Are you sick of the rampaging masses at the malls on Black Friday? Are you sick of the idea of spending more “quality time” with the family? Does it feel like you put on 20 pounds overnight because of gluttonous eating? Then come on down for the 2nd Annual ALL DAY AFTER TURKEY DAY ROLL!!!
By ALL DAY, we mean ALL DAY. Come in when you want, leave when you want. You can even come in, roll, leave, and come back again later. Those of you brave (or crazy) enough can stay ALL DAY. You can grab meals at the nearby eateries, recover, and train some more. That’s what a few of us plan on doing. Why? Because we have no lives…Errr…I mean, because we LOVE Jiu-Jitsu. Yeah, that’s it.
So, come on down and roll. Roll until your heart’s content or it actually gives out. Whichever one comes first. Be there or be square. Just like the pegs that some of you keep trying to put into the round holes.
Date: Friday, November 25, 2011 from 10:30am to 9:00pm
We will also be holding a class that day lead by Rosendo Diaz from 12pm to 1pm. Catch you there!
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
Congratulations to the Lancaster Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu members that competed recently at the Warrior Challenge.
Luke Mosch brought home 1st place in his adult division.
For the kids they had Ben Smith and Madison B. taking 2nd. place in their respective divisions and Madi P. scores a 3rd place finish. Awesome job everyone.
For more information about training at Lancaster BJJ, please visit them at www.lancasterbjj.com
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.
In Gracie Jiu Jitsu, one the most demonstrated moves is the Helicopter Arm Bar. Apart from being somewhat flashy it also represents the idea of technique and leverage over strength to accomplish one’s goals. In the following video instructional, Rosendo Diaz, breaks down the basics of how to apply this arm bar.
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.
Congratulations go out to our 3rd Generation Jiu Jitsu Team members that competed in this weekend’s Internation Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation’s New York Open.
Aaron Morris, head instructor at World Class Martial Arts in Delaware County was forced to compete 2 weight classes up in the Master’s light weight brown belt division. Even against the heavier opponents, Aaron was able to secure a 3rd place finish.
Shaun Raber of Harrisburg Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy competed in the purple belt Master’s feather division and in short order defeated his opponents securing his 1st place finish.
We are happy to once again be hosting a seminar with 6-time world jiu jitsu champion Samuel Braga. Samuel will be at the academy on Friday, April 8, 2011 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. For more information and to reserve your space please contact us at heelhook21@aol.com
Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy Chalfont, PA GraciePA.com
Rosendo Diaz will be at Berks County BJJ Academy on Saturday, March 26, 2011 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. This seminar is open to everyone, for more information please visit, www.bcbjj.org.
Thanks go out to Brian Fisher and Keith Neff from Lancaster BJJ Academy in Ephrata, PA for hosting a seminar with Rosendo Diaz. Congratulations go out to Mike Plesnarski for earning his blue belt.
Check out this demonstration of a takedown shot during the seminar.
We are excited to announce a new program. Bucks County Kettlebells we be holding classes at the RDBJJ Academy. For more information on pricing and class schedules please visit Bucks County Kettlebells
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.
Daniel Hilal, a graduate of political science from the American University of Beirut and a professional MMA fighter, was born into a culture where BJJ was a concept fighters could only dream of. Lebanon has no federations, no academy, no black-belts, and no sign of hope, until now.
Daniel began his martial arts journey at the age of 11 with Karate. Shortly after, he was introduced to Judo, and this is where it all began for him. After achieving a well-deserved brown belt in Judo, Daniel felt he needed to raise the bar and decided to upgrade his arsenal of techniques and adapt to training without the gi to become an even more complete grappler. The fast-paced activity and explosiveness of Freestyle Wrestling was very appealing to him. He joined the Taadod Wrestling Club in Beirut, and through his determination, hard work, and supportive team of wrestlers, he excelled quickly, progressing from a local competitor to a regional talent. In 2009-2010, Daniel easily topped his rivals in Lebanon without a single loss, taking first place in the Lebanese Championship at -66kg and 5th in the Arab Championship in Doha, Qatar, at -60kg. To wrap up the year, Daniel made his first professional MMA debut in Jordan’s Desert Force Championship.
Daniel has had a passion for grappling from the start. BJJ, in specific, has long been Daniel’s preferred martial art. He did everything possible to fuel this passion, which consisted of, hosting seminars, demonstrations, training relentlessly, and even holding classes. Within Lebanon, all Daniel could do was gather bits and pieces of BJJ to feed this passion.
December 23, 2010 marked an historical day for Lebanon when Daniel was promoted to blue belt under the patronage of 3G black belt Fadi Khouri, marking this occasion as the first ever official BJJ promotion in the country. It was through Fadi’s empathy and good judgment that Daniel’s flame for BJJ was kindled and the sport took root in Lebanon. Up until recently, Daniel was a BJJ orphan. He was alone in his training, and in his goal. Thanks to Fadi Khouri, Daniel is no longer an orphan. He finally found a home, a home called Third Generation Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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!
