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February 24, 2010 in News by Gumby
Haiti Seminar raises $4221!
On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the nation of Haiti. An estimated three million people were affected by the week, and as of now over 200,000 people have been identified as dead with another 300,000 injured who have been treated. In addition to the human catastrophe, the infrastructure of the country of Haiti itself has been badly damaged. International Rescue and Relief has been swift, but there is still much to be done.
February 20, 2010 in News by Gumby
White Belt Stripes
Congratulations to the most recent white belt Stripe promotions!
1st Stripe
Maegan Thaxton
Felipe Aguilar
Robbie Renolo
Nick Borbon
Bobby Perez
Ohad Samet
Jacob Posich
2nd Stripe
Albert Valdivia
Atsushi Aoki
Dan
3rd Stripe
Ed Solis
Donald Littleton
Gary Valencia
Michael “Giggles” Pickens
Zobair “Z” Farah
Stefano Mendoza
Vincent Racello
4th Stripe
Andrew Jones
“Ron” Rob Morales
Steve Vizzusi
Heroes Martial Arts in downtown San Jose! Dedicated to furthering your knowledge of the grappling martial arts including Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, and Wrestling! Big, beautiful location at 460 South Market in downtown San Jose, call 408-288-8857 or visit us online at www.HeroesMartialArts.com
February 8, 2010 in News by Gumby
Bay Area Super Seminar for Haiti Relief Feb 21 at Heroes!
On January 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the nation of Haiti. An estimated three million people were affected by the week, and as of now over 200,000 people have been identified as dead with another 300,000 injured who have been treated. In addition to the human catastrophe, the infrastructure of the country of Haiti itself has been badly damaged. International Rescue and Relief has been swift, but there is still much to be done.
On February 21st, the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu community of the Greater Bay Area and beyond will gather together for a “Mega Seminar” to raise money for Haiti Relief. It is a day where no matter what flag we fly, the Jiu Jitsu family will rally together for an important cause.
From 11AM – 4PM we will have a scheduled formal seminar, with each visiting instructor taking turns in 20 minute blocks to show a sampling of the technique they spent years honing. That will mean those attending the seminar will get technique from at least 15 different black belts in one day! In addition, there will be time for open mat before and after the formalized seminar. This is not only a tremendous cause, but an absolutely tremendous opportunity!
100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross for Haiti Earthquake relief.
Some of the Black Belts who are scheduled to attend:
Alan “Gumby” Marques (Heroes Martial Arts)
Sergio Silva (Team Silva)
Garth Taylor (Kaijin MMA)
Mike Vann (Claudio Franca BJJ)
Stan Kendricks (Triune BJJ)
Odilion “OJ” Domingues (Triune BJJ)
Sandro “Batata” Santiago (Sandro Batata BJJ)
Julio Echeverria (Sandro Batata BJJ)
Kurt Osiander (Ralph Gracie BJJ)
Justin “The Machine” Holder (Ralph Gracie BJJ)
Dave Clahan (Ralph Gracie BJJ)
Chris Smith (Tiger Martial Arts)
Mike Prudencio (One World BJJ)
Mikyo Riggs (Marin MMA)
Ricardo Barros (Ricardo Barros BJJ)
Daren Uyenoyama (FTCC Combat Club)
Marcos “Yesamo” Torregrossa (Cassio Werneck)
In addition, the following companies have already agreed to donate goods and services to the cause:
Swain Mats, a Division of Dollamur
Grappler’s Quest
OntheMat.com
The to attend the seminar will begin at a low $25, but donations and larger amounts are certainly welcome and encouraged.
100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross for Haiti earthquake relief.
The seminar will be held in downtown San Jose at Heroes Martial Arts Academy. Thanks in part to Swain we expect to have nearly 4000 square feet of open mat space in order to accommodate what will surely be the largest seminar in NorCal history.
Heroes Martial Arts
460 South Market Street
San Jose CA 95113
408-288-8857
Any questions or for those willing to donate/participate/volunteer, feel free to contact seminar organizers Gumby (gumby@onthemat.com) or Sergio Silva (sergiobjj@hotmail.com). Black belts wanting to instruct, please contact Gumby to reserve a time slot for yourself.
Much more to come, and thanks!
http://www.redcross.org/en/donatemoney
February 3, 2010 in News by Gumby
Alex Lin: Blue Belt!
Congratulations to Alex Lin!
Alex got his blue belt this morning from Gumby!
Of course you know that Alex is super technical. He kind of has to be, as the most regular attendee of the 7 AM class he’s never giving up less than 20 pounds to his opponents (and usually much, much, more). That has forced Alex to really develop the technical aspects of his games, and makes him tough as nails to boot.
Congratulations Alex! Very proud to have you part of the Heroes Martial Arts Family!
February 2, 2010 in News by Gumby
Family Day Photos and Video
Our own Sean Whitmore created a great gallery of photos from Family Day at Heroes!
Check out the full Gallery here!
Adisa Banjoko shot a video from the latter part of the day:
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I didn’t have any grappling experience before I started here, but Gumby’s instrcutions are so simple and easy that you can follow everything he teaches. The only problem is remembering it when ur actually sparring haha.
All the instructor’s Gumby, Canada, Keith and Mike are all very helpful and try to help in any way they can.
If you want to learn BJJ then this place is the way to go. You really have to work hard if u want to be good. Unless your a natural, but all the instruction is top notch and on point.
We start off with running, then pushups, situps, legups,head bops which hurt like hell(my neck has never been so sore the next day after training) and snake manuevers, then Gumby shows Basic Fundamentals that is our base of BJJ.(which I still need to work on) It’s not Easy Gumby’s Motto is Train Hard, Fight Hard, Party Hard. I guess it depends who you are though. Some people progress faster than others. Just Stay motivated and it will all come. Gumby keeps everybody motivated and says that mat time is the only way to get better.
After fundamentals he shows us more advanced moves and we work on them with a partner. More Drill and more Drills. Then the funnest and most tiring part of class. Sparring! Sparring is the best part of class.
People are very aware and cautious here. There are a lot of strong guys, but they don’t try to go all out and injure you. There are no crazy ego’s and everybody just want’s to learn and get better. It’s a great atmosphere!
Heroes is in downtown San jose and has class times all throughout the day! They also teach Judo, Wrestling, Gi and No Gi BJJ Classes
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