Organized like a team, fighting like a family!

Professor Marcelo Uirapuru is in the house! Big win for Chad Cook and GBTX!

1/25/2009

Current Pan Ams NO GI Champion and ADCC 2009 qualified competitor, Marcelo Uirapuru Azevedo will be teaching and traninig in Gracie Barra Texas for the next 3 months.

Marcelo is considered one of the best Submission Grapplers in the World today, with incredible wins against famous names like Damien Maia, Jorge Macaco Patino, Travis Lutter, Joan Carneiro, Lucas Lepri and much more! Uirapuru is the Head Instructor of power house Gracie Barra BH in Brazil. For more info. about his curriculum, please check www.jjbh.com/english , instructors section. He will be available for private classes and Seminars. To schedulle, please write to info@graciebarratx.com

Our very own CHAD COOK, won impressively yesterday and the Urban Rumble championships in Pasadena, TX. Chad submitted the excelent Chris Reed via submission in 41 seconds.

With the assistance of Professor Draculino, Taylor Herbert and the DELEON fight team, Chad put on a show!

Congrats Chad!

Legacy Fighting Championship

01/20/09

Legacy Fighting Championship

The card is scheduled to take place here in Houston on March 20th . If the first Legacy show was any indication of what this night of fights is going to be, Houston area MMA fans are in for a treat.

Our very own Marcelo Azevedo, Brian Lightfoot and Greg Bellomy will be representing the school as they take on some very game opponent. We are selling tickets, which will keep us grouped together, in the office but hurry because they are going fast!

Tickets starting at 25.00 and we have seats up to 75.00

Lots of great news!

1/10/2009

The year of 2009 is promissing to be great for our school.

Professor Draculino is in California to film a new DVD series. It will be a instructional based on GI techniques. The content is still secret but it will cover a never seen before format. Stay tunned for more news about that project.

Also, there is a great new website called www.quepasa.com , in a format similar to myspace and orkut, that will have a community about us! The name of the comunity is JIU-JITSU draculino.Our students can have this great website to get and send information about BJJ with people from all over the world. There is 3 languages available: Portuguese, English and Spanish. Please to to the website and sign in a free acount and let's spread our BJJ to the world.

Some of our dear students will be in the rings fighting MMA in the up coming weeks.

Chad Mackain ( 1/16)-Lousianna

Chad Cook (1/24)-Pasadena

Greg Bellomy (2/6 )-Verizon Center/Houston

Nick Felder ( 2/6 )-Verizon Center/Houston

Thay are all training hard and ready to go.

See you all on the mat.

Professor Draculino will be teaching the Janaury 3rd saturday classes. BJJ message.

1/1/2009

After spending 10 days in Florida with his family, Professor Draculino will be back to his normal schedule on Janaury the 3rd. Renewed from this short vacations, Draculino is excited to be teaching again to this great group of students that we have in Gracie Barra Texas. Make sure you show up to class saturday!

Professor Draculino also wants to thank all GB TX Crew and students for all the help during the Holidays weeks.

An incredible and wonderfull 2009 for all at Gracie Barra Texas.

Please read an excelent text made by Professor Falvio Almeida from GB San CLemente about the New Year and BJJ.

See you in the mats.

Make BJJ Part of your life in 2009

When approaching the end of the year, we all get introspective. Thoughts related to accomplishments and self renewal flood our minds, while we review the goods and bads of 2008.

When reviewing your life in 2008, think about how much time and energy you have invested in your physical well being. Are you taking care of your body the way you should? Most of us are not. Under the gigantic pressure of our daily routines, we end up sacrificing very important things like investing in our physical, emotional, and mental welness, and focus on urgent things we need to get done.

Don’t let it happen in 2009. When making your new years resolution commit your hart, mind, and your schedule to your Jiu-Jitsu; a great hobby that motivates you not just because it brings results, but first and foremost because you love each and every minute of the practice. Read about BJJ. Dream about it. Live it!

There are many physical activities that provide this type of experience. But BJJ is something special and those who’ve tried know it. Once you start, you will never want to stop it. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu puts you in shape, but it also challenges your mind as much as a chess game . It gets you so entertained during the practice, that you don’t realize you are exercising and, at the end of the the class, you probably burned more then a 1000 calories. After practice, you go home with a great filling and want to eat well and sleep early because you feel like coming back for more the day after. And you want to recover so you can perform better. Students dream about techniques and can barely wait until the next class to solve some doubts with the instructors.

Leave your life through Jiu-Jitsu in 2009 and beyond. Give yourself an opportunity. Eating well, sleeping better, and being in a good shape, you will be much more prepared to achieve whatever you want in the year to come.

See you next week!

Professor Flavio Almeida