We Have Expanded Our Academy and Schedule!

Our Seattle Location is HUGE!

On October 2nd we opened the doors at our new and expanded location in Seattle Washington. Our Seattle academy is now located at 270 S. Hanford St. STE 201 Seattle, WA 98134. We have added classes and expanded the offering of programs. Our new facility has a certifiable ton of usable mat space. We have muay thai kickboxing classes, wrestling classes, weights, shower, dressing rooms, and a new kid’s program.

The Revolution 11.13.10

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The Revolution 11.7.09

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Seminar Saturday August 1^st in Seattle w/ World Champion Professor Cristiano Oliveira

NO REGULAR CLASS

Saturday August 1^st 11:00am - 100pm @ The Seattle Academy

Professor Cristiano Oliveira will be demonstrating some of his latest techniques this Saturday at the Seattle Academy. There will be no regular class and admission to the seminar is only $30.00. This is a great opportunity to be exposed to a variety of instructors and get a chance to train with some new folks. Come down and support the Northwest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Community!

Belts & Stripes

Saturday July 18^th Noon @ The Eastside Academy

The tournament went great! Our Teammates took the GI Team trophy with a total of 93 points and another Overall Team Trophy with 112 points. We basically won the tournament … Every academy member helped by pushing their teammates harder, encouraging them, and coming together to support them. Competitors gave their all and we got the job done. Saturday July 18^th 2009 Noon @ The Eastside Academy we will be doing some promotions. If everybody can show up and be ready by noon, we will get everything done and start training afterwards. Any questions? Call Rodrigo at 206-335-0747 or email rodrigo@bjjseattle.com

The Revolution 7.11.09 - 1^stPlace Gracie Barra

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Surfs Up!

Washington Surf Academy - Gracie Barra Members 5% Off Regular Price!

 Check Out Washington Surf Academy on the web  www.WaSurfAcademy.com

WSA is offering 5% off for Gracie Barra Members. With over 50 years of surfing experience, Washington Surf Academy is committed to making sure your surf experience is fun and informative.  No matter your age, young to old, we will do our best to get you standing up and surfing!  We offer a variety of services from stand up paddleboard lessons and tours here in Seattle to one day surf lessons to multiple day surf camps in Neah Bay to international surf adventure packages.  You will get personalized attention with step by step instruction from the ground up. This includes water safety, water etiquette, proper technique and surfing.  Whether you are solo or a group of 10 we will do our best to suit your needs.

Capoeira Males & Ulti-Mat Conditioning

Our Bellevue Academy will be offering Brazilian Capoiera classes on Tuesday evenings from 8-9:30 and Ulti-Mat Conditioning on Thursday afternoons from 5:00-5:50. Pricing options for these programs are separate from BJJ and will be handled by the respective instructors. Information about Capoiera can be found on www.Crusico.com and information about Ulti-Mat can be found 3D Sport Performance (3DSP)

Ulti-Mat Performance and Conditioning Class

4-Week Introductory Program

When: May, 7, 14, 21, 28 (Every Thursday at 4:30-5:15pm)
Where: Gracie Barra Academy Eastside
Fee: $50.00 for 4 sessions
Sign-up today for this introductory offer! If you are serious about improving your strength, power, endurance and recovery for Jiu-Jitsu you will not want to miss out on this opportunity.

Contact Lonnie Swenson at 206.280.8354 or swensonl@gmail.com for more specific details about this conditioning program.

3D Sport Performance (3DSP) is a private fitness facility offering sport specific training, individual and small group personal training.  Lonnie Swenson is a personal trainer and sports performance specialist who has worked with a variety of people of all ages, including high school and college athletes. Whether your goal is to lose weight, build muscle, increase energy levels, reduce the risk of injury or become a better athlete, Lonnie will keep you motivated in order to get results. Challenge Yourself!!

Thank You Academy Members!

Seattle Gracie Barra is honored to take home the Revolution 03.07.09 Overall Team Winner 1^st Place Trophy and the Overall Team Gi Winner 1^st Place Trophy. Jeff & Gina put on an incredible tournament with nearly 400 competitors. Gracie Barra had participants in almost every category, volunteers helping push paper, and referees on the mat. Our competitors brought everything they could, but it was just not enough, and we left with a resounding victory. We owe a huge THANK YOU to everyone that participated by competing, training teammates, volunteering to work, and everyone that showed up to support our teammates! Seattle Gracie Barra is on winning streak and we are not ready to back down yet. It is really our students who make the difference and we proudly remain organized like a team and fighting like a family!

