Boxing and MMA at Paramount!

After months of preparation we're ready to launch the Boxing and MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Classes at Paramount. We've brought in Matt Chambers NSCA-CPT to teach the Boxing class and help design the MMA curriculum. For the past 10 years, Matt has worked with Professional and Amateur Boxers, as well as various Athletes from the NFL, MLB, and members of the U.S National Rugby Team.

Stay tuned for a full Bio on Matt as well as Pics and Video from the first week of classes. Check out the class times below:

Boxing: Tues 7:30pm
MMA: Thurs 7:30pm

BJJ United In-House Tournament

From Jared at BJJ United:

I am pleased to announce our next Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, GI ONLY In-house tournament will take place on Saturday November 8th. We will have divisions for White, Blue, and Purple belts. Men and Women. The weight classes are as follows:

feather- up to 148lbs
light- 149-161lbs
middle- 162-173lbs
middle heavy- 174-185lbs
heavy- 186-200lbs
super heavy-201-220lbs
over- 221lbs- up

We will have sign-up sheets at the school. Pre-pay is $30, day of tournament is $50. Save yourself a few dollars and pre-reg. Pre-registration also helps up set things up a lot quicker and helps things run a lot smoother. We will hold weigh-ins the night before at BJJ United from 6pm-8:30pm, and the day of from 8am-10am. The tournament will start by 11am. This tournament is open to all BJJ United, and team Lloyd Irvin affiliations only. We look forward to seeing you there.

-Jared

US Nationals Results

This past weekend Team Lloyd Irvin brought 5 competitors to this years' BJJ American Nationals and came home with 7 medals! Here are the individual results:

Andre Arata (Third Law BJJ) won the White Belt Super Heavyweight.
Mike Florey (88 BJJ) took 3rd in Blue Belt Light Heavyweight, and 2nd in Blue LtHW No Gi.
Fred Ramie (88 BJJ) took 3rd in the Purple Belt Heavyweight.
Roberto Torralbas (Third Law BJJ) won the Purple belt Lt Heavyweight and took 3rd in the Open.

Brad Court (Paramount BJJ) took 3rd in Black Belt Lightweight. Brad tapped his opponent in the quarterfinals with a wristlock, then lost to 3x World Champion Fredson Paixao by a score of 7-6.


Paramount BJJ Head Instructor Brad Court on the Podium

Adjusted Schedule 9/20-9/22

Head Instructor Brad Court will be away this weekend from Saturday thru Monday, to compete in the US Nationals in Los Angeles, California. As a result our schedule has been adjusted. Please note the changes, and we will be returning to our regular schedule on Tuesday Sept 23rd.

Saturday
10am: Kids Class
11am: Open Mat

Monday
730am: BJJ Basics
7pm: Open Mat

Belt Promotions Results and Pics!

This weekend we held our biggest Belt Promotion ceremony yet! First up were the kids. Our Childrens Program is only a few months old, but we have a fantastic group of kids who come to class and always give 100%. Three of them were promoted to yellow belt, and the rest all got stripes on their belts!


After the kids were the Adults, and I can't even begin to describe how impressed I am with the new blue belts. Not only are technically sound, consistent and hungry to learn.. They each trained with everyone in class (about 25 students) for 2 minutes each- Non-Stop. That's almost an hour straight!

And to top it all off we had a special guest- Undefeated Pro MMA fighter and BJJ Black Belt Tim Carpenter was in the house!


Yellow Belts
Kevin
Gianna
Jake

Blue Belts
Kevin MacMullen
Matt Bauer
Adam Carpenter
Steve Miller
Bruce Thomas

Congratulations guys!!

Closed - Labor Day (9/1)

There will be no classes at the Paramount facility on Labor Day, next Monday (Sept. 1st). Be safe and enjoy the holiday!

New Video Technique

I was recently asked by my friends over at Balance Studios to demonstrate a technique for a video shoot. So here's one of my favorite transitions from a pass attempt to a submission. Pay close attention to the details and shoot me an email if you have any questions!