Student Promotions!!

 

 

Posted 27 May 2008

Gracie Barra Arkansas graduates another great student to Blue Belt.!

Cassie Chisim has been training very hard for quite some time now and her dedication and love for Jiu Jitsu has paid off as she has earned her blue belt and taken one more step closer to the black belt.

Congratulations on your well deserved promotion Cassie, we are all very proud of you!

 

Posted: 26 April 2008

Beginning 05 May 2008 Coach Joey Crawford will begin a new boxing program. Classes will be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:00-7:00 for all levels of boxing students. From 7:00 to 7:30 will be additional stand-up training for the adult athlete and will combine traditional boxing with kickboxing and Muay Thai techniques, geared for the MMA style fighter.

Regular Boxing Classes will be open to Men, Women and Kids. Ages for kids is dependent on maturity level for thier age. Coach Joey is prepareing to build a youth competition team to compete in local and state wide boxing tournamets. Competition age is from 8-35 for amatuer boxing.

Boxing Class will consist of warms ups, drills, focus on fundamental boxing and promises to be a great conditioning workout for all. Not only is boxing a great sport for the competitor, but an excellent addition to the current BJJ students arsenal of self defense.

More information and webpage will be available in the next few days. If you have any questions regarding the program, feel free to email Coach Joey at joey@groundfighters.com

 

 

 

Posted: 18 April 2008

For those who are interested, Wes has offered to host UFC 83 at Morningside Coffee House, located at 616 Harrison St, right across the street from Central School. Start time is 9:00 p.m. Wes has a new 42" Flat Screen TV he cant wait to use, so let's help him out and watch some good fights Saturday night. Text me or email me at brian@groundfighters.com to let us know if you want to come.

Posted: 16 April 2008

Today Professor Brian Davis of Gracie Barra Arkansas had the opportunity to teach some valuable techniques to local, state and out of state Law Enforcement Officers attending the first Basic Swat School Training camp in Batesville Arkansas. ( http://www.independencesheriff.org/swat/swat.html ).  Professor Brian was invited to teach a 4 hour seminar to the group to better prepare SWAT Team officers for close quarters combat where leathal force was not necessary, allowing officers to subdue and defuse potential threats by employing effective techniques in a situation where deploying their weapons would not be required.  With his military background and use of applicable techniques, Professor Brian was able to give the SWAT officers numerous options to use to safely complete their mission and return home safe from thier jobs.

Keeping the Legacy Alive

 

Posted: 28 November 2007

 

We had 2 more well deserved promotions last night after class. Matt Keller and Gilbert Lopez have both earned their graduation to Blue Belt after a long hard year of good training.

Congradulations to both of you.

 

 

 

 

Posted: 16 November 2007

We had four well deserved promotions tonight. Dillon Wolfe, Anthony Adams, Brian and Brenden Davis all received a stripe on their white belts, taking them one more step forward in their progression. All the students in the juniors class are to be commended, and these four young men are by far the most dedicated to mastering the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Congratulations guys and keep up the good work!

Antony Adams Receives his Third Stripe

 

Brenden Davis Receives his 3rd Stripe

 

Brian Davis Jr Receives his 3rd Stripe

 

 

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Celebrating our First Year!!!!!!!!

Posted: 15 October 2007

On Saturday 13 October 2007, Gracie Barra Arkansas celebrated our first year as an academy and Gracie Barra Family. We all had a really great time, reflecting on the past years events and training, making new friends, learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and becoming a better community.

We also had several well deserved graduations, to include several stripes awarded to juniors and adults, to five new blue belts and one brown belt graduation for long time friend and student of Professor Brian, David Rosenmarkle. David andn his fiance Kelly, traveled all the way from Kenosha Wisconson to train and help us celebrate our Academies first year together and after several years of hard work, dedication and commitment to BJJ and Gracie Barra, he was graduated to the Brown Belt. We all wish him and Kelly the best as they set out to compete on the 27th in Madison WI.

 

Thanks to all the Gracie Barra Arkansas students and family who came out to celebrate our first year and great acheivments made by all the students. All the hard work, training and commitment has paid off for everyone.

Here is the link to the photo Gallery.

And here is the list of gradutions from Saturday:

*2nd Stripe White Belt/Juniors - Paden Cannon, Trisha Cannon, Madison Mcnulty, Anthony Adams, Brenden Davis and Brian Davis Jr.

*4th Stripe White Belt- Matt Keller, Gilbert Lopez, Tommy Walker, Todd Autry

*Blue Belt - Joey Crawford, Caleb Derrington, Quincy Childress, Slade Gladden and Cody Gladden.

*Brown Belt - David Rosenmarkle

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