May 2012 Round up - De La Riva Visit/Affiliation/David Jacobs & New CFS BJJ Black Belt

Hey Guys!!

Where to start? So many things happening but all good.

First of all, as most of you may know, Mestre De La Riva is currently in the UK teaching & training, sharing his knowledge with those lucky enough to get to see him. This was his second trip to the UK organised jointly by Nick Brooks of Mill Hill BJJ and myself.

De La Riva will be teaching a seminar this weekend on Sunday 3rd June at SENI and will of course be present for the De La Riva pro cup too.

On Sunday he taught a seminar at a packed Mill Hill Dojo with 11 Blackbelts in attendance including his own student Leo Specterow 4th Degree BB who travelled with thim. There was also a strong contingent from France.

 At the seminar, history was made for our growing team, when De La Riva allowed me to join him in tying the BLACK BELT round the waist of my friend, training partner and student Andy Nugent. A very well deserved promotion and in due course I propose to do a write up about him. Andy heads CFS BJJ Letchworth.

On Monday 28th May, students at HQ were treated to a master class from the master himself and all took away their own personal experiences

De La Riva also visited Arlans Siqueira's school in Edmonton and was VERY well received by them.

We will be having our bi-annual grading on Sunday 10th June and the guest instructor will be my friend and CFS BJJ Technical Director David Jacobs (Washington, USA) who will be bringing his wealth of experience to us then.

More updates to follow soon and will there be De La Riva techniques of the month??? Hell yeah!!!

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CFS BJJ - Technique of the month - May 2012 - Prof Alan 'Finfou' Nascimento

Hey Guys,

This month's techniques are brought to you by none other than World, European and Brazilian champion Alan 'Finfou' Nascimento. It is always a pleasure to have Finfou at HQ and this time was no exception!
I thank him once again for sharing his techniques with us :)

The techniques that he teaches are hot off the press and apply to the current competition scene.

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Enjoy!

Intelligent Combat

CFS BJJ Manchester - MMA success - 22.4.12

Congrats to Oliver and Neil who entered the amatuer MMA arena and were both successful

Below are their fights






Well done guys!

CFS BJJ Manchester Rocks at the Manchester No-Gi interclub - 1.4.12

My apologies for the late reporting but well done to the guys coached by Brown Belt Martyn Cahill. The lab rats put it on the line and came up trumps.

Results:

Over 95kg - Gold - Richard Hurst

Under 87kg - Gold - Neil Kirwan; Silver - Dominic Kinsey

Under 73kg - Gold - Oliver Von Herder; Silver - Andy Lorne

Under 68kg - Bronze - Adam Walsh

A large number of the videos are up on you tube. Below is a link to one fight which will guide you to all the others.

Once again well done guys........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jnhwxdo-fw&list=PL0606F77DEB239C9C&index=1&feature=plpp_video

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Filipino Martial Arts - Curriculum Update - Solo Baston - April 2012

Hey Guys,

I quickly filmed a few striking patterns to update you in relation to the Filipino Martial Arts and the CFS curriculum.

The first pattern consists of 5 strikes - angle one followed by 3 diagonal strikes and ending with the angle one power shot.

The second pattern consists 4 strikes -  a doblete strike on angle one (i.e two strikes on the same angle) followed by angle 2 and again ending in the angle one power shot.

The third and final pattern consists of 4 strikes - a backhand witik (flat of blade/stick) into a backhand upwards strike (from figure 8) then an upwards redondo ending with the power shot.

The first 2 patterns can be used offensively or immediately after you have countered an attack, whilst the last pattern is a counter to an angle 2 attack either with a stick or bladed weapon.

Enjoy!



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Mestre Pedro Sauer - Technique(s) of the month - April 2012

Hey Guys!

As you may be aware, Mestre Pedro Sauer, 8th Degree Red & Black Belt came to the UK for the first time in February this year and it was also the first time I had ever met him. He was extremely humble, relaxed, skillful and giving...a true master of the martial arts.

In the seminars he taught, he asked what people wanted to cover and responded accordingly. It was plain to see that his knowledge and understanding of BJJ was of the highest level and I guess it gave me an insight as to what it might be like to train with someone like his mentor and teacher Rickson Gracie.

He very kindly allowed seminar participants to film techniques and as of a result of this I am able to bring you a sample of the material that he taught.

In one of our conversations, he explained to me what it was like to train under Helio Gracie and be in the same class as all the other Gracies. He told me that he would often get submitted 40-60 times a class by all the Gracies and that because of his attitude and good nature, he would often be taught more perhaps than others. He knew all the signature moves of all the Gracies although he confessed that he could do little to stop the inevitable. His goal at that time was not to avoid being submitted but rather to reduce the amount of times that it happened...Maybe less than 40 times would be a good night.

Thank you once again Mestre!!

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