7 Savarese Jiu-Jitsu fighters on Dead Serious Card Saturday night! We will have 5 men and women on the card at the Men Of War show (and our affiliate Procel BJJ will have a couple as well) on June 4th at the IPlay Arena in Freehold NJ. www.deadseriousmma.com. We will have tickets at school soon, please support your teammates and see them if you need tickets.
Bellator MMA World Champion teaches in Lyndhurst NJ last night at Savarese BJJ! Rafael Lovato Jr, the Bellator champion, come into town to train and teach at good friend Chris Savarese’s Academy. With over 50 people in attendence, many were happy to share in on the action.
Lunch time workouts at Savarese Jiu-Jitsu Academy have been the place to be in Lyndhurst NJ recently. Classes have been packed with people on the lunch break or those who work from home. Classes start at noon on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. To try a free class, call 201 933-5134.
The Savarese BJJ Competition team crushes it this weekend with over 7 people on the medal stand this weekend. The www.njbjjf.com tournament had over 500 people. Very proud of everyone on our Savarese Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team and our affiliate Procel Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu www.procelbjj.com for stepping up and testing themselves in competition yesterday, many for the first time! I’m proud not just of your amazing results but also because you weren’t afraid to fail. “Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.†-Michael Jordan
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Savarese Jiu-Jitsu Receives 2022 Best of Lyndhurst Award
Lyndhurst Award Program Honors the Achievement
LYNDHURST February 22, 2022 . Savarese Jiu-Jitsu has been selected for the 2022 Best of Lyndhurst Award in the Martial Arts Schools category by the Lyndhurst Award Program.
Each year, the Lyndhurst Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. Also, these are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Lyndhurst area a great place to live, work and play.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2022 Lyndhurst Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information. In addition, information is gathered both internally by the Lyndhurst Award Program and data provided by third parties.
About Lyndhurst Award Program
Furthermore, the Lyndhurst Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Lyndhurst area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.
Finally, the Lyndhurst Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.
SOURCE: Lyndhurst Award Program
Congrats to Rafael Lovato Jr, the Lyndhurst Jiu-Jitsu leader won the European Championship last weekend. The 38 yr old Lovato won his first European title ever! He did so in the ultra-heavyweight division, absolutely dominating his opponent, Guilherme Bacha. Bacha had won the World BJJ Championship and Pan Am the previous year. The ex-Bellator MMA Champion was forced to retire from a head injury and decided to go back to competing in BJJ only.
Since the announcement, Lovato has gone back to his roots, competing in multiple jiu-jitsu tournaments and super fights. The champ has done very well in his return, only dropping matches to the top competitors in his division. Lovato turns 39 in June, and despite being qualified to compete at the Master 2 age division, Lovato decided to test himself against younger foes in the Adult division. He fought three matches to get to the finals, submitting his first two opponents with arm bars and his third with a choke from the crucifix. In the final, Lovato faced Bacha of team Checkmat, aworld championjust last year. Lovato swept Guilherme early, taking a 2-0 lead. Guilherme tied it up with a sweep of his own to even the score. Lovato then earned a second sweep, this time from the x-guard position. Once on top, Lovato utilized the pressure passing skills to win by a final score of 7-2.
With the win, Lovato secured his first major black belt adult title since the Brazilian Nationals in 2013.
Savarese jiu-jitsu standout Theresa “Baby T” Zeppetelli took 2nd place at the Girls HS Wrestling State Championship this weekend at 107lbs. In only her 2nd year of wrestling, after her first was cut short by knee surgery, Zeppetelli improved so much that she ran through the season and regions, entering the States as a #2 seed. Her instructor, Professor Chris Savarese, had this to say “Theresa “Baby T†Zeppetelli, words cannot describe how very proud of you I am. Nobody knows what you have overcome to be where you are. The anxiety, fears, smallest one in every room, etc. We lost the final but not the lesson. You will be back better than before next year. I will make sure of it. I just cannot express how proud of this young lady I am. She joined my academy as a little peanut in the left hand corner. Her dad trusted me and my vision, never jumped around and let us do what we do. She had inner battles, family loss, but very slowly, she started to crush every battle. She became the youngest purplebelt I ever gave out. Competed as a 16 yr old and beat one of the best in the country. Decided to take up wrestling to help her BJJ and follow her sister. Crushed that too. Continue what you are doing and you will crush life. Road to gold next year starts today. Let’s go!”
Everybody wants advice on how to improve all aspects of their jiu-jitsu. Well here is the one thing that I’ve always done that has never failed me. .
Lyndhurst Jiu-Jitsu instructor teaches the pros