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2010 Rupture Northeast Jiu Jitsu Championships
Posted on July 24th, 2010 1 commentAge Skill Weight Result Matt Rihani Adult Beginner ??? 1st White Belt ??? 3rd Chris Tran Teens No-Gi Advanced ??? 2nd Gi Advanced ??? 1st Alfonso Washington Adult No-Gi Intermediate 230+ lbs 1st Blue Belt 230+ lbs 1st Blue Belt Open 1st David Zwanetz Adult Advanced ??? 1st Purple Belt ??? 1st ** = split division with teammate.
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Accompanied by Ivey League’s MMA‘s Wayne Johnson, Crazy 88 BJJ sent six competitors to the Rupture Northeast Jiu Jitsu Championships in PA. It was a small competition of ~150 competitors but the team went to support Jon Delbrugge in his superfight vs. Chris Wing. Jon won 9-2, sweeping his opponent from the half guard 3x and passing his opponent’s guard (video of the match can be found here). Team Lloyd Irvin won the Team Title and BJJ United’s Jared Weiner defeated De La Riva’s Tony Passos.Matt “Jumani” Rihani won the No-Gi Beginner division and went 3-1 in the Gi, taking Bronze there. This was Matt’s first competition other than the In-House competition a few weeks back.
Chris “Short Round” Tran continued his summer of BJJ with another tournament (he has been competing almost every weekend) and ended up winning a Gold and a Silver.
Big Sal utilized his “B” gameplan to full effect; his record at the end of the day was 8-0. Big Sal was in full crazy mode, pulling mount and other craziness, but finding a way to win, despite being down 10-0 in some matches.
“Lawyer” Dave had 3 fights, winning all three (including his first Purple Belt gi victory). Being a push-through competition, Dave fell back early in his matches but came back late and was able to secure the finish.
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Rio Intl Open of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – Day One Results
Posted on July 23rd, 2010 1 commentThe Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition team did not take a summer vacation and continues to compete all over the world. It was back to Rio de Janeiro for Crazy 88′s Tye Ryan Murphy and Third Law BJJ‘s Roberto Torralbas as they would enter the IBJJF’s Rio International Open, a 4-day tournament for <30 years olds, which runs concurrently with the International Masters and Seniors.
Tye Ryan Murphy started things off with a choke from the back after racking up 10-0 against his opponent from BTT (unconsciousness ensued). He then choked his second opponent unconscious with a choke from the front headlock position. In the quarterfinals, he faced eventual division winner, Luiz Fernado from Gracie Barra PE in Northeast Brazil and lost 2-0 (2-3) with some controversy. Apparently the scoreboard was not being updated and it read 0-0 (2-3) *Tye winning by one advantage* until the whistle blew in which case it was discovered that it was 2-0. During the match, Tye also had a sweep back so there was a lot of confusion over whether it was 0-0 (scoreboard) or 2-2 (mental count). Either way, a good showing by Tye. All part of the process for the 2011 World Championships!
Look for a longer writeup to be posted on our blog from Tye upon his return to the USA.
Roberto Torralbas won his first Jiu Jitsu match 8-0 with 4 takedowns (!) and then took the back to defeat his quarterfinals opponent 4-0. In the semifinals, he faced Francisco Iturral (Alliance) who had footlocked his first two opponents. Unfortunately, Roberto ended up being the 3rd opponent to fall victim to the grappler from Alliance Ecuador – a “crazy” footlock as Roberto almost took his opponent’s back. Francisco ended up taking a fourth foot with him and won Gold. Roberto is icing up his ankle and is looking forward to the Open division tomorrow!
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First Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Belt is…
Posted on July 19th, 2010 3 commentsChris “Short Round” Tran!
Chris has been training from 9 AM – 10 PM during the summer and exemplifies the attitude that we are looking for at Crazy 88. For his first tournament (2010 Grapplers Quest US Nationals), the coaches wanted him to do Intermediate and despite some personal and familial misgivings, he entered the tournament, and won all his matches by submission.
A few weeks later, Chris was asked to move up to the Advanced division, despite falling at least 2 years below the training time recommendation, and he again challenged himself, winning a Gold and Silver.
When not winning tournaments and training, Chris can be found aggravating David Zwanetz re: the Process.
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Great White Belt In House Tournament
Posted on July 17th, 2010 2 commentsCrazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu held another In House Competition for Team Lloyd Irvin White Belts – this one was with the Gi. Over sixty grapplers from Ivey League MMA, Top Flight MMA, and Lloyd Irvin Martial Arts Academy (and about forty spectators) all made the trip to the mats of Elkridge, MD in order to get competition experience. As a team, we make an effort to plan out our training and competition schedule to peak in June, the month of the World Championships so this was the opening ceremonies. The tournament was run in a double-elimination format and seeded in order to give as many matches as possible to each grappler regardless of skill or size. Everyone had a lot of fun and hopefully, gained some feedback about what they need to work on!
Special thanks to Stephanie Reitmeyer for the photos. You can find more photos on the Crazy 88 BJJ Fanpage.
