http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news Organized like a team, fighting like a Family! Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:58:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Next Monday will be a Holiday due tue labor day and Gracie Barra San Clemente will be opened in the morning. We will start at 10am with an All Levels. At 11am we will have a Live Training Session for students with White Belt 3 stripes and above. Don't miss it! Cheers! GB ... http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/26/labor-day-class-monday-from-10am-to-1130am/ Attention Students! This upcoming Saturday, Gracie Barra San Clemente will have its first competition training session from 12pm to 2pm. Professor Flavio Almeida will be with us for the entire session going over the rules, strategy and lots of training!!! Professor will also be talking to the students about his plans and expectations ... http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/26/competition-trainining-at-gb-san-clemente-sat-12pm/ Attention Students! The draft of our fall schedule is ready and we would love to have feedback from you! We are offering more classes and more Live Training Sessions (Sparring/Radory).  All changes proposed are based on average attendance of classes reflect the most convenient times for the majority of our students. ... http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/19/fall-schedule-with-more-classes-and-live-training/ It was the highlight of our Conditioning Class. It was noon already and most of us were tired from such challenging, fun and exciting morning. But the best was still to come. Right at the end of the event, Professor Flavio Almeida called two of his closest students to award ... http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/19/congrats-to-our-new-purple-belts-big-val-and-felipe-guedes/ Last Saturday, many of our students were promoted and got one step closer to their black belts. Check below the pictures. Douglas Neil John Mike Sean Xavier Aaron Austin Edna Marcelo Alex Jacob Jade http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/19/promotions-from-last-saturday-08162008/ Last Saturday, the Gracie Barra San Clemente Team had one more day of fun! The turn out of our conditioning class was awesome and everyone said it was a day to be remembered. The class started with a jog for the adults and a nature walk for the kids at one ... http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/19/gracie-barra-san-clemente-conditioning-class/ Renato "Babalu" Sobral's seminar at Gracie Barra Garden Grove On Thursday, August 28th, Renato "Babalu" Sobral will be conducting a 2 hour MMA seminar at the Gracie Barra Garden Grove School. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to learn from one of the World's best MMA fighters.  This seminar is open to everyone.  The seminar is limited to the ... http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/16/renato-babalu-sobrals-seminar-at-gracie-barra-garden-grove/ We are very proud to see the schools growth as well as our students who recently received promotions. Here are just a few pictures of those who are one Stripe/Belt closer to obtaining their black belt. Peter - 1st Stripe Emily - 1st Stripe Erica - 3rd Stripe - Live Training here we ... http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/15/one-stripe-closer/ Hello Dear Gracie Barra Students, Today the "B in BJJ" will bring you a little bit of information about Brazilian Music. There are a lot of different styles of music in Brazil; some examples are Samba, Pagode, Sertaneja, Forro, Olodum, Rock Brasileiro, Bossa Nova, among others. I will talk about many of ... http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/14/b-in-bjj-2/ Last month we had 2 visitors at our school. Fernando Almeida (Professor's Father) and Andre Almeida (Professor's young brother). It was a great honor for us to presence the GB Family Spirit through the Almeida's family. Fernando could share with us some funny stories about Professor Flavio on a young age like the ... http://www.graciebarrasanclemente.com/news/2008/08/14/gb-family-spirit/