Help the 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team take 1st place in Philly’s Hot Spot.  Each vote counts towards us making our goal.  Thanks for your support!

Rosendo Diaz BJJ Academy

Much thanks and appreciation go out to Samuel Braga for putting on one of the best seminars ever held at the RDBJJ Academy.

Samuel broke down his leg lasso series for the students and even made time to roll with everyone in attendance.

Also, thanks to Gavin Enck for making this event happen!  Can’t wait until Samuel’s next visit!

The Rupture North East Jiu-Jitsu Championships is only a couple weeks away, so far we have some really exciting super fights set up. 

Jared Weiner (BJJ United) vs. Tony Passos (De La Riva)
John Wilson (Delco/Balance) vs. JoJo Guarin (Lloyd Irvin)
Rick McCauley (East Coast MMA) vs. Rustam Chsiev (K Dojo)
Sheri Hockman (3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu) vs. Maggie Bertonazzi (Team Maxercise)
Joel Roberts (Rat Pack) vs. Pete Shoemaker (Precision Jiu-Jitsu)
Mike Bannon (Team Maxercise) vs. Rob Greenwich (Precision Jiu-Jitsu)

Don’t forget to take advantage of the pre-registration price, go to www.ruptureclothing.com/compete and also the pre-weigh ins being held at the Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy on Friday, July 23, 2010.

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
27 W. Butler Avenue
Chalfont, PA
267-476-1858
www.graciepa.com

Congratulations go out to Rick Royce and Dylan Royce for competing is this past weekends Cherry Hill Challenge II put on by the Good Fight. 

Rick Royce took 1st place in the advanced no-gi division.

Dylan Royce took 1st place in the blue belt division even after having to compete at a heavier weight class.

Dylan then went on to take 3rd place in the intermediate n0-gi division.

Congrats guys!!!

Rick Royce no-gi match

Congratulations to the 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team members that competed in this weekend’s Diamond State Games held in Bear, Delaware.

Our Competition Team for this event.

Rick Royce, 2nd place in advanced no-gi and 3rd place in his brown belt division.
Colin Stewart, 1st place in his purple belt divison
Ed Sheridan, 3rd place in advanced no-gi.
Dylan Royce, 1st place in intermediate no-gi and 1st place in blue belt division.
Bill Mann, 1st place in his blue belt division.

Even with a small team, the 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team is able to make a big impact due to the committment to excellence of our members and instructors in the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Next up 3G is the Rupture Tourament, lets show up in force!!!!

Tournament Wrap Up

Members of the 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Competition Team competed in two events this past weekend.

 
The Maxercise In-House Tournament held in Marlton, NJ.  Thanks to John Disimone from Team Maxercise for extending the invitation.
Zack Hockman - 2nd place pre-teen division.
Eric Grover - 3rd place pre-teen division.
Bill Mann - 2nd place blue belt division.
Jessy Ringquist - 1st place blue belt division & 3rd place absolute no-gi division.
Chrissy Foster - 1st place female blue belt absolute and awarded most technical female trophy.

Ocean city classic 2 was held on Saturday, May 22, 2010.
Rick Royce - 1st in the advanced 150-159lbs. no-gi division
Rick Royce - 1st in the take down tournament
Dylan Royce - 1st in 150-159lbs. blue belt division
Dylan Royce - 1st in the blue belt absolute division
Dylan Royce - 1st in 150-159lbs. no-gi intermediate division.
Special congrats to Colin, Kevin Shannon’s son, who placed 2nd, in his first submission grappling event, in the 83-113lb 11-13y/o division

Again, a great showing by all of our members.

While competition is not for everyone, some really enjoy the challenge that it brings and the lessons that can be learned from them.  In the following video you will see one of our students, Dylan Royce, competing at a no-gi match or more commonly referred to as a submission grappling match on April 17, 2010.  Dylan is the one with short hair.

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

27 W. Butler Avenue

Chalfont, PA 18914

www.graciepa.com

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

With the start of a new year comes some exciting news, we are proud and excited to announce the formation of the 3rd. Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team.

 
3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu academies and instructors are committed to empowering their students with the knowledge and tools necessary to master the art of Jiu-Jitsu.  Our overall goal is to develop within our students;

• A healthy lifestyle of fitness.
• A sound mind and body.
• Techniques required ensuring proper self-defense and conflict resolution.
• The confidence and self-esteem to take control and live happy and fulfilling lives.

Through this you will come to find that each and every 3rd. Generation Jiu-Jitsu academy provides state of the art training in a clean, safe and friendly environment.  We invite you to join us and begin your journey in the art of Jiu Jitsu.

