GMA member Cesar Pereira of C3 Athletics/Cesar Pereira will be in Winston-Salem, NC this Friday, Feb. 13.

The seminar will start at 7 p.m. and will be located at RSCP BJJ Winston-Salem located at 840 Mill Works St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101.

The 3rd degree black belt will teach at this academy where one of his black belts teaches, Rick Screeton. While in the area Cesar will also coach Rick in a BJJ super fight.

Learn more at www.c3athletics.com

The Brazil-021 duo is at it again. Andre Terencio and Hannette Staack’s next seminar stop will be in Jacksonville, NC on September 20.

The event will be available to kids from 9:45 – 11 a.m., adults from 12 – 3 p.m.

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from this great teacher/competitor team.

The address is Combat Club Martial Arts & Fitness: 925 North Marine Blvd. Jacksonville, NC

For Brazil-021 members, the cost is $70 and for non-members the cost is $80. All teams welcome!

For more information call 910-616-9592.

You can register your spot now at www.combatclubfitness.com

Learn more about Brazil-021 and the leaders at www.brazil021chicago.com

Professor Benjamin Salas at Gracie Barra Spring Lake. Photo: Personal archive

Professor Benjamin Salas of GMA Seamless Progression Academy visited Gracie Barra Spring Lake in North Carolina on Sunday, June 1. Traveling from Wisconsin, he presented a series of clinics on Jiu-Jitsu and Ginastica Natural hosted by Professor Rafael Jovet.

In attendance were students of all ages and ranks. Training focused on warm-ups and exercises designed to improve the open guard.

Both adults and the little champion kids were present to learn from Professor Benjamin and he also trained with the kids.

Here are some photos of the event:

Professor Benjamin having a tough time against the little ones. Photo: Personal archive

Check out more photos here.

Learn more about GMA Seamless Progression Academy here: www.facebook.com/SeamlessProgressionAcademy

The Brazio 021 duo, GMA members Hannette Staack and Andre Terencio, from Chicago, IL will be in Jacksonville, NC on March 1 to teach a seminar at their affiliate. The two elite third degree black belts will be teaching their world class techniques to an audience of both Brazil 021 members and anyone else who would like to learn.

The seminar will be held at 925 N. Marine Blvd Jacksonville, NC 28546 on March 1 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Anyone is welcome. For Brazil 021 members the cost is $60 while nonmembers are to pay $80 but group rates for nonmembers are available.

Contact the academy for details by calling 910-616-9592 or simply reserve your spot by paying to this paypal email address: combatclub.fitness@gmail.com

Check out this video about the seminar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcaw5GH8e4E

Hannette Staack, Andre Terencio Seminar

GMA members Hannette Staack and Andre Terencio have a special invitation for you.

They will be in Jacksonville, NC, this next February 9th for a Jiu-Jitsu seminar.

They will also take part in the Grand Opening ceremony of Combat Club Martial Arts & Fitness, a Brazil 021 affiliated academy.

The cost for the class is $60 for B021 members and $80 for non-members.

For details, call (910)616-9592.

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

For more info, go to brazil021.com

The thug was taken away on a stretcher, so potent was the blow. In an article published in GRACIEMAG 177, Carlos Gracie Jr. recounted a story about a robbery he suffered, and stated that he would never react to an armed assailant.

“Losing money in a situation like that is one thing. You can make the money back. Other things you can’t.”

Specific techniques, tips, and exercises focused on strengthening and fine-tuning your competitive game are the items featured on the syllabus. From working out of tough positions and situations to learning how to use the IBJJF rules in your favor, the 2nd North Carolina FUSION Seminar will provide you the tools you need to have an extra edge over your opponents.

Registration online and complete information is now available at http://strongvon.com/2ndncfusion

The seminar will cover specific techniques, tips, and exercises focused on strengthening and fine-tuning your competitive game. From working out of tough positions and situations to learning how to use the IBJJF rules in your favor, the 1st North Carolina FUSION Seminar will provide you the tools you need to have an extra edge over your opponents.

