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| Earl Worley debuts
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| Family growing up fast
! Two more BWBJJ affiliated schools 07/28/2008 |
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We are very help to announce that Best Way Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will be represented in two new locations: New Milford, CT and Pawling / Petterson in New York. |
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The classes in New Milford will be taught by the Brown Belt Instructor Leonardo DaSilva. He will be working in a partnership with New Milford Sports Club, the biggest fitness center in the town with a start-of-the-art facility. Leo and NMSC will offer classes of: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Gi and No Gi as well as our new exclusive Cardio MMA for women. On Sept 7th they will be offering a free-trial class open to the general public. NMSC is located at: 130 Grove Street. New Milford, CT 06776. More info: (860) 350-1003. |
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| Best Way BJJ /
ATT Boston in the Weymouth Fire/Police Fitness Challenge 07/19/2008 |
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Our head coach and founder Andre "Dedeco" Almeida was invited by the Town of Weymouth / MA to be part of the Weymouth Fire/Police Fitness Challenge.
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| Oz Pariser beats
Felix !!! 07/19/2008 |
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Oz Pariser did it again ! He kept his perfect record adding one more victory: he is now 4-0. This past weekend Oz defeated Luis Felix in the Reality Fighting 155lb division via submission ( gogoplata ). All the hard work training and doing all the conditioning sessions has paid off. Oz and Felix have provided a great show to the crowd. Both fighters showed a lot of heart and will to win but at the end Oz’s skills and submission has prevailed. Oz was awarded with the "Submission of the Night" prize. In our schedule now we will have Earl "Chuck" Worley and James Monroe doing thir debut in the event USFL in the Foxwoods Casino on July 25th. ( more info at http://www.usfightleague.com ). In August is Brent Reed's turn to debut in the MMA pro division and Sean Haggerty in the MMA amateur. Both fighter will be in the Untamed show. ( http://www.fullforce.tv ) |
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| Dan Cramer, Luigi
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| Team results in the
Grapplers Quest and NAGA 07/02/2008 |
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| Terin and Jessi
Swanson: no challenge is big enough ! 07/01/2008 |
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Terin and Jessi Swanson share the same passion: facing bigger challenges in every opportunity. Jessi fought in the last NAGA tournament in the NO-GI division for girls however as not too many girls signed up she ended up fighting two boys and one girl. Showing the same will to win and competition spirit of her brother, Jessi submitted her opponents in three different submissions. She is 11 years old and train with Hitalo Machado in West Haven / CT. Terin fought in the Grapplers Quest blue belt adult division ( even been 14 years old ) and took 2nd place for the surprise of the other competitors. They are not the future of our team anymore; they are part of the present. They are helping us to make Best Way BJJ / American Top Team one of the most dominant BJJ / MMA teams in New England. |
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| Team takes the
1st place in the PABJJF tournament . 05/29/2008 |
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These guys make us proud! Our team took first place in the Pennsylvania Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament that was held in Olyphant, PA. We were represented by 13 athletes and most of them were competing for the first time. All guys have placed and everybody showed a lot of heart and determination. The highlight of the team was Gustavo Oliveira. The 12 years old boy looked like a veteran on the mat. He won his first tournament making his parents and coaches very proud ! Thanks team for representing American Top Team and Best Way BJJ so well ! Now the team will be getting ready for the next events and challenges. Our plans includes: Grapplers Quest, Long Island Pride BJJ Championship and the next Pennsylvania State BJJ tournament. We will keep everybody posted with the next tournaments ! |
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| Terin Swanson's
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| Dan Cramer wins
one more in the TUF 7. 05/07/2008 |
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Daniel Cramer member of Best Way BJJ / American Top Team made his first fight in the Ultimate Fighter 7 winning by TKO in the second round. In this episode his was picked by Luke Zachrich as Team Forrest had the control at that time. Read Dan's blog ( text extract from www.ufc.com ) and understand what goes on in the show told directly by him: Dan Cramer’s TUF7
Blog – "I always get people telling me I don’t look like a fighter, but all the comments about being in the Abercrombie catalog and stuff like that doesn't bother me at all. It’s actually funny to For me, I just don't feel the need to get caught up in the prototypical image of a fighter. There's no problem with that sort of thing, but for me I’d rather just be treated like a normal guy outside of the gym. I don't think how I look has any effect on how I train or fight, so why would I change how I look or dress just because I’m a fighter? People will know I’m a fighter when I step into the cage. I mean I’ve heard rumors that for each tattoo someone gets, it can increase their hand speed by 20 percent so I guess I’m just missing out. Oh well."Read more here... |
