1. One of the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academies in Pennsylvania, established in 1996.
2. We are experts in teaching beginners following the standards of the Gracie Family.
3. We have level specific programs for everyone, regardless of your fitness level.
4. As part of the 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team, we are constantly evolving and adapting our programs to best serve our students.
5. We have programs for men, women and children in a fun, safe and low stress enviornment.
6. Over 10 years experience teaching local and federal law enforcement agencies.
7. We make it easy and safe to learn BJJ, MMA, and Boxing.
8. We work with you to help you meet your individual goals.
9. Our facilities are clean and we strive to maintain a comfortable training enviornment.
10. It’ll be one of the best decisions you’ll ever make!
Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team
27 W. Butler Avenue
Chalfont, PA
Work from home?
Working the night shift?
Looking for a mid-day energy boost?
Then join us for our new lunch time class to be held on Thursdays from 12pm to 1pm. We hope in the near future to add another lunch time class. But for now, Thursday will be the day to get in a power packed workout and then go back to the daily grind just before the weekend.
For more information or to register please contact us!
Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
27 W. Butler Avenue
Chalfont, PA
267.476.1858
Recently I was on the phone with someone and they asked me who I learned my Jiu-Jitsu from, my immediate answer was to give the names of my instructors. But that got me thinking, did I really learn everything I know from my instructors… or is there more to it than that?
So after spending way to much time thinking about it, I came up with what I think is involved in the process of really learning the art. For me, I think it comes in thirds…
One-third I learned from my instructors for sure. They taught me the techniques, helped me understand the mechanics of movement and helped me find crucial errors in my game. They also gave me the skills I needed to be able to pass on the art to my students.
The second-third I learned was two phase. First and most importantly was mat time. I have spent more time rolling/sparring with my training partners than I ever have or will drilling moves. You need to roll with people better than you. They will exploit your weaknesses and give you a sense of where your game needs to go. You need to roll with people of equal level to your own. They will assist you in developing strategy and timing. And you need to roll with partners that have less skill than you, they will allow you to improvise and fine tune new techniques you are working on.
The second phase was exploration…whether its YouTube, instructional videos, training with other black belts, or just coming up with my own sweeps, attacks, and defenses. Watching videos, training with others outside your academy and just spending time coming up with your own stuff, whether it works or not opens your mind and often gives your game that much needed spark. But don’t go out and buy every instructional or spend your day watching YouTube, that can lead to information overload. Be specific in your exploration, if you want a better guard, find a good series on the X-guard or butterfly guard. Don’t be lulled into buying or watching every position. If you have a target in front of you and you want to hit the bulls-eye, don’t throw a basket ball at it because it’s guaranteed to bounce back, you want to hit that bulls-eye with the point of a dart.
The third-third, was teaching. Regardless of whether you have your own academy, teach a class, or are just helping your training partner during class, nothing cements the information than passing it on. Teaching forces your mind to truly understand the details of a technique.
To this day, after 16+ years of training and teaching jiu-jitsu I will find myself learning a new detail or find new understanding of a technique while I’m actually showing it to the rest of the class. As often happens to me, during the lulls in my training, when I feel like I’m not getting better I will focus on my teaching to help me find new ways and cement what I already know.
So, learn from your teachers, roll as much as you can win or lose, explore and pass on the knowledge, those are the keys to learning the art of Jiu-Jitsu.
Shane Mock of Berks County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will be holding a competition training class at his academy on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 1:00pm. This is a free session for all 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team members.
Topics to be covered include general rules and tournament strategy, as well, all attendants will be paired up for training in timed and scored matches.
For more information please contact Shane Mock at www.bcbjj.org
Please visit our class schedule page; We have added a second Submission Grappling / No-gi Jiu-Jitsu class to our schedule. This class will follow our boxing class which starts at 6:00pm. Our submission grappling class will run from 7:00pm to 8:30pm.
For more information on getting your training started please contact us or give us a call at 267.476.1858
Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team
27 W. Butler Avenue
Chalfont, PA
www.GraciePA.com
The Harrisburg Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy has been growing by leaps and bounds in the last months. With the expansion of their members and adding on of programs, comes the news that they will be moving to a much larger location.
This new location will still be located in the Allen Shopping Center at 941 Gettysburg Road, Camp Hill, PA. The location will more than double the mat space and allow for expansion of the programs currently ongoing at the academy.
Look for more news and pictures coming soon. In the meantime, visit Harrisburg BJJ’s website for more information.
It was a big weekend for promotions during the workshops held at Harrisburg Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Berks County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Congratulations to all!
Tom Whiston, Brian Whiston, and Jared Pritchard from the Submission Factory earned their blue belts.
From Harrisburg Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, congratulations to Monica Cary, Eric Hopkins and Harry Ness for receiving their blue belts. Two new purple belts Tyler Gustafson and Kyle Braun. And the big one; Gregg Anderson earned his brown belt.
On to Berks County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, they had Dylan Ekis and Zach Lydon promoted to blue belt. Also, after many years of hard and consistent training Darren Terell and Don Conner were moved up to brown belt.
Awesome everyone!