Seattle Gracie Barra Thanks

Marcio Feitosa and Marco Joca

Videos Here!!!!

Thank You Christiano, Fabiana, & Mirian!

Great Seminar

Thanks to Sidney Silva for the NO GI Seminar

We had a great time!

This seminar MMA, NO GI, SUBMISSION GRAPPLING seminar is going to show you effective positions, the ones that really work, not the fancy acrobatics ones, the real ones, the most common attacks, transitions between strikes and grappling, mistakes, combinations and of course the defenses and escapes for all that.\

It is all about the details. Everybody knows how to do an arm bar, triangle, choke, right? But also a lot of time people miss the positions because they miss the details. A little detail can make the position successful or not, can be the difference between the victory and the defeat.

Also I would like to innovate with a new seminar style, which instead of only showing you the positions and drills, like the traditional types of seminar, you will also be allowed to ask your own questions about specific positions and moves that you are concerned about. I want you, at the end, to feel that you learned as much as possible and especially had fun.

So I would like to invite you and your friends to learn and have fun.

ALOHA

SIDNEY SILVA

Happy Holidays

Academy Closed The Evening 12/31/08 & All Day 1/1/09 !

Have fun bringing in the new year!!

Thanksgiving Week Schedule:

The Bellevue Academy will be closed on Wednesday November 26^th and Friday November 28^th and the Seattle Academy will be closed Thursday November 27^th through Sunday November 30^th in observation of Thanksgiving. There will be the regular Wednesday November 26^th class in Seattle. Regular class schedule resumes on Monday and any changes to the schedule will be posted here!

Belt Promotions & BBQ December 6th @ 1100

On Saturday December 6^th at the Seattle Academy, we will be having a belt promotion & BBQ open house for all our extended families. We have been in our new building for one year, we are growing stronger, and we want to take the opportunity to celebrate with a family style BBQ and belt promotion. Lindsey Johnson will be coordinating the food and has started collecting funds at the academy. We will be making a new group photo and your families and friends are welcomed to attend. Any questions @ Rodrigo. See you there!

Update.!Group Photo from 12/06/08 @ The Seattle Academy

Revolution 11 08 08

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Seattle Gracie Barra Inter-School Invitational Tournament #2

Saturday June 28th 2008

On Saturday June 28, 2008 at 1000 am at the Seattle Academy, Rodrigo will be organizing another small invitational smoker style tournament. The last event was very enjoyable and we had tons of great competition. All Gracie Barra members are encouraged to contact Rodrigo by June 26th, the last day of registration, if they are interested in participating. Additionally, if you are in our extended family and think you might want to participate, please contact Rodrigo. We have room for some colored belt super fights. Our intention is to expose academy members to some friendly inter-school competition. Weight is on the honor system. All brackets will be determined beforehand. We want to really showcase some technical and graceful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. If you have been on the fence about competition, this is a great opportunity to get your feet wet. Maybe a BBQ afterwards?

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Fabiano "Pega-Leve" Scherner BJJ Seminar

Saturday May 17th 2008

Seattle Gracie Barra will be hosting Fabiano "Pega-Leve" Scherner for a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Saturday May 17th from 11-2 at the Seattle location. We will not be having regular classes. The cost is $50.00 and please contact Rodrigo at 206-335-0747 or email rodrigo@bjjseattle.com for information if you are interested. Fabiano Scherner is currently BJJ instructor for the Team Quest IFL team based out of Portland. Fabiano is an American Top Team Black Belt World Champion Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor, a veteran of the UFC, IFL, and HOOKnSHOOT. This seminar is a great opportunity to add to your game and receive top notch instruction from a world class competitor.

The Revolution 02.09.08

Jeff at Liberty Events and Promotions came by the academy to let everyone know about the next Revolution tournament on February 9th. This is a pre-registration event only and weigh ins will be at our Seattle GB academy on Friday the 8th. We had the most competitors of any attending academy at the last event, there is still plenty of time to train, and we are really looking to represent Gracie Barra Seattle at Revolution 02.09.08

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12/29 Saturday Schedule Changed...