We are in the process of creating our new website; 3Gjiujitsu.com, keep checking back for more updates.

It was a great turnout at the Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Chalfont, PA for Royler Gracie’s seminar on October 17, 2009.  With over 52 participants, the seminar ran smoothly with Royler covering many positions including his philosophies and techniques for self defense.

At the end of the seminar Royler presented twelve participants with promotions to their next rank;

Paul Abbot - Black belt

Gavin Enck - Black belt

Keith Neff - Black belt

Rick Royce - Brown belt

Kevin Shannon - Brown belt

Chaz Horner - Purple belt

Nick Ortiz - Purple belt

Dylan Royce - Blue belt

Brian Goldstein - Blue belt

Chris Hall - Blue belt

Rob Shover - Blue belt

Erik Faust - Blue belt

Congratulations to all those who were promoted and thank you to all those who came out to support this event.  We will be posting pictures in our gallery that is currently under construction.  Keep checking back for updates.

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

27 W. Butler Avenue

Chalfont, PA  18914

GraciePA.com

We are happy to announce that our kids program is starting on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.  Class will begin promptly at 6pm and is open to all kids ages 8 to 14 yrs.

For more information on getting your child enrolled in our program and beginning his/her path into one of the most recognized and respected martial arts in the country, please contact us at 267.476.1858.

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

27 W. Butler Avenue

Chalfont, PA

The Three P’s of Training by Rosendo Diaz (RGDA Black Belt)
 

The keys to becoming better at Jiu-Jitsu don’t always rest in the in the hands of your instructor or the quality of your training partners, nor does it always come from getting the most up to date techniques used in competition.

While those things are important and contribute to the overall development of your skills, what really matters is the commitment you make to the art of jiu-jitsu and your discipline and what I like to refer to as the three P’s of training.

 What are the three P’s of training?

Practice, Persistence and Patience…
 

 This article will teach you how to use the three P’s to ensure that your jiu-jitsu improves at a steady pace, avoiding the typical “slumps” that come with training an art for so long.
 

 P1 - Practice

 Drilling is one of the most, if not the most, important keys to developing an overall game in jiu-jitsu. 

 1.  When learning a new technique; Drill the move with no resistance, if your partner is using resistance it will only ensure that you will have to force the move for it to work!  When you force a move, you most likely are doing something incorrectly and that incorrect movement will be programmed into your muscle memory.  Work hard to ensure that your body is learning correct form early on and consistently throughout your training.

2.  Locking the move down; Once you grasp a basic understanding of how the technique works, you can start having your partner use varying degrees of resistance.  This will help you learn the timing and create different angles of the technique, so that when used in live training you’ll be able to have moderate to good success in getting the technique to work.
 

3.  Connecting the puzzle pieces;   Once you’ve drilled a move to death, gone for it in resistance drilling and had success in live training, it’s time to find how the technique fits into your game.  For example, a brabo choke is a great submission, but if you never get to the position where you see it and are able to use it, then it’s worthless.  All techniques have their place in a series of exchanges.  Your job now is to figure out how to seamlessly connect the new move into your style of movement.  If you’re having trouble, just ask your instructor.
 

P2 – Persistence

Being persistent has many meanings but for me its most important meaning is having discipline in your approach to training.

 1.   Show up; If you’re not showing up to train then I’m sorry, but you’re not going to get any better.  While a brief break in training is good to focus the mind, taking a month or more off only sets you back.  There is nothing better to breaking a slump than getting in there and working yourself out of it.

 
2.  Go after it;  If you want to get better at let’s say an x-choke then you’re going to need to drill that move and, even more importantly, you’re going to need to really go after that move in your live training.  This does have a way of making your matches a bit boring, but overall it improves your chances of actually getting the move to work.

 
3.  Let go of the ego; Be persistent in controlling your ego.  Being the best jiu-jitsu guy in your academy only ensures that someone eventually is going to catch up to you.  Don’t fall into the trap of always needing to win every match in class.  You need to experiment, you need to take risks and you need to put yourself in bad positions as often as possible.  Here are some things you can do in your live training to ensure that you keep your game in top-notch condition.

 i.) Positional only rolling;  If you a submission hunter, then a great exercise is to start your first match without allowing any submissions, since your goal is to outmaneuver your opponent to gain advantageous position.

 ii.) Bad side rolling; Here you’re going to want to train everything on the other side.  So, if you like to armlock your opponent’s left arm, then only armlock his right.  If you like to pass the guard to the left, then go right.  If you’re a wiz at escaping cross side when he’s on your right side, then he’s got to be on your left.  And so on..

 iii.)  No ego, unconventional rolling; In this type of training, your job is to basically go for moves that are not typically in your game and for positions in which you don’t usually find yourself.  You’re going to want to just move as quickly as possible from positions, sweeps, and submissions while at the same time allowing your partner to do the same.  This type of training really improves your ability to improvise and to see different submission all while on the go.

