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Lazers Pointed at Crazy 88 Kids Team
Posted on July 29th, 2010 1 commentStressed out from dealing with children all day, the Crazy 88 staff decided to take the kids to Lazer Tag to relieve their pent-up aggression. Aiden bore the brunt of the laser assault as he stood dead center against the Red Team. Years of video game playing did not come in handy as Coach Jon and Coach Chris decimated Team Stunna. Next week, its to the Smithsonian!
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Crazy 88 Summer Program Visits National Air & Space Museum
Posted on July 14th, 2010 1 commentThe Crazy 88 Summer Program Kids took a break from 3-a-day Mixed Martial Arts practices to visit the National Air and Space Museum in Virginia. It was all planes and rocketships and helicopters. Although most of the adults fell asleep during the IMAX movie about engines and all sorts of other gadgetry, the subject matter was apparently quite intriguing to those 12 years old and under. The infamous beltway traffic which mentally decimated the staff was seemingly also quite enjoyable for the van-riding children. Overall a very dichotomous experience.
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Mendes Bros No-Gi Grappling Seminar
Posted on June 27th, 2010 1 commentToday was the No-Gi Submission Grappling Seminar with Rafael and Guilherme Mendes. Rafael is the 2009 Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling Champion in the under-65 kg category. At that event, Rafael defeated two legends – Leozinho Viera and Rubens Charles aka Cobrinha. The seminar was packed again, with both Team Lloyd Irvin students and visitors who were interested in learning from the BEST (there were grapplers who drove all the way from Florida for this seminar). Everyone learned a lot – especially an important point about passing on the knees and on the toes in gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu vs. no-gi! Can you figure out which passing style goes with which type of grappling?
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Rafael Mendes & Guilherme Mendes BJJ Seminar was PACKED!
Posted on June 26th, 2010 No commentsIt was a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu overload this Saturday in Camp Springs, Maryland where Team Lloyd Irvin hosted Rafael and Guilherme Mendes for the first day of a two-day Jiu-Jitsu extravaganza. The brothers have actually been here since Monday, training with the team 3x a day, but today would be the start of the “official” seminar.
Rafael and Guilherme are two “prodigies” of BJJ and grappling (I use quotes because they have strong beliefs regarding talent and training). Both are World Champions at the Black Belt level. Guilherme is the 2nd person in history to win the Worlds at every belt in consecutive years and Rafael also holds a Gold medal from the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships.
The mats were filled with enthusiastic students – some from Texas, some from New York, and even some from Florida! As a coach, I am excited to begin implementing some of the new drills, positions, and philosophies that we picked up over the course of the week.
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2010 Worlds Brackets Released (Blue Belts)
Posted on June 2nd, 2010 1 commentBlue Belt Rooster
“Lawyer” Dave Zwanetz set a goal for himself of placing at an International level Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament last year after he missed the World Championships. He has been competing regularly since then and recently took Gold at the NY Open. Having defeated multiple past medalists in local tournaments, Dave has a strong chance to get onto the medal stand this year in Long Beach.
Blue Belt Light Feather
Clarence Melton came off a long Jiu Jitsu layoff with a vengeance, going to the BJJ Brazilian Nationals to compete. He is looking to gain more experience at the World Championships with the intention of getting onto the medal stand next year.
Blue Belt Light
Keith “Trainspotting” Cebula is coming into the Worlds hoping to utilize his strong Umaplata game. Keith suffered a few setbacks during the Worlds training camp but has a strong gameplan and technical skills that will hopefully get him into the later rounds.
Blue Belt Medium Heavy
A strong division for Team Lloyd Irvin with Evan “Oz” Gideon, Fred “Brad” Thomsen, and Timmy “#1 Stunna” Spriggs all separated throughout the bracket. Oz is a big medal threat, with 2010 wins at the Houston and NY Opens and also a Bronze at the Pan Ams. Also in the division are Jason Boivie (Marin MMA), Carsell Swain (BTT), and Marcus Sosa (Claudio Franca) who all placed at the PanAms as well. Jason Boivie was a medalist at last year’s Worlds as well.
