Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Discover Why BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU Is Considered The Ultimate Martial Art
95% of all self-defense situations end up on the ground or in the grappling range YET Grappling remains the most neglected range of self-defense in most martial art systems.
If you can’t defend yourself on the ground then you DON’T know how to truly defend yourself. That’s where we come in.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete fighting system that will teach you how to control and subdue your opponent. You will learn not only how to immobilize attackers effectively so they can’t attack you but also how to defeat them humanely. It’s the only PROVEN style where a smaller person can immobilize and defeat a stronger larger attacker.
There IS a reason that all Professional Mixed Martial Artists have trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu!
IT IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR SELF-DEFENSE AND FIGHTING!
Doesn’t Matter How Big You Are,
The Smallest Guy In Here Can Take You Out!
That’s the Beauty of Jiu-Jitsu!”
Big Al is currently a Blue Belt in Brazilian Jujitsu and one of our most active competitors. He has fought in pretty much everything — Mixed Martial Arts fights, BJJ tournaments, No-Gi, and at the time of this video, his first Muay Thai fight.
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You Have the Unique Opportunity to Train With the #1 RATED Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Wrestling Team in the United States.
Since 1999, the team that was crowned “the Best Grappling Team of the Decade” was Team Lloyd Irvin.
Don’t take our word for it, see the results for yourself (please make sure you look through the list, you’ll discover that reality and hype are two different things. You’ll see where a lot “big name” teams stack up)…
reference: http://www.grapplersquest.com/blogs/briancimins/best-grappling-team-decade
Submitted by BrianCimins on January 13, 2010 – 12:04pm
Since, April 24th of 1999, Grapplers Quest has hosted more than 100 Grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournaments and events. We have stockpiled the individual and team results in our database and produced the OFFICIAL Top Ten Teams of the Decade (1999-2009) at Grapplers Quest. Please note that the teams listed below have accumulated points for their competitors placing in the top 3 places in competition since GQ’s inception:
NOTABLES:
Royce Gracie/Rob Kahn/Jungle Gym/Justin Garcia
10th Planet/Eddie Bravo/Scott Epstein/Denny Prokopos
BRASA/Checkmat BJJ/Leozinho Vieira
Pablo Popovitch/Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu
Cesar Gracie/Ralph Gracie/Charles Gracie
Pedro Sauer/Keith Owen/Maxercise
Stronghold/Undisputed/Throwdown/Open Mat
Too Many to List…thank you for all of the support!
The OFFICIAL Top Ten Teams of the Decade (1999-2009) at Grapplers Quest are:
TIE-10. Royler Gracie/Dave Adiv/Lou Vintaloro/Mike Mrkulic/Chris Savarese
TIE-10. Saulo & Alexandre Ribeiro/Rafael Lovato, Jr.
9. Carlson Gracie/Ricardo Calvacanti
8. Yamasaki Jiu Jitsu
7. Alliance/Paragon Jiu Jitsu
6. Machado/Amilcar “Mica” Cippili and Walter Vital
5. Relson Gracie/Team Balance Studios/Phil and Ricardo Migliarese
4. American Top Team
3. Cobra Kai/Marc Laimon
2. Gracie Barra/Renzo Gracie/Ricardo Almeida
1. Team Lloyd Irvin
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When I Decided to Do Jiu Jitsu,
I Wasn’t Sure If I Would Even Be Able to Do It…
Keith is currently a Blue Belt in Brazilian Jujitsu and one of our most highly-rated instructors. Since this review of Crazy 88, Keith has won numerous tournaments including Gold at the IBJJF’s Miami International Open and has been traveling the World competing. It is amazing how far he has progressed from his first day.
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Everyone was Really Friendly and Willing to Lend a Hand!
David is a 2010 Silver Medalist at the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships and holds the rank of Purple Belt. He began with ZERO experience and balances his job as an attorney with his BJJ training. Because of the quality of training he receives at Crazy 88, he has achieved more in 2 years than most grapplers do in their career.
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ARE YOU A BEGINNER TO JIU-JITSU?
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We have created the Ultimate Grappling program for the Pure Beginner!
