Empowering your life through the martial arts
Thomas Bunbury, OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA fitness coach, has been chosen as an alternate in the American Gladiator series. After many interviews Thomas has managed to break through in Hollywood and land this coveted role.
One of the students at OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA is a Kung Fu sifu and will conduct an interesting array of Tai Chi and Kung Fu training Saturday mornings.
More information to come.
The 12 pm Saturday class will be changed from Advanced to Basic/Advanced BJJ. Members of the Black belt or Master program with limited martial arts are invited to take this class.
OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA has made an affiliation with the Rigan Machado Association. All belt rank courses and upper belt promotions will be overseen by Rigan Machado.
Steven Kroesen, OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA student, recently won his weight division in the NoGi division at the last NAGA championships in Las Vegas. Top winners won a samurai sword which Steven is proudly displaying with his instructor Roger de Freitas.
Steven trains 6 days a week. Hard work does pay off. While other martial arts schools have 2 or 3 kid classes a week, OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA has the most comprehensive MMA program for kids. The California Pankration Association (MMA for kids) holds class at the academy every Sunday at 12pm.
One of Steven’s other instructors is World Abu Dhabi Champion Rani Yahya. How many kids have an opportunity to train with top level competitors? Usually it is with a blue belt instructor with under 1 year of training.
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 always a smarter way to approach problems - it depends where your vantage point is. Peering from the black belt, I know that more technical training, a slower introduction to free training, and analysis can circumvent any need for constant hard and injury prone training.
What is the goal? If you want to be the baddest fighter in the world, you have a very long journey. It is only a journey of satisfying your ego since there is really no financial rewards.
Some students, like many other students at other academies, gauge their progress on who they beat that day. This day-to-day progression will lead to humiliation (yes you will get tapped by a lower belt and it is normal), frustration, and finally, that student will quit in the end.
So what is the goal of getting a black belt? Like anything else in life, it is about not quitting and accomplishing that goal. Whether it is in business or life, accomplishing goals is a powerful way to succeed in life. Having caring instructors can also help with that journey.
It is our goal to help you attain a black belt, but not to compromise your life.
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 of our instruction is second to none.
Enrollment will be closing by the end of spring.
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, 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.
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 who will participate and who have qualified themselves with serious intentions.
The course will also be taken outside with revolving scenarios involving automobiles and etc.,
The philosophy of OC Jiu Jitsu and MMA is embodied within this course. The term “martial” is affiliated with war (the God Mars), and so it is the “art of war”. This course is not performed with wrapped hands to make it look serious (there are some “self defense schools that use this gimmick) nor with a uniform. It is designed to defend yourself in a life threatening situation.
LE personnel who are students of the school have taken the first step toward longevity in their profession. As for the others, I hope they know how to flip a coin.