For those who may not know, Fusion is the title of Robson Moura’s Instructional DVD series produced by World Martial Arts. Gustavo Dantas assisted Robson in the making of all three volumes (Fusion 1 and 2, and Robson’s latest release Super No-Gi). Space is limited, so pre-register now to secure your spot at the inaugural North Carolina FUSION Seminar. Here are the rates:

• Pre-register by Monday, October 25th at 11:59pm (T-Shirt & Magazine Included) – $60
• Registration online ends Friday, October 29th at 11:59pm (T-Shirt & Magazine NOT Included) – $70
• Registration at the door (T-Shirt & Magazine NOT Included) – $80

REGISTER ONLINE

Start: 10 AM October 30th EST
End: 1 PM October 30th EST
Pre Registration ends:
October 29th 11:59 PM EST

Event Address:
Nathanael S. Morehead Recreation Center
101 Price Street
High Point, NC 27260

Contact Details:

Steve Snyder
Living Defense Martial Arts
3755 Admiral Drive
High Point, NC 27265
(336) 869-8399
www.LDMA.biz
snyder@ldma.biz

Nicaragua's Ricardo Mayorga, center of confusion. Photo: Publicity

An MMA event, a 36-year-old boxer making his debut and a furious tycoon named Don King. With these three factors, Shine Fights 3, to have taken place last night, could not end smoothly. And it ended, without ever having started.

Shortly before the event was set to begin this Saturday, boxing authorities in the state of North Carolina upheld a veto from judge Marc Gold and canceled the show, which featured the fight between Ricardo Mayorga and former UFC fighter Din Thomas as a main event.

According to the judge in Florida, the court judged that Mayorga could not fight without the approval of Don King Productions, which holds a three-year contract for the fighter’s right, according to Sherdog.com

The judge further understood that Mayorga was not a legitimate MMA fighter and was not approved as one. Should he lose, Mayorga’s boxing career would be under threat.

The event then tried to move ahead by making the bout between Murilo Ninja and David heath the mais event. But the North Carolina boxing commission opted to close the doors to Crown Coliseum in Fayeteville and cancel the show.

It is not the first time an MMA show has been canceled in the last minute. Two-time world champion Márcio Pé de Pano had his MMA debut postponed once, due to cancelation of the event. The UFC, too, had legal problems once and had to change states at the last minute, at the end of the 1990s.

Check out the card for Shine Fights 3, which would have happened yesterday:

Ricardo Mayorga vs Din Thomas

Murilo “Ninja” Rua vs David Heath

Nick Thompson vs Eduardo Pamplona

Braulio Estima vs Rick Hawn

Alexandre Ferreira vs Jamal Patterson

Preliminaries

Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett vs Luis Azeredo

Zac George vs Mario Stapel

Cacareco to fight at Shine too. Photo: Foto: Carlos Ozório

The next installment of Shine takes place the coming 15^th of May in North Carolina. Today, GRACIEMAG.com already commented on Jiu-Jitsu black belt Bráulio Estima’s training for the event (see here). However, there are a lot of other beasts to see action, mainly Brazilians looking to carve out a place for themselves in the American MMA scene, and all carrying a good deal of experience.

Murilo Ninja is a former EliteXC champion; Eduardo Pamplona has fought for M-1; Alexandre Cacareco son his last seven fights in the first round; Luiz Azeredo brings experience at Pride; Junior Assunção has fought in the UFC before; and, rounding out the list, Luciano Azevedo has fought at Pride FC, too.

Check out how the card looks now:

Shine Fights
May 15, 2010
North Carolina, USA

Ricardo Mayorga vs Din Thomas

Travis Galbraith vs Murilo “Ninja” Rua

Eduardo Pamplona vs Nick Thompson

Braulio Estima vs Rick Hawn

Alexandre Ferreira vs Jamal Patterson

Chad Robichaux vs To be defined

Luiz Azeredo vs Junior Assunção

Luciano Azevedo vs To be defined

“Bráulio Estima vs Rick Hawn on the main card for Shine Fights, May 15, North Carolina.”

Some quick research revealed that Carcará’s opponent is good on his feet. All three of Hawn’s wins came via KO, one being TKO.

At the start of the year Estima signed a three-under-80kg-fight contract with Shine Fights.

More information coming up soon.