Blue Belt Super Heavy
Aung la Sang makes his IBJJF debut in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Super Heavyweight division. Aung la was almost denied entry to the tournament when he forgot to register but pulled off a miracle when the IBJJF accepted a late email registration. Fortune seems to be smiling on “Ong Bak” and that coupled with his hard training should lead to good results in the division!
Blue Belt Ultra Heavy
“Big Sal” Washington came all the way to Long Beach for his 2nd tournament as a Blue Belt. Big Sal has been working a lot on his judo throws as well as his guard and has been developing a game more akin to a lightweight than a 250 lb behemoth. He is going for the close out with teammate and PanAm bronze medalist, Kenneth Brown.
Blue Belt Female Light Feather
Cathy Tran-Zwanetz and Kim Rivers going for the division close-out.
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2010 Worlds Brackets Released (Purple & Brown Belts)
Posted on June 2nd, 2010 1 commentPurple Belt Medium Heavy
Jon Delbrugge ends up on the “Page of Death”. All the international Purple Belt medalists of the past year ended up on a single page, allowing only 1 to advance to the medal round. Janne Autio (Alliance), 2X European Open Gold medalist, will face Pan-American Silver medalist, BJ Nelson in the first round. Brazilian Nationals Champion and 2009 World Silver Medalist, Joao Gabriel Rocha will face the winner of that match in the Sweet 16. The winner of this page should go on to win the whole thing.
Purple Belt Heavy
Brad Pearson bumps up a weight class to compete at the World Championships of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Brad is going to be utilizing his Go Go Go pace and strong top game to get onto the medal stand after a disappointing NY Open performance.
Brown Belt Heavy
Mike Atkin comes out to California for another shot at the Adult division of the World Championships. Old enough to be the grandfather of most of the World Competitiors, Mike still has the heart of a young gun and will leave it out there! Ous!
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Brazilian Nationals Brackets
Posted on May 8th, 2010 3 commentsThe CBJJ has posted the brackets for the 2010 Brazilian Nationals Championships or “Brasileiro”. Check them out below and make sure you “LIKE” our facebook fan page for the latest results and videos from Crazy 88′s trip to Rio de Janeiro.
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Brazilian Nationals – Athlete Lists
Posted on May 7th, 2010 1 commentThe Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu JItsu Team is in Rio this weekend for the Brazilian Nationals. The Brazilian Nationals or Brasileiro takes place over two weekends with Blue belts and Purple belts competing the first weekend and Brown and Black belts competing the following weekend.
Willie Leonard and Tracey Goodell from the main school will be competing this weekend along with Tye Ryan Murphy, Jon Delbrugge, and CJ Melton from our Baltimore BJJ academy. Roberto Torralbas, who runs Third Law in Naples, Florida, is the sole representative from his school. I have posted the athlete lists for each of the competitors from Crazy 88 and will post the brackets if the CBJJ releases them online. Good luck to all the competitors!