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| Best Way BJJ in
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We are glad to inform that Best Way BJJ will have four new locations, one in Massachusetts and three in Connecticut. In MA Master Andre "Dedeco" Almeida has already started the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes in Plymouth at Thurston Academy of Martial Arts. Classes will be every saturday from 2:00 to 3:00pm. In Connecticut we will have three new locations. Best Way West Haven is already open under instruction of Hitalo Machado and supervision of Luigi Mondelli. Best Way BJJ at The Center Martial Arts will be located in Bridgeport/Fairfield. Classes will include Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed MArtial Arts for kids and adults ( amateur and pro ). Also The Center will offer a full training system including Muay Thai, Karate, Yoga and other activities. In Monroe, Best Way BJJ will work in a partnership with Octane Fighting Gym. The brand new gym will open in July offering Full Contact Karate and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. All classes in Bridgeport/Fairfield and Monroe will be taught by Luigi Mondelli. Check our Schools for all schedules and addresses. ( coming soon Best Way BJJ California... ) |
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| BWBJJ team takes
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| Congratulations
Ben Ortiz Jr. 04/07/2008 |
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Ben Ortiz is a BJJ blue belt and MMA practitioner from Best Way BJJ / American Top Team Connecticut. He fought on April 13th in the KICKBOXING CHALLENGE 4 in Patterson NY. Ben scored an impressive knock out in the 2nd round. Ben is part of the new generation of our team and he has been fighting and competing every time he has a chance. Ben and our team will be fighting in the next Jiu-Jitsu Submission Tournament on April 27th in Massachusetts. The event is organized by Massachusetts State BJJ Federation. Check their website for more info: http://www.massbjjf.com |
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| TUF 7 - Episode 2. Dan Cramer wins by unanimous decision. 04/07/2008 |
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This was the second episode and Dan Cramer had his first challenge: fighting to get his chance to be in the show. Dan defeated Jeremiah Riggs by unanimous decision. As Dan describes at the end of the fight, it was a battle. Jeremiah was a warrior and fought until the last minute but Dan managed to control the whole fight. On the next episode Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin will start picking their fighters among the 16 that made through the first round of fights. Keep checking our website for more info about Dan's perfomance in the show. |
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| Long Island Pride
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| Dan Cramer in the Ultimate Fighter
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| Luigi Mondelli takes his 4th Gold in the BJJ Pan-Ams 03/30/2008 |
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Luigi Mondelli, instructor or our school in Danbury / CT have reached the top of the podium again in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Pan-American Championship. Luigi competed in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 taking the gold in all editions. He was scheduled to fight in the absolute division but due to an injury on his lower back Luigi decided to rest thinking on the Worlds Championship on June. "I went two times to a specialist since I got in LA to try to do some sort of treatment to help me heal my back." says Luigi. |
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With two fights, he conquered this Sunday the master super-super heavyweight category. In the final, the judges gave Luigi the victory over Adolfo Tozi, after a 2-2 tie. “I went for a omoplata right in the end, so the judges saw that I was more aggressive,” explained Luigi. In the semifinal, Luigi defeated by 2-0 Rafael Ellwanger, from Gracie Barra Northshore, in Louisiana. |
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Our team would like to thanks The Center Martial Arts & Yoga for sponsoring Luigi in this trip and Jairo Contreras for his support. Also, On The Mat sponsored Luigi with all the fightining apparel he needed for this chmapionship. |
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Read more at the American Top Team and Gracie Magazine websites. |
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| Coming soon: Best Way BJJ in Fairfield
/ Connecticut 03/09/2008 |
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Soon our team will be working in a partnership with The Center Martial Arts & Yoga in Fairfield / CT. All classes will be taught by Luigi Mondelli, head instructor in Connecticut. The Center will have a large training area including: grappling mats, rack with bags, MMA Cage and a full schedule including classes of: Conditioning, Striking, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, Muay Thai, Self-Defense, Tai Chi, Meditation and much more. We are looking forward to see The Center working and we are planning to have a big grand opening training day gathering our students from Danbury, and Massachusetts. The Center and Best Way BJJ in Fairfield will be covering all surrounding areas including nearby towns such as: Bridgeport, Trumbull, Milford, Westport, Norwalk, Southport, and etc... For more informations access: www.thecenterfairfield.com |
