June 29, 2009 in News by Gumby

Saturday Schedule Shift….No Class July 4th

In honor of American Independence day, there will be NO Class this Saturday, July 4th.

The next Saturday class (July 11th, we will shift our Saturday schedule.

Regular class will start at 10:00 AM and go until noon.

At 12:30 we will have the revamped Competition Class.  A MUST if you plan on competing!  We will start by hosting a mock tournament for Heroes only on Saturday.

June 28, 2009 in News by Gumby

Week of June 29th

Sweeps and transitions this week. The week after…a surprise

June 26, 2009 in News by Gumby

June Promotions

Belt Promotions for June

Although we may or may not be done yet, here are the belt promotions (stripes) that have been awarded in the month of June so far.

White Belt 1st Stripe

Vladamir Fuentes
Stefan Mendoza
Ricky Lai
Justin Nguyen

White Belt 2nd Stripe

Mike “Colossus” O’Connor
Adrian Fuentes
Donald Littleton
Tri Tran
Chris Nguyen
Vincent Rallo

White Belt 3rd Stripe

Alex Lin

Congrats Heroes!

We have a stripe system for our white belts only.  Four stripes and then the student is eligible for their blue belt.  Philosophically, everY promotion from the white belt stripe through the colored belts (blue, purple, brown then black) will be roughly twice as difficult to accomplish as the previous ranking.  For a description of our ranking system and fundamentals, click here: Heroes BJJ Fundamentals Checklist (PDF Format)

June 22, 2009 in News by Gumby

Catch Nike SB Debacle at Voodoo Lounge

Our own Joe Ruiz has been hard at work at his video release Debacle, the first skateboarding movie shot completely in HD.  You can find out more information at the official website here:

http://www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding/debacle/

The official San Jose debut will take place this Wednesday at the Voodoo Lounge along with the Art N Soul Show.  21 and up  We figure they will show the video around 10, so you we can walk down after the wrestling and no gi classes.  Come check it out, and support one of our own:

June 22, 2009 in News by Gumby

Mike Strangis in Action *More Videos

Here is a clip of our own Mike Strangis, youth instructor at Heroes Martial Arts, in action at the Monterey Jiu Jitsu Submission Only Tournament:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnjb-OqPaqs]

Mike went on to take first place in the tournament, submitting all five of his opponents in the round robin format!

From all reports, it was a great tournament and a lot of fun.  From the website description:

Monterey Jiujitsu holds their first gi optional, submission only jiujitsu tournament at Body Worx in Monterey California. Hosted by Bjj Black belt Daniel Thomas of Claudio Franca. This was a great Tournament with tons of submissions and a large turn out. Round Robin format, each contender had at least 5 fights.

Here is their introductory clip.  On it you can see Mike catch his opponent in an oma plata
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rXS_TKekIk]

Full match with Oma Plata

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XplWa8W9bk]

Another match:

[youtube://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwA9F5Vc81U]

June 17, 2009 in News by Gumby

Saturday Schedule Shift

Note that this Saturday, June 20th, class will run from 10AM-12AM instead of the usual 11AM-1PM. This is Gumby can get over to the Gordo seminar in Los Gatos at Batata’s school.

This schedule shift is a one time deal for this Saturday only. Next Saturday we will be back to the regular schedule.

June 14, 2009 in News by Gumby

Defense Week!

June 15-20

Offense sells tickets; Defense wins championships

All this week at Heroes we are going to be concentrating on a sometimes overlooked but obviously important aspect of grappling: Defense.  Special attention will be placed on escapes and safety positions.

June 9, 2009 in News by Gumby

We’ve got a new Facebook page!

Become a fan of Heroes Martial Arts!  If you have a facebook account then be sure to check out our new Facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=8951&uid=93203361706#/pages/San-Jose-CA/Heroes-Martial-Arts/93203361706?ref=nf

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