Brett Hoover will be at the Ricky Royce BJJ Academy on Monday, October 24, 2011 from 8pm to 9:30pm for a seminar.  This seminar is free to anyone interested in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense.  For more information about the academy in Gilbertsville, please visit RickyRoyceBJJ.com

Please join us on Friday, September 16, 2011 for our very first White Belts Only class.  This class will focus on the basics of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, developing a sound defensive game as well we’ll be teaching  the class how to “flow roll”.  This class is open to all members of the Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy and 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team members.  Class will start at 6:30pm and run until 8:30pm.

Hope to see you there!

Congratulations go out to many of our 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team members that competed in the NAGA Battle at the Beach event and the Keystone State Judo Games recently.

NAGA Event – Battle at the Beach held on August 6, 2011
Lancaster BJJ Academy
Gabrielle Mosch – scored two 2nd place finishes in kids and teens divisions, no gi
Maddy Bailey – 2nd place kid’s no gi and gi.
Ben Smith – 2nd place no gi teens.
Laura Ortiz – 2nd place no-gi in womens expert.
Terry Arment – 2nd in no gi and 2nd in bluebelt divisions
Jasmine Arment – 3rd place no gi
Morris JiuJitsu
Mason Matteo – 4th place kids beginner gi
Mike Houlihan – 3rd place teen intermediate no gi and 3rd place teen white belt gi
Jake Fida – 2nd place teen beginner no gi and 2nd place teen white belt gi
Ron Little – 3rd place intermediate no go and 1st place white belt gi
Berks County BJJ Academy
Ricardo Pena – 2nd Expert No-Gi and a 1st place belt for winning the Purple belt middleweight division.
Giovanni Ortiz – 2nd Intermediate No-Gi and 1st in Blue Belt Gi
Lael Schwartz 3rd in White belt Gi.
Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
Mike Lutz – 2nd place super heavyweight white belt division.

Keystone State Games Judo held on July 31, 2011
Harrisburg Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
Scott Miller – 2nd place, 3rd place in Judo and two 2nd place finishes in his grappling divisions.
Monica Brogan – 1st place in women’s grappling and 3rd place in male grappling divisions.
David Brogan – 1st place in his Judo division.

Congratulations go out to Heidi Allen, Dylan Royce and Jason Edward who went out and represented our academy at the US Grappling – Diamond State Games this past weekend.

Heidi went undefeated scoring 2 first place finishes in absolute gi and absolute no-gi.

Dylan earned himself 2 second place finishes against some top level competitors in his blue belt division and the absolute blue belt division.

Jason competed all day in several divisions, we are still trying to figure out how many medals he got.  But he did awesome!

Here is one of Dylan’s matches from the absolute division, more videos will be posted on our Facebook page, please click here to visit that site, oh and please click on our “like” button.

Starting May 23, 2011 our schedule will go through some changes:  For starters our MMA class usually held on Mondays will move to Saturdays at 10:30am.  The Monday class at 7pm will be a BJJ Gi class.  Also take a look at our schedule in the next week as we will also be adding some additional classes for the summer.

Check out some highlights of one of our Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) classes.  MMA Class runs on Mondays from 7pm to 8:30pm which is proceeded by our boxing class from 6pm to 7pm.  Come and try out our classes, learn self defense while getting in a great workout.

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy – Chalfont – PA

It can be very difficult to secure a knee bar on your opponent when his base is low in the guard.  In this technique Rosendo utilizes his leg to pressure his opponent into a roll securing the knee bar.  For more information about our academy and how to take advantage of our 2 weeks of training FREE, please contact us at heelhook21@aol.com or call to 267.476.1858.

Sharon Bonewics, Team Lloyd Irvin and Sheri Hockman, 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team will be hosting a 3-day women’s training camp.  Featuring some top instructors from several disciplines including BJJ, Judo, wrestling and more.  The event will take place at BJJ United in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.  For more information please visit, www.bjjwomenslifestyle.com

Newly promoted 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team black belt, Fadi Khouri put on a great seminar this past weekend at the Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Chalfont, PA. 

Fadi covered instructed the group consisting of over 25 3G members his favorite ways to pass the guard and half guard, breaking the guard and a few of his sweeps from the guard that he has sucessfully used in competition.  Fadi also shared his killer 6 minute warmup.

Thanks to Fadi for coming out to Pennsylvania.  We will be posting video of some of the techniques Fadi covered at his seminar, so keep checking back.

It was a great turnout at the 1st Lancaster BJJ Kids Jiu Jitsu Tournament on November 6, 2010.  This event was a sucess due to the help and assistance of all our parents and adult students as well as the kids who gave it their all and had a ton of fun while competiting at the event.

Congratulations to the up and coming new generation of 3G practitioners.  Check out the results!

Ages 7-9 No Gi:  1st Jasmine Arment, 2nd Noah Turk, 3rd Carter Bailey
Ages 7-9 Gi:  1st Jasmine Arment, 2nd Noah Turk, 3rd Jane Register
 
Ages 10-12 No Gi:  1st Taylor Plesnarski, 2nd Gabrielle Mosch, 3rd Madison Patrick
Ages 10-12 Gi:  1st Taylor Plesnarski, 2nd Madison Patrick, 3rd Gabrielle Mosch
 
Ages 13-15 No Gi:  1st Ben Smith, 2nd Connor Ekis
Ages 13-15 Gi:  1st Ben Smith, 2nd Connor Ekis
 
Absolute Champion:  Ben Smith

Thanks to all the students of Harrisburg BJJ that attended the seminar with Rosendo Diaz on Saturday, November 6, 2010.

And huge congratulations to all that were promoted.