Good News! We are growing stronger everyday, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing all across the country, and The Seattle Gracie Barra Academy is no exception. Everyday we are looking at how to offer more instruction, more training, and more opportunities for our students to grow in our Gracie Barra family. Starting immediately Rodrigo has added a new Saturday class in addition to the open mat. This mean we are truly offering instruction everyday of the week! If you have any questions or comments, let us know?

12/2 Sunday Class off to great start...

December 2^nd Seattle GB started offering a Sunday class in Seattle. Lead by Jesse Ruth, the class is an hour long workout with lots of exercises and stretches. You should expect a brisk warm-up, calisthenics, body weight exercises, a good ab workout followed by some long stretches. It starts at 10 and is it is open to everyone. If you cannot make the class, afterwards there will be open mat, rolling, and thinking about working some stand-up for anyone interested from 11 am until about noon?

Seattle Gracie Barra Represents at The Revolution

On Saturday November 10th, Seattle Gracie Barra traveled into the shadows of Mt. Rainer with carloads of competitors for Liberty Events and Promotions Revolution Grappling Tournament held at Bonney Lake High School. With four mats of jiu-jitsu action, everywhere you turned there was one of our teammates in the heat of competition and plenty more came out to show your support. We had several winners, 1st place Brown Belt Absolute, 2nd place Purple Belt absolute, 1st place white belt and we took in lots of additional wins. Everyone who showed up gave it their best, and if you were not satisfied with your performance there is no better time to start training for the next competition than right now. Pictures and videos are posted here as they are received at madongo@gmail.com.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

11/21/2007: The Seattle class has been canceled due to instructor illness. Everyone is invited to come over to Bellevue for a great class. We apologize.

If you have not had a chance to check out the new Seattle Academy, Thanksgiving Open Mat from 10 am until 12 would be a great time. Everything is really starting to come together at the new academy and Rodrigo is expecting a hodgepodge of visitors to come for a roll before the head out to family activities. Rodrigo is very grateful for all the help, this space has been a long time coming, and there are lots of people really working hard to bring everything together.

HUGE NEWS: 11/13/2007, Attention All Students.....

The last year has really flown by at the academy and the ranks of students are swelling everyday as more people discover how Jiu-Jitsu shapes and molds their lives for the better. Rodrigo has been grappling with ideas to secure and invest into the future of the academy and he is not taking his decisions lightly. After the uncertainty of the last two weeks, he realizes the academy is really shaping up and it has become a second family for many. It is growing and we can expect it to get larger. In response to this, he wants to make certain that we have the space to grow and he really wants to give us a more permanent home for the academy.

The big news is that Seattle Gracie Barra will be moving out of the Tullys Building and into a new facility. Rodrigo signed the lease today and he will be moving the mats through this weekend. Seattle Gracie Barra will be 100% independent and open for business on Monday November 19, 2007 in a brand new building less than one mile north of the current location. It is on the same side of the same road and the address will be posted shortly.

Rodrigo really has a vision for offering more classes at additional times and he wants to expand choices for the students to learn and grow. Please check back here often for updates. Over the next few weeks if you have any questions, want to discuss any issues with how this affects you personally, or you just want to chat then please call and talk with Rodrigo directly.

Note: In addition to the normal schedule, morning classes will be offered Monday through Friday every day over the two weeks following November 19th.

11.12.2007: Information about Seattle Tullys Academy

This morning it came as a huge surprise to Rodrigo that the new room at the Tullys building is not complete yet. The room was scheduled to be painted over the weekend, but as Rodrigo found out when he arrived, the schedule was extended. He is very ready to get this move out of the way and very disappointed that he has to delay and suspend Seattle classes for a few more days. This weighs very heavily on Rodrigo, as the academy and you (the students) are his livelihood, and we are very sorry for the inconvenience, but Seattle classes are now scheduled to resume the normal schedule in the new room sometime this week. Rodrigo is sincere in his apology about having to cancel classes and he hopes everyone understands when they see the new room, but in many ways this is out of his control. If you have any questions, want to discuss any issues with how this affects you personally, or you just want to chat then please call and talk with Rodrigo directly. The new room is on the opposite corner of the building from our current location. It is reached by turning off Airport Way at the small street adjacent to the Tully’s Coffee Shop and going directly to the rear of the larger Tully's building, and it has plenty of parking.

