Rigan Machado and Rich Zaydel at Global Jiu Jitsu Academy Fountain Valley CA

The seminar starts at 6:30 pm and will last about two hours.  Come learn from this legend with us!  All schools and jiu jitsu practitioners are welcome!  Only $25

Directions and contact information available at http://www.globaljiujitsuacademy.com

The program will include a bit of jiu jitsu based drills, exercises and warm ups, mixed with yoga and pilates.  The routine is easily adaptable to all ages, body types and athletic ability.  Its a great way to stay in shape and hone foundations of brazilian jiujitsu.  Plus, its a great way to lose weight at a fast, yet healthy rate!

Rich and John after training. John has lost almost 50 pounds!

A friend, student and client, John, has lost quite a bit of weight.  He is down 50 pounds in about six months.

So if you are in the Orange County area, give a call and lets train!  You will have lots of fun!

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A good warm up is very important.  The warm ups at Global Jiu Jitsu Academy and RocknRoll BJJ & Fitness for example, include a sit up/core routine, snake moves and animal drills.  Sometimes we do a basic stretch before class, but, usually have a very good one after class.  This prevents soreness and feeling tight when  you wake up the next day!

Always drink plenty of water before training, during training and after training.  If your instructor will allow it, the goal is to try to hydrate  every 20 minutes during heavy training.  I like gatorade during training.  I stay hydrated and the sugar keeps my energy levels up.  Other trainers laugh at me and say that stuff is all sugar (and they are right) and all I need is water, but it works for me.

Now, there are some things what you will more than likely have to do outside of class.  One of those is lifting weights.  I don’t mean lifting super heavy so you end up looking like Conan the Barbarian, but just moderate weights.  The goal you are shooting for is three sets of 15-20 repetitions of each exercise.  This will strengthen your ligaments which will help prevent injury and it give you muscle endurance as well.  Also, if you do the higher repetitions, you won’t bulk up.  More muscles means it will take more blood to fuel them so you will gas out quicker.  Take a look at Brock Lesnar, for example.

Also, very important, is to work out your legs and hips.  If you stay around the sport long enough, you will see many training partners have some sort of knee issues.  Having experienced this myself, I now work out my legs as much as any other part of my body.  I recommend ball squats, lateral movement with bands, leg presses, and anything along the lines of elliptical machines, tread mills,  and bicycles.  And, back to stretching, if you have loose and flexible hips, that will take a lot of pressure off your knees in some positions.

Lastly, use common sense. Listen to your body!  If it is sore, or you are exhausted, take the day off of training, or, however long your body tells you.  Unless  you are receiving a six plus figure salary for doing jiu jitsu, your body will thank you! And, after all, your goal is to do this the rest of you life.

“Don’t let what you want now get in the way of what you want more.”

Happy training!

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Andre Tim Monteiro Seminar at Global Jiu JItsu Academy Fountain Valley, CA

Our GJJA belt ceremony was on December 10, 2011, but the very next day we had the seminar.  Andre Tim Monteiro showed a lot of great techniques, but focused mostly on attacks/sweeps from the bottom in half guard.  This was a great seminar.  Everything was broken down in a way that was easily digestible and I used some of the moves in training with a lot success!  We always have seminars at our academy and all schools and practitioners are welcome to come to any of them!

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I was especially happy to get my brown belt from Professor Marcelo Carvalho!

The academy was packed with GJJA students young and old, parents and friends.  Marcelo promoted a few other people besides myself.  Mike Garza, Andy Kuiland and Chris Romero were promoted to purple belt.  If you think you have heard of Chris Romero before, you are probably right.  He is a world champion in Karate a few times over.

Chris Romero’s brother, Tony ‘the Assassin’ Romero, who is 68 by the way, was promoted to blue belt.  Dana Riddle was also promoted to blue belt.  Thank God because he has ben bringing the heat to everyone!

The kids part of the ceremony was also alot of fun.  The kids have all tried really hard and are really amazing.

If you get a chance and are in so cal, come train with us!

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Rich Zaydel Is Promoted to Brown Belt by Professor Marcelo Carvalho

If you live in the Orange County, California area and are looking for a great place for your kids to learn self defense, discipline and respect for themselves as well as others, then look no further!  Global Jiu Jitsu Academy offers flexible schedules and great family packages that are affordable even in this tough economy!

To learn more come on by or check out the Global Jiu Jitsu Academy website!

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As most of you know and for those reading who don’t know our sports jargon, when we spar in brazilian jiu jitsu, we call it ‘rolling’. 

Hence the name RocknRoll BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) & Fitness!  Sometimes I shorten it to RNR BJJ & Fitness.  The idea is when you come train jiu jtsu at RocknRoll BJJ you get cutting edge technique and insruction, as well as, your choice of music for your workout! 

I love training jiu jitsu.  It the best to crank the music and do a fast flow roll for as long as possible.  Rock n Roll!

Come train with me anytime!

Im also a personal trainer and have a great RocknRoll Jiu Jitsu based fitness program!  Lose weight fast!  Super fun!

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Have a great day and happy training!

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