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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy |
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| Welcome to ARMLOCK.COM |
 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a cutting edge
fighting art developed from traditional Jiu-Jitsu by the Gracie
family of Brazil. Even though Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu contains standup
techniques for winning a fight, it is famous for its devastating
ground fighting techniques. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was specifically
developed to allow a smaller person defeat a larger person by sophisticated
application of leverage and technique. Gaining superior position
on your opponent and applying a myriad of chokes, holds, locks and
joint manipulations becomes the foundation for this fun martial
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Performance Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy *NEW LOCATION (just one block over)* 23-12 Broadway (Rt 4 East) Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 (2 Miles west of the Garden State Plaza Mall) tel# 201-225-0000 - BJJAcademy@aol.com Email or call today to schedule a FREE, no obligation class! Pure beginner's are welcome. Students wear comfortable workout clothes for their first class and will not spar their first day. |
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Come by and try a free class out and see
why Performance Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy has such a widely
respected reputation and is such a great place to learn this wonderful,
life improving martial art. Note:
The academy has officially moved to the NEW larger
and more modern location one block west at 23-12 Broadway,
Fair Lawn, NJ. Come by and check it out!!
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The academy will be Closed Friday, July 4th for Independance Day. |
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5/17/08 Congratulations to GRACIE HUMAITA for taking 2nd
place in the men's team and 1st place in the women's team at the
2008 BJJ World Championship. Xande Ribeiro
also wowed the crowed by defeating Roger Gracie
in the men's Black Belt Absolute finals!
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6/6/08 Congratulations to the New Performance Academy Black Belts! In front of a packed house Thursday night June 5th at Performance Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Fair Lawn, NJ Louis Vintaloro and Royler Gracie promoted Joe Lombardo, Jim Destefano and Rich Dimino to the rank of Black Belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu!  (l-r) Joe Lombardo, Tyrone Elijea, Royler Gracie, Louis Vintaloro Rich Dimino, Jim Destefano |
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6/6/08 Congratulations to Dominyka
Obelenyte Dominyka entered the Blue Belt Teen Women's division (ages 15-18)
at this years Mundial (World Championship) in Los Angeles, California
and at only 12 years old and still an Orange Belt she took home
the silver medal! |
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5/20/08 Good luck to JT Torres who is moving down to Philadelphia this
week. JT will be going to college in Philly and will continue training
and teaching. |
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4/14/08 Congratulations to recent competitors: |
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3/14/08 Congratulations to the two competitors that went
to the 2008 NAGA NEW ENGLAND last weekend! |
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| 1/18/08 Congratulations to the recent belt promotions at Performance: |
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12/7/07 Congratulations to Brian Katz's (Advanced
Martial Arts) student Ricardo Romero for winning
the light-heavyweight Champion title at the 'Ring
of Combat' November 30 Tropicana Showroom in Atlantic City.
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11/26/07 Tyrone (right) has been training with Louis Vintaloro at Performance
Academy since 1999 and rarely misses a week of training. His dedication
shows on the mat. You can train at Tyrone's academy in Union, NJ
www.ebjj.com |
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10/31/07 Nov 4th RGDA Championships Results 1st Place: Jay Hayes - Men’s Brown Belt Super-Fight
(Jay submitted his opponent in less than a minute) 1st Place: Gabriel 'Rob' Escobar - Men’s Blue
Belt (190-209lbs) |
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WRESTLING/TAKEDOWN CLASSES NOW AT Starting this Friday (Oct 5th) Performance BJJ
academy will now have weekly no-gi wrestling/takedown classes 6pm-7pm.
These classes will focus on takedowns for BJJ/submission grappling.
No wrestling shoes allowed on the mats.
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8/3/07 Congratulations to JT Torres on the promotion
to Brown Belt 9/1/07! Jay Hayes did very well at the Mundial beating his first opponent Andrew Smith by 5-0. Jay reinjured his rib in his 2nd match to the eventual 3rd place winner. Jay ended this match with his opponent in a locked triangle choke when time ran out. Mikell Bursky(Rockland BJJ) also did great by
winning a total of 4 matches this weekend.
