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 2013: This is your year to live your dreams!

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 Luck Gi sponsored fighter Rafael Lovato Junior took gold at this weekend's Houston International Open in the Ultra-Heavy weight division(221.0+). In the finals he took on Bruno Bastos Cruz from the Nova Uniao Texas academy. Bruno and Rafael had faced each other before in a no-gi match at an UFC fan Expo Superfight. The match went the whole time limit where Lovato pulled off the win.

Congrats to Alex for receiving a hard earned purple belt on Saturday, 02-16-2013.    This is a tough milestone to reach and is the halfway point to Black Belt!  Great job and well deserved!!
New Greenwood BJJ Purple Belt
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Dan Faggella is a BJJ Academy owner at Black Diamond Mixed Martial Arts in Wakefield, Rhode Island. In addition to being a writer for a number of MMA and BJJ publications such as Jiu Jitsu Magazine and MMA Sports Mag, Dan also speaks regionally on topics of Skill Development and Goal Setting.

 Dan Faggella is a BJJ Academy Owner, No Gi Pan Am Champion at 130 pounds, and recognized expert in the area of leg locks. Dan writes or Jiu Jitsu Magazine, Jiu Jitsu Style, MMA Sports Mag, and more - get his Free Beginner Leg Lock Mini-Course www.BJJLegLocks.com

It’s Footlock Friday, ladies and gentlemen, and you KNOW what that means...

 While it is seven years away a lot of people are up in arms over the governing body of the Olympics excluding wrestling from the 2020 Olympics Games. Wrestling will still be included in the 2016 event which is set to take place in Brazil. There is still a possibility that the event could be added in a vote to make the games have 26 events, but according to sources it looks very grim. This leaves a lot of changes for the world of MMA and BJJ by extension.

Sunday, February 24, 2013
From 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (MST
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1304 S Sante Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80223

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 hey guys!!
 
This is Nathan Mendelsohn back with the eighteenth Technique of the Week! This week's technique is a half guard pass that might look a little advanced but is really solid and im sure will work very well for you if you give it some practice!! Enjoy!!
 
Stay tuned each week for a new technique!! Osssss