3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team black belt, Aaron Morris, just returned from a successful seminar in Dayton, Ohio. Kevin Rhinehart of Ground Level Martial Arts hosted this seminar with Aaron. We would like to congratulate those who were promoted during the seminar.
RJ Voornik – 3rd stripe blue belt
David Moss – 4th stripe white belt
Rob Dejane – 3rd stripe white belt
Joe Thacker – 2nd stripe white belt
Cody Motes – 1st stripe white belt
Bambi Shafer – 1st stripe white belt
And big congratulations go out to Kevin Rhinehart, head instructor and 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team representative for earning his brown belt. Nothing but great stuff coming from Kevin’s camp.
Our 3rd Generation Jiu Jitsu Team Gathering on Saturday, July 16, 2011 was an absolute success. More pictures and video of the event to follow, but first we would like to congratulate two of our affiliate instructors on earning their black belts during the promotion ceremony on Saturday.
Shane Mock of Berks County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, located in Sinking Spring, PA and Aaron Morris of World Class Martial Arts in Delaware County, PA both having trained in Gracie Jiu Jitsu for many years were invited to join the ranks of black belt in the 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team.
We congratulate them on their commitment to the art as well as the effort and time they each have put into learning and mastering the art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
Congratulations go out to Jim Rafaelle, Cory Gallagher and Hunter Gallagher on a job well done today having passed their blue belt testing. We would like to thank Brett Hoover, Eamon Knittel and Aaron Morris for running the program today. Also thanks to Rick Royce, Sheri Hockman, Mike Omensetter, Bill Mann, Dylan Royce, Dean Lewis, Rick Reahm, Fred K., Dan Spangler, Sharif Riad and Scott Hutt for all their help.
Congratulations again to these guys, they put in many hours of training just in preparation for this day. Check out our video highlight of today.
The Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy will be open for open mat training on Friday, December 24, 2010 from 10am to 12pm. All academy members and 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team affiliates are welcome to attend. Come on down and train with your team!
Thanks to Shane Mock of Berks County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy for hosting a seminar with Rosendo Diaz this past weekend. At the end of the seminar Rosendo and Shane promoted some well deserving individuals.
Congrats to Shane Smith and Joe Kuhn for both putting the time in and earning their blue belts and to Ricky Pena, who earned his purple belt.