Posts Tagged ‘kids martial arts’
Special thanks to Javier Vazquez!!
For those of you who missed it… Javier Vazquez joined Team Relson Gracie Colorado this past weekend and put on an awesome seminar. We appreciate Javier taking the time away from his family and academy to train with us. We look forward to seeing Javier again soon.
We are very proud to announce that teammate and Coach Wes Glassmeyer was promoted to Purple Belt earlier this month. For anyone who has ever trained in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu you understand how hard this is to achieve. Wes has dedicated himself to the Gracie lifestyle and we are proud to have him as a leader in the RGA family. Congratulations Wes!! Keep up the hard work.
Knee locks, ankle locks, toe holds, and heel hooks.
This is a very hot area under discussion in terms of use, safety, when and with whom to use them on. I have read lots of articles and blogs that are strongly for training with them and some against them. As I see it, they are part of the grappling world, and learning how to use them also trains a person how to defend against them.
We are proud to congratulate the Relson Gracie Colorado competition team for a great performance at this past weekend’s NAGA Colorado Championships. All competitors showed courage, heart, determination and skill in their quest to become champions and our team proudly brought home multiple championship belts and gold medals.
Keep training hard!! Win, Lose or Draw we learn every time we hit the mats! This is a personal journey, enjoy it.
Check out the NAGA photo album to see your team in action
Last month we had a small group head out to California to compete in the pan ams. For those of who are new to the academy or have no idea what I’m talking about, the pan ams is one of the toughest competitions next to the world championships… it’s no joke!
pronounced “Ohws”
The famous “OSS” has many origins. The first definition of “OSS” as an abbrevition for Onegai Shimasu, which translates into a request, a solicitation, an invitation like “please”, “if you may” or “with your permission”, much used when inviting a partner to train.
The second definition of “OSS”, also known as “ossu” ( it doesn’t matter how you spell it in English), means Oshi Shinobu, which conveys the idea (the literal translation has nothing to do with the context) of “persevering when pushed”, or in other words, never give up, have determination, grit and withstand the most arduous of training. Carrying on without giving up, under all kinds of pressure – that’s the idea of inner strength so common in Asian culture.
Earlier this month we had a small group of competitors step on the mat and represent Relson Gracie Colorado in the Fight to Win Tournament of Champions 10. Proudly 90% of our competitors placed in their respective divisions; the majority brought home the Gold!! I’m very proud of the results, with about 10 competitors we took 8th place! Next tournament lets push for at least 30 competitors and see what the results are. Keep up the hard work as I look forward to our team building on this success at the next competition.
This how some of us brought in the New Year. If you’re looking for self defense, confidence or to get in shape, Jiu jitsu is a awesome way to achieve your goals and have a blast doing it! I encourage anyone out there to looking for something new to add to there life, to come in and try out 2 FREE
By Chris Ferguson
As young students tangle and contort on a floor of wall-to-wall mats, jiu-jitsu instructor Steve Hordinski watches and gently corrects the young combatants.
Hordinski, owner of Relson Gracie Colorado, is in the business of molding youngsters into more confident people, one technique at a time.
Special thanks to Jim Hannan and Jen Sutingo for coming out to train with us, it was a real pleasure having the two of you out here. If anyone is interested in learning REAL Gracie Jiu jitsu, sign up for 2 free classes and see if Gracie Jiu jitsu is right for you!
The water is purest closest to the spring! Its a honor to have Master Relson Gracie as my teacher and friend. Special shout out to Ron from Fight Jobs… Thanks for everything my friend. Lastly but most important, Im very thankful to all my students and friends on the mat… I love you all
Professor Steve Hordinski
It’s going to be a exciting time for RGA in 2012. We have alot of momentum coming into the New Year and a lot of new faces are stepping onto the mat for the first time. We would like to welcome you all to the team and family. To everyone who has been with us from the begining, this would never be possible without you. We will continue to grow and inspire our students to be the best they can be on and off the mats!
Relson Gracie Staff
Great job to all our competitors this past weekend! Heather once again went to war bringing home three golds, Scott made quick work of his competion bringing home the gold and giving all in the open. The kids carried the team this competition racking up a lot of points and medals, awesome job kids! I have recounted the points and submitted the corrections and all in all we tied for third with Infinite MMA according to my recount of the points.
RELSON GRACIE COLORADO
WOMEN BJJ ABSOLUTE
1ST HEATHER RAFTREY- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=4
KIDS BJJ 5 TO 7 YEAR OLDS
2ND ANDERW CHITTUM- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=2
2ND KEEGAN HOFFMAN- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=2
1ST GARRICK LEVESQUE- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=4
3RD SAYLOR PALMER- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=1
1ST DARIAN HOWARD- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=4
3RD BENICIO ARCHULETA- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=1
1ST ZAC BRUNETTE- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=4
1ST ROMAN CRUZ- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=4
2ND KEEGAN HOFFMAN- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=2
2ND FRANKLIN CRUZ- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=2
1ST DARIAN HOWARD- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=4
WOMEN BJJ
1ST HEATHER RAFTERY- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=4
WOMEN NO GI
1ST HEATHER RAFTERY- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=4
MASTERS BJJ
3RD FABIO MELENDEZ- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=1
MENS BJJ
1ST SCOTT BRUNDAGE- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=4
2ND ANDREW GARST- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=2
3RD WESS GLASSMEYER- RELSON GRACIE COLORADO=1
My count might be wrong but I think we brought like 17 competitors and took home 18 medals!
Gold=9
Silver=5
Bronze=4
Total points: 50
Thanks to all of the competitors for getting out there and doing work! Special thanks to everyone that helped get these warriors ready, as well as everyone that came to support. I’m very proud to have all of you on the team, IT’S A FAMILY!!! Lastly I would like to give a shout out to Seth Daniels for putting on another outstanding tournament.
Professor Steve Hordinski
Javier is one of the most technical Jiu jitsu practitioners I have worked with and a great friend. Check this counter out its pretty smooth
In this video I show a variation I use to setup the submission. Its pretty smooth, fast and sneaky.
