Rafael Lovato Jr. of GMA Lovato’s School of BJJ & MMA in Oklahoma City, OK will be touring a bit to teach his competition-tested moves to the masses.

On Sunday, March 1 he will be visiting his affiliate Salem-Keizer BJJ in Salem, OR. The seminar will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The location is 4122 River Road N, Keizer, OR.
You can register ahead of time here.

On Thursday, March 5 GMA Savarese Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Lyndhurst, NJ will host Lovato. That seminar will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The location is 40 Park Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071.

And finally he will visit Wichita Jiu-Jitsu Club in Wichita, KS to run a seminar from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. The location is 3013 W. Central, Wichita, KS 67203.

If you’re in the area or not, don’t miss these opportunities! Check out more about Lovato and his academy at www.okbjj.com

Team Lovato kids at the AGF tournament in Oklahoma City on Nov. 16. Photo: Personal Archive

On Nov. 16, GMA Team Lovato sent an army to the AGF tournament which happened right in their hometown. Both adults and kids competed in the gi and no-gi divisions. There were nearly 90 members of the team at The Cube representing. Some of those numbers were from Lovato’s affiliate in Wichita, KS.

The overall team trophy was won as determined by the number one rankings in kids gi and no-gi as well as adult gi and no-gi. The students of Team Lovato represented Professor Rafael Lovato Jr. and coach Justin Rader well!

Here are the overall team results:

Kids No-Gi
First – Lovato BJJ (117)
Second – Triton Fight Center (52)
Third – Defiant Martial Arts (39)

Kids Gi
First – Lovato BJJ (179)
Second – Triton Fight Center (57)
Third – Ryan BJJ (39)

Adults No-Gi
First – Lovato BJJ (67)
Second – Apex BJJ (48)
Third – Cobra BJJ (47)

Adults Gi
First – Lovato BJJ (116)
Second – American Elite MMA (113)
Third – Triton FIght Center (79)

Overall Team Champion
Lovato BJJ (479 points)

Follow more of Team Lovato’s competition results at www.okbjj.com