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October 14th, 2009

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7-26-2010

South Bay Open Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships

We here at MCBJJ are very proud with our Competition Team who recently participated in the 2010 South Bay Open. All of our students fought real hard with all their heart!

Our Kids

-Jaeboy: 1st place (pic coming soon)

-Jesus: 2nd place (pic coming soon)

-Eryk: 2nd place (pic coming soon)

-Christian: 3rd (pic coming soon)

All of our Kids are on a roll! They all placed in their respective divisions all earning distinctive recognition in the Jiu-Jitsu community! We are very proud of you guys!

Adults

-Congratulations for Max and Josh who both fought 5 matches and won 3! They both trained and fought with physical and mental toughness which earned them the spot of 4th place. (pics coming soon)

-Also congratulations to Jerry who also participated! This was his first tournament and was a great experience for him!

WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT TOURNAMENT!

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6-27-2010

TBJJ In-House Tournament!

We just want to congratulate all members who recently took place in TBJJ In-House Tournament. Thanks for all the support and especially to the ones who brought home the GOLD!

Josh Elizaga – Adult White Belt – GOLD MEDAL

Christian Luu – Kids Yellow Belt – GOLD MEDAL

Hasan – Kids White w/ Yellow Stripe – GOLD MEDAL

Congratulations and thank you for your hard work and dedication! You can view some of the fights @ http://www.youtube.com/user/MCBRAZILAINJIUJITSU

Josh Wins Gold!

Christian Luu Wins Gold!

Hasan Wins Gold!

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6-11-2010

No Gi Training with special guest

Just wanted to say thanks to Brent (Eddie Bravo Brown Belt) for stopping by, training with us, sharing some knowledge, and just having a good time!

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6-3-2010

Worlds BJJ Championship 2010

Congrats to Josh Elizaga for his hard work and determination during these competitions! It’s great to see him striving to improve himself and his bjj game!

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5-27-2010

MCBJJ Academy Closed for Memorial Day

We will be closed on MONDAY, MAY 31, 2010 for MEMORIAL DAY. Please have a nice holiday and see you on the mat on Tuesday, June 1st!

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5-26-2010

Friendly Rematch Challenge (Kids) Christian vs. Mason

Mason, an 11yr old Yellow belt from Street Sport BJJ in Santa Monica, CA challenged Christian Luu for a rematch during Open Mat this past Friday. Christian retains his win over Mason and does MCBJJ proud! Good sportsmanship from both kids! Thanks to Mason for showing great heart and determination. Overall another fun Open Mat @ MCBJJ

Finishes with straight armbar!

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5-16-2010

All American Jiu-Jitsu Tournament

-Congratulations to Jaeboy for placing 3rd in the All Amercians!
-Congratulations to Marcus Stein for placing 3rd in All Americans!

Good job guys, you fought hard and did a great job!

Jaeboy places 3rd at All Americans!

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5-12-2010

New Class for Women!!!

The Woman’s Self-Defense Fitness Program

The Woman’s Self Defense Fitness Program is a program that is aimed to provide the ultimate solution against attackers, sexual offenders, and rapists through the art of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. The techniques in this program are designed to help any woman escape from her attacker, whether she is on her feet or on the ground

Not only will the program provide the ultimate self-defense for women but also the training to become healthy physically, psychologically, and emotionally. The program will provide great physical training in becoming more physically fit.

NOW ENROLLING!!!

STARTS: JUNE 2ND, 2010

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5-10-2010

Schedule Changes for the Adult Class!

It is with great pleasure to announce that MCJJ Academy will undergo minor schedule changes for the Adults effective June 3, 2010. To accommodate our students we will be offering more classes to help improve our students here at MCBJJ Academy.

For our current Adult students, you do not need to worry about changing your schedule to come to MCBJJ Academy at a different time. For example, if you are a current student going to the Adult Class at 7:00pm on Mon/Tues/Thurs, then you can still go train at that same time.

One of our biggest schedule change involves the addition of classes on Wednesdays. There is now a BJJ All Levels Class at Wednesday nights!

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4-24-2010

5th MCBJJ Belt Ceremony!

Our belt ceremony was a great success, with several students receiving stripes and new belts! Congratulations for everyone who participated in our ceremony including providing food for our potluck, we couldn’t have done it without your support!

Rob Gets Promoted to BLACK BELT!

Future BJJ Legend in the works!

Kids Belt Promotion!

Promoted to Brown Belt!

Blue Belt Promotions!

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4-17-2010

MCBJJ Visalia, CA

Instructors Mark and Kayti Quesada, and Professor Marcelo Cavalcanti are teaching the most basic and important aspects of BJJ Fundamentals! These are some pictures from the Visalia, CA branch. More pictures are in the Gallery!

