Change Your Attitude!

Change Your Attitude! Change Your Attitude! is something I have wanted to scream from the rooftops lately. I have spoken to all forms of people in my life late about various subjects. From co-workers to students to friends to parents to just people on Facebook, I noticed a simple thing about many. A lot of […]

The many rule sets of BJJ

The many rule sets of BJJ

The many rule sets of BJJ One of the biggest problems of the jiu-jitsu tournament scene is the many rule sets of BJJ. When I started BJJ over 20 years ago, there was only a handful of tournaments in the US. There was the big ones, the World Championships (Mundial) and the Pan Ams. Grapplers […]

Savarese BJJ's Leo Alves dominates at Fight To Win 30

Savarese BJJ’s Leo Alves dominates at Fight To Win 30

Savarese BJJ’s Leo Alves dominates at Fight To Win 30 Savarese BJJ’s Leo Alves dominated at Fight To Win 30. The North Arlington High School student stepped up onto the big stage of competition in Bayville NJ, last weekend. Alves won his match in just 53 seconds. Most noteworthy, it was the 17 yr old […]

Lyndhurst Martial Arts Competition team shines again

Lyndhurst Martial Arts Competition team shines again

Lyndhurst Martial Arts Competition team shines again Congrats to our Savarese BJJ competition members who competed in NAGA today and crushed it. It was the second time in 2 weeks that the Lyndhurst Martial Arts competition team shined. Last week, they shined at the NY Open at CCNY. One of our best Sean Yadimarco is […]

BJJ competitions : Put yourself in position to succeed

BJJ Competitions : put yourself in position to succeed

BJJ Competitions : put yourself in position to succeed I am have been going to BJJ Competitions since 1995. My first one, the NYC Grappling Challenge, got me hooked on competition. I went on to compete in many tournaments over the next 10 year and have been viewing and coaching my students and friends students […]