leite for a seminar on January 24th. On the same day, the academy will have its promotion night. More at rwmma.com. In Florida, Marcelo Garcia has promoted…

Here is some of the latest that is happening with our members

Leo Leite

In New Jersey, Renzo Gracie Denville, run by George Sernack, will be welcoming world champion Leo Leite for a seminar on January 24^th. On the same day, the academy will have its promotion night. More at rwmma.com.

Elliot Marshall

In Florida, Marcelo Garcia has promoted another black belt. Marcelo’s head instructor in Pembroke Pines, Henrique Resende, received the graduation earlier this week. More at marcelogarciajj.com.

The Easton BJJ family, wich includes many GMA members, will be rooting for another victory of Easton BJJ’s black belt instructor Elliot Marshall. He will be fighting Vladimir  Matyushenko, at the UFC Fight Night 21, on March 21^st, in Denver, Colorado. More at eastonbjj.com.

In Cincinnati, black belt James Kelly, of the Cincinnati Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, will be hosting its second annual fundraiser event for St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Tony de Souza

Black belts Robin Giesler, from Relson Gracie Columbus, Matt Strack, from Academy Soma, Allan Maganello and Scott Smith, from Louisville, and JohnMeyer , from the Reed Academy of Martial Arts, will all be teaching classes and workshops throughout the day. Other instructors that may attend are pending sokeep checking in to see who is going to be there.The event is scheduled February 6th. More at cincinnatijiujitsu.com.

Back to the seminar subject, in Ecuador, Alliance Ecuador will be hosting UFC veteran Tony de Souza  for a MMA seminar. More at leoiturraldebjj.blogspot.com.

In Manhattan, Renzo Gracie is offering a great opportunity for you to learn about the half guard with the highest authority in the subject. Roberto “Gordo” Correa, aka the King of Half Guard, will be teaching a seminar on January 16^th. More at renzogracie.com.

In Abilene, Texas, The GB school will welcome Vinicius Draculino next January 16th. More at graciebarraabilene.com.

And finally, tonight, Braulio Estima, of GB Birmingham, continues his North America Seminar Tour with a stop at Gracie Barra Vancouver, of Tim Shears. The cost for the class is $ 75 (Canadians dollars). More at GracieBarra.ca

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