Call Rodrigo at 206-335-0747, email rodrigo@bjjseattle.com, or check this website for more information,

The Revolution 11.10.07

Jeff at Liberty Events and Promotions will be hosting another Revolution tournament on October 10, 2007 and we are looking to represent Gracie Barra Seattle at this event. There is still plenty of time to train.....

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Here are photos provided by Jeremy Aldrich of Lake Stevens Gracie Barra:

Bellevue Marcio Feitosa Kyra Gracie Seminar:

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Lake Stevens Marcio Feitosa Kyra Gracie Seminar:

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Seattle Gracie Barra Academy would like to express our gratitude to Pride FC Champion Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira and UFC Champion Anderson "Spider" Silva. They stopped by the academy on July 12 to promote their first Washington seminar and were very gracious to shake hands and take pictures with everyone. Seminar information can be found at http://www.minotauroseminar.com/. Thank you Anderson and Rodrigo!!

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Eastside Class now available!

November 22nd, 2006

We now have a Bellevue class!

Rodrigo Lopes, Gracie Barra Black Belt, will be teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at Koeikan Karate-Do. The class will be held Wednesdays and Fridays from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. The address of the new class is:

Koei-Kan Karate-Do
1910 132nd N.E.
Suite 11
Bellevue, WA. 98005

Classes start Friday, December 1st. Come down and train with us. For more information, call Rodrigo at 206-335-0747

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Copa NW 8 results!

November 15th, 2006

Copa Northwest 8 was another fun and successful event. Congratulations to
all the winners, and a big thank you to all the schools and competitors who
came out. These events keep getting better because of you, and we’ll see you
at Copa Northwest 9.

For pictures, go to Northwest Fight Scene

Results:

White Belt -Under 145
1st: Michael Guzman -Lake Stevens Tap Or Snap
2nd: Erick Tillinghast -Lake Stevens Tap Or Snap

White Belt -146 to 158
1st: Dave Penn -Gracie Barra Seattle
2nd: Cameron Atworth -Lake Stevens Tap Or Snap

White Belt -159 to 171
1st: Phack Narlin -Gracie Barra Vancouver
2nd: Walter Ruse -Gracie Barra Vancouver

White Belt-172 to 184
1st: Lindsey Johnson -Gracie Barra Seattle
2nd: Jeff Ledgerwood -Gracie Barra Seattle

White Belt- 185 to 200
1st: Andy Furman -Marcelo Alonso
2nd: Aaron Schultz -Club Dojo

White Belt-over 200
1st: Griff Sombke -Gracie Barra Seattle
2nd: Chad Donohue -Lake Stevens Tap or Snap

Blue Belt -146 to 171
1st: Dylan Thomas -Lake Stevens Tap Or Snap
2nd: Dave Rosevelt - Lake Stevens Tap Or Snap

Blue Belt-172-184
1st: John Sheldon -Progressive
2nd: Brian Baker -Impact Jiu-Jitsu

Blue Belt -over 200
1st: Justin Sessions -BJJ Spokane
2nd: Shawn Barefield -Marcelo Alonso

Purple Belt-Open Weight
1st: Chris Cerna -Gracie Barra Seattle
2nd: Jason Pagan -Gracie Barra Seattle

No Gi-Under 175
1st: Brian Caraway -Yakima MMA
2nd: Joel Thomas -Yakima MMA

No Gi-Over 175
1st: Rich Guerin -Yakima MMA
2nd: Brian Baker -Impact Jiu-Jitsu

Women’s Open
1st: Christine Kopr -Gracie Barra Vancouver
2nd: Jennifer Geist -Foster BJJ

Kids -Under 70
1st: Josef Hoffman-Cerna Jiu-Jitsu
2nd: Nicole Cerna-Cerna Jiu-Jitsu

Kids- Over 70
1st: Samantha Cerna -Cerna Jiu-Jitsu
2nd: Robert Sells -BJJ Spokane