Congratulations Nord and Stan - Pan Am Medalists!!!!!!!

Nord and Stan bring some bling back to Brentwood BJJ from the 2011 Pan Ams in California! Nord won the gold in his division and Stan won bronze!!! Congratulations guys!

Team Luiz Palhares had some great representation from Brentwood Brazillian Jiu Jitsu and Jiu Jitsu Nation. We are proud of all of our competitors!

Stan Wins Again In Chicago

Congratulations to Stan Mabry - in a repeat performance, Stan once again wins the GOLD in his blue belt division and takes the BRONZE in the absolute at the CHICAGO WINTER OPEN IBJJF CHAMPIONSHIP! Brentwood Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Team Luiz Palhares for the win! 

Jackson Harris Brings Home the Gold!

Big shout out and congratulations to Jackson Harris. Jackson won his division and brought the Gold Medal back to Nashville from the Jiu Jitsu Pro Gear International Circuit in Louisville, KY Feb 19th! Way to represent Team Luiz Palhares!

Winter Training Camp

Don't miss out on this opportunity to advance your game and get ready for the next round of tournaments. This will be like our regular competition team training x 1000! The camp will be run by Master Luiz Palhares, 7th Degree red and black belt under Rickson Gracie, and will feature advanced instruction from multiple black belts over three fantastic days of training.  Be there - Ossssss!

Congratulations Ainoi - New Blue Belt

Congratulations to Ainoi on his promotion to blue belt this Saturday! The team grows strong!

Team Training Dec. 18, 2010

Great TEAM training today at Brentwood Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Special thanks to Professor Cliff Fonseca for bringing out our brothers and sisters from Jiu Jitsu Nation and Hunter Harris for driving the 12+ hours to join us with a fantastic contingent from Team Palhares BJJ at Oklahoma State University. You guys ROCK! The mats were full and the jiu jitsu was flowing. January's Team training date will be announced soon.

You can see more photos on our facebook page (facebook.com/brentwoodbjj)

2010 Nashville BJJ Open/BJJ Grand Prix - Update

I knew I missed somebody who medalled at the Nashville BJJ Open. Big shout out and congratulations to Mike Gower who took Silver in the white belt 40 and over division. Mike is currently out recovering from surgery - make sure you show him some love when he is back on the mats.

So that means Brentwood BJJ brought home 8 medals plus the team trophy - great job guys!!!

 

2010 Nashville BJJ Open/BJJ Grand Prix

We are VERY PROUD of our competition team. Brentwood BJJ brought home 4 Gold, 2 Silver, and 1 Bronze (and I probably missed somebody). Congratulations to Jordan, Brad, Austin and Mike - Golds, Keith and Nick - Silvers, and Austin again for his Bronze in No-Gi. Team Luiz Palhares also won the 1st place team trophy. Way to go!

Even our guys who didn't place fought exceptionally well. We have several up and coming white belts that are going to be beasts.

  
The tournament itself was a great success! We want to give a shout out to everybody who made it happen: The table workers, the refs, the runners, the "mat crew," and the great competitors.

There were over 100 competitors - a great turnout for a first event! We are already planning the next one so stay tuned.

We also want to give a huge thank you to our sponsors. Make sure you show them some love. Fighters Market gave $20 gift vouchers to the 1st place finishers in each bracket. Casca Grossa was there with a huge table of goodies and provided a lot of technical support. We also had help from the National Guard, Subway, Budo Videos, and Stanford Fine Art.

Power Kouchi Gari

After our seminar with Lucas Lepri this weekend, Jeremy spent some extra time going over one of Lucas' favorite takedowns. For lack of a better name I'm calling this the "power kouchi gari."  We drilled this technique in our Takedowns class tonight.

It differs from the traditional Judo version in a couple of ways. Instead of the traditional setup of getting your opponent to step forward and then "picking" the ankle (requiring perfect timing for the kozushi),
you give a pull on the lapel, step back with the lapel grip leg, change level, and "pick" his lapel grip side ankle with your other foot. Then you drive forward and power through chest to chest. Your non lapel grip hand drops to the outside of his hip thigh.

As he falls step wide with your lapel grip leg and secure a strong half guard top position.




You can see this takedown in action at 12 seconds in, again at 15 seconds in, and no-gi versions with an arm drag at 37 and 40 seconds in.

Seminar with Lucas Lepri

Seminar with Lucas Lepri
Saturday September 25th 12:00-3:00
Sunday September 26th 1:00-3:00
$120 both days / $80 one day

Both Days are in the Gi: Saturday will cover Guard and Sunday will cover Guard Passing

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LOCATION :
Brentwood Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
91 Seaboard Lane Suite 106
Brentwood Tennessee 37027
(615)915-1330
www.BRENTWOODBJJ.com



2010 Mundial Black Belt Lightweight 3rd Place
2010 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Lightweight 2nd Place
2009 No-Gi World Black Belt Lightweight Champion
2008 Grapplers Quest Pro Division Champion
2008 GQ Copa Atlatica Black Belt Champion
2008 Pan-Am Black Belt Lightweight 2nd place
2008 Mundial Black Belt Lightweight 2nd place
2007 Mundial Black Belt Lightweight 1st place
2007 CBJJE Black Belt Lightweight 1st place
2007 CBJJE Black Belt Absolute 1st place
2007 DEEP X No-Gi Superfight Champion