Professor Rodrigo’s girlfriend Jenn is battling a stage 4 glioblastoma brain cancer. Let’s come together as a BJJ community and help Jen fight this disease with our donations. Professor Fabiano Estrela of Gracie Barra Clearwater will be teaching a seminar — Sunday October 1st at Gracie Barra Clearwater — on half guard attacks utilizing the…
Congrats to our newest blue belts Eric Cobelens and Sean Watson! Professor Sean Lynch awarded their blues after these two competed for the last time as white belts at the FFBJJ 2017 State Championships! Sean and Eric began their BJJ journey together in January 2016 and have challenged each other since day one. We…
Eduardo De Lima’s first black belt, Jeff Semonick, came by today and taught a seminar based on effective, old school jiuijitsu. Thanks to everyone who came out to learn, and thanks to Jeff for sharing his jiujitsu with us! OSS!
Congratulations to Kelly for receiving his brown belt from Professors Eduardo de Lima and Sean Lynch! Kelly started learning BJJ in 2012, and has rapidly progressed due to his technical and high energy style of jiu-jitsu. “I started because I love MMA, which is where BJJ was proven to be the most effective individual self…
Congratulations to St. Pete BJJ’s newest purple belt, Sebastian! At 53 years young, Sebastian brings a loving and positive attitude to the mats, along with a deep and practical knowledge of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu! When asked how he got started at St. Pete BJJ, on the long and arduous path of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sebastian had this…
Happy New Year to all. The start of the New Year is always a time of self-reflection and looking forward to making positive changes in our lives. We believe that jiu jitsu changes lives in a positive way and it’s our goal to share it with as many people as possible. If you are thinking…
We’ve been fortunate to have several guests/instructors on our mats these last few days as old friends drop by while in town visiting family for the holidays. Just want to take a moment to say thank you to our friend Greg Soares aka “Trog” for visiting and sharing some nice leg drag passes in advanced…
We will be closed December 24th, 25th, and 26th for Christmas, and on Sunday, New Years Day. All other classes will follow our normal schedule, including the last class of the year on December 31!
Please note we will be closed this Saturday December 17th for some very exciting renovations. Please schedule your planned training this week accordingly. We should resume our normal schedule Sunday evening for Open Mat 5 to 7 pm.
The yearly school UFC/Christmas party will be Saturday December 10th. Please sign up at the front desk so we have a rough head count.