Most Brazilian Jiu Jitsu schools just throw beginner students to the wolves the first week they have started training. Your orientation to Jiu Jitsu is getting your butt kicked by the more advanced students. You better be in shape before you attend most schools or else you’re going to be in for a rough night!
On top of that, one dirty little secret that no one at these schools tells you is that you’re going to learn whatever the instructor *feels* like teaching that day. In all forms of education, educators have very detailed finely-tuned curriculums to guarantee that a student learns the required material. Could you imagine a college professor teaching whatever popped into his mind that day? Unfortunately, this is the way most Jiu Jitsu academies operate.
Fortunately for you, I have the solution and it’s one of the reasons our students are so happy.
We have developed a Core Curriculum for our White Belt Basics classes. These sessions are taught in a friendly, social, and laid-back atmosphere that is 100% geared to teaching our new students our core basic requirements at our school.
Many people think because we have one of the Best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Competition Teams in the World that everything that we do is geared towards competition and everyone in our school is a Competitor.
That is completely wrong.
In the very beginning, I personally believe that students need to focus heavily on learning their technique instead of trying to learn how to survive in heated sparring matches when they don’t know any technique yet. Many people begin training out-of-shape and they wouldn’t be able to complete a full blown competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class .
That is why we offer 12 Jiu Jitsu Fundamentals Classes Per Week – almost HALF of all our classes are geared towards the pure beginner! That’s 48 classes per month 100% geared to the pure beginner.
…and the best part about it is that the students taking these Fundamentals Classes are learning the exact same techniques and our exclusive training systems that our Champions are learning.
Secondly, most of our students begin training with ZERO martial arts, ZERO wrestling, ZERO judo, ZERO boxing, and ZERO combative sports experience. We take special pride in the fact that our world-renown competition team was completely home-grown and does not consist solely of collegiate-level wrestlers. If you want to compete, we have the systems in place to make you a champion – all you need to bring is the desire and the ability to work hard.
If you don’t want to compete, that is fine too (90% of our students do NOT compete at all). The difference between us and other schools is that other schools do not compete AT ALL and we believe that we have to in order to constantly refine our program.
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A WORD OF ADVICE
If you’re a beginner to Jiu Jitsu I must warn you about a few things – You should know that not all schools are created equal and it is very important that you make an educated decision before picking a school.
Due to the overwhelming popularity of the UFC and other Mixed Martial Arts events, everyone and their brother is re-labeling their schools as “MMA” or “Grappling” schools. As an experiment, go into last year’s phone book and see how many Karate schools have become “Mixed Martial Arts” schools. My point is: You have to be selective when choosing a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school.
In fact, you should NEVER join a school or BJJ program unless it meets ALL the following FIVE criteria:
- Their instructors are qualified. What are the instructors’ credentials? Have they competed? What is the reputation of the organization that they represent i.e. do they “sell” belts? Remember, if you want to be the best you have to learn from the best.
- The school MUST have a written curriculum. Is there a method to the madness? You’ll be shocked to know how many schools don’t follow a step-by-step program so neither the teacher nor the student knows where they are going and how far along they are. Surprising but true.
- The school must produce winners. Ask yourself, has this school produced any national champs or winning teams? No matter the credentials of the instructor, it does you no good if he can’t pass on that expertise. Find out who these winners are – are they all Div 1 athletes or are they taking “normal” people and bringing them to a championship level? What level are their best athletes competing and succeeding at?
- The school should have a diverse group of students. Some programs are attended only by casual non-competitive grapplers who just want a place to hang out and shoot the breeze. Other programs consist only of 18-25 year old tatoo-covered wannabe MMA fighters. Whether you want to be physically fit, learn self defense, train for the World Championships, are a man, are a woman, are out-of-shape, or are an Olympic athlete, the school should have a program for you when you start and a program to progress toward.
- The prices are NOT unbelievably low. Remember that you get what you pay for. Lots of places offer Jiu Jitsu and MMA training just like many restaurants have steak on the menu BUT there is a big difference between getting steak at Applebees and ordering steak at Ruth’s Chris. These “bargain” schools usually have dirty facilities, unqualified instructors, and limited schedules. Make sure you distinguish between AFFORDABILITY and VALUE if you are forced to consider training at these kinds of places.
Of course, it’s a given that the school should be clean and well-maintained, and the staff, courteous and professional.
