Josh Guerra

1^st World Jiu-jitsu Expo took place at the Long Beach Convention Center on May 12^th. The expo was a great event for the Jiu-Jitsu Community, and I am looking forward the expo to grow a lot in the next few years. Free seminars, Jiu-jitsu vendors, and the Long Beach Spring Open sponsored by IBJJF (International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation).

Nova Uniao AZ had 12 competitors in action, which brought back 13 Medals to AZ! Here are our results:

Gold
Sarah Black – Blue Belt/female/Middle
Josh Guerra – Blue Belt/Juvenile/Open Class & Super Heavy
Jennifer Bann – White Belt/female/Light Feather
Sebastian Jank – Grey/Yellow/Junior 1

Silver
Jon Wagner – Brown belt/Super Heavy/Adult
Kristina Barlaan – Purple Belt/Feather/Female
David Larson – Blue Belt/Heavy/Adult
Matt Grier – White Belt/Light Feather/Adult

   

Kristina Barlaan (2nd place)

Bronze
Daniel Hampton – Purple Belt/Medium Heavy/Adult
Arnold Monterroso – Blue Belt/Light feather and Open class/Adult
Roderic Goatson – White Belt/Middle/Adult

Check out the fill results at http://www.ibjjf.org 

Next stop 2012 World Championship!!!

Hey everybody, check out the June/July issue of Jiu-Jitsu Magazine. I am featured in the Technique section showing a series of attacks from cross guard. As mentioned in the article, I was first introduced to Cross Guard by Robson Moura many years ago, and since then has been a big part of my game and Nova Uniao Arizona. Over the years, I started to develop a very good cross guard system, with a lot of options, and responses for a lot of different reactions from your opponent, and that is what I shared in Jiu-Jitsu Magazine #8.

The Magazines can be found at Barnes & Nobles. I also added a video of me using the cross guard in Brazil. Enjoy!

The 2012 AZ BJJ State Championship will take place on June 23rd & 24th at the Marcos de Niza High School, located at 6000 South Lakeshore Drive Tempe, AZ 85283

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition will offer kids, juveniles, Adult (Male and Female), Masters and Senior Divisions.

IMPORTANT: Registration will be closed for the Kids division after 280 competitors. Registration for Juveniles, Adults, Masters, seniors, and Women will be closed after 500 competitors.

GD Jiu-Jitsu Events will be offering FREE tournament T-Shirts to ALL competitors!

SPECTATOR FEES: Saturday $10, Sunday $10

Each competitor must fill out the registration form online. The Pre-registration fee is $70 for the adults and juveniles (16-17 yrs) or and $60 for the kids division until Monday, June 11th. After this date, $80 for adults and juveniles and, $70 for the kids.

REGISTER ONLINE NOW FOR 2012 AZ BJJ STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

All registrations must be received by Monday, June 18th by 11:59 pm. No registrations after this date. Registration fees are non-refundable. No exceptions.

The brackets will be released before the tournament. On Friday, June 22nd, the brackets will be available online at our website.

Adults Division – The tournament is single elimination. Medals will be awarded to the 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place of each division. Athletes will not compete for the third place. Two bronze medals will be given

Kids Division – Every competitor will receive a 3 1/2″ medal. This is a single elimination tournament, but if the child loses in the semi-final, they will compete again. Top 4 are guaranteed in the podium.

The top 5 schools in the adult and kids division will receive team trophies.

If you have any questions on this tournament please email 2012azstate@registrationsupport.net or call toll free 855-490-8880.

This Saturday, April 28, the IBJJF 2012 Phoenix International Open took place at Phoenix College in the American state of Arizona. For the second year in a row, team Nova Uniao took top spot in the overall team results. The troop was led by NU USA leader Gustavo Dantas with the help of NU Texas leader Bruno Bastos: “Finding a reason to celebrate isn’t hard work — hard work is a reason to celebrate.”

Ultraheavyweight black belt champion Bruno Bastos / Publicity photo

Bruno Bastos won the ultra heavyweight division of the adult black belt contest and took third in the open class “It’s an honor to have Bruno competing in Arizona, I tell all my students, I think he is the most experienced black belt from NU, he has been competing nonstop for twenty years.” said Dantas about his counterpart. In the purple belt division, the featherweight Christian Broadnax, middleweight and absolute runner-up Issa Able and medium heavyweight Daniel Hampton dominated their divisions against some stern competition: “There were a lot of good out-of-state competitors, and with the Arizona Jiu-Jitsu community growing strong, the Phoenix Open will grow a lot in the next few years.”

NOVA UNIAO WILL BE BACK IN ACTION AT THE DALLAS OPEN AND LONG BEACH SPRING OPEN.

Nova Uniao restarted their mission of again winning a World Championship title a few years back, and this year of 2012 they are planning on bringing a strong team: “Winning the Worlds, it’s a big challenge, but we are realistic and we will get there at some point. We are setting the goal of getting on the podium, but I would not be surprise if we accomplish our main goal sooner,” asserted Dantas.