Azul Adulto Masculino Pluma
Agnaldo Goes Lucas R. Cabral
Alliance Eduard Lisboa
Alliance Wagner Mauro Oliveira
Alliance SP William Mello de Oliveira
Asle Saymon Adam Mattos
Atos JJ Denilson Rogerio Silva Bischil
Brazilian Top Team Ighor Luis Alvim Horta
Brazilian Top Team Joel Rodrigues da Silva
Check Mat Brasil BJJ Wagner Lacerda
Checkmat BJJ Gustavo Motta Sedório
Checkmat BJJ Thiago Coriolano Ribeiro
DDR Jiu-Jitsu Igor Palagar Petrutes
De La Riva Raimundo Nonato
Deo Igor Fonseca de Oliveira
Dojo/James Adler Bruno Rafael Moreira Araujo
Equipe PH MArcos Paulo Evangelista
Game Fight BJJ Vanderlan Costa de Lima
GF Team Filipe Rodrigues
GF Team Vinicius Moreira
GF Team Academia Jonathan Carvalho de Jesus
GF Team Academia Pierre Benac
GF Team Jiu-Jitsu Anderson Duarte de Oliveira
GF Team Jiu-Jitsu Joale Jefferson
GF Team RJ Henrique Freire Lima
Gracie Barra Henrique Eiji Prates
Gracie Barra Miguel Eusebio
Gracie Humaita Cleyton Martins
Gracie Humaita Yuri Mesquita
Gracie Tijuca Miguel Angelo
Heleno Maia JJ Fabio Junior
Instituto Reação Wallace de Abreu
Lloyd Irvin M.A. Academy Clarence Melton
Monteiro Moises Nascimento de Souza
Nova Uniao Daniel Vieira Santana
Nova Uniao Ruan Gomes Marques
Osvaldo Alves Alexsandro Pimentel
Osvaldo Alves Walter Wendell Benes
Ryan Gracie Paulo Henrique Bezerra
Top Brother Jonathan correa
Total: 39
Azul Adulto Masculino Medio
Alliance Edson Antonio FilhoAlliance Flavio Junqueira
Alliance SP Raphael de Castro Vieira
Brasa/Muzio Ruan Marques de Oliveira
Brazilian Top Team Douglas Fernandes da Silva
Carlson Gracie Team Fernando Magdenier Daixum
Castro JJ Warley Mendes
Check Mat Brasil BJJ Guilherme George da Silva
Check Mat Brasil BJJ Piter frank Almeida
Checkmat BJJ Alvaro Silvestre Ribeiro
Checkmat BJJ Revilis Barcelos Apolinario
Cidade Viva JJ Wagner Wilker dos Santos
De La Riva Geremias Marcos Dias
De La Riva Lauro Anfiano Pinto
De La Riva Jiu-Jitsu Hugo Leonardo Cabral
De La Riva Jiu-Jitsu Jorge Furtado Correa
Jr Dojo/James Adler Dowver Azevedo Cruz
Jr Dojo/James Adler Gustavo Monteiro Fontoura
GF Team Wellington Ferreira
Gracie Barra Luciano Teixeira Filho
Gracie Barra Vinicius Magalhaes
Gracie Barra PB Ismael da Costa Lima
Gracie Barra PE Luiz Fernando Lima
Gracie Barra PE Rodolphe Nery
Gracie Barra PI Bruno de Sousa
Gracie Barra Recife Adriano Amaro
Gracie Barra Recife JJ Aldir Jose Barbosa
Gracie Barra Recife JJ Valdeir da Rocha
Gracie Barra Sul Rafael Romani
Gracie Humaita Daniel Felipe
Gracie Humaita Emerson Sarmanho
Gracie Humaitá Argentina Daniel Chung
Gracie Meier Cristian Pereira Rocha
GracieTijuca Rafael Neves Palermo
Heleno Maia JJ Bruno da Silva Felinto
Instituto Reação Vinicius Batista
Lloyd Irvin M.A. Academy Tye Ryan Murphy
Marcio Pinheiro BJJ Bruno de Ugalde Mello
Nova Uniao Joaquim Campos Maia
Nova Uniao Philipp Francisco
Nova União – N.U. Eduardo Henrique Amaral
Nucleo Diego Mendonça Perseguin
Osvaldo Alves Geovany Fernandes
Osvaldo Alves Rafael Evaristo
Soul Fighters Roberto Barboza filho
Striker JJ/ Góes Adolpho Luiz Campos
Striker JJ/ Góes Gleidson Henrique Germano
Total: 47
Roxa Adulto Masculino Meio-Pesado
Barbosa JJ Mauricio Henrique Cristo Lima
Brasa Bruno Ferreira
Brazilian Top Team Odair Jose MArtins
Broca Team Cesar Willyan Vieira
Carlson Gracie Team Marcello Vieira Daflon
Carmen Cascagrossa Henrique Silva Vieira
De La Riva Manoel Fernandes Neto
Evolve Gordo Jiu-Jitsu Marcello Areas de Mello
GF Team Nalmir Oliveira
GF Team Rafael de Oliveira
Giovanni Reis Silas Robson de Oliveira
Godoi JJ Club Yuri Gregório Schneider
Gracie Barra Felipe Carsalade
Gracie Barra Pedro Henrique Dutra
Gracie Barra Alagoas Danillo Jose Vieira
Gracie Ipanema Adriano dos Santos
Instituto Reação Paulo Cesar Cunha
Lloyd Irvin M.A. Academy Jonathon Delbrugge
Manimal Marcos Aurelio Goulart Jr
Nova Uniao Bruno de Souza Lima
Osvaldo Alves Vinicius Ladeira
Queiroz Saude Thiago Felipe de Lima
Soul Fighters João Gabriel Rocha
Striker JJ/ Góes Raphael Inacio
Sul Jiu-Jitsu Gustavo Rosa da Silva
Top Brother Vitor Oliveira Vieira
Total: 26
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NY Open Brackets Posted
Posted on April 30th, 2010 2 commentsTeam Lloyd Irvin is sending a killer team to the NY International Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament. The squad consists of quite a few Pan Am medalists including Tracey Goodell (2x Gold), Kim Rivers (Gold), Evan Gideon (Bronze), DJ Jackson (Bronze), Jim Harbison (Bronze), Kenny Brown (Silver), among others.
