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Posted on April 5, 2009 - by Jim Hughes

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With AUTHENTIC and PROVEN INSTRUCTION, WE ARE THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF LEGENDARY ROYCE GRACIE APPROVED TRAINING IN CT/MA. Jim and Royce developed the New England Network of Academies to preserve and share The Authentic Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA Created by Royce’s Father Grandmaster Helio Gracie. We are here for you, ready to help you meet your goals:

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Posted on August 30, 2011 - by Doug

Due to power outage, no class on Tuesday 8/30 in Glastonbury

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Due power outages in Glastonbury resultant from Irene, class will be canceled in Glastonbury tonight. At this writing Glastonbury is 78% without power. There should be class at 7:30 in West Hartford so please don’t forego training.

Posted on August 16, 2011 - by paul

Gracie Jiu Jitsu Seminar Tuesday August 23 with Jim Hughes and Paul Bratslavsky

Coaches Blog News: West Hartford CT Coaches Corner

Join us on August 23rd at 7:30 pm in West Hartford. We will be doing a special seminar open to all of our members and their friends who are interested in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. If you are a beginner, intermediate or even an advance student, don’t miss out. We will cover some of the basic [...]

Posted on August 15, 2011 - by Doug

Royce Gracie Open Seminar and Championship Tournament

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The seminars and tournament were a lot of fun, very educational, and everything ran very smoothly. Saturday morning we got an early start. The setup began around 6 a.m. and we were ready to go for the 8 a.m. seminar. It was unusually early for a seminar, but those that helped set up were sweating [...]

Posted on August 13, 2011 - by Doug

Congratulations to Katie!

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Katie, our coach in Boston was promoted to purple belt by Royce today. It was well deserved, she is an inspiration to me. Anyone that has reached that level knows the dedication it takes, and it is no small thing. I know I speak for all the other coaches when I say we are proud [...]

Posted on August 12, 2011 - by Doug

Royce seminars / tounament tomorrow. Be a good uke.

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Don’t forget the seminars/tournament tomorrow. First seminar is early, 8 a.m. second is at 10:30 a.m. wearing gi for seminars is recomended, wear gi or no gi for tourney. Tourney starts at 1 p.m. Be a good uke when you train. Found a great video showing Royce’s brother doing a demo with a young yellow [...]

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by Doug on July 27, 2011
Looking forward to Royce seminar & tournament!
by Doug on July 20, 2011
aug 13 Royce Gracie Seminar and Championship Tournament: please note class time changes!t
by Jim Hughes on July 20, 2011
Great class in West Hartford with Paul, Julian, and Kirkor from Royce Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu of New England (also my two cents on belt promotions)
by paul on June 22, 2011
Start you summer the right way and do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
by paul on June 17, 2011
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UCONN Brazilian Jiu Jitsu student, Christian, writes about fundamentals of Gracie Jiu Jitsu

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 [...]

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Chris Rekow Testimonial

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 [...]

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A Hearty Thank-You

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, [...]

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Gracie Jiu-Jitsu saved my life

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 [...]

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I Recommend Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu

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 [...]

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