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Congrats to the TEAM!
Last Sunday IMBJJ massive went to Gillingham, Kent for one more edition of TUFF Grappling Challenge. Our Brighton based team had also support from our recently new affiliates from Guildford and Haywards Heath. The competition was tough, clubs especially from London came strongly well prepared and with a nice crowd behind them. These plus great matches made a great atmosphere inside and outside the mats.
Personally for us, another great day at the office. Thanks to a hard work and effort put on practise by every member of the team – we had done very well! We reached the TOP 3 on team’s results once again! It shows that we are in the right way and we got to keep it up. It’s hard getting there, even harder to hold.
Congrats to every member of Ivam Maciel Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team! Check out results, photos and videos below.
TEAM RESULTS
1ST: Carlson Gracie Team = 151
2ND: London Shoot = 81
3RD: Ivam Maciel BJJ = 65
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Female/Adult/Light -64kg
1st Yutah- London shootfighters
2nd Amy Richold- Ivam Maciel BJJ Haywards Heath
Female/adult/white middle -69kg
1st Clarissa Thompson- CIA Paulista
2nd Nikita Mayfield- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
Male/Adult/White/Middle – 82.3kg
1st Joe Gilmartin – Ivam Maciel BJJ Guildford
2nd Jose Baena – Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
3rd Marcus Luxton – Ivam Maciel BJJ Guildford
White masters ultra-heavy +100.5
1st Abdulraheem bigz- submission fighters
2nd David Rintal- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
3rd Lutaz Nojai- londonshoot
White superfeather adult -64kg
1st Parv Marway- londonshoot
2nd James Davis - Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
3rd Jake Schofield- Gracie Barra Essex
Male/adult/blue/midheavy -88.3
1st Charles Francis- londonshoot
2nd Fraser Cook- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
3rd Sebastian nadal- Carlson Gracie team
Male/adult/blue/heavy -94.3kg
1st Miguel Santos- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
2nd Luke Lofters – ninenine
3rd Justin mcgibbon- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
Male/masters/blue/seniors/middle -82.3
1st Jamie Henderson- Carlson Gracie Revolution team
2nd Tim Clemens- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
3rd Adam Larkin- the MMA clinic
Male/masters/blue/mediumheavy -88.3
1st jacek Krawczyk- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
2nd Adam baggaley- Carlson Gracie Essex
Male/masters/blue//heavy -94.3
1st josh turner- Carlson Gracie
2nd Sam Samogh- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
3rd Lewis renney- CFS BJJ
Male/senior/blue/light -76kg
1st Julian adjane- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
2nd Richard loureiro- Carlson Gracie
Male senior 2/ blue light – 76kg
1st Kevin layne- nova geraca
2nd Simon staples- Ivam Maciel BJJ Brighton
What’s happening on the mat!
Bring your mate, join together!
If you are looking to join our club, this is specially for you. As we do every month, we are offering a great deal for new members. If you and a friend join us this month, both of you will get our Silver Membership for only £65 rather than £75! It’s is a huge saving. Over the year, up to £120off per person. And don’t forget, from Monday, October 5th we start our new timetable with MMA and No-Gi classes, this membership includes all classes!
Hurry, there are only 6 memberships available on this deal. £65 for unlimited classes!
Vitor Shaolin Seminar / Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / MMA / No-Gi
Less than 10 days for Vitor Shaolin Seminar. We are SOLD OUT! A few people haven’t confirmed the payment yet, so, if you are one of them, please pay ASAP to avoid disappointment.
Competition
We are also getting ready for Dorset and Hants BJJ Comp. From our team, there are over 15 names already confirmed! We expect to reach at least 20 names for hopefully as well as the medals get one of the trophies back home! Let’s train hard, this is one the best competitions in the calendar, the team needs you, together we are stronger!
Bournemouth Open 2012
Last Saturday our team went to one of the best tournaments in the UK: Bournemouth Open. This year again the organizer Alex De Souza and his crew done a fantastic job from the beginning to the end, great atmosphere, good schedule with fights happening exactly as announced previously on their website and much more. There were over 300 competitors from the UK and abroad which increased the level of the competition. BJJ Academy once again represented Brighton and East Sussex, and despite having few athletes out due to injuries and other commitments, we manage to get to Bournemouth with 6 competitors (3 white and 3 blue belts). The result was good, at the end four of our athletes manage to the to the podium. Check out bellow few pictures, videos and the official result.
Jacek Krawczyk – White Belt – Medium Heavy – Gold
Simon Williamson – White Belt – Heavy – Silver
Simon Staples – White Belt – Feather – Silver
Lee Wright - Blue Belt – Medium Heavy – Bronze
Só o Jiu Jitsu salva!
This is a phase which all BJJ’s practitioners should know. The translation to English would be something like: “Only Jiu Jitsu saves you”. I’m not sure who exactly created this expression, however for the Brazilians (BJJ guys) it became very special, and the symbol for this was Minotauro Nogueira. Big Nog used to get beaten up during all fight and came back at the end with some sick submission to win the fight (Rocky Balboa style), like those of his fights back in Pride against Bob Sapp and maybe the most important at the time: Against Mirko Cro Cop when Mirko was on top of his game knocking people out with some crazy high kicks. Triangles and Arm-bars, it was maybe the most special time for BJJ in MMA beside Royce Gracie’s UFC’s victories.
So, this is the meaning for the “Só o Jiu Jitsu Salva”, check out the video below, it shows our head-coach Ivam Maciel on his second professional MMA fight using pure BJJ to end that fight: Only Jiu Jitsu saves you!
See you on the mats!
Oss!
