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For those of you who have asked, have been watching, waiting, patiently anticipating, I bring great news! Royce black belt, and network Head Instructor, Jim Hughes will be in New Haven on Wednesday, February 1st to evaluate and promote. Come down for 8pm and demonstrate your skills, train with some of the best training partners [...]
Come and join us the this weekend at 2:00pm Saturday 3rd in our West Hartford location for a special seminar with Royce Gracie black belt Jim Hughes. The seminar is open to all our members and their friends including our SuperKids Karate parents. Jim is an amazing instructors and has been a long time student [...]
Royce Gracie black belt Jim Hughes will be at the Glastonbury school on Tuesday 11/22 at 7:15 p.m. Jim has a long history with Royce, and its always a treat to have him come to Glastonbury. His insight to Gracie Jiu Jitsu is amazing, and its an opportunity you shouldn’t miss. Bring a friend, bring [...]
Next Tuesday Royce Gracie Black Belt Jim Hughes will be teaching in Glastonbury. We are excited to have him come down, and it should be some great training! Bring your kimono, your questions, and your eagerness to learn. 7:15 pm, Tuesday 11/22… Don’t miss it! Doug Message from Paul There will be no West Hartford [...]
The most important thing I learned from Jim in 2011 (so far anyway) is to be sure that I start at an advantage. This might mean positionally, during a drill, to start with my chin downs, or my elbows in, or to protect my neck, even when we’re practicing arm bars. Even if the point [...]
The History and Fundamentals of Gracie Jiu Jitsu by Christian F Gracie Jiu Jitsu is a time tested self defense system that will allow a smaller and weaker person to take down and have full control over their opponent. The history of this martial art began in 1925 when Carlos Gracie established the first [...]
I train with Lou Rodriguez in Danbury and just wanted to take a minute and let you know how great he is. I recently injured my back (hopefully not very severely, but they tell me I have 3 herniated disks), and not only has Lou contacted me to try and set up time to do [...]
Jim, First off, keep the emails coming; they are informative, funny and enjoyable! Secondly, thanks for all you’ve done thus far to get the New England schools running. Funny thing is, I first learned of mma, or whatever it was called back in the day, by watching Royce at UFC 3. Since way back then, [...]
So you probably want some story about how I was held up at knife point in a dark alley at night, disarmed my attacker and made him cry “Uncle!” using only my unarmed agility and deadly know-how. Fortunately that hasn’t yet become a necessity. But Jiu-Jitsu, Jim, and Royce really did save my life. No [...]
I’ve been training Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu in Boston ever since the school expanded here. Since that time my life has moved in a positive direction in more ways that one. I largely attribute this to my jiu jitsu training, partners, and instructors (Paul Bratslavsky, Mike Ryder, and Jay Bell). I have found that Royce [...]