NOVICE RESULTS
Womens (novice) : Monica Barlow
Light (novice) : Tay Virgin
Ultra Heavy (novice) : Kevin Sellers
STANDARD RESULTS
Feather : Danny Johnson
Light : Travis Outten
Middle : Nick LaSalle
Medium Heavy : Danny Heath
Heavy : Josh Kuykendall
Ultra Heavy : Brian Clifton
Open : Brian Clifton
Womens AA : Heather Allen
Womens AAA : Avene Wynn
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US Grappling Junior Championships Results
Posted on July 10th, 2010 1 commentAge Skill Weight Result Trystan Balderston 14-15 No-Gi Intermediate 14 -15 1st Brendan Bill 9-11 No-Gi Intermediate 50 -59 lbs 1st Gi Intermediate 50 -61 lbs 1st Keven Elliott 6-9 No-Gi Beginner 55 – 64 lbs 2nd Seth Fillers 8-10 No-Gi Intermediate 61 – 73 lbs 1st 8-11 Gi Intermediate 63 – 73 lbs 1st Mason Hollis 6-7 No-Gi Intermediate 51 – 55 lbs 1st Gi Intermediate 51 – 55 lbs 2nd Austin Moore 14-17 No-Gi Beginner 129 – 150 lbs 3rd Gi Beginner 141 – 156 lbs 3rd Jaron Smith No-Gi Intermediate 129 -139 lbs 1st 12-13 Gi Intermediate 129 -139 lbs 1st Shawn Suser 12-14 No-Gi Intermediate 85 – 89 lbs 1st 13-14 Gi Intermediate 85 – 98 lbs 1st Chris Tran 12-14 No-Gi Advanced 111 – 117 lbs 1st 14-17 Gi Advanced 102 – 114 lbs 2nd ** = split division with teammate.
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The Kids Martial Arts team was down in Virginia today competing at US Grappling’s Junior Championships. The competition was for children and teens only and offered both Gi and No Gi divisions. It was also one of the few tournaments that was double-elimination, allowing the competitors to get at least 2 matches per division.As the results indicate, all the kids fought really well but special recognition has to go out to Chris “Short Round” Tran who stepped up to the Advanced divisions without complaint and grinded out his way to two finals – winning one and losing the other. Also, Austin “American Idol” Moore got onto the mats and fought hard despite his circumstances; Austin is a former Crazy 88 BJJ student who moved to Texas where he has not been able to do BJJ. He asked to spend the entire summer training at Crazy 88 and got a full week in before going into the competition.
Great job everyone!
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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 Diamond State Games Results
Posted on June 19th, 2010 1 commentAge Skill Weight Result Brian Clifton Adult Intermediate Heavyweight (<202 lbs) 2nd White Belt Heavyweight (<202 lbs) 1st Rob Hayward 30+ White Belt Super Heavy (<215 lbs) 3rd Danny Johnson Adult White Belt Featherweight (<149 lbs) 2nd Travis Outten Adult White Belt Cruiserweight (<162 lbs) 1st Open 2nd Eric Palmer Adult Blue Belt Middleweight (<175.5 lbs) 2nd Frank Schittino 30+ White Belt Middleweight (<175.5 lbs) 2nd ** = split division with teammate.
spaceWe had a few Crazy 88 BJJ rookie competitors head up to US Grappling’s Diamond State Games. The event had both Gi and No Gi divisions. Travis Outten was the star of the show, winning his White Belt division and taking 2nd in the Absolute despite being a lightweight. Great job guys.
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Evan Gideon Promoted to Purple Belt
Posted on June 17th, 2010 4 commentsEvan “Oz” Gideon became the 7th Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt tonight. Evan has been one of our most consistent competitors, winning Gold at the 2010 BJJ World Championships and taking Silver in the Open Division at the same tournament. He is also tied with the legendary “Hawaiian Punch” in coach-aggravation ability.
Evan had this to say about his promotion, “I just want everyone to know that I am extremely thankful for all their help and patience with me. And I’m going to train hard everyday to live up to Team Lloyd Irvin and Crazy 88′s expectations.”
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NAGA VA Beach Results – Jon Wins No Gi Advanced Open
Posted on June 12th, 2010 4 commentsAge Skill Weight Result Nathan Allen Adult White Belt Middleweight (<180 lbs) 3rd Heather Allen Adult White Belt Middleweight (135+ lbs) 3rd Brian Clifton Adult Beginner Cruiserweight (<200 lbs) 1st White Belt Cruiserweight (<200 lbs) 2nd Jon Delbrugge Adult No-Gi Advanced Open 1st Purple Belt Cruiserweight (<200 lbs) 1st Tyrone Eaton Adult Blue Belt Middleweight (<180 lbs) 3rd Masters Blue Belt Middleweight (<180 lbs) 1st Josh Kuykendall Adult Novice Cruiserweight (<200 lbs) 1st Damien Morris Adult White Belt Heavyweight (<225 lbs) 1st** Tye Ryan Murphy Adult Advanced Middleweight (<180 lbs) 2nd Travis Outten Adult Intermediate Lightweight (<160 lbs) 3rd Eric Palmer Adult Intermediate Welterweight (<170 lbs) 2nd Blue Belt Middleweight (<180 lbs) 3rd Lakita Patterson Adult Blue Belt Middleweight (135+ lbs) 1st Kurt Ratcliffe Adult Beginner Heavyweight (<225 lbs) 1st White Belt Heavyweight (<225 lbs) 1st** Erin Shank Adult White Belt Middleweight (135+ lbs) 2nd Tom Shrum Adult White Belt Lightweight (<160 lbs) 2nd Alfonso Washington Adult Intermediate Super Heavyweight (225+ lbs) 1st Open 1st Blue Belt Super Heavyweight (225+ lbs) 1st ** = split division with teammate.
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