The New Schedule

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The schedule is changing once we hit the new facility.  Check it out!

Monday 

7:00 to 7:30 p.m.  Fundamental Jiu Jitsu.  Instruction by Rick Ellis.

7:30 to 9:00 p.m.  No Gi BJJ.  All levels. Instruction by Roy Dean.

Tuesday

12:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.  Aikido

6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Aikido

7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Advanced Class. Blue belt and above only.

Wednesday

12:15 to 1:15 p.m.  Executive Jiu Jitsu.  All levels.

7:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Fundamental Jiu Jitsu.  Instruction by Anthony Treas.

8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Open Mat.

Thursday

12:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m:  Aikido

6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Aikido

7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Gi BJJ.  All levels.  Instruction by Roy Dean

Friday

12:15 to 1:15 p.m.  Executive Jiu Jitsu.  All levels.

Saturday

10 a.m. Aikido

2 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Fundamental Jiu Jitsu.  Instruction by Donald Bowerman.

3:00 to 4:00 p.m.  Open Mat.

Sunday

Rest!

 

 

 

Jeff Schauland:  BJJ Blue Belt

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Huge congratulations to Jeff Schauland on his impeccable performance during his Blue Belt demonstration.  Jeff showed great heart, skill, and control during his one hour test.  Bravo!

The Spirals of Jiu Jitsu

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Thank to TJ and Rick for taking ukemi.  Shot with a high speed camera designed for scientific use at 300 frames per second, although we had capacity for 6000 fps!  A little bit martial and a little bit of art.  You can view a higher quality version here.

The Art of the Wristlock: Ikkyo

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Aikido: The Art of Peace

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Here’s a great Aikido demo performed by Pat Hendricks and Tom Gambell, both Iwama trained stylists.  Note the quick, rounded ukemi.  Both are now 6th degree black belts.  This demonstration was held in 1984 at Shihan Frank Doran’s Redwood City dojo, immediately after my teacher, Julio Toribio, performed his second degree black belt demonstration. Enjoy the flow.

August Schedule

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A nikyo being applied. This and other major techniques of Aikido will be explored on the wristlock DVDs.

August is a huge month for the Academy, and I wanted to give an overview of the upcoming weeks.

August 5:  The first advanced, blue belt only class.  7 p.m. on Tuesday night.  Also, I have a private lesson scheduled with our friend Eric Hansen, a Systema practitioner from Seattle.

August 10:  Filming for the “Aikido and Wristlocks” 2 DVD set.  I plan on releasing this set and the Purple Belt Requirements at the same time!

August 21:  Jeffrey Schauland tests for the blue, 8:15 p.m., Thursday night.  Be there!

August 23:  Finish filming for the Aikido and Wristlocks DVDs.

August 30:  No Saturday class!  RDA paint party at the new facility from 12-4 p.m.  Come put your mark on the new dojo!  Also, Stephen Greenaway and the UK crew will be arriving for their 10 day stay.

September 1:  First day at the new location!

Dan Camarillo: Judo and Jiu Jitsu

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Dan Camarillo.  Armhunter.  One of my jiu jitsu inspirations.  Incredible footsweeps.  Swooping uchimatas.  Killer instinct.  And flow.  Dan was smooth and would roll through tournaments being cool and collected.  A beautiful, and effective combination of Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  Click here for a higher quality version.

Music by Nine Inch Nails, 3 Ghosts I.

Mount Reinier Climb

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Academy Member Glen Farris recently conquered Mr. Reinier, and shared a few glipses of his adventure.  I found them breathtaking.  Congratulations on your success conquering this mountain, and the others which we will all face.  Bravo!

Roy Dean and Relson Gracie

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It was an honor to be on the mat with him. Note the difference in the belts!

Return From Alaska

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Julie and I pose as the sun peeks out from the backyard of Gracie Barra Business Manager Robert Grunder.

I’ve returned from my trip to Alaska, where I did another seminar for the Gracie Barra school, and spent some quality time with my family.  My brother was also able to make it up from Monterey, so we had an almost bona fide family reunion, sans my sister. This was my last traveling leg for the summer, and I’m charged up for moving into the new space September 1.  I also brought back some incriminating photos of my time in Japan, along with some other videos I had stored before moving to San Diego.  My schedule hasn’t allowed me to focus on generating new media (in fact, I’ve barely had time to fulfill my DVD orders), but all that is going to change.  I am putting together highlight videos for both Dan Camarillo and Raphael “Gordinho” Correa, as well as completing an outline of my next 2 DVD sets.  Stay tuned.