Wow it's been a really busy past few weeks at Revolution but we definitely kicked off the year/ decade right!
We continue our commitment to bring you nothing but the best in World Class training and instruction and Revolution was proud to have Marcelo "Pato" Pereira here training and teaching with us in January.

Marcelo "Pato" Pereira, Nova Unaio Black Belt, is a highly accomplished grappler and MMA Professional. His technical expertise helped us all at Revolution prepare and take our game to the next level. Marcelo is regarded for having one of the best half-guards in all of Jiu-Jitsu know in the game as the "Indefensible half-guard". Here are some of Marcelo's accomplishments:

3 x World Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Champion
4 x Second Place World Jiu Jitsu Championships
4 x Brazilian National Champion
3 x Second Place at Brazilian National Championships
8 x Parana Champion (8 consecutive years)
6-2 Professional MMA record
Trained Wanderlei Silva for his fight with Ricardo Arona.

He was here in the US for a few months training and competing, and he came here to work with us. Marcelo did an awesome job, he ran some exciting competition classes in the day and was kind and helpful to everyone. During his stay here he got to train at Pinnacle Mountain, He cooked us Brigadeiro (a Brazilian Desert) and visited several places here in Arkansas. We are so grateful to him for coming to help us. We also want to say a special thanks to 7 x World Champion Robson "Robinho" Moura for his continued support of our training and growth in the arte suave. We are proud to wear the Nova Uniao Team Badge on our backs and represent the team in competition. Nova Uniao continues to be the top team in 2010 and it's inspiring to be part of such great comaraderie.

Competition training was fun and intense!







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We were thankful to Steve Snyder from LDMA in High Piont NC, William McGlothlin at Barata MMA in Cabot, AR and Joel Newton of Conway MMA in Conway, AR for coming out to help us with our training camp. Thanks guys!








Marcelo also hosted a 4 hour seminar/ testing at Revolution in addition to the classes he taught. He taught a great gi seminar and took everyone's gi game to the next level.





Southern Impact in Mena was kind enough to invite Marcelo in for an MMA and No Gi seminar for their new club. The seminar was great!




Marcelo also taught a great class on Friday at LDMA In Sherwood. Unfortunately I did not get any pictures.
The evening after Marcelo left, we were happy to be invited by the Arkansas School for Math and Sciences to teach an intro BJJ and self defense seminar to their students. It was a hit!


2010 promises to be a great year of training, competing, traveling, growth and fun for REVOLUTION. If you are not part of our exciting team and want to be, just give us a call or shoot us an email! We'd love to have you and introduce you to our lifestyle. We promise nothing but World Class training, instruction and bringing each of you the best with a lot more excitement on the way!

Well we embarked upon our second wrestling meet today with the High School Wrestling team. This was a tri-meet against Episcopal Collegiate High and Bismark High. Episcopal was ranked #8 in the state last year and Bismark #4. I'm not sure how many seasons these teams have been wrestling. I think Bismark is in their 2nd or 3rd. This is our first. We still could use to pick up a few more to fill the weight classes as we still have a few wrestling out of the weight class, so if you want to wrestle for the Panthers sign up at the Benton High School!

However, we were up against Episcopal first. The guys looked awesome against them. We won all of our matches by pin and won the meet against them 42-24. Congratulations to the guys for their excellent performance.


















We had a little more difficult time with Bismark. They are a great team, and facing top teams will only help our wrestlers get the experience they need for the future.









Overall the team performed a lot better today. The worked on thing to improve and showed a lot of heart and potential. I am excited to watch this team grow and see them in future matches. Coaching wrestling has given us the opportunity to branch out and learn even more. It's been exciting to share with the students of REVOLUTION as well.

Remember if you've made a New Year's Resolution to get fit, healthy or stay in shape, REVOLUTION has the answer. We can help with diet, strength training, conditioning and most importantly you will become part of the REVOLUTION family! No where else in Arkansas can you train with a staff with experience in MMA, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Wrestling and Strength and Conditioning.

Call today to set up your consultation. 776-0606!