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| Ryan Quinn goes 2-0 ! 2/23/2008 |
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Write this name down: Ryan Quinn... He fought again, now in the USFL event in the Foxwoods Casino. Ryan won by submission ( Rear Naked Choke ) in 1 minute and 30 seconds of the first round. Ryan had no problem taking his opponent down two times controlling the whole fight on the ground. He is part of the new generation of fighters from American Top Team Connecticut and Boston, together with Brent Reed, Joao Araujo, Earl Worley, Dan "Hollywood" Stewart, Dan Cramer, John Warnock Joshua Johnson and others . Our Special thanks goes to Hitalo Machado for all his help training Ryan and all the guys that went to watch Ryan's fight. Congratulations Best Way BJJ / American Top Team !!! Check out the pictures here... |
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| MA and CT together again ! 2/22/2008 |
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On Feb 16th our teams from Massachusetts and Connecticut trained together again, now in Danbury / CT. Everybody had a great time training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with GI and getting ready for the upcoming tournaments. The whole idea about these meetings is to strengthen the friendship and partnership between our locations. With everybody exchanging their knowledge, our cross training meetings help to enrich the technical level of our team. Our next meeting will be in Rockland / MA on March. |
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| Congratulations Ryan Quinn and Ben Ortiz ! February 07th , 2008 |
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| These two guys made us proud this weekend. Ryan Quinn won both division, Gi and No-Gi in the blue belt and intermediate divisions. Ben, who has been training for only 5 months took second place in the No-Gi Beginner heavy weight and absolute divisions. This was our first time in the New Jersey Grappling Championship that was held in the facilities of our friends from Daddy's Fighting Camp in Cherry Hill / NJ. Congratulations guys !!! |
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| Featuring ATT Future Champions program February 07th , 2008 |
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The ATT Junior Champions program is an innovative children's martial arts program that was specifically designed to challenge and develop the skills of a pre-teen. This program targets the characteristics of pre-teens and utilizes those characteristics to help them develop physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually. The best part about their development is that they are learning and developing through martial arts training. Therefore, your child will build dynamic martial arts capabilities while gaining courage and confidence, and they will learn how to think smarter and harder with children their same age. It is the best formula for success! Check out these kids working out here ! |
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Here's how the Junior Champions Program works: The ATT Junior program is split into beginners, advanced, and competition team. Upon completion of each series your child will have accomplished a goal that will lead them to the next. By the time your child completes the final series, he or she will earn the rank of 1st Degree Black Belt - A very high honor and accomplishment at any age. Martial Arts are great for Children A psychological study found that children who study martial arts have an increased sense of responsibility, a decrease in the willingness to take foolish risks, and a higher sense of self-esteem. This is why millions of parents are using martial arts to supplement their children's education. The Junior program is an innovative children's martial arts program that was specifically designed to challenge and develop the skills of a pre-teen. This program targets the characteristics of pre-teens and utilizes those characteristics to help them develop physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually. The best part about their development is that they are learning and growing through martial arts training. Therefore, your child will build dynamic martial arts capabilities while gaining courage and confidence, and they will learn how to think harder and smarter with children their same age. It is the best formula for success! How to Enroll your child at Best Way BJJ / ATT Boston and Connecticut. Visit any of our locations in Massachusetts or our school in Danbury and bring your son or daughter for a trial class. During the trial class he or she will learn the first concepts of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu having contact with this friendly and healthy enviroment. |
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| Hey Team , Don't miss out this opportunity . Seminar with Head Instructor of American Top Team Ricardo Liborio . This weekend September 6 in CT and September 7 in MA , more informations contact Dedeco and Luigi. Thanks |
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| Thank you to everyone who came out to support us! The seminar was packed .... we can't wait ot do it again. |
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