Carlson Gracie Jiu Jitsu Team

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Jiu-Jitsu practicioners swarmed the CSU Dominguez Hills Gymnasium in Carson, California over the weekend. Carlson Gracie students joined up with Carlson Gracie Black Belt instructor Rodrigo Medeiros to compete under his Revolution Team banner in an effort to recapture the title that slipped away last year by the most narrow of margins. The end result of an organized campaign was a record setting 5th National Title in the last 6 years and a large disparity in points for the team amongst it's fellow podium finishers. With over a 200 point gap between 1st and 2nd place, and an overall score exceeding 2nd & 3rd place combined, our team enjoyed it's best performance in the American Nationals to date and we now have our sites set on the NOGI World Championships in Long Beach in November. For more information on the American National event please visit http://www.bjjrevolutionteam.com/2010/09/bjj-revolution-team-2010-us-nationals-team-champions.html Congratulations Professor and to the team for pulling in nearly a hundred medals over the weekend. Master Carlson was travelling during the event but is excited to get back to Temecula this month and help prepare for the Worlds.
At the same time, 4 Hours North in Las Vegas Nevada, Joao Assis contiinued his recent string of NOGI smashing and won the Grapplers Quest event at the Mr. Olympia by submitting all of his opponents enroute to another Gold medal performance. Temecula manager and student Orlando Alonso accompanied the instructor for the weekend. When asked about the matches, Alonso said "it was the most amazing display of skill you could see, Joao was just awesome!" Congratulations Joao!

Here is a clip of our good friend Clint Crabtree from Grand Rapids BJJ showing a variation of the double underhook pass that he likes to use.

During his recent stay in Rio, Carlson Jr.'s team came out in force and won every absolute division title at the Carlson Gracie Cup in Brazil. Check out the story here: http://www.graciemag.com/en/2010/08/carlson-and-gracie-humaita-celebrate-in-rio/ . The word from Carlson is that the team is coming together niceley and many competitors are coming to the states from Brazil. Stay tuned.

In his many travels to support and organize the team, Carlson Jr. finally got a chance to go home to visit for the first time in years. GracieMag.com was on hand to witness this significant event. Click link to read more. http://www.graciemag.com/en/2010/08/double-attack-with-carlson-gracie-pedigree/

In the meantime, Carlson will be returning to Chicago this weekend for the Chicago Open and then to Temecula in September to get ready for the tournament on October 23rd. Safe travels Jr.

Recently Carlson was featured in an article with Inside BJJ. Click on the link to read the entire interview. Thanks to Tony Nunez for picking up on it… www.insidebjj.com/2010/08/17/carlson-gracie-jr/

We would like to thank everyone that supported our first event. We had many competitors and people that helped to make it happen. Our sponsors Defense Soap, BodyBuilding.com and Swain Mats really came through for us which is great because we love their products. A big thank you goes out to all the schools who attended, Rodrigo, Clark, Alfredo, Stefano, Rafael, Daniel and Phil for bringing competitors and helping with the matches, and especially Sensei Jones for donating the use of his mats and scoring equipment. Troy Acker brought his students and his experience as an IBJJF ring coordinator in making brackets for us. Thank you. Charles Dao our student and neighbor at ICON performance and fitness opened his doors to let us hold weigh-ins and registration on his side of the building and the Sadlak family was a big help at the desks.
Gracie Mag has fielded an article on the event – http://www.graciemag.com/en/2010/08/carlson-gracie-invitational/
For anyone interested in pictures of their matches, please contact us and we can put you in touch with Vertex Photography who was on site taking professional photos all day. We are going to post drafts in an album on the site soon. Also the Invitational T-Shirts were popular and we have a few left. Please let us know if you would like to purchase some, they are selling for $10.00 until they are gone.

The next event will be the Carlson Gracie Open on October 23rd 2010' featuring all belt levels open to the public with a Pro Absolute Black Belt bracket and a cash purse to the winner. The event will be at the Murrieta Vista High School.

3 students went to participate in the South Bay Open of 2010' over the weeekend hosted by Caique Jiu-Jitsu in Carson California. Jeorge Villalobos, Chloe Cronin & Tom Cronin all brought home medals for the team. Jeorge went 3-0 on his way to his first championship gold medal and commented "I can't believe it! …I finally won!" Chloe Cronin was inserted into the adult division and despite competing against older more experienced practitioners, Chloe submitted her first opponent via armbar and won a silver medal and was all smiles for going 1-1 in her first major event. Father Tom Cronin went 3-0 with a first round win of 21-0 and then followed up with two submissions to pull in a Gold medal for the school.

Temecula Instructor Joao Assis has been putting on a clinic in NOGI Jiu-Jitsu lately. On May 28th at the UFC Expo in Las Vegas, Joao went undefeated and claimed 3 division titles against tough competition such as Bill Cooper, Josh Barnett and Jeff Monson. In his final match with Monson, Joao ended the fight by submitting the snowman from the back via choke. This victory earned Joao a spot in the Tachi Palace "Worlds Best Grappler" tournament in Lemoore Ca. In the 32 man event Joao faced stacked competition and submitted his first three opponents. He then won against Bruno Bastos in the semi final and faced ADCC & World champion Xande Ribeiro in a powerhouse final match that saw Joao working a brutal leglock on the highly ranked veteran. To read more…..http://www.tatame.com/2010/07/15/Xande-Ribeiro-out-for-4-to-6-weeks
After the buzzer it was Joao who emerged victorious and took home $10,000.00 for his work at the palace. Congratulations Joao! we'll see you in class.