Its phenomenal that we are able to send such a strong group to NYC despite having the Brazilian Nationals the following week (had to split the team). Should be an exciting weekend and Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is happy to play its part. Ouss!
David Zwanetz faces 2009 Jiu Jitsu World Silver Medalist Son Duong for the fifth or sixth time. Dave has managed to win each of their encounters but they have always been tough and this time promises to be no different.
Kwami Mensah on page 2 of the bracket. The ageless Kwami Mensah will be building off momentum from a strong performance at the Copa America BJJ tournament. The plan is to meet the other 2 Lloyd Irvin competitors who are on page 1 of the bracket.
Keith “Trainspotting” Cebula in a BIG division.
Eric Palmer will be making his IBJJF tournament debut. Eric has made some big improvements in his game since he decided to “get serious” and the NY Open is a good chance to test the waters! 2009 No-Gi World Champion and 2010 Pan Am Bronze Medalist, DJ Jackson is Team Lloyd Irvin’s mainstay in this weight and he hopes to win the NY Open for the 2nd time.
Evan “Oz” Gideon is continuing his run to a World Medal in June and will be facing a familiar DC area competitor in his first bout. Team Lloyd Irvin has two very strong competitors in this bracket; Frank Camacho will be leading the charge from the other side!
Fred “Brad” Thomsen‘s first time competing for Crazy 88. Looking forward to seeing how he does in a higher weight class than he usually competes in.
Phil Thorn rematerialized a few weeks onto the Crazy 88 mats and even went to North Carolina to win a bunch of Gold medals at a US Grappling tournament. Hopefully, he will rematerialize again – this time to the top of the medal stand. The other Team Lloyd Irvin member is the very talented and hard-working Kenny Brown from Evolve Academy; Kenny just took Silver at the PanAms last month and is probably the odds-on favorite for this division.
Cathy Tran-Zwanetz won this tournament as a White Belt last year and hopes to repeat this year at a new belt. Helping her out will be Third Law BJJ’s own Pan Am Champion Kimberly Rivers!
Brad “Fred” Pearson also competes for the first time since joining Crazy 88 and will be in the Purple Belt Medium Heavy division. A 2nd-round match vs. Thomas Beach poses an interesting challenge but he will have to win the first before we worry about that!
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Childrens Self Defense Workshop at St Augustine School was a Lot of Fun!
Posted on April 22nd, 2010 2 commentsCrazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was asked by St Augustine School in Elkridge, MD to come in and run a Kids Self Defense Workshop for the day. Each gym class was divided into three groups and the children were taught some basic Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, and Wrestling in the context of defending themselves. Due to the effectiveness of the techniques taught, the instructors emphasized the importance of using these moves only when absolutely necessary. It was amazing to see how quickly the children were able to learn and perform the techniques shown.



