 P3 - Patience

Rome was not built in a day and so goes jiu-jitsu.  Mastery of the art, for the average person, takes many, many years, if even attainable at all. 

 
1. You don’t need all the answers right now; In jiu-jitsu there are many techniques, many counters, and many counters to the counters and so on.  Understand that your brain and your body can only download so much information before you it gets overloaded with information.  This often happens to those starting out, so avoid the pitfalls of trying to know everything at once…you can’t.  Focus on what is most important, which at the beginning should be developing a great defensive game.

 
2.  Moves come and go; Years ago, I was an ace with the Uchi Mata, which is a type of JUDO throw.  Now, I can’t seem to find the timing or the opening to land that throw.  No worries, my arsenal of takedowns has grown and matured over the years.  I may at some point come back and find that move or I may not.  It’s not important as long as you’re improving. 

 
3. I’ll work on that later; You don’t need to have the best half guard to be good at jiu-jitsu.  Focus on what you’re good at now, as there is always time for exploring later.  I always remind my students that there are techniques that I learned as a white belt that I really didn’t start to explore until I was a brown belt.  In the end, will it affect your game today not knowing that move or position?  Probably not, but as you progress and mature in the art, you’ll definitely want to come back and begin the process of exploration.

4.  Don’t give up;  David Adiv once told me early in my career that if I wanted to be better than everyone else, then simply, just don’t quit.  Sounds funny, but the truth is that if you do a thing for a long time then you really have no choice but to eventually get good at that thing. 
 

Jiu-jitsu can be, that’s if you want it to be, a life-long journey.  Now in my fifteen plus years of training, I find myself exploring and learning even more now than in all the years I worked towards my black belt.  Using the three P’s method will only get you better.  But the most important part is not to worry about your strengths and weaknesses but to enjoy the process of your improvement.

Congratulations to all the members of Team RGDA-PA that competed at the recent Grappler’s Quest held in Lancaster, PA. 

 
Harrisburg BJJ Academy
Jessy R.  - 4th place no-gi intermidtate division 180-189
Jessy R. - 4th place gi Blue Belt 180-190
Kyle B. - 1st place no-gi intermediate 160-169 (I think that’s the weight.)
Scott - 2nd place gi White Belt 170-179 (I think that’s the weight.)
Kevin S. - 1st place no-gi Advanced 160-169
Cameron Mitchell -1st place Purple Belt 149 and under and 150-170 Masters

Lancaster Family Martial Arts
Jason Santiago - 2nd Gi
Collin Sharpe - 2nd no-gi
Dan Burns - 3rd no-gi

Berks County BJJ
Erik Faust 1st place WB Gi welterweight
Dylan Ekis 1st place Teens lightweight Gi and No-Gi
Dmitryi Poltauvskyi 3rd place Teens Expert Gi
Mark Colantuna 1st place Blue Belt Heavyweight (30+)
Jeff Giacanova 3rd place Blue Belt Super Heavy (30+)
Ricardo Pena 3rd place Blue Belt welterweight
Jonah Fritz 2nd place Teens Beginner Cruiserweight

Awesome job everyone!

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

We are proud to announce that Royler Gracie will be at our academy for a seminar on Saturday, October 17, 2009.

“Royler Gracie was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  He is the fifth son of Grandmaster Helio Gracie.  He started Jiu-Jitsu at the age of three and has been competing as a Black Belt for more than twenty years. During his career, he has had more than 300 matches and has won the World’s Championships four years running along with several national and regional titles.  He has been one of the most active Jiu-Jitsu competitors in history, always ready to test himself against people of all sizes holding many different titles.”

Everyone is welcome to attend.  From the beginner to the advanced student, you will find Royler’s mastery of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to be beyond words.  To take advantage of this special seminar, please contact us and reserve your space as we are limiting this event to the first 30 people.

Date/Time:  Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm

Place:    Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

                27 W. Butler Avenue

                Chalfont, PA 18969

Cost:       $75.00 per person

It was a blue belt promotion bonanza at Harrisburg BJJ on Saturday, during the Rosendo Diaz workshop.  Congratulations go out to the following individuals that have worked hard to earn their blue belts.