Overall team standing:

1 – Nova União – 273
2 – Gracie Barra – 182
3 – BJJ Revolution Team – 117

For complete results from Phoenix Open 2012, click here.

The IBJJF 2012 Phoenix International Open took place on April 28th at the Phoenix College. For the second year in a row, team Nova Uniao took first place at the team results with ninety points ahead of the second place team. The tournament had a lot of good competition, a lot of out of State schools with world class competitors. Special thanks to all coaches and assistant coaches of team Nova Uniao Arizona: Gustavo Dantas, Steve Rosenberg, Paul Nava, Chris Lopez, Steve Judson, Michael Westbrook, Morris Williams and Jon Wagner. We had a lot of good performances, but a few competitors stood out:

Issa Able won the middle weight adult/purple belt and took second at the open , which he was winning by 5 x 0 when he got DQ’d for reaping the knee.

Daniel Hampton won the medium heavy adult/purple with a great performance against a very tough competition. Good job Judson.

Daniel Hampton

Christian Broadnax won a very competitive purple/feather/adult showing a lot of improvement on his game.

Christian Broadnax

 Jimmy Watson showed A LOT of improvement winning the middle weight and Closed out the Open class with Sione Manako who also won his division, the Blue/Masters/Ultra Heavy.

Jimmy Watson

Full results here

The next tournament that our team will be competing will be the IBJJF Long Beach Spring International Open on May 12th in Long Beach, California. Full info at www.ibjjf.org  This tournament will be take place during the first World Jiu-Jitsu Expo at the Long Beach convention center. If you are interest in competing, please let me know.

Gustavo

This vlog is a continuation of the “Are you looking for sponsors in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?” At part 2, I share a few experiences with sponsors and my first trip to the United States.

Gustavo Dantas and Robson Moura will be teaching a Gi Seminar on Saturday May 5th from 10 am to 1:00 pm at 11220 W Hillsborough Ave Tampa, FL 33615. This seminar will cover specific techniques, tips, and exercises focused on strengthening and fine tuning your competitive game. From working out of tough positions and situations to learning how to use the IBJJF rules in your favor, the 3rd Tampa FUSION Seminar will give you the tools you need to have an extra edge over your opponents.

FREE T-SHIRT OFFER AND EARLY PRICE $65 ENDS 11:59PM FRIDAY APRIL 27TH. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS 11:59PM THURSDAY MAY 3RD or until registration count reaches 50 attendees. Online registrations ONLY! Call 813-855-1760 if you have any questions.

Register at http://gdjjevents.com/tampa-fusion-registration/

Check Point Class

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL ATTENDEES! No payment at the door.

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

Where: GD Jiu-Jitsu Academy
Price: $20 (GDJJ Academy Students) & $30 (GD Affiliates)

White Belt  Check Point 1 & 2 (1st & 2nd Stripes or under Gustavo’s consent)
Time:  10:00am to 12:30pm (please arrive 15 minutes before)

Click here to register now!

Checkpoints are mandatory (White and Blue only; Purple and Brown optional) 2 hour sessions that allow a student to work with Gustavo, or one of his Black Belts, to review moves and positions from the curriculum that they may or may not be familiar with, making sure to go over the specific details that often/commonly get missed by students. A student will receive focused instruction and Checkpoints are an excellent resource for information that will help students towards their promotion. You must have attended at least 2 Check points (one being the Self Defense), in order to receive your diploma when promoted.

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Team Nova Uniao will be competing at the IBJJF Phoenix International Open on April 28th. If your name is on the list, please sign up at http://www.ibjjf.org. If your name is not on the list, please contact me at gustavo@novauniao.com before you sign up.

DATE: April 28th 2012.

ADDRESS: Phoenix College – North Gym
1202 W.Thomas Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85013

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 20/Apr/2012

LAST DAY TO EDIT REGISTRATION: 25/Apr/2012

PRICES:
$82.00 by 6/Apr/2012
$97.00 by 20/Apr/2012

Athletes affiliation and Academy registration deadline: 16/Apr/2012

All brown and black belt athletes must be properly affiliated for the current year.
All academies must be registered in order for its students to register in the competition

Full info at http://www.ibjjf.org

Team GD Jiu-Jitsu competitor, John Owning, will be representing out team at the prestigious Abu Dhabi World JJ Pro Cup on April 12^th and 13^th. Owning won the San Diego trials (7 matches in one day). He needs to fly from New York, but the organization doesn’t pay for his ticket from AZ to NY, only NY to Abu Dhabi. We will be doing a raffle until April 6^th to help raise money for his plane ticket to NY. For every $5 that you donate, you will receive a ticket. Even though I don’t teach private classes anymore (Rosenberg does), I will be offering one as one of the prizes and I will be also donating a Nova Uniao Gi. If you are interested, please contact Gustavo or the front desk about it. Thanks for the support.

Gustavo