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.

Crazy 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

Short Round Continues "the Process" in the Open

Brian Clifton AKA "Jacare" won 2 Golds

Travis Outten Won the Lightweight Division

Jon Takes a Break from Reffing to Share Techniques with the White Belts

Heather, Erin, and Helen Battled It Out in the Womens Division

** = split division with teammate.
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We 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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“Lawyer” Dave Zwanetz became Crazy 88 BJJ’s first World Medalist this year with 3 wins and 1 loss. Dave submitted his first two opponents relatively easily and won a tough semifinal match on points.  Great ending to a long competitive season that began last year with the AZ Open.

David was just one of Team Lloyd Irvin’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Medal Winners:

• Anene Wynn: BRONZE @ White Female Lightweight
• Kim Rivers: SILVER @ Blue Female Light Featherweight
• Rachel Demara: GOLD @ Blue Female Middleweight
• Sijara Eubanks: SILVER @ Blue Female Medium Heavy

BJJ World Champ, Rachel Demara, Gets Some Last Minute Coaching

The Blue Belt divisions will restart, beginning with the Middleweights, tomorrow; our strong Purple Belt team will also be competing with new additions, Tracey Goodell and Willie Leonard!  Check out some of the footage from the PanAms below and make sure to join the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fanpage for even more videos!

Kim Rivers, Team Lloyd Irvin World Silver Medalist

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Although most of the BJJ Competition Team was in Houston for the IBJJF tournament, two of the Crazy 88 White Belts drove to US Grappling’s Submission Only competition in Virginia to compete.  Travis Outten had another consistent performance.  Brian “Jacare” Clifton had an awesome performance for a 1st time competitor – winning his No-Gi division and going on to win the Open.  Great debut!

PS – We put up new SpyCam video of our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Classes so make sure you check it out!

Danny Ives sent his Severna Park squad from Ivey League MMA. Ron Stallings’ Top Flight team with Ron himself came to the event as well as the big boss, Lloyd Irvin, with a big squad from Camp Springs. The mats of Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu were packed with competitors, spectators, and coaches.

We divided the White Belt squads into an Advanced division, Standard division, and Baby division as well as by weight so all the participants could get good tough matches in that they could learn from.  The Advanced division was won by Timothy Woods and JC Cuffee from Camp Springs, both who brought some serious takedown skills to the mat.

Overall, the event served its purpose of bringing the team together to meet each other and give the next generation of Team Lloyd Irvin competitors valuable experience.  We at Crazy 88 BJJ plan to hold 2-3 In-House Tournaments in 2010 at our Elkridge martial arts facility so if you missed this one, we have more coming up soon!

PS – If you have some good pictures from the event, please e-mail them to us so we can post them!

Black Belt Phil Proctor Working Hard

Congratulations to all the survivors of the tryout!

Jermane “Big Burr” Mathis
“Big” Zach Clark
Sean Ashby
Philip Ankney
Hernan Guadalupe
Charles “Ong Bak 2″
Robert “KenFlo” Crowell
Travis Outten
Remy (unspellable name)
Steven Malloy

“Little” Matthew Burr
“Big” Al Washington
“Big” Joe Dressel
“G.I. Joe” Wade AKA “Gracie Barra”
Fady “Iron Maiden” Hijji
Stephen “Riddler” Riddle
“Medium” Frank Schittino
Tyrone Eaton
Westley Muhl
Juan Pontes
John “SouthSide” Johnson
Will “Smallville” Smallwood”
“White Belt” Chris Hyder
“Little” Joe Burkett

Matt “Little” Burr

Ryan “LadiesMan” Corsillo

David Freeman

Royce “Shoyoroll” Kerbow

“Wrestler” Nick Lasalle

Jeff Mueller

Westley Muhl

Tye Murphy

Jon “Shed” Perfetto

Walter Ruilova

Alejandro “El” Santos

Cathy Tran

We expect big things from these guys so keep paying attention to the tournament results as you’ll see their names on them soon enough.