Just another post on Facebook, someone is calling out Creonte again:  "Morte para os creontes" "Matamos os creonte" It is getting old and dumb. What is Creonte? If you search the word in the a Portuguese dictionary, you will not find it. Why? Because it is a word that was created on a character of a Brazilian TV show (also known as soap opera). Creonte apparently was the TV character of a shady person that made many deals and back stabbing etc. Needless to say it is a derogatory term used to describe someone that left a BJJ school for another: a traitor. Carlson Gracie Sn takes the credit for the Creonte name as he used it to describe some people that left his school. Unfortunately, the name sticked in the sport and is used all the time by anyone and for any reasons. In a budovideo interview, Draculino mentioned that Creonte term was used for people that train for free and then left. It is interesting to take in consideration that Carl...

We did takedowns drills for warm up. Techniques of the day was Knee on the belly with an arm bar and cross choke submission. Training concluded with students demonstrating techniques for their stripes. Luan demontrated the blue belt curriculum for his exam and was awarded his blue belt after training with us for the past 2 years. Congratulations to everyone and thanks for your support . We will have a break for 2 weeks and we will start teaching the BJJ classes on Tuesday 07 January 2014. Meanwhile, they will still have Judo classes (as they do not stop training) which our members are welcome to attend during the next 2 weeks.              

This is a great opportunity to train BJJ in Brasil. Do not miss out, limited places. Please book with respective representatives (contact info can be found at the bottom of the poster). 2 weeks in Floripa Black Belt instructors 10 days of training with 2 sessions per day private seminar and training at 5 different gyms per week 14 days accommodations 2 meals per days Transportation to and from training and hotel Week ends at the beaches and attractions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian%C3%B3polis Florianópolis ( Portuguese pronunciation: [floɾi.aˈnɔpolis] or [floɾjɐˈnɔpʊliʃ] ) is the capital city and second largest city of Santa Catarina state in the Southern region of Brazil . It is composed of one main island, the Island of Santa Catarina ( Ilha de Santa Catarina ), a continental part and the surrounding small islands. It has a population of 427,298, according to a 2009 Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics estimate, the second most pop...

What does an Irish man does in his honeymoon in New Zealand? Train at Aucklandbjj.com. Joke aside, it was great to meet John from Dublin. Tuesday night training was basically a private class with 2 students. I just covered any questions they had as it was the Q&A topic of the program. I taught some mount escapes and arm drag from butterfly guard and heaps more from my personal repertoire. Training concluded with some rolling and guard pass drilling. While Thursday night had a better turn out, I am not sure if the reason is that it is our nogi night. Topic of the day: Arm drag single leg takedown Straight ankle lock sub. Training conluded with 30 minutes sparring. It was a pleasure to watch Judo Paul decimating via ouchi gari. At the moment, we are considering having our last class on Thursday 19 December 2013 and restart on Tuesday 14 January 2014 Stu supervising our single guys dancing class on Thursday night

Throw of the day: Tomoe Nage (sacrifice throw). Ground techniques of the day: Tripod sweep, berimbolo and de la riva guard concept. We promoted Igor to blue belt. Usually promotions are held twice a year but Igor is leaving us for x mas holidays next week to his home town Rio de Janeiro. Well done, Igor.            

Topic of the day was Tai toshi for the throw of the day and  guard sweeps. We covered 2 sweeps from de la riva and berimbolo. Situational rolling from open guard Normal rolling. Webber got his second stripes (well done).  drilling judo thows                    

Last Tuesday, We did beijao as a warm up drill we covered some guard passes in Nogi. Training concluded with rolling from stand up.  From next week, nogi class will be Thursday and Tuesday will be Gi,              

Webber got silver medal As expected, the event had a massive turn out with teams from all over New Zealand. Mark had a good match and lost by points against the person that ended up getting the gold medal. Webber got silver medal. Well done. There will be 3 nogi and 3 gi competitions next year organise by NZ grapplers for anyone that wants to compete. Compulsory topless picture for nogi comp 1 Price: plane ticket to USA to compete Adam and Ricky from City BJJ closed out their weigh division in the advanced category 6 mats for this competition Jaime from City BJJ got bronze medal in the beginner division   crowd watching the medals presentation from http://nzgrappler.co.nz/2013-no-gi-nationals-results/ 2013 NO-GI NATIONALS - Winners List Published on 6 November 2013 at 2:09 PM, Pacific/Auckland Division 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OPEN >> ABSOLUTE MEN dan digby orphans Gareth Ealey Strikeforce Vance Miller Oliver MMA ...

Webber proving that standing rnc do work!

This week was 2 classes of Nogi to prepare for the 2013 No Gi Nationas (New Zealand - BJJ rules) We concentrated on guillotine subs and defense, single leg takedown and arm drag. Mark and Webber will compete on Saturday. Good luck, boys! From next week, we are going back to our normal spring program: Nogi on Tuesday and Gi on Thursday     2013 No-Gi Nationals Schedule   SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2013 8 am Weigh in begins for Advanced, Intermediate, and Beginners 9 am Cut off for Advanced weigh ins. 10 am Advanced and Absolute matches start. (Absolute registration closes after all Advanced matches complete) 11 am Cut off for Intermediate weigh ins. (Medals and Awards for Advanced and Absolute before Intermediate starts) 12 pm Intermediate matches start. (Intermediate Open registration closes after all Intermediate weight class matches complete). 1 pm Cut off for Beginners weigh ins. (Medals and Awards for Intermediate before Beginners start) ...

Stu went to compete at the 2013 New Zealand Judo Nationals which were held in Wellington. It is very nice flying arm bar for a person that is 100 kg and has a injured knee. At Aucklandbjj.com, you can train 2 BJJ classes and 4 Judo classes per week for only 18.50 per week. You can compete in Judo and BJJ as well. Become a complete grappler.

We did some guard pass drills for warm up. The topic of the day is Guard Submissions. Stu taught the trinity of the guard subs: arm bar, triangle bar, omoplata. It is most problably the most popular combination of subs from the guard. Training was concluded by a shark tank where fresh training partner will jump in every 2 minutes. It was great to see Jose back training after his injury. Stu is off to Wellington for the Judo National. Good Luck. PS: No gi on Tuesday from Now On. We also have an additional a Nogi training on Thursday 31 oct for our competitors getting ready for the competition on saturday 2 NOV. http://www.aucklandbjj.com/2013/09/bjj-nogi-competition-ibjjf-rules-sat-2.html

this is the response of Draculino when a person said that the BJJ guard is not realistic for self defense because they can grab the balls!

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