Our New England Headquarters is at 276 Park Rd West Hartford CT. WE ARE THE ONLY SOURCE OF ROYCE GRACIE APPROVED COACHES IN CT/MA. Call Jannie for a trail lesson and class observation appointment at 800 260 0981.
NEWS FLASH:
2. Black Belt Jim Hughes is teaching THE FIRST EVER FOR CREDIT UNIVERSITY CLASS IN ROYCE GRACIE JIU JITSU AND THE EVOLUTION OF MMA AT UCONN:
3. Jim Hughes and Lou Rodriguez are teaching in Danbury Monday and Wednesday at our friend’s (Steve Doyon) karate and kickboxing school —-Connecticut Martial Arts, at 61 Newton Road, at 7:15 just down street from Sportsplex. Please join us.
4. Royce is here teaching and training with us April 17 and 18. details will be announced soon.
The Gracie Family popularized mixed martial arts (MMA) in the 1990’s by introducing the world to their family form of Self Defense developed through years of trial and error. Royce Gracie, the Legendary Champion, paved the way in his astounding performance in the first UFC’s and later in Pride and K1 in Japan. Jim Hughes is one of only a handful of Black Belts promoted by Royce Gracie. 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.
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If you have been around Jim Hughes and Royce Gracie New England a while, training and hanging out with Royce at one of our many great Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & MMA schools, or at Jim’s house, just kind of seems like an everyday normal thing. But lets remember, people around the world are dying to [...]
Helio Gracie
October 1, 1913 – January 29, 2009.
Friends,
Today my father, Helio, at the age of 95 passed on. I am honored to be the son of such a great man! He was an inspiration to me throughout my life. As a Grandmaster of Jiu-Jitsu and the father of “Vale Tudo” he brought Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to [...]
When Grandmaster Helio Gracie passed away last Thursday, I like everyone who loves him, was a little shocked. He was larger than life and it just seemed like he would live forever. His presence in the room was like the sun shinning, mainly because he was always smiling. The last time I saw hm was [...]
The US MMA OPEN is an opportunity for anyone in the martial art community to come and test their skills in a safe and reasonable manner. contestants from as far away as boston met at Union Station in Hartford CT, in a a very impressive set up including roped rings, to face off in the [...]
It was an exciting day and evening of MMA grappling at Union Station in Downtown Hartford Connecticut. Students from all over New England converged upon the tournament to see who would meet in the finals in a full scale show. “This is the most difficult kind of tournament” says Perry Siegel, Director of Events, “it [...]
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, I always [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