Matt Falvey
Darnell Ginger
Scott Cooke
Paul Watson
Sam Watson
Jon Moore
Dave Brogan

For more information on training at Harrisburg BJJ, please go to www.harrisburgbjj.com

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

27 W. Butler Avenue

Chalfont, PA

267-476-1858

We are excited to announce the grand opening of the Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Chalfont, Pennsylvania on Monday, August 17, 2009.  Classes will begin at 7pm, and the academy will be open all day for tours and free introductory classes.

In the coming weeks we will be adding classes and programs to our schedule.  Please keep checking back for updates on our schedule and for a brand new video tour of the academy.

Hope to see you there!

Check out the video of our new academy, still under construction, in Chalfont, PA.  We hope to have our new location open by August 15, 2009.  Keep checking back as we will be updating our opening date.

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

27 W. Butler Avenue (corner of Rt. 202 and Rt. 152N)

Chalfont, PA  18914

Rosendo Diaz will be at the following Pennsylvania academies to run workshops.  The workshops will focus on sport jiu-jitsu training, techniques and applications.

Friday, August 7, 2009  6:30pm - 8:30pm

Berks County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

4453 Penn Avenue, #12

Sinking Spring, PA 19608

www.BCBJJ.org

Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Harrisburg Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

2214 Gettysburg Road

Camp Hill, PA 17011

www.HarrisburgBJJ.com

A good time was had by all during last night’s David Adiv workshop held at the Aaron Morris Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Holmes, PA. 

Congratulations go out to Mike Siani who was promoted by David to brown belt.  Also, Tom McAuliffe, who after many years of dedicated training earned his well deserved purple belt.  Big congrats to both.

Congratulations go out to Michael Port who earned a very well deserved blue belt tonight.  Michael has been training for just about a year and has shown much dedication and skill in the art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.

Harrisburg Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing strong.  GraciePA sends out congratulations to the following members that were promoted on Saturday, May 2, 2009.

Both Harry Albanese and Tim Lynch earned thier purple belts and Jason Halso earned his blue belt.  Good job guys!

For more information on training in Harrisburg, go to Harrisburg BJJ.

The armlock from the guard, like the x-choke, is one of the basic submissions taught to all beginners.  The armlock is an extremely powerful submission primarily because it utilizes the entire body to put pressure on the elbow of the opponent.  Done right, it can be an extremely useful tool, should you find yourself on your back with an opponent on top of you.  Let’s look at some of the mechanics of how to apply a very tight armlock.

1.  With your legs wrapped around your opponent (guard position). Take your left hand and cup the back of your opponents right elbow.  Now with your right hand grab the wrist of the same hand.

2.  Moving your hip slightly to the left as you release your lock with your legs, place your left foot on your opponent’s right hip.

3.  At this point you want to ensure that your are pressing your opponent’s arm tight to your chest.  Take your right leg and place it as high on your opponent’s back as you can, you will find that your body will start to turn to allow you to get to that higher position.  Once you’ve gotten that leg up high, clamp it down on his back, tight!

4.  Back to your left foot.  Now it’s time to start to angle off, while keeping the pressure downwards with your right leg, start to push on his hip with your left foot.  You will find yourself turning so that you and your opponent begin to look like a “T”, that’s if you were looking at it from above.
*The key point here is that the more you turn and try to make that “T”, the less you’ll struggle in getting your left leg to go over his head for the finish.

5.  Once the “T” is established, you’ll be able to simply take your left leg and place it over the opponent’s head.

6.  For the finish:  Your body must do several things at once; squeeze your knees together as tight as you can, keep that grip on your opponent’s arm, begin to lift your hip like you were doing a bridging excercise, except that your feet aren’t on the ground, your support is his body.

Now it’s just a matter of extending the bridge until you’ve put enough pressure on his arm to make him submit.

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King’s Promotions brings for the first time to the Reading area, an amateur mixed martial arts and professional boxing card to be held at the Sovereign Center on Saturday, May 30. The hybrid MMA/Boxing event will mix the two disciplines in one exciting night of non-stop action. Mixed Martial Arts has been enjoying increasing popularity in recent years, and King’s Promotions hopes it will be a good opportunity to introduce Boxing fans to MMA and MMA fans to Boxing.

Pain On Penn Street will feature fighters from some of the most active MMA teams in Pennsylvania — Anthracite Combat Club in Schuylkill Haven, LionHeart MMA in State College, Team Quiet Storm in Reading, Rosendo Diaz BJJ in Telford, Triple Threat Fighting System in Sunbury and Vicious MMA in Williamsport.  Please visit MMAinPA for more information.