Connecticut Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Congrats to Dave on making blue belt.  I promoted him to blue belt last Saturday.  For those us who know Dave we know he is one of the most competitive guys at our academy.  He is like 225  lbs of solid muscle, an ex-wrestler, and a really good athlete.  So he is the type of [...]

Thanks to all my students and friends who supported the latest seminar w/ Brian Johnson.  He covered a single BJJ finishing move (the head/arm triangle) but showed us approximately 10 different entries into this submission.  In other words…we all left that seminar being 100% more effective at actually catching guys in it.  As expected Brian [...]

Watch out all you 15-17 year old grapplers out there.  We have a club champion refining his game and tearing up the competition.  Brandon has been my student sine Jan this year and is a great guy to have as a student.  Quiet, unassuming, and hugely talented is the best way to describe him.  He [...]

Mersh and I went to MDSC on Tuesday night and had a good time.  I was guest teaching at Chris’s dojo for gi night.  I covered a handful of my favorite collar chokes.
I started w/ warm-up drilling closed grd to scissor sweep and cross collar (palm up/palm down) from mount.  Once we had a bit [...]

My good friends Chris and Zack from Modern Self Defense in Middletown made a visit last Wed.  Chris taugh an great class on leg locks.  The focus was on variations of the straight foot lock and achilles lock.  I have known Chris for a few years and can attest to his high level skills as [...]

Hello world.  Just wanted to post to everyone how proud I am of 3 students who recently competed at NAGA.  Now, we are not a dojo focussed solely on tournaments.  I like to think of us as a well rounded BJJ school.  Quality jiu jitsu, fitness, and making good friends is my priority.  However, with [...]

Heads up guys…this summer should be a great one for seminars at our academy.  Brian Johnson, Machado black belt will be visiting at the end of July.  And I’ve made contact w/ Tim Burrill, Machado black belt and is also up for a visit.  Date not confirmed w/ Tim but I think we will make a [...]

Last night we had a fun workout.  Rob and guys from Bushido Academy came over to train.  Weather was awesome so I left the doors open and we had a nice breeze.  Nothing could be better than BJJ on a nice spring night!
I wanted to teach a class that offered something for our guests.  Not [...]

Conrats to Jay G on his blue belt!!   I recognized him on Monday w/ a promotion to blue belt.  He is super dedicated missing only 1 class over the past 11 months (when he attened a NAGA tournament).  And we usually do a weekly private on Fridays.  He is already tough and getting tougher w/ [...]

Need a laugh?  Check out these funny mugs.  This pic was taken last night after working out at a friend’s dojo.  Thanks to Rob and his students at Bushido BJJ in Manchester for being great hosts.  (manchesterbjj.com)  I hope we can reciprocate and have you guys to our academy in Glastonbury.  I personally loved the [...]