“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” ~ Collin Powell. This past weekend, our team went down too the ADCC trials and all of our hard work, and sacrificed paid off. Bringing a team of 10 athletes we took home a total of 11 […]
Jiu Jitsu News
Caio visits Canada Affiliate!
Caio recently visited his Canadian affiliate, Gravity BJJ for the second time this year and held the biggest seminar in Vancouver this summer. Over the course of 4 days over 75 people attended! Day 1 (Thursday) started off informally as Caio rolled with about 10 guys before the start of the seminar. As people strolled […]
Congrats to Manny Diaz!
This past weekend my thoughts were with Manny Diaz, who went to Brazil to compete at the Copa Podio tournament. Manny works full time, is a father, a husband and an amazing human being. What he has accomplished in little over 4 years has been spectacular and this past weekend he took another giant step […]
American Nationals 2013- Day 1
This has been a very busy couple of weeks for every one in our association! In the Northwest our affiliates were preparing for the Oregon Open, one of the biggest and oldest tournaments in the Pacific Northwest. At home, we were preparing for American Nationals as well a getting Manny Diaz ready for his big […]
Online BJJ Training
For many years I have been lucky enough to travel around the world conducting seminars, meeting great people and sharing my philosophy. A little over two years ago I opened a gym, the Institute of Martial Arts in San Jose and have seen it steadily grow into one of the bay area’s premier academies. We […]
Arm Bar counter to the counter
Every month or two depending on how much time I have I plan on releasing a new technique. This months technique is the counter to the arm bar counter. Being a smaller martial artist and jiu jitsu practitioner, I typically find that when I am executing a move if I don’t react correctly and rely […]
Queixinho wins NY Summer Open!
This past week the Institute of Martial Arts head BJJ instructor and one of the pillars of our association, Osvaldo “Queixinho” Augusto traveled to the east coast to do a seminar and compete in the IBJJF NY Summer International Open. On Wednesday July 10th he visited Rafael “Formiga” Barbosa’s Jiu Jitsu and Strength Academy and […]
Arizona Caio Terra Association
This past weekend was a bitter sweet one in the state of Arizona. In their first tournament representing CTA, Strong Heart Academy and Phoenix BJJ and MMA, CTA finished in the top 10 in team standings at the Arizona State Championship. From Phoenix BJJ and MMA Individually Kids: – *Sammy Carrion – Gold in Pre-teen […]
Gravity BJJ 3 years strong!
This past weekend marked two mile stones for Gravity BJJ in Vancouver Canada. First they celebrated their three year anniversary which is a huge accomplishment!! Second for the second tournament in a row they collected a team trophy at the Roots Canada tournament. Gravity is our first and currently only affiliate in Canada so […]
2013 European Champ, Caio Terra!
I won my 2 matches at my weight at Rome open but decided not to compete at the absolute because I was feeling a little sick and wanted to focus on the Europeans the next day. I won my 2 matches again on my weight and then went to the absolute where I also won. […]
