Archive for February, 2008

Creating Black Belts

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

The road to a black belt is a hard journey. Many Brazilian black belts joke that you will lose a couple of body parts to get there. Well, I have suffered many injuries (some serious) and have vowed that it will not happen at OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA. There is ...

Call Us The Academy of 200.

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

In order to focus on the quality of instruction, pay attention to the students, and keep everything moving smoothly we will have to limit the enrollment to 200 students. We probably have the most balanced and unique program anywhere. The combination of Gi, NO-Gi, MMA, and our DefendFast and the quality ...

Thomas Bunbury Casts For American Gladiators

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Thomas Bunbury, OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA personal trainer, casted for the 2nd series of the American Gladiators. He is in the final rounds and wish him luck!

James Wilks wins at Gracie National

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

James Wilks, OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA instructor, took the gold medal at the Gracie National in Los Angeles. He won 1st place in the No-Gi division at the 185 lb category. James is also a professional MMA fighter and accomplished martial artists with many black belts in other disciplines.

DefendFast for Law Enforcement

Friday, February 15th, 2008

The Defendfast course will start on Feb 24 at 1:30pm. The course is designed for law enforcement personnel who are in harms way. The course is realistic with LE performing muscle memory functions with gun take aways, retention, knife defense, arrest control and etc., There will be a few select civilians ...

Good luck Eduardo!

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Eduardo Arrivebene, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor at OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA, decided to change careers and pursue his dream of becoming a paparazzi in Hollywood. Some of Eduardo's pics have been featured in magazines such as US and People. We wish him luck in his new career.

MMA is not BJJ

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Once upon a time Royce Gracie dominated the UFC with his BJJ skills. That was a long time ago and he was easily defeated by Matt Hughes (not a BJJ specialist (but who passed his guard like butter)) who got clobbered by George St. Pierre. Many people (even in BJJ) ...