Gracie Barra Countryside

Who is Prof.Carlos Lemos Jr II

graciebarra — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:05:07 +0000

Hi everyone the New youtube highlight video of Prof.Carlos Lemos Jr in on the web. Comments are welcome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9CANAIjnJ8

We hope you like it.

CBJJ

School closed on Labor day

graciebarra — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:08:38 +0000

Our school will be closed during the Labor day weekend.

We will resume activities on Tuesday,September 7th.

Finnish students in Countryside

graciebarra — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:55:42 +0000

This month our school received two of our Finnish warriors , from Prof.Lemos Jr’s Gracie Barra Finland.

Markku Tapiola and Janne Sinersaari arrived on the 18th of August in Chicago area after two weeks of intensive training in the Gracie Barra head quarters ,Irvine CA.

The crew lead by Markku a purple belt 3rd degree under Prof.Lemos Jr were impressed by our training level and the set up offered in Countryside, they spent two weeks living the ” Gracie Life” staying in one of our ” fighters apartments” right above the gym!

According to them they had a great time and promissed to comeback on next year.

Their trip was crowned by Janne’’s graduation who received from Prof.Lemos Jr’s hands his well deserved blue belt.

Stay tuned for updates!

Prof.Carlos Lemos Jr and Janne’s Sinersaari after his graduation:

New champions at C3

graciebarra — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:17:55 +0000

Our club is proud to announce the competition results for the Corral Combat Classic in Gary, Indiana on July 31st. This was a smaller tournament, and with the Chicago International Open coming up on August 22nd only a few of our competition team members elected to participate. Jon Tutaj had an outstanding performance, he placed first in his weight class in the advanced no-gi division, winning first place by submission; he also placed second in purple belt gi absolute, defeating three opponents by submission and losing first to a heavier opponent by points. Matt Pena had another excellent performance in the teen division, totaling six wins and three losses at the event. Kyle Comstock showed excellent heart and technique in the white belt divisions with some good hard fights with narrow losses. Kevin Leung lost his fight in his blue belt division, though he almost won as he opened with an outstanding flying armbar that almost ended the fight. Kamran Khakbaz lost his fight in the white belt division but displayed great heart as well. We are as always proud of our competitors and know that all of them will continue to train, learn, and emerge victorious in future competitions.

We would also like to thank our members who came with the team to show their support: thanks to Lauren D’Adamo and Nik Rikita-Tutaj for their photography and video-recording (we will have a highlight video from the C3 event online soon), Lisa and Brianne Workman, Laura and Alex Gomez, Carlos Lopez and Bret and Epiphany Stalcup. Special thanks go out to our coaches Professors Carlos Lemos Jr. and Pablo Ortega for their excellent matside coaching and advice.

Bret Stalcup.

Last chance to sign up for Prof.Filipe “Jerry” Oliveira’s seminar

graciebarra — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:11 +0000

Tomorrow(29th of July) is your last chance to sign up for Prof.Filipe “Jerry” Oliveira’s seminar on 7th of August from 12:00 Pm to 3:00Pm.

We had only 7 spots left, so hurry up and guarantee your presence on this remarkable event.

Prof Jerry,Pablo and Carlos will be issuing gradings and there will be some belt promotions for eligible students as well.

If you want to participate, contact Prof.Pablo at 708 482 1082 or stop by the school tomorrow.

After the seminar we have another good reason to gather together,at 7:00 Pm We will meet up by the school to head towards a restaurant,over there we’ll dine and watch the UFC 117, with Prof.”Jerry”,everyone is invited!!

We’ll finish the night parting out in Chicago(Adults members only)

Don’t miss this opportunity to train with the Brazilian National,American National and Pan American Champion Prof.Filipe “Jerry”Oliveira.

New dates for Prof.Jerry’s seminar

graciebarra — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:05:41 +0000

Prof.Jerry’s seminar has been postponed.

We reschedule it for the 7th of August,We are planning to watch the UFC 117 with Prof.Jerry and a night out afterwards.

All members are invited to come!

If you are a non member,no problem you are welcome to participate on our seminar and to join us on the night out afterwards,for more information about this extraordinary event call 708 482 1082.

Postponed seminar

graciebarra — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:04:37 +0000

Prof.Jerry’s seminar has been postponed.

The new date for Prof.Jerry’s seminar is on 7th of August,We are planning to watch the UFC 117 with Prof.Jerry and a night out afterwards.

All members are invited to come!

If you are a non member,no problem you are welcome to participate on our seminar and to join us on the night out afterwards,for more information about this extraordinary event call 708 482 1082.

1o Seminar of our Summer Camp is confirmed!

graciebarra — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:16:58 +0000

The first seminar of our Summer camp is confirmed!

Prof.Filipe “Jerry” Oliveira will be ministering a seminar for members and guests at our club on
July 24th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

It’ll be 3 hours of real Gracie Barra Jiu Jitsu gi and no Gi techniques!

Prof. Jerry is the founder of Gracie Barra Huntington Beach and direct student of Master Carlos Gracie Jr, He’ll bring on his luggage some of the most innovative techniques and his life experience as one of Gracie Barra head quarters in Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil born and raised fighter.

He’s a great instructor and a great champion, these are some of Prof. Jerry’s achievements.

2009 American National NO GI Champion
2008 US Open Champion
2008 US Open Absolute Champion
2008 South Bay Open Champion
2008 American National Champion
2008 American National NO GI Second Place
2007 US Open Champion
2007 Pan American Third Place
2007 World GI Third Place
2007 World NO GI Third Place
2007 American National Champion
2006 American National Champion
2006 American National Absolute Champion

To sign up for Prof.Jerry’s Seminar call 708 482 1082 , non members are welcome!

Happy independence day!(Open mats the 5th of July)

graciebarra — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:23:17 +0000

We would like to wish our members a happy independence day!

We are opening for open mats only on monday 5th of July from 6 pm to 8 pm.

We’ll return to normal activities on the 6th of July ,Tuesday.

Enjoy your holiday.

See you on the mats.

Prof.Ryu Ominami earns Judo black belt in Japan

graciebarra — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:29:50 +0000

26th of June of 2010

The news coming from the land of the rising sun couldn’t be better.

Prof Ryu Ominami just earned his Judo Black Belt 1o Dan on Judo’s world famous Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo Japan.

Congratulations Prof.Ryu!