Wednesday Lunch Class

Today we warmed up with a spider guard pass:

Tuesday Lunch Class

The guys are drilling:

A triangle drill:

An Arm Drag Drill:

A Sweep

Today we had the 2010 Purple Belt PanAm champion, Pedro Torres, teach us a butterfly guard sweep:

Saturday Class

Today we warmed up with some movement drills, and then went into some armbar variations from butterfly guard:

Friday Lunch NoGi

Professor Cobrinha led class today:

We warmed up with some pummeling:

Then we went into a choke:

Blue Belts and Wed Lunch Class

Matt and Brant earned there bluebelts:

Wed class focused on a large amount of mat drills for warm-ups:

Mount to Armbar drill:

Guard passing and recomposing drill:

Knee on belly drill:

New Blue Belt

Big congratz to Jennifer Ipek who joins the growing group of female Blue Belts. Well deserved Jen, keep it up

Tarsis News

Some news from graciemag.com and if you get a chance check out:

http://functrain.blogspot.com/

Tarsis’s turn: “I didn’t fight well, but it was my day!”

by Carlos Eduardo Ozório — June 16, 2010.

Photo: Alicia Anthony

Tarsis Humphreys was one of the standouts at the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship early this June in California. He only dropped out of the absolute in the semifinals, after losing to three-time divisional champion Roger Gracie. At weight (medium heavyweight) Tarsis had an excellent run, winning the division after beating Rômulo Barral in the gran finale.

The intriguing part of the Alliance representative’s career is the fact that, despite having achieved great results in the past, he had been trying and not succeeding in winning a world championship ever since he was a blue belt. The curse has been broken and Tarsis had a chat with GRACIEMAG.com.

Tarsis gets back mount in absolute division. Photo: Ivan Trindade

What is your assessment of your Worlds campaign?

Sincerely, I thought I fought poorly, but I made it to the final and came out on top. It all went well; it was my day! I trained a lot for this championship and nobody wanted this title more than I did.

What’s your take on the move that led to your win over Rômulo Barral in the medium heavyweight final? Was it a submission or an injury?

I went for the kneebar, he tried to escape and spun the wrong way. The hold was in tight, causing his knee to twist. That’s when he was obliged to call it quits.

Tarsis sinks grips on Roger Gracie. Photo: Ivan Trindade

What do you think of your match with Roger in the absolute?

Not good, I didn’t manage to do anything. He really is good. He’s heavy and knows what to do at the right time. He’s doing great.

What do you think of Roger’s performance at the Worlds?

He did a great job and had an unprecedented achievement in Jiu-Jitsu: he’s the first three-time absolute world champ. I think he’s an excellent competitor, has a very effective game. In my opinion he’s the best competitor at present.

What’s your agenda look like for this year?

I want to compete a lot more. I’m in the United States and I’ll teach some seminars here. Anyone interested can get in touch with my by email at tarsisbjj@gmail.com. And there’s more news coming up soon
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Another Blog...

Brant, one of our students here, has a blog that I have found very interesting. It is all about functional strength and conditioning. There is tons of great information. So if you get a chance check it out:

http://functrain.blogspot.com/

Belts and Beatings

Congratulations to Phillipe and Carl who received their Blue belts today.

As advertised - Alec walks the line

Alec's Walking

For those that haven't heard, Alec Baulding got his Brown Belt last week. As I'm sure you have noticed, whenever anyone graduates Alec is the guy at the end of the line who does a flying spinning swing to get the most velocity when whipping the person graduating. It doesen't matter if you are man, woman or child Alec goes full force. It is because of this that we would like EVERYONE to be here tomorrow night when Alec walks the line for the last time in his BJJ career.
Don't miss this opportunity to get some back

World Champions Again! (And More news)

Since we won the world championships again (the 5th time/third consecutive time) there has been a lot of news about us. Grappling weekly did a nice spread about Jacare's new degree: http://www.grapplingweekly.com/?p=380 and they also did an interview with him, shown below:

10. GrapplingWeekly.com - What is the recipe of success to create a world champion jiu-jitsu team?
Jacare – Hard work, dedication,love what you do, know what you are doing and ad the talented guys to do the job.

9. GrapplingWeekly.com – Out of all of the millions of jiu-jitsu matches you have seen in your lifetime, which match sticks out and remains in your heart as the best you have seen or the most special match for you?

Jacare – Oh man now you got me, I saw so many good matches but of course i will always remember the ones when I got my guys involved. Telo x Carlson Jr, Gurgel x Arona, Gurgel x Amaury, some MMA matches in Atlanta when I moved here, etc..

