Brackets for the Houston BJJ Open Posted…

Alfonso Washington wants to redeem himself after a 0-0 Judges Decision at the European BJJ Championships. Al also has a Muay Thai smoker bout next weekend so he is keeping himself busy in all areas of fighting!

Big Al's Division - White Belt Ultra

Tye Ryan Murphy and Kevin Dalton are both looking to get solid IBJJF tournament experience. Tye had a strong showing at the European BJJ Championships where he won 3 before losing on points to the eventual champion and will build upon that to get onto the medal stand in Houston.  In Tye’s way is US Nationals medalist Trevor Cowan, who should be the biggest challenge on that page.  On the other side of the bracket is Team Third Law’s Kevin Dalton, who is one of Roberto’s most active competitors and also a political activist.

Tye Ryan Murphy's Division - Blue Middle page 1/2

Tye Ryan Murphy Division - Blue Middle page 2/2

Evan “Oz” Gideon should have some good matches and is one of the favorites to win the division. Evan is looking forward to a rematch with Shiloh Roberts (Lovato BJJ) who defeated him by two points in the semi-finals of the US Nationals last year.  This is “Oz” first IBJJF tournament of the year and he is excited.  In 2009, with less than one year of training, he was able to make the Elite Eight of the PanAms and take double Bronze’s at the US Nationals – a solid foundation for the 2010 competition season.

Evan Gideon's Division - Blue Middle Heavy

Roberto Torralbas' Division - Purple Middle

Off to Leo Dalla’s for More Hard Training

The hard training continued on Sunday with a few members of Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu heading down to Woodbridge, VA for Leo Dalla’s BJJ class.  We almost never get to train with Leo’s guys so it was great to get on the mat with Leo, Nakapan, and some of their top students.  Lloyd Irvin sent a few of his killers from Camp Springs as well.   The training had a lot of positional sparring and also some visualization exercises at the end to close out the session. 

The preparation for the Houston International Open (BJJ), and the next round of Muay Thai and MMA smoker fights is going very well!

Happy Valentines Day!

More Night Martial Arts Classes Added

Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has expanded its schedule to include additional late evening martial arts classes. For all you night owls, we will now have Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes at 10 PM, Monday through Thursday!

If you have been reading our blog, you’ll know that one of our goals for 2010 is to expand to a 24 hours schedule so our clients can train at their convenience.  The BJJ classes are the first step toward that goal; we hope to add Muay Thai Kickboxing classes as well as Mixed Martial Arts classes to the late evenings and then to the early mornings to give the full spectrum of realistic martial arts training at any time.

Please give us call at (443) 283-1450 if you need to expand your training plan to include the additional classes.

Team Lloyd Irvin Voted “Best Grappling Team of the Decade”

Congratulations to all the competitors from our Baltimore area school and all the competitors that represented Team Lloyd Irvin during the past 10 years.  Its a great accomplishment to win consistently over the course of a decade and we will continue to push to do it again!

The OFFICIAL Top Ten Teams of the Decade (1999-2009) at Grapplers Quest are:

TIE-10. Royler Gracie/Dave Adiv/Lou Vintaloro/Mike Mrkulic/Chris Savarese

TIE-10. Saulo & Alexandre Ribeiro/Rafael Lovato, Jr.

9. Carlson Gracie/Ricardo Calvacanti

8. Yamasaki Jiu Jitsu/Mario and Fernando Yamasaki/Francisco Neto/David Jacobs

7. Alliance/Paragon Jiu Jitsu/Franjinha Miller/Jeff Glover/Bill Cooper

6. Machado/Amilcar “Mica” Cippili and Walter Vital

5. Relson Gracie/Team Balance Studios/Phil and Ricardo Migliarese

4. American Top Team/Ricardo Liborio/Best Way/Andre Almeida “Dedeco”/Luigi Mondelli

3. Cobra Kai/Marc Laimon

2. Gracie Barra/Renzo Gracie/Ricardo Almeida

1. Team Lloyd Irvin/Leo Dalla/Jared Weiner/Brad Court/Mike Moses

You can read the full writeup here…

http://www.grapplersquest.com/blogs/briancimins/best-grappling-team-decade

Happy Holidays from Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu!

Happy Holidays from everyone here at Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu!

Please enjoy the time with your families and friends.  Eat, drink, and be merry because come January we are going right back into the swing of things with a local tournament on the 9th as well as the IBJJF European Open in Lisbon, Portugal.

Remember, the schedule can be found at our main website by clicking Crazy 88 JiuJitsu Class Schedule.

The uninterrupted Adult Training schedule will resume SUNDAY, January 3rd.

Children’s Martial Arts classes restart the following day, MONDAY, January 4th.

Please note that the school is not closed.  In fact, we have been having some good Open Mat training sessions with Roberto Torralbas and Fred Ramie back in town.   Check the schedule above for the times.

