Parent Coaching Only Hurts It Never Helps

Parent Coaching Only Hurts, It Never Helps

Parent Coaching Only Hurts, It Never Helps To be extremely honest, parent coaching only hurts it never helps. From an instructors perspective, the moment a child looks to their parent for guidance in a sport or activity, and not their coach or instructor the child has started to become un-coachable. Their are very few instances […]

Savarese Jiu-Jitsu Big Apple Open 2017 results

Savarese Jiu-Jitsu Big Apple Open 2017 results

Savarese Jiu-Jitsu Big Apple Open 2017 results So proud of our competition team today. We had 4 guys enter the Big Apple BJJ Open today, one of the best and toughest tournaments on the East Coast every year w/ competitors from many of the best teams in NY, NJ, Long Island, Penn, Del and MD. […]

Jiu-Jitsu Legend teaches in Lyndhurst NJ

Jiu-Jitsu Legend teaches in Lyndhurst NJ Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Royler Graciewas the guest teacher in Lyndhurst NJ Academy Savarese BJJ on friday. The 4x World BJJ champion is the son of Gracie Jiu Jitsu Grandmaster and founder Helio Gracie. Royler is not only a legend in jiu jitsu, having been the first “King of BJJ’s Featherweight Division†setting the […]

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 […]