Congratulations go out to Dan Spangler and Gerry Laird who both earned their blue belts this past week. Both Dan and Gerry have put in a great deal of time, effort and committment into training in the art of Jiu-Jitsu. Good job guys!
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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
2010 has been the year for newly promoted 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Fadi Khouri. With some outstanding showings at both local and national tournaments culminating to his 1st place, no points scored against him, finish at the US Open in October. We caught up with Fadi to get his take on training and his future plans.
You have a background in both Judo and BJJ. How do you feel the two arts complement each other? This is an interesting question and the generic answer would be, Judo is the missing piece of the puzzle since it’s the “Throwing” part of the game……While that is true, the actual take downs under a BJJ setting can get a bit hairy if you rely purely on Judo. In a Jiu Jitsu tournament if you go in for a big throw and Miss, you can easily get penalized for missing (I have missed a few throws and my opponent was awarded the take down for doing nothing except falling on me). I rely heavily on foot sweeps to avoid exposing myself…..
From my point of view, the true value of Judo comes in from the balance and aggressive grip fighting that you learn from playing Judo! I hear it all the time “I competed against a wrestler and he had great BASE”. The same theory applies to Judoka’s, they have great base that will help tremendously when they are playing on top, the trick is to mold it with the BJJ style so they flow together well.
Do you view BJJ more as a sport or as a form of self-defense? My main focus right now is Sport Jiu Jitsu, but it’s impossible to separate the sports aspect of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from the self defense aspect! I would say that 60% of the sport Jiu Jitsu techniques would not be ideal in a self defense setting, but at the same time sport jiu jitsu has a built in safety mechanism to prepare one to defend himself when needed. I would attribute three important factors developed from Sports Jiu Jitsu that will be valuble in a self defense setting.
a. Basic Tech.
b. Instinct
c. Cardio
Who have been some of the biggest influences on your game?
This is a more complicated question than it appears . The first response is always my instructor, I started my training at Modern Combat Academy in PA (Which since then has developed into its own association 3rd Generation Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) under the tutelage of Rosendo Diaz. His style of BJJ is a very technical one and even though I was a big guy I learned to focus on the technical part of BJJ vs. becoming a power player. The second response to this question is my training partners…..a player is only as good as his training partners decide to push him! I was fortunate enough to have very motivated training partners in the gym with me pushing me over the years and I would say that it’s a huge factor in influencing the way your BJJ is developed (I’d like to mention William Alford, David Harris, Alex Gotay, Evert Guetterez and Jeff Messina ).
You’ve competed in both small local tournaments and large scale such as the Pan Ams and the Worlds. Can you tell us the differences in how you prepare for these types of events? For small tournaments I don’t really prepare, I just enter them as they come along for experience. Big tournaments are totally different though, there are a lot of factors that come into play when I start my preparation. I train 2 x a day , 5 x a week for 8 to 10 weeks prior to the tournament date. Here is a sample of my training schedule for the US Open (which is the same for all other major tournaments)
i. Sat: BJJ in the AM and Conditioning in the PM
ii. Sun: BJJ in the AM and Conditions in the PM
iii. Mon: Rest
iv. Tues: Weight training in the AM and Judo in the PM
v. Wed: Conditioning in the AM and BJJ in the PM
vi. Thur: Weight training in the AM Judo in the PM.
You teach in Houston at Bam Bam’s Martial Arts, tell us a little bit about the academy. BamBam is a great training facility located in the West U area inside the loop in Houston. It’s a full training facility that provides its students with a full BJJ, MT, Boxing and MMA program. (the BJJ program has 3 black belts from 3 different lineages so come in and pick your style ) we are located at 4007 Bellaire blvd. Houston TX.
Any future plans for opening your own academy?
Not sure yet …..I think I have a few things to learn first before I can venture into that world LOL! But everything is possible, I am just happy that I can contribute back to the sport now, and would love to have an academy one day, when though I am not sure.
Tell us what your plans are for the upcoming competition season in 2011.
In 2011 I am hoping to do 4 to 5 big tournaments, my plan is to start in the Masters division first and test the waters! Gaining some experience as a black belt will be crucial for me, as it is shark infested waters…..I will probably start at the Pan American games in March and hope to compete at the Nationals, US OPEN and hopefully the Rio Masters tournament in Brazil.
For more information about Fadi and training in the Houston area please visit www.bambammartialarts.com or contact Fadi directly for information on private lessons and seminars fadihkhouri@gmail.com
Core Jiu Jitsu is the perfect combination of the fundamentals of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and self defense. It’s perfect for the beginner or those who are more interested in the self defense aspects of BJJ. It’s also a great refresher for the experienced practitioner. As with all our programs, each class has the best combination of technical learning and fitness to get you in great shape.
Classes will start on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 and will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 7pm. Call today or contact us for your free 2 week trial.
Rosendo Diaz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy - Chalfont – PA
