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Fernando “Margarida” Pontes in action

Fernando “Margarida” Pontes in action Attn Savarese BJJ Students: If you raised your hand that you didn’t know who Margarida was last night when Professor Lovato asked (even though I constantly bring up his name in class, talked about him in my interview w Marco Perrazzo 2 weeks ago and have shown videos of his […]

East Rutherford Child Earns Jiu Jitsu Award

  East Rutherford Child Earns Jiu Jitsu Award Congratulations to Reagan Roxas an East Rutherford Child Earns Jiu Jitsu Award! Reagan is really making progress by leaps and bounds and is one of the top students in our program. She always puts everything she has into what she is doing, whether she is helping a new […]

Complaining by Jim Rohn

Complaining by Jim Rohn Someone posted this in a group I am in and I had to share… Read a GREAT Article from Jim Rohn. “Complaining. There’s room for legitimate complaining, but if you let this deadly disease of attitude–complaining loose, it will conquer you. Complaining can take over your life, destroy you and leave […]

Lyndhurst Kids Jiu Jitsu Instructor Gracie Mag article

Lyndhurst Kids Jiu Jitsu Instructor Gracie Mag article Check out the Gracie Mag online article about Coach Sean Bermudez at the following link. http://www.graciemag.com/2015/02/gma-savarese-bjj-academy-kids-coach-sean-bermudez-promoted-to-black-belt/ Bermudez was promoted to black by his instructor, Professor Chris Savarese, a 2nd degree blackbelt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Savarese is one of the 1st American Jiu-Jitsu practitioners to earn a blackbelt […]

Lyndhurst Martial Arts School Promotion Night

  Lyndhurst Martial Arts School Promotion Night Tonight was a special night at Savarese Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy! It was the  Lyndhurst Martial Arts School Promotion night There was a bunch of promotions including 2 big ones, Professor Brian Long-1st degree Blackbelt Sean Bermudez-BLACKBELT Joseph Mannarino-brownbelt Anthony Del Guercio-brownbelt Chris Laciura-brownbelt Eric Estevez-purplebelt Lizette Sopko-Givens-purplebelt Danny Rodrigues-purplebelt Jerome Jardiniano-purplebelt […]

Pequannock Jiu Jitsu instructor earns promotion

  Pequannock Jiu Jitsu instructor earns promotion Congrats to Chris Laciura, who runs our affilate Academy, Training for Life Martial Arts Academy in Pequannock, NJ ( http://www.training4lifema.com/index.php ), on receiving his brownbelt from Professor Savarese last night. Laciura when asked about his promotion,  said “Last night was a very special night for me. My Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu […]

Lyndhurst Kids Jiu-Jitsu Instructor Earns Black Belt

  Lyndhurst Kids Jiu-Jitsu Instructor Earns Black Belt Sean Bermudez a Lyndhurst Kids Jiu-Jitsu Instructor Earns Black Belt. Last night in front of over 200 fellow students, friends and family Kids BJJ Instructor Sean Bermudez was awarded his Blackbelt by Professor Chris Savarese.  Sean was Prof. Savarese’s 3rd student to sign up and has been […]

Rafael Lovato Jr Signature Lucky Gi

Rafael Lovato Jr Signature Lucky Gi Great message from the Rafael Lovato Jr facebook Page yesterday…worth the read “Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting” – Napoleon Hill This quote is on my signature Lucky Gi and t-shirts for a reason. It signifies everything I have learned in martial arts […]

Harrison’s Kuntz resident earns jiu jitsu promotion

  Harrison’s Kuntz resident earns jiu jitsu promotion Congrats to Andrew Kuntz on receiving the 1st stripe of his bluebelt from Professor Savarese yesterday. Andrew Kuntz, a Harrison resident earned his jiu-jitsu promotion to 3 stripe bluebelt on saturday. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) practitioner who promoted by his instructor, Professor Chris Savarese of the Savarese BJJ […]

Leo Alves makes BJJ instructor proud

  Leo Alves makes BJJ instructor proud There are things that happen when you are a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor that make you so proud that it will take plastic surgery to get the smile off your face. Yesterday, I found out that my student Leo Alves, my 15 yr old killer orangebelt, went door to […]