Newsletter February 2010

Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu News:

Royler will be in Virginia Beach for a seminar this weekend (Feb 6th) – go to Bushidomma.net for all the info!

Saulo will be in Toledo on February 27th to conduct a seminar. The cost will be $80.00 per session and $120.00 for both sessions for RJJA members and $100.00 per session and $150.00 for both sessions if you are not a RJJA member.
It will be gi and session one will be for beginner/intermediate – 12:30 – 2:30pm and session two will be for intermediate/advanced and will be from 3:00 – 5:00pm. It is at the new location so go to toledojj.com for the info. A flyer will be coming soon!

Saulo will also be at the following locations to conduct group classes – Beginning March 1st:

Monday – Lima - Jeremy’s, Tuesday – Toledo (includes Plymouth and Ann Arbor), Wednesday – Canada – Dean’s and Thrusday – Detroit. The cost is $40.00 but is FREE if you attended the seminar! We will be heading to the Arnolds on Friday and Saulo will be flying out on Sunday. Hope to see you there.

Saulo will be in Virginia Beach the weekend of March 13th – go to hybridacademy.com for all the info!

RJJA Black Belt - Matt Jubera opened a new academy in Longmont, CO. The website is bjjdarkhorse.com. Congrats to Matt on yet another great accomplishment in his life!

Xande and Maria have a beautiful baby girl. Saulo competes in the Nationals and wins the weight and the open. Xande wins by KO in his Sengoku MMA fight in Japan. Saulo competes in ADCC and takes fourth in the heaviest weight division (no points were scored against him) and retires from pro competition. Xande wins his weight in ADCC and places second in the open. Saulo and Xande teach/coach Diego to a great year including a title shot. UNIJJ/Ribeiro Association wins the National Championships of BJJ!

The next big event is the Pan Ams in Cali; go to ibjjf.org for all the details.

To contact Royler Gracie, go to roylergracie.com.

To contact Saulo or Xande, go to www.unijj.com (University of Jiu-Jitsu website!!!)

Great blogs to read:

Xande – Xande.tv
Rafael – lovatojr.com

To contact the Arena (mma/no gi academy) go to thearenamma.com. It is only 3 or so store fronts from the UNIJJ. Y ou will want to check it out when you visit San Diego!

Baddog MMA News: Baddogfc.com

Team Baddog ran its record to 44 and 3!! Jake Kraus improved to 5-1 by winning a unanimous decision on Jan 16th in Columbus, Ohio. It was a hard fight against a 5 -1 opponent. Jake’s opponent before him was 8 -0 so he has been on a roll!

The next big event is March 12th at the Crown Plaza Hotel on summit in Toledo where Jake, Ray and Jay will be fighting for titles. You won’t want to miss this one so go to Baddogfc.com for tickets or training info!

Local News:

Tourney – Charleston WV – Feb 20th – advancedbkj.com for details.
Tourney – Arnolds – March 6th - 7th – onthemat.com for details.

Academy News: Toledojj.com and Detroitjiujitsu.com

Seth Smith and Matt Miller will be leaving soon and we are going to get together at BigZ on sat after training (around 4 or so). They are both doing military duty with Seth going into Officer Cadet Training and Matt going overseas to Afganistan for nine months. They will be greatly missed and we with them safe journey doing their time away. Matt wanted to share this with us before he left:
I would like to thank everyone in the association for making my BJJ journey an excellent one so far. I will miss all of you, and I will be looking forward to the day I can come home and train/hang out again. I would like to tell all of you to train as much as possible, even on the days you don’t want to, because you never know when the gift of BJJ won’t be available to you.
Forte abraco brothers, see you when I get back!

The school is coming along and we have two showers up and running. John Bailey’s crossfit will be in by the end of the month. Should look great for the Saulo seminar!

For those of us who are planning on going to the Pan Ams on April 8th in Cali, it would be smart to compete as much as you can. We have the West Virginia Tourney and the On the Mat - Arnolds March 6th – 7th. See you there!!

Mark Skulas who does all our art work/design and computer work has done a great job as always. If you need any of this type of work done, he is a sure bet. His prices and work are outstanding. Contact him at 419-704-6854 or www.exodustechsupport.com if you are interested in working with him. Remember, a Black Belt is a White Belt who never quits!!

Until next month,

Chris
Toledojiujitsu.com