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Savarese Jiu Jitsu sisters awesome photo

Check out this picture from the Big Apple Open on Saturday. Two Savarese BJJ students who are sisters, Ariana and Kayla Zeppetelli, fighting at the same time on mats next to each other. Both are on the back of their opponents looking for the choke. Is this awesome or what? Photo was captured by Savarese friend Vincenzo Cisternino, who is a student of David Adiv, Savarese’s first BJJ instructor.

Ariana recently became the first certified instructor at Savarese BJJ. This is a great achievement for anyone to accomplish, but even more impressive for a high school student.

Savarese BJJ Academy

Are you looking for a self-defense system that’s easy to learn, yet powerful enough to make attackers wish they’d never crossed your path? If you answered yes, then it’s time you discovered Savarese Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes in Lyndhurst, NJ.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the official martial art of Brazil.  Jiu Jitsu literally means “The gentle art†because there’s no need for abnormal strength or physical power. But Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is anything but gentle to your attackers! Once you begin training in BJJ,  you will develop the skills to take the fight to the ground. Consequently, you grapple your attacker and get him in a submission hold that will leave him begging for mercy!

As you learn Jiu-Jitsu, your self-confidence will skyrocket as you get into the best shape of your entire life. BJJ is a full-body workout that exercises every muscle from head-to-toe! When you take Jiu-Jitsu at Savarese BJJ Academy , it doesn’t matter if you’ve never taken a class before or if you’re already an experienced fighter! No experience is necessary and in fact, preferred! With Jiu-Jitsu classes at Savarese BJJ, you’ll learn the exact system and skills taught by the Gracie family, the founders of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu! Professor Chris Savarese is the owner and head instructor and one of the first Americans black belts promoted by Royler Gracie, a multiple time World BJJ Champion. If you would like to try a free class, call 201 933-5134 to set one up.

Lyndhurst Kids Martial Arts School Places Top 3

Lyndhurst Kids Martial Arts School Places Top 3 this past Saturday at the Big Apple BJJ Open in New York City.

The event was held at Martin Luther King Jr. High School and had well over 35 teams involved. Savarese BJJ placed Top 3 amongst the schools that were present, even though they only had 14 kids participate. In doing so they beat out some of the top schools in NY, NJ, CT, DC, DE, and PA.

Some highlights of the tournament were Reagan, Lucas, Lorenzo, and Diego all winning GOLD! Kayla Zeppetelli winning Silver fighting up a division that was a higher belt, age and higher weight, at 13 she beat a 15 year old boy to move into the finals where she just narrowly came up short for the GOLD! This was the biggest challenge so far the kids competition team. Below you will find the full results of all of the Savarese BJJ Kids that competed.

Diego Pena – Gold
Reagan Roxas – Gold
Lorenzo Tiankee – Gold
Lucas Demarco – Gold
Harun Incekara – Silver
Mateo Santiago – Silver
Kayla Zeppetelli – Silver
Aleksey Oneill – Silver
Laudan Henry – Bronze
Leopoldo Tiankee – Bronze
Antonio Santiago – Bronze
Damian Moreira Silver and Bronze
Paul Helwig – Bronze
Mike Carreira – Bronze

 

When asked about the kids performance Savarese BJJ Head Kids Instructor Professor Sean Bermudez had this to say:

“Today the kids showed that they are truly champions!

Congrats to all of them, I could not be prouder.

Lauden got caught in a triangle 30 seconds in and faught through it the whole match and almost passed the guard at the very end!

Leo Tiankee faught one of the best kids in the country at his weight and hung with him.

Reagan went Beast Mode!

Paulie showed a tremendous amount of heart and dedication.

Kayla  beat a kid who was easily 8 inches taller than her and a higher rank!

Lucas turned it up a notch today.

Aleksey was all business.

Mikey fought through some really tough positions that most people would give up on.

Happy Feet did what he does best.

Antonio continued to show his heart and determination fighting up in age and weight.

Harun did the same and took 2nd!

Damian stepped up in his 1st yellow belt tournament and medalled in 2 divisions!

Lorenzo had his best day yet!

And lastly our half pint terror Diego wins another gold medal!”

Interested in enrolling your child in an award winning Lyndhurst Kids Martial Arts Program?

Contact us today at 201 933-5134

Nutley HS student Maria Villa earned a jiu-jitsu promotion to greenbelt on Saturday.

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) practitioner was promoted by her instructor, Professor Chris Savarese of the Savarese BJJ Academy in Lyndhurst. The school is one of the top jiu-jitsu schools on the east coast.