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4-5-2010

Pan-Americans 2010

MCBJJ COMPETITION TEAM WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE 2010 PAN-AMS IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA. HERE ARE OUR COMPETITORS AND THEIR FIGHT TIMES:

Thursday, ARPIL 8,2010:

11:30 PM: JESTIN ICASIANO
4:45 PM: ANDREW MCGREGOR
6:50 PM: JOSH ELIZAGA
6:50 PM: MARLON MERCADO

FRIDAY APRIL 9, 2010:

12:20 PM: HECTOR NAREZ

SATURDAY APRIL 10, 2010

9:00 AM: JULIO CRUZ

PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT OUR TEAM!!! (for more information, go to ibjjf.org)

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3-29-2010

MCBJJ Academy Workshop and 5th Belt Ceremony

On April 24, 2010, MCBJJ Academy will be hosting a FREE workshop with Professor Marcelo Cavalcanti and BJJ Black Belt Guests. Near the end of the event we will have a BJJ Demonstration. This event is open for everybody.

After the workshop, we will be having the 5th MCBJJ Belt Ceremony. So invite your friends and family to come and celebrate with us in our open house event!

Where: MCBJJ Academy

Workshop: 9:30 a.m.

Belt Ceremony: 11:00 a.m.

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3-29-2010

MCBJJ In-House Tournament Updates!

Congratulations to all who participated in the 5th MCBJJ In-House Tournament!

We would like to thank all the schools who participated including V-MAT, BRAZILIAN TOP TEAM, AND TINGUINHA!

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3-22-2010

No classes on Saturday, March 27th 2010

Due to the 5th MCBJJ In-House Tournament, there will be no classes on Saturday the 27th.

-Staff

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3-20-2010

Belt Promotion

On Saturday March 20, 2010, Kayti Quesada, winner of the Pan-Ams,
US-Open, and BJJ Nationals was promoted to purple belt by Professor
Marcelo Cavalcanti. We congratulate her for her hard work and
dedication to the art of brazilian jiu-jitsu!

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3-11-2010

Advanced BJJ Class

This is our advanced class that took place on March 11 2010. We had a
good time training that day filled with the higher ranking students
training very hard to improve.

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3-9-2010

Beginner’s Class

This is the MCBJJ beginner class on Monday, March 9 2010. The gym
was full today with a lot of students training hard to improve their
jiu-jitsu game.

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3-9-2010

MCBJJ 5th In-House Tournament

MCBJJ is proud to present its 5th In-House Tournament! Held March 27th, 2010 at Marcelo Cavalcanti Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Carson, CA. Below is our flyer.

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3-08-2010

MCBJJ Academy Workshop and 5th Belt Ceremony

After the workshop, we will be having the 5th MCBJJ Belt Ceremony. So invite your friends and family to come and celebrate with us in our open house event!

Where: MCBJJ Academy

Workshop: 9:30 a.m.

Belt Ceremony: 11:00 a.m.

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2-27-2010

Kids Pan-Ams Tournament

It was a incredible day of great competition during 2010 Pan-Ams as our Kids division brought home 3 Gold and 1 Bronze for the MCBJJ School! Congratulations to Jaeboy Alofaituli, Christian Luu, Jonathan Tanap for winning Gold, and Isaac Hernandez bringing home the Bronze! These guys have shown that hard work with great training by Professor Marcelo Cavalcanti pays off!

We also would like to say thanks to Professor Mauricio Tinguinha of TBJJ for supporting the MCBJJ teamn We would like to congratulate Jacob of TBJJ for winning 2nd place in the Kids Pan-Ams!

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Ist BJJ class at the city of Visalia with instructors Mark and Kayti Quesada. It was an incredible day with head MCBJJ instructor Marcelo Cavalcanti, who brought his 3 purple belt students Denney, Max, and Alex from the main MCBJJ Academy from Carson California.

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1/27/2010

Congratulations Chris Casarez for placing 1st in the Gracie Nationals Tournament!

Congrats Chris!

Congratulations Jaeboy Alofaituli for placing 3rd in the Kids Gracie Nationals Tournament!

Jae Wins 3rd Place!

We also would like to congratulate Josh Elizaga, Brian Marquez, and Kevin Long for their participation in the Gracie Nationals Tournament!

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MATCHES START SATURDAY, JAN. 23RD. the fights start (white belts start) 1:00pm.

The tournament is at the Los Angeles Convention Center at the LA Fitness Expo:

for more information about directions and scheduled fight s go to:

Spectator fees are $15.00 a day or $20.00 for the full weekend at the Expo.

http://www.gracietournaments.com/US_Nationals/Home.html

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MCBJJ ACADEMY will be closed on Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 25th for the Christmas Holidays. We will be open regular hours on Saturday the 26th.

