Come train at the RocknRoll Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Open Mat Saturdays in Orange County.
High level technique, technical rolls, share techniques and good music of course.
All levels, schools and people who love to train jiu jitsu and share techniques. Train gi or no gi, its up to you and whoever wants to train with you. Training both is strongly encouraged, but its all for fun and the love of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the end of the day!
Like I said in the earlier post, the 2012 Pan Ams was awesome! I had a great time hanging out with old friends and supporting my Global Jiu Jitsu / GFTeam teammates.
It was especially exciting because my friends and morning roll partners did amazing. Andrew Goodman took bronze in his division and murdered his opponent 13-0 in his first fight. Andy is a seven foot tall advanced purple belt and has a very technical guard game.
Deja Vu set in as Dana Riddle did it again. He won gold in his white belt division last year. This year as blue belt was no different. Dana submitted three out of four of his opponents with only one of his fights going the distance.
Congratulations Dana RIddle and Global Jiu Jitsu / GFTeam
All the Global Jiu Jitsu competitors fought hard and are extremely tough!
Come on by and try out a class for free if you are in the Orange County, California area!
The Pan Ams 2012 was bigger than ever at the Bren Center in Irvine California. Over 3,500 competitors and 1,000’s of spectators over the course of four days. I love the Pan Ams because I get to see all my jiu jitsu friends Ive made through the years and rub elbows with legends and talented up and comers.e
Dana Riddle, Andrew Goodman, Rich Zaydel and Pistol Pete Loncarevich at Pan Ams 2012
Dana Riddle won gold in his division and Andrew Goodman won bronze. We all train at Global Jiu Jitsu Academy in Fountain Valley, California, under Professor Marcelo Carvalho, except or Pete who has his own school in Medford, Oregon. I am an assistant instructor under Professor Carvalho, but I also am head instructor at RocknRoll Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Fitness and am also a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer in Orange County California.
I like to keep things as simple as possible. As I have said in many of my posts, I am nothing special, just an average guy who loves jiu jitsu. I love it so much that even though I am not as athletic as many of my training partners, I will put in the extra work to try to keep up. Through trial and error over the years, I have found moves that work well for me and I found better ways to break down the move so its understandable to the average Joe like myself. I hope they make your life easier and jiu jitsu more fun for you!
Here is a very jiu ijtsu 101 move, the kimura. I also added an option of a sweep when your opponent defends the position by grabbing his belt. If you would like to see something specific, please let me know through facebook at Rich Zaydel.
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Every now and then I hear brazilian jiu jitsu practitioners debate whether its better to learn with a gi or without. I figured I might as well add my two cents to the discussion.
I am an average guy, average athleticism and average jiu jitsu. I have been training jiu jitsu on and off for about 15 years, am an average brown belt and rarely do no gi. I had an interesting experience the other day in the gym where I train. We had a wrestler / no gi jiu jitsu person come in to visit. i asked if he wanted to roll and he said he didn’t have a gi. I said no problem, I’ll try no gi for a change. I said, I apologize in advance, I haven’t done no gi in a couple years.
We started rolling and it didn’t take long for me to realize I had no material to grab. He out wrestled me easy, and I ended up on the bottom and was able to pull guard. But, once there, I didn’t feel uncomfortable, and the adjustments came easy for me. I just kept grabbing the wrists, back of the triceps and back of his neck to break his base and set up some attacks. I got a couple of different arm bars, a triangle and a lucky scissor sweep where I grabbed his wrist and back of the neck. I did have a lot of trouble sweeping him. He had really good base and through most of our roll I was on the bottom.
Like I said I am an average joe jitsu guy who has trained with a gi 98% of the time and here I was doing really well against a bigger, stronger and more athletic person than myself. He had been wresting his whole life and doing brazilian jiu jitsu for years, but only no gi.
I definitely think that people who start bjj should start with a gi. Think about it. I held my own with someone who does no gi all the time and I hadn’t done it in a long time. I could adapt to his game and do well. He probably could do well wearing a gi as well, but because he didn’t incorporate traditional jiu jitsu, he wouldn’t know how to do a gi choke, for example. And, because he doesn’t know how to do a gi choke, he won’t know how to defend against it either.
Like I said, I am just an average guy, but thought I would add my opinion!
I can’t believe that you have to tell people this stuff, but every once in a while I guess it still has to be said. Wash that gi! No one wants to roll with someone who smells like cat piss and whose gi is chuck full of bacteria!
For the consideration of your roll partners, wash the gi! If you roll once, you might be able to immediately throw it out in the sun and get another roll out of it. But, if the thing is soaked and you tie it up in a ball and throw it in your car overnight to ferment, don’t use it until you wash it again.
If being considerate of others is beyond your grasp, then think about this. You sweat uric acid and urea acid. This will break down the material of your gi, if you don’t wash it often! So, washing your gi will save you money in the long run! This way you can save your money for some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Private Lessons at RocknRoll Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Fitness!
What a great weekend for BJJ! I had a lot of my friends and teammates compete at the American National Jiu-Jitsu Gi and No-Gi Championship! I was very happy my friend and morning training partner, Dana Riddle of Global Jiu Jitsu Academy, won gold in his division! Congratulations Dana! Andrew Kuiland, who usually manages to end up somewhere on the podium, had a tough first fight and lost by two lousy advantage points. You are welcome to come train with Dana or Andy under Professor Marcelo Carvalho anytime! Come on by!
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