The summer has been eventful here at Revolution. In June, after the 2010 World BJJ Championships, Rodrigo Feijao Antonio, a 6x World Champion with Nova Unaio was at Revolution to give a seminar. We also traveled up to Bentonville to attend a seminar with Rodrigo and his student Daniel. We got in a lot of grappling and learned some good details on chokes and guard passes. Rodrigo is an excellent instructor and if you have the chance to train with him I'd highly recommend it.











Justin Fiser went to the International Kickboxing Federation's World Championships to represent Revolution! He trained hard for this tournament and we are extremely proud of the progress he's made as a fighter. During the IKF worlds, fighters fight over a 2 day period, and fight multiple fights in a single elimination bracket. Anyone can register, so long as they are an amateur, and the limit is 16 participants. Justin had 8 in his division.

Friday was weigh ins and Saturday was the first day of fights. Justin didnt have much trouble at all making weight. Saturday, he won his first fight in a dominating fashion. His second fight was against a fresh opponent. Fiser got a knock down and 8 count on his opponent very early on and sealed the deal with a KO in less than a minute in to the first round.









Justin's third fight was Sunday. It was earlier in the day and against last years champion who had considerably more experience. Justin came out firing and each round was close, but his opponent got the nod and Justin got 2nd in the Worlds.
I know without a doubt he can win this next year. Preparing for an event of this magnitude does wonders for a person as a fighter. Justin's striking has improved tremendously, and it is important to realize that if you are an aspiring mixed martial artist it is imperative you develop your skills in kickboxing/ muay thai and bjj/ wrestling before going to mma. The talent overall at this event is something that you must witness first hand. We look forward to next year.



While in Florida we also got to do a lot of traingin with our BJJ coach Robson Moura. Thursday we did some training during his day class and then in the evening Jory and Robson came back to class to train and roll with Robsons students while Abby did a private lesson with one of Robsons female students.




Friday morning was an early one. Jory and Abby woke up early to assist Robson in a seminar for a security detail for the local military, who are tasked with protecting the generals. It was a great seminar and you can find out more about it here:

Abu Dhabi Combat Club News







Friday night Jory, Abby, along with William (A black belt from Cabot, AR) and Steve Snyder (A Brown belt from NC) went to teach and train at one of Robson's affiliates in Orlando! They were a great group of guys and we got a lot of rolling in. Jory showed some advanced X Guard and some basics.







While we were out Chris and Grant held down the fort for some exciting classes at Revolution Benton and Hot Springs.
There is no rest for the weary, though. Marcelo, who is a 3x World Champion and Professional Fighter with Nova Uniao from Brazil will arrive here next weekend for extended teaching and training. We are very lucky to have him as part of our BJJ family!

We have been working hard here at Revolution. Justin Fiser is training hard for the IKF. We have had, and will have guests in from various gyms helping us train for different competitions. Andy, our blue belt from Hot Springs, recently competed in the TX State BJJ Championships. He brought home a gold and a silver. Below is a blog about his competition experience. We are proud of Andy for training hard towards his goals!

I had a great time at the Texas State BJJ Championship. There were 400+ competitors and 5 absolute divisions. The absolute and Black belt absolute divisions were really impressive. There were teams representing TX, OK and I believe I was the only competitor from AR.

I competed in the Beginner (1-3 yrs) in nogi and Blue belt Masters (30 +) in gi. It was just me and another guy in our nogi class, but I figured what the heck, I'll sign up for absolute to get my money's worth. The first match me and my opponenet went hard but stifled each others attacks. We ended in a 0-0 tie at the end of regulation and had to go to a 1 minute overtime. It was going well and I felt like I had the advantage until I slipped up and he applied a Kimura. I fought it hard but with one last ditch effort he put everything he had in to it and got the kimura, popped my elbow and strained my shoulder in the process. I was devastated, physically and mentally...I couldn't believe what had just happend...I wanted to quit. My wonderful wife talked me through it and I started putting Ice on it and taking tylenol and trying to get ready physically and mentally for my gi division.

There were 4 of us in gi. My first match was against the guy who had previously beaten me. Again we had to go to overtime to decide our match and in the 1 minute overtime I was able to pass guard and get North/South and 2 pts for the win...Sweet Redemption!

My next match was against the Gold medal winner of the Adult Nogi 150-169.9 division and a pro fighter to boot. I tried not to let that get in my head. In that match, I was able to get the takedown and several position points and was able to work through the adversity to win the Gold medal to become the 150-169.9 Blue Belt Masters Texas State BJJ Champion.

This was the finest accomplishment in my martial arts career so far due to the adversity I had to overcome.

All of the people I met were 100% class and the tournament was great.

First of all I'd like to thank God for everything you've done for me.

Second, I'd like to thank all of my coaches and training partners and sponsors at Revolution, Southern Impact and Ouachita Rehab and Fitness.