8. GrapplingWeekly.com – After creating so many champions after years and years, what drives you to keep going on?

Jacare – First I love what I do, I teach everyday, I think about jiu jitsu 26 hours a day 8 days a week, 390 days a year, this is what i do I don’t change my job for nothing in the world.

7. GrapplingWeekly.com – Acai or Brazilian BBQ. Which was Brazil’s best contribution to North American food society?

Jacare-both

6. GrapplingWeekly.com – Explain why you think the GI game makes better No Gi grapplers than just people who train straight up No Gi?

Jacare – Training with the gi make your game much better, without the gi is easier to get away with many things but with the gi no way Jose.

5. GrapplingWeekly.com – You once said a long time ago that Nino had an amazing jiu-jitsu game to watch. Which competitor, Non Alliance, do you think stands out technically in today’s sport?

Jacare – Roger Gracie, Barral,Braulio Estima, Xande and so many others jiu jistu evolved so much that you have a lot good guys.

4. GrapplingWeekly.com – Your favourite BJJ Kimono of all time?

Jacare – Keiko of course! Gera is my good friend and hook me up all the time hahaha!

3. GrapplingWeekly.com – At what point do you stray away from the “Gracie Basics” to teach sport oriented techniques to your students? After Blue Belt, after 6 months? Or do you start them off learning the sport right away?

Jacare – Right away in my classes we teach spot jiu-jitsu, self defense, throws and take downs, everything that can make the student understand our way of teaching this wonderful art.

2. GrapplingWeekly.com – What’s your favorite technique to teach? What’s your least favorite technique to teach?

Jacare – I love to teach them all.

1. GrapplingWeekly.com – If you never got involved with Jiu-jitsu, where would you be today?

Jacare – Thanks God it never happened.

Automatic External Defibrillator

Cardiac Death Prevention

Guys,

Ed was nice enough to donate a device to the school. This device is for when people's heart's stop working properly. The key is if they faint/pass out and they are not breathing. The videos below explain when and how to use this device. Please watch these, it could save a life.

What is a automatic defibrillator?

When do you use this device?

How do you use it?

Rolls Gracie

Below is a video of Jacare's Master, Rolls Gracie, rolling in the 70s.

2010 IBJJF World Championships

The Alliance Blog Team (Bart and Clinton) want to congratulate the Alliance Jiu-Jitsu Team (everyone else) on winning there 5th world championship! Alliance won in 1998, 1999, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Go Alliance!

This link is a nice collection of photos from the worlds and Jacare's promotion:

http://web.me.com/elainerito/Site/Worlds_2010_Black_Belt.html

Friday Lunch NoGi

Today we had a good turn out. We focused on stand-up.

The whole class:

Colin and Patrick:

Cobrinha instructing Ed and Jordon:

Friday is ladies night at Alliance:

Thursday Lunch Class

Today we worked on a sit-up guard sweep:

News on Jacare

an article from graciemag.com (portugese edition)

Alliance has won their fifth world championship. Gracie Barra took second and CheckMat placed third.

It was definitely an unforgettable World Championship. Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti received his 7^th degree red and black belt (coral belt) from the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation. This achievement put Jacare in the spotlight; and the crowd responded with thunderous applause. Also receiving the red and black belt where Sergio Penha and Maurição Gomes, father of Roger Gracie. After more than 31 years as a black belt Jacare received his official promotion notification from the IBJJF prior to the World Championships. Tuesday evening Professor Cavalcanti received the new belt at his academy in Atlanta, Ga; in a moving ceremony. We here at Gracie Mag are sure Rolls Gracie, Jacare’s Master, would be proud. Congratulations to all, and long live Master Jacare.

A Night of Celebration

Last night we received word for the IBJJF that our instructor Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti was to receive his Red and Black Belt (7th degree).
After winning the World Championships last weekend, this was truly a night of celebration.



To make the presentation, Jacare's first black belts, Fabio Gurgel and Alexandre "Gigi" Piva flew in from Brazil to honor their Master.






In a nice roll reversal Fabio awards Jacare with his new Red and Black Belt






Jacare and his new belt






A testament to his character, Jacare decides to share the spotlight and had a few promotion of his own to hand out



April Robinson receives her Brown Belt








After his phenomenal performance at he Pan and the Worlds Alec Baulding received his Brown







After years of dedication and battling a serious ailment Keven Moran reached the top of the mountain and was awarded his Black Belt

Jordan Schultz vs Ronis Gracie - The important part ;)