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• 7th Annual Sensei Jim Grafe Memorial Karate Tournament

  April 22, 2009 / Tournament

  The Young Lions have been training very hard every Saturday in Mr. Phu’s driveway and backyard in their preparation for the upcoming karate tournament held at Hilton High School on May 16, 2009. Don’t forget to mark your calendar for this exciting full contact karate event. To download application form, direction, rules, etc, please click here. The event will be held at: Hilton Senior High School 400 East Ave. Hilton, NY 14468 View Larger Map

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• Fusion Mixed Martial Arts Grand Opening

  April 20, 2009 / grand opening, Promotional Offers

  We at Fusion Mixed Martial Arts Dojo are very excited. On May 1, 2009 June 30, 2009 – we will be moving into a brand new facility that we will be our very own gym/dojo. This has been a long time coming. Our new dojo/gym will be located in downtown Clyde, New York – 19 Columbia Street, Clyde, NY 14433 – (Click Here to Find Us) From now until the end of May 1, 2009 June 30, 2009, we are [...]

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• NYC Submission Shoutout

  April 18, 2009 / Annoucement

  I really like this format of grappling. No points and round robin. Too bad I don’t have any students who will be ready to compete in this. I am hoping the next tournament we can bring some competitors in for this. ABOUT THE NYC SUBMISSION SHOOTOUT The NYCSS is a no-gi submission tournament that welcomes all grappling styles to determine who is the best all around submission wrestler. Winners aren’t determined by points or referee decisions, only by submission. And [...]

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• Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Network – Blue Belt Requirements

  April 9, 2009 / BJJ Curriculum - Youtube Videos, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), Curriculum

  A student must know the following techniques in order to attain a Blue Belt from Royce Gracie. The following techniques can be found in the “Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Self Defense Techniques” and “Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Theory and Techniques” Books. http://www.roycegracie.tv/frames/network/bluebelt_requirements.pdf Gracie Self-Defense Blue Belt Requirements Dropping in base (page 20) Maintaining your base ( page 22) Single-handed wrist grab thumb up (page 24) Single-handed wrist grab thumb down (page 25) Two-handed front choke (page 28) Learning to fall backward (page 30) Learning [...]

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• MMA Home Study Course Curriculum – Vol.2

  April 4, 2009 / MMA Youtube Curriculum

  Dominate Two Crucial Areas of Fighting that Most Martial Artists Completely Ignore! “Anyone Who Has Even a Remote Interest In Real Life Fighting Needs To Know How to Fight In A Clinch and Strike On the Ground.” http://www.mmahomestudy.com/ VOLUME 2 – GROUND STRIKING (59 min.): How to Defend Yourself Against Strikes When Somone is Hitting You From Inside Your Guard How to Defend Yourself Against a Mounted Puncher Offensive and Defensive Moves From Side Control How to Strike Someone When [...]

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• MMA Home Study Course Curriculum – Vol.1

  April 4, 2009 / MMA Youtube Curriculum

  Dominate Two Crucial Areas of Fighting that Most Martial Artists Completely Ignore! “Anyone Who Has Even a Remote Interest In Real Life Fighting Needs To Know How to Fight In A Clinch and Strike On the Ground.” http://www.mmahomestudy.com/ VOLUME 1 – COMBAT CLINCH (41 min.): “Dirty Boxing” Moves from the Overwrap Position “Dirty Boxing” Moves from the Underwrap Position “Dirty Boxing” from the Collar Tie How to Execute a “Real” Arm Drag Using the “Duckunder” Effectively An Important “Grips and [...]

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• 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Curriculum

  April 3, 2009 / 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu

  http://www.submissions101.com/10thplanet.htm Techniques that relate to the nogi style of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu called 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, created by Eddie Bravo and his students. This section is divided into 4 sections: Rubber Guard, Half Guard, Top Game (mount and side mount) and Back Attacks.

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• Gracie Combatives – Blue Belt Curriculum

  April 3, 2009 / BJJ Curriculum - Youtube Videos, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), Curriculum, Youtube Video

  The Gracie Combative Belt Belt Curriculum consist of 36 Gracie Combatives lessons. I hope to post some youtube videos, photos, etc. Please note I am not a certified Gracie Combative Instructors or Belt Rank Holder to is for my own personal research, if you are interested in the Gracie Combative Program please click here https://www.gracieuniversity.com LESSON LIST https://www.gracieuniversity.com/LC/series_view.aspx?c=63QJ4TGT7X&n=28&se=45 Gracie Combatives Intro Class – Free Overview In this 20-minute introduction, Ryron and Rener discuss everything from “Bad Guy Reminders” to the [...]

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• Rener Gracie responds to criticism

  April 3, 2009 / Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), Consumer Alert

  The following statement was made by Rener Gracie on GracieUniversity.com https://www.gracieuniversity.com/LC/skeptics.aspx?c=63QJ4TGT7X&n=28 Gracie University is our attempt to empower as many people as possible with the jiu-jitsu techniques developed by Helio Gracie. The Grandmaster’s vision was to give the gift of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to the world. To achieve this vision my father, Rorion, started by teaching as many people as possible in our garage in Southern California. When he outgrew the garage, he moved to a large commercial location, and recently [...]

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• Gracie University Getting Backlash

  April 3, 2009 / Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), Consumer Alert, Curriculum

  A couple weeks ago I posted about the a new web site launch by Ryon and Rener Gracie – Gracie University. To some BJJ purist – this is a no-no. Check out some of the online forum. http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=forum_framed.posts&forum=29&thread=1429729&page=1

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