Joseph Capizzi at the 2012 Pan No-Gi. Photo: Dan Rod

Joseph Capizzi, black belt under Renzo Gracie and head instructor of GMA NYC BJJ, will be teaching two seminars to help spread the knowledge of his guillotine. With a new DVD out, he will be running workshops with the same name: Mastering the Guillotine

Joseph will be at South Jersey BJJ on Nov. 12 from 6 – 9 p.m.

South Jersey BJJ is located at 2 New Jersey 73, Berlin Boro, NJ 08009.

On Dec. 13, he will be teaching at Serra BJJ from 2 – 3 p.m.

Serra BJJ is located at 2949 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown NY 11756.

Each seminar will cost $50 per person, open to anyone.
All attendees receive the Mastering the Guillotine DVD.

The MTG workshops consist of:
2 hours decoding the concepts from the DVD as well as drilling them.
30 minutes guillotine only training
30 minutes Q and A or bonus moves

With the north/south guillotine, Joe says, “This move will make it feel like your head is going to explode.” If that’s not effective, I don’t know what is.

Check out the move here and be sure to avoid actually exploding anyone’s head:

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Check out this video of Joseph Capizzi teaching a shoulder lock from the crucifix position. Capizzi is the owner and head instructor of GMA NYC BJJ in Staten Island, NY. He is a Renzo Gracie black belt and active competitor:

From 6 – 9 p.m. Capizzi will show both gi and no-gi techniques. He announces, “I have a great night of technique, logic and perspective to share with everyone. The workshop is open to all.”

The workshop will feature the following:

No-Gi
This portion of the seminar will feature some technique and logic from my DVD/Book “Mastering the Guillotine” ( out in January 2014)

Mastering the Guillotine:
1 How to develop a perfect grip guillotine with one hand. From the top and bottom position.
2 Various guillotine finishing grips with two hands.
3 How to escape the guillotine and problem solve under pressure.
4 Guard Passing with the guillotine attack.
5 Guillotine fluidity drills.
6 Live drills for guillotining.

Gi
Modern guard passes and guard shapes (competition logic and strategy)
Live drills for passing

Open discussion, question and answering , technique requests

The seminar will be at South Jersey BJJ: 2 Route 73 South Berlin, New Jersey 08009

The cost is $40 to attend and you can call 856-809-0429 for more information.

To learn more about NYC BJJ and Joseph Capizzi go to www.nycbjj.com