Our martial arts school had two competitors place at the Naga Tournament.  Danny Priebe placed 1st in the 207 lb Blue Belt division and Jack Tripi placed 2nd in the 180 lb White Belt division.  These students have worked hard on their BJJ game and it shows.

The IBJJF had their first tournament here in Phoenix.  We're proud to say that both  of our 207 lb Blue Belt competitors placed.  Danny Priebe took 1st place in the Blue Belt division and Alex Flores placed 2nd in the white belt division.

Congratulations to Mario Gaxiola for placing 2nd at the  2011 Pan American Games (aka Pan  Ams) in the 194 lb Blue Belt division.  Danny Priebe placed 3rd in the 207 lb Blue Belt division at the Pans.  Both of them showed their Brazilian Jiu Jitsu skills are top level. 

Strong Heart Academy had six competitors place at the 2011 Arizona Brazilian Jiu Jitsu State Championship.  Mario Gaxiola placed first in the Senior Medium Heavy Blue Belt division, Allison Havir (left) placed first in the Adult Light White Belt division, Joseph Westbrook (right) placed second in the Masters Ligtht Blue Belt division, Chance Sancez place second in the Teen Heavy Yellow Belt division, and Casey Montano placed third in the Teen Middle Heavy Yellow Belt division.

Strong Heart Academy has posted the image from the Strong Heart Academy seminar in the bjj seminar gallery.  Thanks to Caio for putting in the extra time he put in to help the students visiting from various schools and the time he took to roll with the class.  This was only supposed to be a 2.5hr seminar and Caio ran it for over 4 hrs.  His attention to detail was second to none. 

Mike Martin is a black belt in Brazililian Jiu Jitsu and is offering a free private lesson for 20 cans of food. This is a food drive for Phoenix Inner City Kids. All we require is that you bring decent cans and please don't bring Top Ramen. This offer is not limited to students at our martial arts school, it is open to anyone. If you want to schedule a free private lesson our number is 602-487-9828.

Mike Martin is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under Master Joe Moreira, a Brown Belt in Judo and 2nd degree Black Belt in Freestyle Karate.  Martin has been teaching since 2003.  A unique asset, Martin is skilled not only in instruction, but also how to teach others so techiques can be retained more rapidly.  This DVD series will teach you all the positions in BJJ from different skill levels up to Blue Belt - building a foundation of knowledge to be a solid BJJ player.

Our series breaks down the White Belt period of training into Judo belts instead of the traditional stripes. We have found that students get frustrated being a White Belt for so long while not seeing a new belt to show improvement. When in tournaments, however our school still abides by the traditional white belt; the time from white to blue is the same as is in tradtional classes.  Students will wear a Yellow, Orange, or Green belt much like Judo.

Accordingly, each DVD corresponds to a colored belt: Yellow, Orange, Green, and Blue. 4-volume set teaching offense and defense from EVERY POSITION IN BJJ.  Call 602.487.9828 to order. The entire series is $100 and covers over 70 attacks, sweeps, and submissions.

Our martial arts classes, which includes kids bjj, Karate, and wrestling has a wide variety of benefits for your kids. As we've said before martial arts is a lifestyle, we try to encourage the kids to excel in all areas of life including academically. We post all of our students in the honor roll photo gallery. If your child is suffering from bullying at school we teach prevention and self defense. We feel our martial arts program instills confidence and encourages staying in shape in a fun way. Tiny Tigers is a program that helps a child develop skills such as courtesy, discipline, and respect. The exercises are designed to improve coordination as well as enhance the ability to pay attention and follow directions.

This month RJ earned his Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu after a year and a half of training.  He started at our school after a friend of his who attended the school got him interested.  RJ had to pass two tests. 

One was a demonstration of knowledge of attacks, escapes, and sweeps from multiple positions.  The second part of the exam was the gauntlet.  he had to roll with 33 students and not quit.  We're looking forward to seeing him compete at the Blue Belt level.