De La Riva Seminar
Last Wednesday evening, the BJJ Academy team had the honor to receive the 6th Degree Black Belt Ricardo De La Riva. The seminar was held at MSMAS in Haywards Heath and it was a great 3 hour master-class with full squad on the mats. Alongside De La Riva, we had also the visit of 4th Degree Black Belt Leonardo Specterow, who’s De La Riva’s long time student and friend. Another special guest on the mats was Sensei Roger Payne, who supported once again IMBJJ Team and helped us to make this amazing evening happen. Thanks to all students who made it, your support is much appreciated, it encourage’s our crew to keep bringing seminars and looking forward for more events at your BJJ Academy. More pictures to follow next week. Oss!
Inside BJJ Academy
We made little changes on the timetable regarding the morning classes:
From today (Monday-May 21st) morning classes are at 10am (every Monday-Wednesday-Friday)
Once again we are working together with our students to improve our timetable and training sessions. The aim is to make things even better for those who live far from the gym. Now they can put together two sessions (10am and 12pm) and make the most of it. At least 3 hours of pure BJJ training!
De La Riva Seminar
Last few days to confirm you entry on the most wanted seminar of the year. Train with the legend himself! Don’t miss this opportunity!
BJJ Seminar with Ricardo De La Riva
Meet and train with the legend Ricardo De La Riva!
BJJ Academy is proud to announce, the 6th Degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt’s Seminar late this month at our Dojo. He is one of the most creative guard players in BJJ, having created the the famous “De La Riva” guard having also become an important instructor with several important black belts under his tutelage such as Rodrigo and Rogerio Nogueira, Eduardo Brigadeiro, Walter “Broca” and many others.
De La Riva in Detail
Full Name: Ricardo De La Riva Goded.
Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Carlson Gracie > Ricardo De La Riva
Most Famous Fight: was against Royler Gracie for the “Cantão Cup”, were Ricardo won sweeping the Gracie Master with his trademark guard. This was Royler Gracie’s first competitive defeat as a Black Belt.
Favourite Technique/Position: De La Riva Guard.
Weight Category: Super Featherweight (64Kg – 141lbs).
Seminar Details
When: Wednesday, 30th of May, due to start at 7.30pm
Where: BJJ Academy Dojo (90 Boundary Road, BN3 7GA – Hove)
Investment: £40 (discounted) before 23/05 and £45 (full price) after 23/05
How to buy: At BJJ Academy reception or http://delariva.eventbrite.co.uk
Info / Private Lessons: 01273 411486 or mcivam@hotmail.com
Spring BJJ Tournament :: Results
Here are the results of our 3rd In-House Tournament. This competition was once again a great success. Congrats and thanks to everyone who made part of it. Our goal on those in-house comps is to get the team ready for the bigger events, talk and learn about the rules and also add a bit of experience.. We hope that it has been achieved.
Check it out below, results & photos… Just a quick remind, Saturday 16th of June we will be attending the Bournemouth BJJ Open, the training for this competition has just started…
RESULTS:
White Belt / Lightweight
Champion: Bobby Winder
2nd Jon Fitzgerald
3rd Paul Marsat
White Belt / Middleweight
Champion: Simon Williamsom
2nd Martin Aragona
3rd Joseph Pepa
White Belt / Heavyweight
Champion: Gavin Hanmer
2nd Hussein Seis
3rd Andy Taylor
Blue Belt / Absolute
Champion: Justin Mcgibon
2nd Dan Lepadatu
3rd Simon Figah
In-House BJJ Tournament
Five days until our 3rd In-House competition. All the brackets and timetable will be done by Friday. If you haven’t signed up yet, do it ASAP. Download the app form below and deliver at the reception. You have until Wednesday to do it.
Members and non-members who are not competing, still welcome to come along to watch. It will be a good day!
Oss!
Join the club today!
If you live in the Brighton area and are looking to start a martial arts program for you or your children, BJJ Academy is definitely the place. With a full time Dojo we offer over 20 classes per week, you’ll be amazed at all you can accomplish in short period of time training the worlds most efficient martial art: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
I will list bellow why I believe the BJJ Academy is the ideal place to learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Sussex:
THE MASTER
When you are looking to start learn something, your first concern should be the legitimacy and experience of the school where you will be learning from. You should be looking for a school with a certified Black Belt instructor on hand who teaches regular classes and has done so for some time. The practice of people teaching at lower ranks was a necessity about five years ago due to a high demand and so few Black Belts to teach the art, but at this point in time, most areas of the UK have Black Belt instructors within a reasonable distance. Another important thing about learning from a Black Belt as opposed to lower ranking people aside from the obvious issue of experience and ability to give rank when deserved is that you want to be your teacher’s student, not his training partner. People under the rank of black belt are still working on personal goals and may be a better training partner than teacher.
The BJJ Academy is the only place in Brighton where you will find a Brazilian-born, BJJ 1st Degree Black Belt: Professor Ivam Maciel, from Curitiba, Brazil. Ivam has over twelve years of experience. Has been training also in Vale-Tudo and Muay-Thai under the UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva. Inside the octagon (MMA) Ivam’s professional record is 4-0-0, with three fights finished with his signature move: Triangle.
Well, nothing better to learn from a Master straight from the source!
FULL TIME DOJO
Our timetable is flexible, no matter if you work shifts, you can always fit one training session to your schedule, the BJJ Academy will be your second home. From Sunday 1st of April, we will start our new timetable. It will be over 20 classes per week available, inclusive on Sundays! The Dojo is opened 7 days per week, 12 hours per day!
KIDS
BJJ Academy is also a great place for kids! If you’re looking for something fun, educational and constructive to keep your kids out of trouble after school, you should look into our Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Your kids will be entertained but they’ll also learn valuable life skills that they’ll never be without, so there is no reason why you shouldn’t get your kids involved in martial arts today!
