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Free BJJ Class
Call now and schedule a free BJJ class. You will have a great time and meet the great people that build the Gracie Barra Team.
Gracie Barra Garden Grove
Garden Grove, CA 92845
(714) 897-5425
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We would like to congratulate our Dear Professor Renato “Babalu” Sobral for his outstanding performance on the fight against Mike Whitehead.
“Babalu” won by unanimous decision. It was very cool to see ”Babalu” using some good Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on the ground and aplying couple nice guillotine chokes and dangerous omoplattas that almost finished the fight.
Congrats “Babalu”! Stay on the path.
New DVDs on the GB Virtual Store
Cool DVDs like the 2008 Pan Jiu Jitsu championships featuring some of the biggest names in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competing in the 2nd largest Jiu Jitsu tournament outside of Brazil are available on the GB Virtual Store.
To see the DVDs available: CLICK HERE!
Professor Marcio Feitosa featured on Gracie Mag Website
On the article Professor Marcio Feitosa comments on the Gracie Barra’s performance at the BJJ Worlds. To read the article: CLICK HERE!
Here is a cool picture from Professor Marcio at the Gracie Barra main School in Rio, Brazil. He was 14 years old and the rank of orange belt when the picture was taken.
Worlds No Gi
The World Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2008 and International Master & Senior Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship are coming up. The No Gi training sessions here at GB America are happening on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. All students holding the rank of Blue Belt and above are welcome to participate.
To improve your No-Gi game visit budovideos.com and check the variety of great instructionals available. Their latest release was the Killer Buterfly featuring the BJJ black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr’s: Nino “Elvis” Schembri.
The always innovative Nino Schembri returns with a 3 DVD set covering submissions from the crucifix and butterfly sweeps. We believe the techniques on the DVD are very advanced and we recommend it to students with at least 1 year of training experience.
To see more info on Nino’s DVD: CLICK HERE!
July 17th 2008 Posted to News
“Babalu” to step on the MMA arena once more
On Saturday 19th our very Renato “Babalu” Sobral will step into the MMA arena once more on a great show called: Affliction Banned. Babalu will face the wrestler Mike Whitehead.Affliction Banned will showcase this historic event July 19th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, with a stacked card of MMA megastars.
Lots of Gracie Barra members are going there to support Babalu, dont miss that opportunity to support our champ and to see some great fights. We will get together after the event to party at the grove in Anaheim. Everybody is invited, bring your friends and we will have a lot of fun!
Renato “Babalu” Sobral is not only a MMA World Class Fighter and a Gracie Barra Black Belt under Master Carlos Gracie Jr. but first and foremost he is a great Teammate. His attitude towards the School and his Teammates makes us very proud of having a Champ like him on the Team.
Hey Babalu,
On behalf of all Gracie Barra Members we would like to wish you all the best on your upcoming fight!
Here are couple pictures from Babalu supporting the Team
Babalu teaching a MMA seminar at GB
Babalu supporting a GB Conditioning Beach Class
Main card for the Affliction Banned
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
Ben Rothwell vs. TBA
Paul Buentello vs. Aleksander Emelianenko*
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Nascimento
Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
July 14th 2008 Posted to News
Opportunity to compete in Brazil
The Rio International Open and the International Masters and Seniors tournament take place on July 24 - 27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. These tournaments are big opportunities for practitioners to put their competitive spirit to work and to visit the city where the gentle art as we know it was born.
Today July 11th is the last day to register for the great event so go to IBJJF.ORG to sign up
July 11th 2008 Posted to News
New Grand Master Carlos Gracie Senior Book
This week Carlos Gracie Senior’s daughter Reila Gracie launches her book on her father’s history called: “Carlos Gracie, The creator of a dynasty”.
Reila compiled lots of historical pictures and stories about her father’s lifetime work. The launch takes place at Parque Laje in Rio de Janeiro.We hope that soon the book is distributed here in the United States.
July 09th 2008 Posted to News
The School will be closed Friday July 4th
We will have regular classes Saturday and Sunday.
See you on the mats!
July 01st 2008 Posted to News