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Check out these exciting details! This year at Copa Ontario on April 24 & 25 - there are guests including World Champions Royler Gracie & Xande Ribeiro, Special Guest Referee Andre ‘Negão’ Terencio & MMA's Jack Bateman (Warrior-1) PLUS ...
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Last weekend at the Academy was fantasticSaturday - Team TrainingIt was the first time I have been invited to Team Training and it was a 1st to be training beside Professor Britto. It wasn't a class but a training session that he was taking part in. Just ...
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How do you take your Jiu Jisu to the next level? I don't want good Jiu Jitsu. I want great Jiu Jitsu but there is something holding me back. I'm totally hooked on training. It's not an obsession or an addiction but simply now a way of life. Every time I s...
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Our friend from Oklahoma Rafael Lovato Jr had a $1000 Super Fight against Dante Rivera at Grapplers Quest 'Beast of the East Pros' last weekend. Check out the video.
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I've heard this shout from Jorge many times during competition.
"TORREANDO!! SCOTT!! TORREANDO!!"
'Torreando' (or Bull Fight Pass) is a way to pass the guard of your opponent by gripping the Gi pants by the knees and with a quick 'bull fight' yo...
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Not sure if Dana White ever visits A.T.T and rolls with Fitch or if he drops by Team Couture and trades with Forrest but the CEO for W1 (Warrior 1) in Montreal, Jack Bateman, was at Toronto BJJ this week and instead of just hanging about promoting the 'Ba...
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In an effort to add some options to my stand up game I have decided to take 1 Judo Class a week. So I put on the white belt last night and did an hour's class after Jiu Jitsu.
After warming up, Bobby Currie and Mike Nomikos (our Judo Black Belts) took my...
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Ok 1 more thing from Abu Dhabi in Montreal. The Fight Network had a quick report featuring Toronto BJJ, Professor Britto , Bruno Maron and Thomas Beach.
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Personal Goals
Last the first minute of each fight
Pull off a flying Armbar (so I would have a short fight)
Reach the Podium
Have fun
Close out the divsion with my team mates.
Then I learned I would be fighting in a lighter...
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I happened to run into the man behind the 50/50 Guard - Mr Ryan Hall while at The Abu Dhabi Pro Trials in Canada. I didn't want to be too much of a trainspotter but I did throw a couple of questions at him...
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As I hoped, this was a sort of 'coming out' tournament for 'Britto Jiu Jitsu' and Toronto BJJ on a Canadian National level. We arrived with a team of 35 competitors and when the dust settled our Academy had 15 medals and 1 fighter - Tommy Beach - heading ...
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Toronto BJJ wins 15 Medals and has a representative going to the ADCC's after the 2010 North American Qualifiers in Montreal. Here are a few of the qualifying round fights. Jonny Stephan, Fred Farari, Cory Watson, Kerry Marine, Eliezer Pedroso, Mike Nomik...
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Jiu Jitsu community websites GracieMag and Tatame both published articles today about Professor Britto's success at CCF5. The articles also had the Jorge Bitto VS Josh Kryejto fight video...which also feeatures Wanderlei Silva.
This is huge exposure for ...
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Rafael Lovato Jr is preparing for a big year. Setting his sites on the 'Triple Crown' (Mundials, Pan Ams, Brasileiro), training his competition team, preparing to debut in MMA and getting married means his calendar for 2010 is pretty full.
I had the plea...