 Blue Belts: Eric Deangelis, Dale Kern, Bob Landry and Scott Miller

Purple Belts: Chrissy Foster, Jessy Ringquist, Luis Rosa and Chan Williams

The omoplata is perhaps one of the most adaptable submissions in the art of Jiu-Jitsu.  It doesn’t take a great deal of flexibility to apply and is a great attack for all body types.  In the following video technique demonstration you will see a basic set up for the omoplata submission as well as a variation commonly used when your opponent attempts to fight the downwards pressure.  Enjoy!

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy – Chalfont, PA

The summer is over!

It’s time to get back to training!

So call now and take advantage of our 2 weeks of free training offer.

267-476-1858

Divisions and Weight Classes

Samuel Braga, 6x World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, Seminar

We are very excited to announce a special seminar with 6x World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, Samuel Braga, Thursday, July 22, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm. Only $50.00 to attend.  Don’t miss this opportunity to train with the man who is considerred to be the best light weight jiu-jitsu player in the world.

To secure your spot, please email Rosendo Diaz at heelhook21@aol.com This seminar is open to everyone!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Rupture North East Jiu-Jitsu Championships will be held in Plymouth Meeting, PA.  This event will feature both gi and submission grappling divisions.  Visit www.ruptureclothing.com/compete to pre-register for this event.  Take advantage of their special price of $60.00 for adults which includes participation in both the gi and submission grappling events.  For kids and teens, only $50.00 registers them for both events.

Also, keep checking back as we are adding some exciting super fights featuring some of today’s top competitors.

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

27 W. Butler Avenue

Chalfont, PA 18914

267.476.1858

Congratulations to Sheri Hockman on earning her brown belt this evening.  She is our first female brown belt for the RDBJJ Academy and the 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team as a whole, so the pressure is on.

Her promotion this evening was testament to the hardwork and dedication she has put forth into her learning and development in the art of Jiu-Jitsu.

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.

Prof. Saulo Ribeiro GI Seminar (3 hours)
Date: Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Time: 12 pm to 3pm
Location: Delaware Valley High School
252 Routes 209 & 6
Milford, Pa  18337

Contacts:
James Terry:
Email: teammax@ptd.net
Phone: 570-242-4650
John Terry
Email: fightingartsdojo@verizon.net
Phone: 610-297-6628
Harry Brofsky:
Email: tristatebjj@gmail.com
Phone: 570-241-4409

The seminar will be limited to only 50 people.
Cost: $100.00 per person. Everyone must prepay their position in the seminar.
Please send your check or money order to: (make check out to Tristate MMA-BJJ)
Tristate MMA-BJJ
201 West Harford Street
Milford, PA. 18337
ATTN: Saulo seminar

Please include a phone number and an email address that we can use to contact you if there are any changes.
Private lessons with Saulo are available for PURPLE Belts and above and the cost is $300.00 per hour for a single person.

Entrance to gym:
Enter through the Nanitorium entrance (to the left of the 11/12 high school entrance). Follow straight down the short corridor to the middle school gym. Exit the middle gym through the double doors directly across the gym. Exiting through those doors will enter you into the Green Gym, which is where the seminar will be held. Postings will be on doorways and hallway walls.

Monday, February 2, 2010 starting at 8pm, Rosendo Diaz will be running a workshop at the Aaron Morris Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Holmes, PA.  For more information please visit www.wcma-usa.com.

Jason Fox of Total Jiu-Jitsu in Warsaw, Indiana has added a second location in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Jason Fox began his training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) in 2001 under Royce Gracie, the son of Helio Gracie. He received his black belt in June 2008. Jason has been an active competitor in both gi and no-gi tournaments. In addition to his personal competition achievements, Jason has developed a strong and successful competition team.

Total Jiu-Jitsu, Fort Wayne is located at 5818 Maurane Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30pm – 9:00pm.  Private lessons are also available at the Fort Wayne location.  For more information please visit www.Totaljj.com or contact Jason directly at Jason@totaljj.com

It was a great weekend for RGDA-Ephrata this past weekend.  RGDA-Ephrata had one of their students competing in a mma event at the Warrior Challenge on Friday and then on Saturday several of the students competed in a submission grappling event held by the same promotion.

Congratulations go out to:

Big Mike Stoltz on winning his 2nd amatuer mma fight with a knockout in the first 48 seconds of the first round.

Big congrats to Tommy, Alex and Dave on doing an excellent job representing their academy at the submission grappling event.

Great work everyone!

www.rgda-ephrata.com

King’s Promotions presents 9th St. Slaughter on Friday, September 25, at Club 1402 in Reading.  The anticipated 14 fight Pro/Am card will feature mixed martial artists from some of Pennsylvania’s most active and recognized teams.  “We’re excited to see MMA return to Reading and for the opportunity to bring back fighters from our successful Pain On Penn Street amateur event held in May,” said Matchmaker Joseph Cunliffe, “including the professional debut of Tony Williams” fighting out of The Cage MMA Academy in Temple.  Jim Bova, fighting out of Anthracite Combat Club in Schuylkill Haven, will headline the card.  Follow the developing card at  MMAinPA.com for the exclusive inside track on the second MMA event to be held in Reading.

We got a great bit of news on Fadi Khouri this weekend.  Fadi competed at the American National Jiu-Jitsu Championships this weekend and swept his brown belt division having no points scored against him and submitting all his oponents. 

The RDBJJ Acacdemy would like to congratulate Fadi on this amazing accomplishment.  Fadi has been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for sometime and has been on the competition scene for the past couple years.  He has been really making a splash and we wish him all the best and continued success.

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

27 W. Butler Avenue

Chalfont, PA

www.GraciePA.com