Villa has been training a little over 2 years and has made a lot of progress in a short amount of time. Savarese calls her one of the top teenagers in the Academy. Villa recently started competing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitions and has fared well, taking 1st place at the recent North American Grappling Association (NAGA) tournament in Philly and the New jersey Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation (NJBJJF). Keep up the great work Maria!

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)

Gracie Jiu-Jitsu or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the only art that gives you a realistic chance of defending yourself against a larger more aggressive attacker. The fundamentals program is our entry level, white to blue belt curriculum. This course is designed to make the student street ready by the time they reach blue belt, the 2nd belt in BJJ.

We focus on how to deal with the most common self defense situations with proper strategy, balance, leverage and technique.

At Savarese BJJ Academy, located in Lyndhurst, the student will learn the basic philosophy of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as well as be exposed to basic competition style techniques.

For those looking to compete, we have one of the top competition teams in NJ, holding over 10 team championships in various tournaments on the East Coast. Our kids competition team also hold over 5 team titles in the last 5 years. We have classes for everyone (only 15% of our students compete), men, women (including women’s only classes), teens and kids.

Anyone looking to train at the Savarese BJJ Academy, please contact us to set up a free lesson by emailing [email protected] or calling 201-933-5134

Lodi High School student Tyler Ruffino was recently promoted. After training for over a year, Ruffino was promoted to green belt by Professor Chris Savarese.

Savarese is the owner and head instructor at the Academy. He is also one of the 1st Americans to earn a black belt in BJJ from Royler Gracie.

Tyler has made a ton of progress in recent months, including testing himself by entering the New Jersey Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (NJBJJF) tournament last month. Tyler walked away with the Gold medal in his very first tournament! Congrats Tyler and keep up the great work!

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or BJJ, is a grappling martial art that, at first glance, resembles a mix of judo and wrestling. Jiu Jitsu started in Japan, but became popular in Brazil after a Japanese immigrant in the early 20th century named Mitsuyo Maeda taught it to several local men. Those men included Carlos Gracie and Helio Gracie who, in turn, taught it to their sons. BJJ became popular in the USA in the early 1990’s. It was after Helio Gracie’s son, Royce Gracie, used jiu jitsu to win the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Since Royce Gracie’s dominance in the early UFC’s, BJJ has become an essential skill in Mixed Martial Arts.

BJJ is the most effective martial art for self defense. The reason is that it focuses on real life positions and situations and employs techniques that work against a resisting opponent or an attacker. One of the basic beliefs of BJJ is that once the techniques are learned, they can be used to defeat a larger and stronger opponent. This is because BJJ is based on technique and leverage as opposed to weight and strength. For the same reasons, jiu jitsu is also the best self defense martial art for women.

Anyone who would like to try a BJJ class at Savarese BJJ, please call 201 933-5134 for a free class.

Sean Bermudez, the head of Savarese Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Kids Martial Arts, earned a prestigious promotion last night. His instructor, Professor Chris Savarese, promoted Bermudez with “professor stripes” on his black belt, a rank rarely given out in most Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) schools. Students will now have to address Bermudez by his title while in class.

Professor Savarese gave a moving speech in which he detailed Sean’s upbringing and his rise through jiu-jitsu through tough circumstances and the improvement in him not just in the “training room” but off the mats as well. He also spoke of how much of the growth of the Academy is because of Sean’s hard work. Everyone at Savarese BJJ is thrilled for Sean and thankful for what he provides to the Academy. The kids he teaches every day are so excited. It was a great night at the Academy.

Professor Stripes in BJJ

In this day and age of BJJ, everyone seems to be calling themselves professor after they get their black belt. But “professor” is a special and honorable rank that not everyone is supposed to receive. Professor Savarese was given his “professor stripes” by Royler Gracie and David Adiv in 2010.

While professor stripes can be given after you are a blackbelt for 1 year; it can often take a lot longer. Professor stripes are usually reserved for those who have devoted their lives to helping spread the art of Jiu-Jitsu. Usually school owners, teachers who work full time at an Academy or someone who has made many sacrifices to spread the art are promoted to Professor. Not every blackbelt will earn professor stripes. Only your instructor should tell people to address you as such. It is a very prestigious and honorable rank.

Anyone who is interested in trying a class at Savarese BJJ Academy in Lyndhurst, please contact us at 201 933-5134. We have a flexible schedule for everyone with classes morning, noon and night and on the weekends. We have classes for men, women (including women’s only classes), teens and kids (including night classes for those with tough after school schedules)