The reason for the visit this weekend was a seminar with Rey Diogo.Ricardo “Rey” Diogois a 4th degree black belt under Carlson Gracie Senior with an impressive list of tournament championships. He’s also an excellent instructor and a generally nice guy. I had attended a couple of his se...
it is not just our end goal that should determine which school you pick. Yes, you might want to be a recreational athlete with occasional tournament experiences, full-out competitors,s or just have fun. However, that is looking
Rorion appointed his younger brotherRoyce gracieto represent the Jiu-Jitsu their family had created, and entered him into the tournament. Although not as strong or big as his other brothers, Rorion felt Royce would make a better example of the effectiveness of BJJ in defeating larger and stronge...
I met Justin Morris at a local tournament called Combat Corner, he was actually my ref for my NOGI and GI matches and right before we walked out of the tournament at the end of the day he came up to my team and asked me why I didn’t have a blue belt. After talking for a coupl...
In 2008, Lizares would win the professional absolute division in the Grapple Fest Hawaii no-gi tournament – where he would submit eventual UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks in the semifinals – and, later in the year, would start the gym he always wanted to be a member of. “I ...