MCBJJ ACADEMY will also be closed on Thursday December 31st, and Friday January 1st, 2010 for New Years Day. We will be open regular hours on Saturday, Jan 2nd 2010.

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CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED THEIR BELT AND STRIPE PROMOTIONS! Keep up the hard work!

Click Photo to view our Gallery Page!

Click Photo to view our Gallery Page

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Belt Ceremony – This Saturday 12/5/09 @ 11:00AM!

It’s a Lunch PotLuck so bring all your special dishes to share!

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You can find NEW pictures from 2009 SouthBay Open Tournament in the Gallery Section!

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-Congratulations Cesar Aldana for placing 1st in the 2009 Kids World BJJ Tournament!

-Congratulations Jayboy for placing 1st in the 2009 Kids World BJJ Tournament!

-Congratulations also for Jayboy winning the Best Submission Award

-Congratulations Christian Luu for placing 1st in the 2009 Kids World BJJ Tournament!

-We off special congratulations for Christian Luu winning Gold in 2 separate weight divisions

-Congratulations Isaac Hernandaz for placing 2nd in the 2009 Kids World BJJ Tournament!

-Congratulations David Beltran for placing 2nd in the 2009 Kids World BJJ Tournament!

-Also, congratulations for David Rudolph and Raymond Paisa for participation in the 2nd Kids World BJJ Tournament!

-Both had a good performance!

-MCBJJ Academy would like to thank all the parents who supported their children in the MCBJJ Kids Class!

*Pictures can be found @ our Gallery! http://www.mcbjj.com/category/gallery/

*Videos can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDLfKDRfIVc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drYauxApUn0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMNPsJNi_4

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Programs

October 14th, 2009

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Unlike most Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu schools, at our academy we work in accordance with your needs. Whatever your goals, our job is to provide a class that is fit for you to help you attain your objective. Whether you want to became a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion or just want to get in shape, we are here to assure you will reach your goals while you have a lot of fun rolling around. You will train under the close supervision of a certified instructor who will be constantly evaluating your progress on the mats to guarantee you the best results.

Marcelo Cavalcanti has over 18 years of experience in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has developed a curriculum with a large variety of drills and techniques that allow a better evaluation of the student’s progress. To optimize the learning process, students are taught in separated groups in accordance with their skills and experience. The curriculum was designed to help students at all levels to achieve the best result for their time and effort.

KIDS CLASSES

Drill Drill Drill! Practice makes perfect! Marcelo attends accordingly to your needs

The Kid’s class offers a fun, friendly and safe environment for your children. We work to develop the physical skills necessary to perform Jiu-Jitsu techniques and understand the applications of leverage. The classes are conducted under very close supervision of a certified instructor with many years of experience in training, teaching and competing. Kids will have a chance to develop a sense of discipline, respect and confidence. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes are also strongly recommended to increase awareness, physical conditioning, flexibility and self-esteem.

- Classes are taught my Marcelo and at least two assistants at any given time, ensuring your child gets the supervision and instruction he/she needs.
MMA kids
- Class is held once a week on Mondays from 5-6pm. Teaches proper standing up striking techniques and fundamentals.
Kids BJJ
- For children 7 years of age and older.
- Classes held twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5-6pm

ADULT / BEGINNER CLASSES

Beginners will initially focus on building a solid foundation in technique and theory with an emphasis placed on practical and efficient self-defense methods. A solid foundation in the basics is essential for progress in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Our beginner’s program provides the student’s the chance to learn all of the fundamentals of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in a dynamic and detailed class. Some of the beginner techniques include: Breaking falls, Take downs, Submissions, Escapes, Holds, and Leverage and balance techniques. The adult classes are open to men and woman.

ADULT / ADVANCED CLASS

Backflips are fun! Takedowns

Along with the continued development of the applications taught in the beginner’s classes, the advanced class allows you to train with multiple partners of varied skill levels, providing a more developed understanding of techniques and the fighting process.
Intermediate and advanced students will primarily focus on strategy, refining their technique and learning to “flow” with their opponent. As a student acquires increasing technical proficiency and skill, he or she will be allowed to apply their knowledge in free sparring sessions with other students. Sparring builds stamina and endurance while allowing the student to test their technical skills against an uncooperative opponent.

NO GI / SUBMISSION GRAPPLING

Backflips are fun! Takedowns

This class focuses on learning and applying all the effectiveness and versatility of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu without the traditional Gi (uniform). No Gi training is very similar to Jiu-Jitsu and is build on all the same principals. The participants do not wear the traditional kimono, therefore the techniques are slightly modified to accommodate inability to hold the opponent by the clothing. The training much like Jiu-Jitsu concentrates on the ground control and submissions. The No Gi/Submission classes are open to all ranks, but a good foundation in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu technique is strongly recommended.

