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-------------RBJJ NEWS-------------- 4-01-08 - It’s been a great month of March here at the Richmond BJJ Academy, and it’s looking to be an even better April! First, the BJJ Pan American Championships were this past weekend (Friday, March 29th through Sunday, March 31st) in Los Angeles, California! The Pan Ams are the 2nd largest BJJ tournament in the world. We sent out Andrew Smith, Tommy Yun, Jon Burnley (JB), and Devin Jones to represent for the BJJ Revolution Team! A huge congrats to you guys for going out, giving it your all, and representing the Team! We are proud of you all! A HUGE congratulations to long-time Richmond BJJ Academy student, and Revolution BJJ Academy Instructor Andrew “Goatfury” Smith for winning Gold in the Masters Brown Belt Middleweight Division! Andrew won all three of his matches to bring home the Gold! We are proud of you, Andrew!!!
03-08-08 - The Julio 'Foca' Fernandez Seminar offered students an opportunity to train with 'The Source' of the RBJJ style of Jiu-Jitsu. Mr. Fernandez is an undefeated 6th Degree BJJ Black Belt, and life-long student of Carlson Gracie, Sr. "Foca" gave brief glimpses of what Brazilian life was like back in the day, offering a wide variety of stories and life's lessons along the way (not to mention some outstanding Jiu-Jitsu techniques!). Thanks again to Mr. Fernandez and all of the student's who attended. It was a fantastic day with a large, energetic turnout! ...Click here for more Congratulations to Chris Ferguson on receiving his Blue Belt, and to Russ Helm on receiving his Brown Belt!!!...more here 02-09-08 - The BJJ Revolution Team Seminar series kicked off 2008 with a full house and 3+ hours of instruction devoted to "Half Guard, from the top" ...Click here for more 12-09-07 - The BJJ Revolution Team Seminar series finished the year with 3 hours of instruction, as well as some well-deserved belt promotions. .Congratulations to Jarrod Aune, Son Duong, Scott Eckert, Chrissy Linzy, Thomas McCreary, Bryan Moore, James O' Brien, Fahs Wood and Chris Zabrosky on receiving they're blue belt)! Congratulations to Acie Bryan and Eddie McCumiskey on receiving they're Purple Belts! 10-13-08 - Congratulations to Richmond Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy's Head Instructor Eric Burdo, who was promoted to Black Belt. ...read more
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---------REVOLUTION NEWS -------- 04-01-08 - We are extremely excited and proud to announce a superstar seminar weekend here at Richmond BJJ Academy! On Saturday, April 26th Carlson Gracie Black Belts Hannette Staack (2007 Abu-Dhabi Submission Wrestling Middleweight and Absolute/open weight Women’s Champion, 2007 World BJJ Champion) and Aaron Lapointe (his third time visiting Richmond BJJ!) will be teaching a BJJ Seminar, from 12pm – 3pm, for only $60! We are only offering 40 spaces for this seminar, so please sign up asap! Also, on Sunday, April 27th, Hannette will be teaching a women’s-only BJJ seminar, from 11am – 2pm! This seminar will be only $50, and only 30 spaces will available, so please reserve your spot now! For those that wish to attend both seminars, we have a special deal! Attend both seminars (six hours of training with two amazing Black Belts) for only $90 total!!! Quick clip of Hannette winning the 2007 Abu Dhabi Submission Grappling Championships Womens’ Absolute Division (by flying armlock):
Hannette winning her finals match at the 2007 Mundials (World Championships) of BJJ (by armlock):
A flyer for this seminar will be sent out to each of you shortly with bios, pics, and more info! With that said, we will not be having our normal Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes that weekend (no BJJ classes on Saturday, April 26th or Sunday, April 27th), but will still have our 11am Saturday Muay Thai class. Please adjust your training schedules accordingly. BJJ Revolution Team announcement: Starting April 1st, 2008, The Richmond BJJ Academy, Revolution BJJ Academy and Integrated Grappling Arts will be offering a free training day each month to each of our full-time BJJ students! In other words, if you are training Unlimited BJJ at Richmond BJJ, you are welcome to visit Revolution BJJ and Integrated Grappling Arts once a month each for free! This also applies for all full-time students of Revolution BJJ and Integrated Grappling Arts. This offer is to help promote the Team, and allow our full-time students the opportunity to train with our other students locally. If you want to train more than once per month at one of our other gyms, or if you are a part-time BJJ student, you will have to pay a drop-in fee of only $10 per class! A great deal for everyone! Please visit our affiliate Academies and get some great training in!
03-15 08 - George Penergrass Classic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament, Wake Forest N.C. March 15th
A huge congratulations to Richmond BJJ head instructor (and VA BJJ Revolution Team leader) Eric Burdo, who beat rival Dennis Hayes in a tough and technical match by the score of 4-2. Click below to watch the Fight! BJJ Revolution Team took 3rd in the team points at the tournament, a huge accomplishment considering the 3 hour drive from Richmond! Congratulations to the team! Congratulations to Eddie McCumiskey (2nd Place), Matt Fuller (1st Place), David Charbonneau (1st Place), Lenny Greenberg (3rd Place), and Scott Eckert on their fantastic performances! Thanks to everyone else who made the drive to support Eric and the Team! 01-19-08 - US GRAPPLING - DOMINION GRAPPLING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Richmond VCU Seigle Center. Special Thanks to
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