Team Training: Jan. 10!!!!

Lloyd Irvin will host the 2009 Team Training on Saturday, January 10th at his Camp Springs, MD academy from 12pm to 3pm. If you've never been to one of the Team Training events I can assure you it's something you don't want to miss. Last year's Team Training was HUGE, with Mike Fowler flying in from Guam, Brandon Vera coming out from California, as well as Black Belts from Brazil, Tennessee, and up and down the East coast sharing their knowledge.


Paramount BJJ will be closed, so clear your schedule and make sure you're there!

Thanksgiving Hours

Paramount BJJ will be closed Thursday 11/27 and Friday 11/28 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Jared from BJJ United has invited everyone to his academy in Jenkintown for his Annual Day-After-Thanksgiving Open Mat. The training starts at noon and continues for several hours. This is a great opportunity to train with some of the best Purple, Brown, and Black belts in the country!

BJJ United Tourn Results

Another great tournament put on by Jared and everyone at BJJ United, and another successful tournament showing for Paramount. We brought nine students this time and just like the past few tournaments we had great results. Here's the breakdown:

Ryan O'Connell lost his first match in White belt Featherweight by 2x2, 2x1 advantages. He stuck around and entered the Open weight division and won his first match before losing another close one on points.

Ryan Zuver beat 3 very tough opponents to win the White belt Lightweight, then beat his first 2 opponents in the Open before losing a strange match in the Semi-finals. Ryan escaped a very tight armlock mid-match, but some of the spectators thought Ryan had tapped. Ryan went on to win by points, but declared his opponent the winner since he too felt that he had tapped the leg during the escape.

Zach Farhenholtz won the White belt Middleweight, winning his first two matches without any trouble before squeeking out the win in an all-out war in the finals. In the Open, Zach beat 3 more tough opponents to bring home two 1st place finishes. Zach ends up 6-0 on the day!

Brian Sieb beat his first opponent in the Blue belt Featherweight 11x0, then finished his opponent in the Finals with a clock choke for 1st place. In the Open, Brian used his infamous wristlock to win the first match before losing his second on points.

Kevin MacMullen bounced back from a first round loss in Blue belt Middleweight to tap all 3 opponents in the Blue belt -173lb Open weight and take home 1st place in his Blue belt debut. Kevin took first place after being down on points and rallying to submit his opponent with less than 30 seconds left.

Bruce Thomas was also competing as a Blue belt for the first time, and brought home two more 1st place finishes for Paramount by winning the Light Heavyweight and +173 Open weight. The final in his weight class was another match of the day candidate, with Bruce coming back from a 5 point deficit to score 13 unanswered points for the win.

Jim Mattson lost his first match in his weight class on points, escaping several tough spots and battling till the end. He entered the Open division and despite losing gained invaluable experience. This was Jim's first tournament after training just a couple of months.

The Stats:
Paramount students had 29 total matches, 20 wins.
We won 3 out of the 5 Open divisions.
Finishes:
Ryan Z: 1st place White belt LW, 3rd place Open
Zach: 1st place White belt MW, 1st place Open
Brian: 1st place Blue belt FW, 3rd place -173lb Open
Kevin: 1st place Blue belt -173lb Open
Bruce: 1st place Blue belt LtHW, 1st place +173 Open

GREAT JOB GUYS!!!

Special Guest Instructor!

Its been almost a month since we kicked off our Boxing and MMA Programs and they're going great so far! Coach Matt Chambers has been training the students on the critical aspects of Boxing and now I'm proud to announce our first of many MMA Guest Instructors.


Undefeated Pro MMA Fighter Tim Carpenter will be teaching Thursday night's MMA Class on November 13th. Tim is 3-0, and both the Sportfighting and Combat in the Cage Lt HW Champion. There is NO CHARGE for this class, all students on the Combat Athlete Program can attend- just like any other class!

This is a huge opportunity for students to absorb real hands-on knowledge from a fighter who's been in the Ring and in the Cage and knows what he's talking about. Don't miss it!

Boxing 101: Pics From the First Class

Paramount BJJ held it's first Boxing class this past week and it was a resounding success! Coach Matt Chambers started off with the proper hand-wrapping technique, then went into the fundamentals of boxing: footwork, movement, and the jab. Coach Matt finished the class with one of his patented conditioning routines that left the students gasping for air and glad it was over. Despite the high level of intensity- or perhaps because of it- every single participant is eagerly awaiting the next class. Check out the pics from Day 1...

Coach Matt being very strict on the students' footwork

Working the Jab

The end of a hard workout...

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