by Julius Park | Mar 13, 2015 | BJJ, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Competition Results, News
High School Senior, Vannessa Griffin went 8-0 at the 2015 Pan tournament in the Adult Female Blue Belt division and established herself as one of the USA’s top up-and-coming Jiu-Jitsu prospects. In the weight class, she defeated Dania Obeid, Barbara Masch, Madison...
by Julius Park | Feb 20, 2015 | Articles, BJJ, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, News
By: David Zwanetz I have been asked a lot of interesting great questions since I have been promoted to Brown Belt. One good one is: How difficult has it been? I often measure the struggle of a thing by comparing it to my experience in Law School. Not necessarily...
by Julius Park | Feb 20, 2015 | Articles, BJJ, Blog, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Competition Results, News
Matthew Vella was promoted to the rank of Brazilian jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt tonight, February 20, 2015. I received my blue belt in 2011 before moving to Maryland, and at that time I trained four to five times per week competing at local tournaments with mixed...
by Julius Park | Jan 16, 2015 | Articles, BJJ, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Training Tips
As Jiu-Jitsu instructors, we want a school much like the Island scene in Enter the Dragon – students uniformly executing their technically-sound techniques in effortless synchrony. A far cry from the reality of teaching, where students often develop a hodgepodge...
by Julius Park | Dec 11, 2014 | BJJ, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Gym Reviews
NATHAN: My name’s Nathaniel Chafe. I’m 27 years old, married, an accountant. Haven’t really been training that long, I’ve been here for 9 months now and enjoying every minute of it. My friend Andre had researched some schools in the...
by Julius Park | Nov 18, 2014 | BJJ, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, News
I began training in Martial Arts at the age of seven. By the age of 22, I was a 3rd degree black belt in Judo and Karate, and a 1st degree black belt in Aikido. I had become proficient in a number of weapons as well, especially the Japanese Katana. Beginning at the...