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8/5/07 Congratulations to everyone who competed at the NAGA BATTLE AT THE BEACH in Wildwood, NJ this weekend. 1st Place - JT Torres Lightweight Adult Purple Belt (JT easily submitted all of his opponents) 1st Place - Anthony Abode - Brown Belt Masters Heavy Weight 2nd Place - Louis 'Chino' Delapena - Adult Purple Belt Heavy Weight 2nd Place - Al Nogueras - White Belt Directors Cruiser Weight 1st Place - Dominyka Obelenyte - Kid's No-Gi Advanced 3rd Place - Christjon Grippo - Kids Advanced
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6/24/07 Congrats to JT Torres for his impressive performance
at this weekend's Diamond State Games no-gi PRO Division
in Delaware. He fought against some of the best in the
world and took 3rd place behind black belt World and Pan Am champion
Charles "Cobrinha" Rubens and Wilson Reis. |
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Recent New Belt Promotions at Performance Academy! Anthony Abode - Brown Belt Alla Lipetsker - Purple Belt Chris Thibault - Purple Belt Augi Matias - Purple Belt Mark Pinajian - Purple BeltRay Curbelo - Blue Belt Paul Chiamonte - Blue Belt Frank Petrulli - Blue Belt Joe Fiscela - Blue Belt |
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4/2/07 Performance Students Bring Home Three Medals
at the Jay Hayes - Gold Medal in Adult Light Weight Purple Belt Jay was also awarded the Brown Belt on the podium from Louis Vintaloro. Jay had 5 matches with no points scored against him. "JT" Torres - Silver Medal in Adult Purple Belt Feather Weight only losing in the finals by one takedown. Mikell Bursky (Rockland
BJJ) - Gold Medal in Adult Blue Belt Medium Weight.
Mikell was awarded his Purple
Belt on the podium from Louis Vintaloro
and Louis "Chino" Delapena. Mikell beat
UFC veteran Jamie Varner in the finals. |
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10/29/06 Celita Did It! Huge congratulations to Celita Schutz
for winning the 2006-2007 North American ADCC trials.
Celita wowed the crowd with her spectacular throws on her much larger
opponents. Celita's ground game was also very impressive showing
great control over her skilled opponents. Celita Schutz
will compete in the ADCC
Submission Wrestling World Championship in May '07. |
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10/19/06 Performance Academy Results for
Daniel Otero - 2nd Place Advanced Heavyweight
No-Gi ( finals match score was 0-0) Marco Jiminez - 2nd Place kids Gi Welterweight Christjon Grippo - 70-70.9 * Advanced Kids Gi 2nd Place Christjon Grippo - 70-70.9 * Advanced Kids No-Gi 3rd Place Dominyka Obelenyte - 85-109.9 * Kids No-Gi 2nd Place Dominyka Obelenyte - 85-109.9 * Kids Gi 3rd Place Jarred M. Rose - 88-94.9 * Kids No-gi 3rd Place Congratulations to everyone who competed!
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| 9/5/06 Check out this cool video documentary on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and the U.F.C. |
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| 8/08/06 Brazil Trip - July 2006 |
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| Gracie Jiu-Jitsu on The Discovery Channel Click this link to check out an awesome online video on the Gracie Family and Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil featuring Prof. Royler Gracie and Grandmaster Helio Gracie. This segment is due to air on The Discovery Channel. |
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Conratulations to the Performance Academy students that competed in The World Championships of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu held in Rio De Jeneiro, Brazil the last weekend of July, 05. Jay Hayes submitted his first two opponents by armlock in Blue Belt Medio and lost his 3rd match to the eventual world champion. Mike Roukas submitted his first opponents in Blue Belt Leve and lost his 2nd match by a score of 0-0. Mike Mrkulic (www.mbjj.com) won his first 3 matches in Brown Belt Pluma and his lost his 4th match by 2 advantages. Mike took 3rd Place in his division and won the Bronze Medal! Mike Mrkulic was awarded his Black Belt
by Royler Gracie and Louis Vintaloro August 1st. Mike
has always been an outstanding competitor in a gi and no-gi winning
impressive matches in Pan Ams, ADCC, GQ...etc. Mike is a great asset
to Team RGDA. Mundial Medal Winners
and Instructors |
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| 10/29/03 Check out Louis Vintaloro and Mike Mrkulic demonstrating a great closed guard triangle choke setup. Click Here |
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