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
If you are looking for good BJJ in Greenwood, check out our school!

 The event was a huge success!  The goal was to raise $5000.00 and the last I heard the total reached an even $7000.00!!  So a big congratulations for everyone involved.  Also a huge thank you to Tim Sledd for taking the time to put this together, it could not have went off better.

This is a technique that we were working on in December in our Advanced Class.
Simple, easy, and no fancy movements.  It may not always be a position that you get the first time setting up, but if you get used to looking for it you will find it when attacking an armbar from side control or mount. It is a counter to certain escapes.  So learn it, drill it, then when sparring look for it.
Good luck and See you on the mats!
 

A brief follow up to the seminar with Luiz Filho that took place last week on Friday, November 2nd.  Luiz and I go back a long way.  He was my first instructor in Brazil back in 1997.  I trained with Luiz until I was a 2-stripe blue belt.  

 Next week on Wednesday, October 17th, I will be teaching a seminar at Midwest Martial Arts.  Seminar will be for 2 hours, from 6-8pm.  I will cover a few different series:  escaping a back attack, attacking from side control, and some good stuff from the closed guard.  
 
For more information, contact me or Midwest Martial Arts.
 
See you on the mats.
 
Alan
 
Carlson Gracie Indianapolis Jiu Jitsu
http://www.carlsongracieindy.com
317-979-4466
 

What:  Brazilian Jiu Jitsu "Closed Guard" Seminar with Luiz Filho and Kroyler Gracie Leao
When:  Friday, November 2nd
Where:  Carlson Gracie Indianapolis Jiu Jitsu
How Much:  $75.00 prepay or $90.00 at the door

Closed guard is one of my favorite places to attack from.  Of course, I would rather be on top in a fight, but when practicing or playing sport jiu jitsu, I really enjoy the closed guard.  There are a lot of attacks that you can do.  Some are very simple and can be used playing gi or no gi and some are more gi reliant or more sport jiu jitsu.  
 

 Once again, Carlson Gracie Jr came to our school for a 2 hour seminar.  We worked on  a lot of different positions, but all followed the Carlson Gracie Team "no nonsense" style of Jiu Jitsu.  In attendance was 25+ students from all over Indianapolis.
 

 What:  Wabash Jiu Jitsu Seminar with Alan Stockman
When:  Friday, July 20 from 7-9pm
Where:  Carlson Gracie Wabash Jiu Jitsu
1160 N. Cass St.
Wabash, IN. 46992
765-473-5751
http://www.mmaminded.com
Rocky France
 

 June of 2012 brought us to our 1 year anniversary.  We are proud to be here for our first year, bringing Indianapolis and Greenwood great Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instruction.  Year one ushered in a lot of great new students and friends and year two will be even better.  
We also had quite a few other Black Belts come through the doors to teach seminars and workshops.  Joe Moreira, Travis Haynes, Wally Holem, Rey Diogo, Todd Brown, and Carlson Gracie Jr.  We will continue to bring guys through in year two!