New Brown Belt @ Team Lloyd Irvin Baltimore – Mike Atkin!

This is a SERIOUS Training Room - Mike Easton, Mike Fowler, Nyjah Easton, Lloyd Irvin, Mike Atkin, Jon Delbrugge, Danny Ives, JC Cuffee, Don Achnick, Robbie Sanyal

Master Lloyd Irvin promoted Crazy 88 instructor, Mike Atkin to Brown Belt this morning!  Mike was Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s first ever student and has more International competition medals for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu than anyone else at the school.  Mike is an inspiration to all the students here – He is on the mats training almost everyday although he is in his mid-50’s.

Of course, Mike had to go through the brutal promotion gauntlet where he had to face everyone in the room in back-to-back matches with no break (and this time, it was after a full-blown training session with the killer squad).  It was a near-death experience but all worth it in the end.

Ambivalence - a state of having simultaneous, conflicting feelings toward a person or thing

Mike Atkin tries to survive against Mike Fowler's famous 1/2-guard!

Too tired to defend the back...

Mike Atkin vs. Lloyd Irvin - The Final Battle

Danny Ives Whips Mike Atkin! Is this what Ivey League MMA is all about?!?

Mike Fowler Winds Up!

But Its All Good in the End!

In other news, Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu will be starting its After-School Martial Arts Program with Pickup in Early 2010! See everyone there!

Devastator In Brazil – Ready to Rumble after some Craziness!

Jon “Devastator” Delbrugge got the call on Wednesday that Team Lloyd Irvin needed him to fly to Brazil to cover Mike Fowler and JT Torres as they compete in the World League Pro Jiu Jitsu Tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  This would be a great opportunity for Jon as he would be able to make his debut in Brazil as well.  Because it is so expensive to fly to the USA, non-Black Belt Brazilian competitors often are unable to come the United States for tournament.  However, Brazil remains the dominant country in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition so it is valuable to begin competing against their talent early.

Jon had to make back to back trips to Washington DC to secure a visa, pack his stuff, drive to Camp Springs to pick up the film equipment, and then hop on a plane in under 24 hours.  Quite a feat but he is ready to go!

It looks like its going to a be a hell of a tournament…

FAIXA ROXA MASCULINO ADULTO MEIO PESADO

-FELIPE COSTA (ATOS JJ)
-GUSTAVO KARAN ( CHECK MAT)
-JOÃO PAULO MEDEIROS ( PEIXOTINHO)
-ARNALDO DE OLIVEIRA ( BARBOSA JJ)
-ANTONIO FERREIRA ( GUIGO JJ )
-GUILHERME MOTTA ( GRACIE BARRA )
-MAURICIO CRISTO ( BARBOSA)
-PAULO CUNHA ( CIA PAULISTA )
-LUCIO FILHO (PEDRA 90)
-JONATHAN DELBRUNGE ( LOYDIRVIN)
-GLAUBER DE SOUZA ( ORLANDO SARAIVA)
-FABIO CAVERNA ( GABRIEL WILOX )
-WESLEY SCARFACE (ALLIANCE)

