Savarese Jiu-Jitsu’s Alves wins UGA tournament! Congrats to our young phenom Leo Alves on taking First Place today in the purplebelt lightweight division at the UGA touney in Atlantic City. Great start to the 2018 Comp season, he will competing in a bunch of tournaments in 2018. Alves has been a dominant competitor since he was a […]
Super proud of this guy right here. My student Mark Garcia at this time last year was one of the top competitors on my competition as a blue belt. Was maybe the most talented of a very talented group of bluebelts on our team at the time. While working takedowns after class on day, he completely tore […]
Here is Savarese BJJ’s Mark Garcia weight loss story: As I sink my teeth back into the 2018 competition season, I tend to lose myself in the wins and losses and critique every match I have whether it’s good or bad. I do have to remind myself why I started in the first place…I was […]
Here is a lesson from Renzo Gracie, as posted today on his Instagram page. Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside, and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” People ask me all the […]
Here are the Savarese Jiu-Jitsu Grappling Industries results and breakdown: Congrats to everyone on our competition team who did awesome at the Grappling Industries Tournament. Mark Garcia won his division in only his 2nd tournament after ACL surgery, our beast Sean Yadimarco Taking first in his division and in the gi Absolute, Andrew Kuntz continuing to get on the podium taking […]
I’m truly sorry if people find this out from this post but writing has always been a form of therapy to me. I received a phone call today from a dear friend that our good friend Dave “The Rock†Jacobs passed away yesterday. To say i am devastated would be an understatement. I pulled over […]
Savarese Jiu-Jitsu promotes blackbelts Savarese Jiu-Jitsu promotes blackbelts Danny Lleonart and Anthony DelGuercio thursday night at the end of a Rafael Lovato Jr. seminar. The pair, both training under Professor Chris Savarese for more than 10 years, received the honor in front of many of their teammates to great applause. Savarese surprised the pair at […]
Bellator standout teaches in Lyndhurst BJJ Academy Bellator standout teaches in Lyndhurst BJJ Academy! Coming off a Bellator 189 victory, standout Rafael Lovato Jr taught at Savarese BJJ Academy thursday night. Lovato defeated contender Chris Honeycutt in a win shown on Spike TV. Savarese BJJ, lead by Professor Chris Savarese, is affilated with the Lovato […]
Rafael Lovato stays unbeaten vs. Chris Honeycutt in Bellator 189 Rafael Lovato Jr stayed unbeaten with a unanimous descision win vs. Chris Honeycutt in Bellator 189 last night. One of the most accomplished American practitioners of BJJ, he started fighting in 2014. 3 years later, he has compiled a 6-0 record, winning the Legacy Fighting Championship title […]
Savarese BJJ’s Sean Yadimarco wins Kasai Pro match Savarese BJJ’s Sean Yadimarco wins Kasai Pro match! Congrats to Sean Yadimarco on a dominant win tonight over a very tough Jeson Rosario in the Kasai Pro Grappling event. Sean is getting better and better w each match. So excited for his future. #kasaipro Match desrciption Yadimarco pulled guard right […]