The Women’s Self-Defense Fitness Program

Takedown! Takedowns

Standing Techniques

Countering someone while being pushed or pulled
Escaping a choke from the front or rear
Throwing teachniques
Blocking a punch
Punching and kicking
And much more…

Ground Techniques

Escaping from an attacker using the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Guard
Escaping from an attacker who is pinning you on the ground
Escaping form an assailant who is wielding a knife
And much more…

MUAY THAI

Thai Kick

Muay Thai is known as “King of the Ring” in kickboxing circles. These fights feature punches, kicks, elbows, knees, standing grappling and head-butts to wear down and knock out their opponent. Thai training methods develop devastating power, speed and superb cardio-vascular endurance as well as fighting spirit. Muay Thai training as also quite safe thanks to sophisticated pad training that evolved to keep fighters healthy between fights. Muay Thai has also proven very effective outside the ring and has been embraced enthusiastically by practitioners of a variety of self-defense, sporting, military and law enforcement activities. Our Muay Thai kickboxing program installs the fundamentals that all fighters will need to succeed at any level. Classes will employ a variety of workouts to keep students constantly learning and adapting. The class is a safe and enjoyable way to learn stand-up fighting techniques.

Our kickboxing classes will include:

Circuit workouts for conditioning
Striking fundamentals
Movement in fighting stance
Clinch techniques
Heavybag and Thai Pad training
Situational training (multiple attackers, etc.)

PRIVATE CLASSES

Private classes are a great way to improve your Jiu-Jitsu game. If you are having difficulty executing certain techniques or need to work on a certain aspect of your game, private classes give you an opportunity to take your skills to the next level.

You will learn new techniques appropriately designed to fit your body type and grappling style. The instructor will setup a plan to optimize your techniques and develop a strategy to help you to achieve the best results on the mat.

During your private class you will receive:

1-on-1 instruction
- All of the attention is focused on you without the distractions of a group class.
Technical Analysis
- The instructor will analyze the way you perform techniques, point out any flaws and work to correct them.

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Gallery

October 12th, 2009

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Thanks for checking out our Photo Gallery, Currently Still Under Construction, we’ll have more pics soon!

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Schedule

October 6th, 2009

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Frequently Asked Questions

October 6th, 2009

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What does “Jiu-Jitsu” mean?

Jiu-Jitsu translates to “the gentle art”, it is referred to as such because the art utilizes leverage and balance rather than force and strength. Also the finishing submissions are viewed as a more humane alternative to striking.

What is the difference between Classical or Japanese Jiu Jitsu and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?

There are numerous differences the main one being BJJ focuses more on ground grappling while Classical Jiu-Jitsu places a greater emphasis on standing grappling and striking.

Why do Jiu-Jitsu practitioners where the gi?

The gi serves as a teaching tool for developing a strong grip, balance, and control. Fighting with the gi requires a high level of precision and attention to detail; two tools essential for good Jiu-Jitsu.

What is the belt system in Jiu-Jitsu?

Belts in BJJ include white, blue, purple, brown, and black. Each successive belt represents an increased mastery of the art.

How long does it take to obtain a black belt?

This varies for each individual however it is usually between 8 and 15 years.

Why does Jiu-Jitsu focus on ground fighting?

First of all, it is a fact that nearly all real fights will go to the ground. Also, BJJ always prepares its fighters for a physically superior opponent, someone much bigger and stronger. Striking with a larger opponent is very dangerous, when on the feet the utilize leverage to his advantage and instead must try to match strength. On the ground leverage can be used to control and submit even the largest of foes. It has been proven time and again that if you can’t fight on the ground then you can’t fight.

Is Jiu-Jitsu effective against other styles of martial arts?

In MMA (mixed martial arts) matches and no-rules challenge matches Jiu-Jitsu has consistently proved its supremacy. Evidence of this can be found in the videos Gracies in Action I & II, a documentary in which the finest Jiu-Jitsu fighters took on and defeated all comers.

What are some of the physical benefits of training Jiu-Jitsu?

Jiu-Jitsu if the best workout I’ve ever experienced. In addition it improves balance, coordination, cardio vascular capacity, and muscular endurance.

Is Jiu-Jitsu beneficial for women?

Jiu-Jitsu is excellent for rape prevention and other forms of self-defense necessary for women. Also, since Jiu-Jitsu was designed for smaller people women will not find their lack of size a hindrance.

How are classes structured?

Most schools begin with a warm up of stretching and calisthenics, then a series of grappling related drills, followed by technique instruction, and finally a long period of sparing (also known as rolling).

Is it possible to learn Jiu-Jitsu simply by reading instructional books and watching videos?

No, those mentioned above should serve simply as supplements to a Jiu-Jitsu program. In order to learn and progress in the art one must have a qualified instructor and numerous training partners.

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