and Jon’s open division

FAIXA ROXA ADULTO ABSOLUTO

-JOSE CARLOS (GF TEAM)
-VITOR SILVERIO (GF TEAM)
-GABRIEL DEZOTTI (ATOS JJ)
-CARLOS ROBERTO DA SILVA (BUSHIDO )
-EDUARDO CARNEIRO (ASS. TRINDADE )
-MIGUEL ANKA (SUL JJ )
-BRUNO CUPARI (BRASA JJ)
-RAFAEL DOMINGUES (BRASA JJ)
-MARCO ANTONIO MONTEIRO (NOVA UNIAO )
-GABRIEL LUCAS (CHECK MAT )
-RAFAEL DE SOUZA (GORDO JJ )
-LUCAS THEODORO (ALLIANCE )
- FELIPE COSTA (ATOS JJ )
-FRANCISCO FILHO (HEDER ARAUJO JJ )
-JADER CABRAL (ATOS JJ )
-OTAVIO SERAFIM (BARBOSA JJ )
-WALTER CARDOSO (ALLIANCE )
-JULIOCESAR MORAES ( CLEITO SOARES JJ )
- RAFAEL SILVEIRA (CLEITO SOARES JJ )
-MURILO ALVES (GRACIE BARRA )
*FABIO DE  ANDRADE (GUIGO JJ )
-GABRIEL MARTINS (INTEGRAÇAO jj)
-MARCO A. CASTRO (CHECK MAT )
-THIAGO MASCARENHAS ( GRACIE BARRA )
-ADRIANO DOS SANTOS (KIHON)
-WELLINGTON SANTOS (GRACIE HUMAITA )
-BRENNO NOVAES (NOVA UNIAO )
- THIAGO FERREIRA (CHECK MAT )
-JEAN FERNADES (CHECK MAT )
-FABIO AHAMUD (CHECK MAT )
-PEDRO  FERNANDES (CHECK MAT )
-DIOGO REIS (CHEK MAT )
-THIAGO GAIA (CHECK MAT)
-ANDERSON COELHO (CHECK MAT )
-JOAO PAULO MEDEIROS (PEIXOTINHO JJ )
-RENATO SILVA (CHECK MAT )
-LUIS CARLOS DAMASCENO(KIHON)
-RODRIGO BARBOSA (ALLIANCE )
-LEONARDO MOURA (ALLIANCE)
-THIAGO XIMENEZ (ALLIANCE)
-EKKE LEINONEN (ALLIANCE )
-RICARDO CALOI (ALLIANCE)
-JOSE DOS SANTOS JR. (ALLIANCE)
-BRUNO DIAS (LOTUS CLUBE )
-MARCIO ANTUNES (NUCLEO JJ )
-ARNALDO DE OLIVEIRA (BARBOSA JJ )
- EDUARDO TOSCANO (GRACIE BARRA VIX)
-LEANDRO BATIS TA (GRACIE BARRA BH )
-FABIO DA MATTA (LIGA JJ )
-FABIO JR. (CHECK MATT )
-IGOR ARCANJO (CHECK MAT)
-FABIO LAGO (GO FIGHT )
-RAFAEL NAVES (NUCLEO JJ )
-PEDRO BORGES (GORDO JJ )
-GUILHERME MOTA (GRACIE BARRA )
-JEFERSON MILANO (FIGHT/FITNESS)
-MAURICIO CRISTO (BARBOSA JJ )
-EDGAR SILVA  (BRONX GT )
-CHARLES OLIVEIRA (BRONX GT )
-ADILSON CHIERI (CIA PAULISTA )
-THIAGO SALIM (CIA PAULISTA )
-DAVI  RAAB  (CIA PAULISTA )
- RAFAEL QUEIROZ (SAIKOO)
-ANDERSON CARLOS (RYAN GRACIE)
- RICARDO SEIXA (RYAN GRACIE )
-MARIO JUNIOR (RYAN GRACIE )
-JONATHON DELBRUGE (LLOYD IRVIN )
-GLAUBER DE SOUZA (ORLANDO SARAIVA)
-FABIO CALOI (ALLIANCE)

Emergency Room Physicians Attend MMA Seminar

Dr. Veronica Deza & Jon Delbrugge at the MMA Safety Presentation

Dr. Veronica Deza invited the instructors of Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu up to Franklin Medical Hospital to speak on some of the medical issues involved with Mixed Martial Arts training. With the popularity of MMA increasing and the explosion of “MMA schools” trying to cash in on the trend, doctors will unfortunately be seeing a lot more injuries from MMA training. It is commendable that they are attending these presentations as to better understand the mechanics of the sport.

Dr. Deza is the mother of Aiden and Madeline who are both involved in our Childrens Martial Arts Program and is actively involved herself in the Womens Only Kickboxing.

Medical Issues in MMA Seminar at Franklin Square Hospital

Dr. Deza Speaks about Medical Issues in MMA

Julius Park and Jon Delbrugge were on hand at Franklin Square Hospital to assist Dr. Veronica Deza with her talk on “Medical Issues in Martial Arts.”  Dr. Deza is the mother of Aiden and Madeline who are both involved in our Childrens Martial Arts Program.  We gave a short demonstration on MMA techniques and submission holds so the doctors would be more familiar with the mechanics of injury prevalent in MMA.

Timothy Spriggs Featured on DigitalSports.com

Timothy Spriggs AKA #1 Stunna was featured on the website DigitalSports.com which focuses young athletes.  #1 Stunna is one of our most dedicated students and his hard work paid off.  He recently set a school record: 13 months to Blue Belt division title (no previous grappling experience).  This is Spriggs’ last week here before he heads off to college so the timing of the article couldnt’ be more appropriate.

For Mount St. Joseph’s Tim Spriggs, Real Life Imitates T.V. ‘Martial’ Art “

Tim Spriggs already was involved in karate for about a year when he was drawn to mixed martial arts one night just over 13 months ago while watching a biography of a competitor on television.

“I was up late and watching television, and there was a story about Rorion Gracie on ESPN. I saw him demonstrate some moves and I was instantly hooked,” said Spriggs, 17, a June 2 graduate of Mount St. Joseph High of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association.

“A couple of months later, I viewed a 60 Minutes broadcast on mixed martial arts,” Spriggs said. “The next day, I called Julius Park of Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and started training that night.” Rest of the Article Here.