RGDA-Ephrata is proud to report that Mike Stoltz won his fight at the Warrior Challenge held in York, PA held over the weekend. 

Big congrats to Mike Stoltz and his instructors; Keith Neff and Brian Fisher from RGDA-Ephrata.

Come join us as we welcome Megaton Dias for two special seminars for the last week of May.  Wellington “Megaton” Dias is an official black belt representative of the Royler Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Association. He resides in Phoenix where he directs the Megaton Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, the #1 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in Arizona. Megaton has had over 30 years of training in both Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo.  A seasoned competitor, Megaton has garnered well over 40 medals in various competitions since 2000.

Wednesday, May 27
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Training class with Megaton
Cost:  $30.00 per person

Saturday, May 30
10:30am - 12:30pm
Seminar with Megaton
Cost:  $50.00 per person

Please contact us to reserve your spot as space is very limited!

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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Professor David Adiv would like to invite all RGDA students and friends to participate at the Kokushikai Judo Camp 2009. The camp is directed by 3X Olympian Celita Schutz and will count with the instruction of great names of Judo and Jiu-Jitsu. The learning opportunity will take place at beautiful Poconos area in Pennsylvania from August 25th through August 30th.  For further information please visit Team RGDA.

A bunch of ugly yet talented instructors.  This is only a portion of the RGDA International Team.

Picture taken, June 08′

We wish to welcome you to the Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy!!

The Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy is a certified black belt academy under the 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team. Rosendo Diaz received his black belt in August 2003 from Royler Gracie and David Adiv.

Located in Chalfont, PA, right in the middle of Montgomery County and Bucks County.