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

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.

This week we are fortunate to have Megaton demonstrate a wrist lock from the guard.

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!

Don’t forget we are hosting Megaton Dias the week of May 26-30, 2009.  Please check out his schedule as we’ve had some changes.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Seminar at World Class Martial Arts 8pm - 10pm
Contact Aaron Morris
MacDade Shopping Plaza
2133-35 Macdade Blvd, Holmes, PA 19043
www.wcma-usa.com

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Day privates available with Megaton
Special training with Megaton
RDBJJ Academy
137 N. Main Street
Telford, PA 

Thursday, May 28, 2009
Day privates available with Megaton
RDBJJ Academy
137 N. Main Street
Telford, PA

Friday, May 29, 2009
Day Privates available with Megaton
RDBJJ Academy
137 N. Main Street
Telford, PA

Saturday, May 30, 2009
Seminar with Megaton
10:3am - 12:30pm
RDBJJ Academy
137 N. Main Street
Telford, PA

For information on scheduling a private, reserving your space at any seminar and for pricing call the RDBJJ Academy at 267.476.1858

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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The 1st week of April has been one of many promotions.   Rosendo Diaz and Brett Hoover recognized several members of the academy who have worked hard to improve their skills.  Congratulations must go out to the following RDBJJ members. 

Dave Blum earned his 1st stripe, white belt

Roy Stoflet earned a 3rd stripe, white belt

Bryan Goldstein earned a 3rd stripe, white belt

Bill Mann earned his 4th stripe, white belt

Abhay Kunwar earned his blue belt

Scott Hutt earned his 1st stripe, blue belt

Sharif Riad earned his 1st stripe, blue belt

Ryan Stagliano earned his 1st stripe, blue belt

Mike Omensetter earned his 1st stripe, blue belt

Matt Miller earned his 3rd stripe, blue belt

Dan Chapman earned his 3rd stripe, blue belt

Fred Braunsberg earned his 2nd stripe, purple belt.

Rick Royce earned his 3rd stripe, purple belt.

Congratulations to all of them.

Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Royler Gracie, one of the most renowned instructors and accomplished fighters in BJJ, now for the first time, realeases an instructional DVD. The four times World BJJ Champion, three times World ADCC Champion demonstrates his favorite competition tested techniques in his first ever instructional DVD - Volume One: Throws And Sweeps.

 
For his first ever foray in the instructional DVD arena, Royler teamed up with one of the top DVD filmmaker/editor, the producer of the Arte Suave Series, to create an epic and dynamic instructional. The DVD was filmed in studio in HD and reveals historic footage, some from 20 years ago, of Royler competing.

In this unique DVD, Royler Gracie reveals the techniques that he performed in international tournaments throughout his illustrious career. Each position is demonstrated by Royler and illustrated with competition footage. These competition-tested techniques have proven their effectiveness and will help practitioners of all skill levels improve their game.

In a special introduction to the DVD, Royler`s biography highlights his champion career and achievements. A historic “Extra Feature” shows Grand Master Helio Gracie teaching at the Gracie Humaita Academy, Royler demonstrating techniques, and black belts students training.  This DVD is a must have for the BJJ afficionado.

Currently available at a GracieNewJersey

Royler Gracie will be on the East Coast for a series of seminars.  His current schedule is listed below, any academies interested in hosting a seminar with Royler Gracie, please contact Rosendo Diaz at heelhook21@aol.com.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Performance Jiu-Jitsu
23-12 Broadway (Rt 4 East), Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
201-225-0000 bjjacademy@aol.com

 
Saturday, April 4, 2009 - 12:00 - 2:00pm
Lancaster Family Martial Arts Center
Clipper Magazine Business Park
3706 Hempland Road, Mountville, PA 17554
717-898-6120 - www.LFMAC.com

 
Sunday, April 5th, 2009 - 1pm
Where: Gracie Jiu Jitsu New Jersey Academy
56 Payne Rd Lebanon NJ 08833
908-713-0004 or gracienewjersey@aol.com - www.gracienewjersey.com

 
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Dragon’s Den Mixed Martial Arts
183 West Route 59,  Nanuet, NY 10954
845-627-6700  - www.DragonsDenMMA.net

 
Wednesday, April 8, 2009  7:00pm - 9:00pm
Savarese Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
482 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
201-933-5134 - www.njbjj.com 

 
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 7:00pm 
Mrkulic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
588 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
973-454-0352  www.mbjj.com

Royler Gracie will once again be visiting the East Coast for a series of seminars, we are excited to report that Royler will be at Lancaster Family Martial Arts.

Saturday, April 4, 2009 - 12:00 - 2:00pm
 Lancaster Family Martial Arts Center
Clipper Magazine Business Park
3706 Hempland Road, Mountville, PA 17554
For Registration and additional information please contact:
Mike Weisensee
717-898-6120 - www.LFMAC.com

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

Picture taken, June 08′