Next month ALL of the Machado brothers will be in Dallas, TX at Carlos Machado Jiu Jitsu Academy for a three day seminar starting Friday October 14th through Sunday October 16th. For more information, including registration and hotel recommendations CLICK HERE
Team Pitch Black/RCJ Machado MMA’s very own Steven ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, Joseph ‘Crush’ Corneroli, and Justin ‘Tank’ Scoggins will be laying it all on the line October 1, 2011 in Atlanta, GA at the Masquerade Music Park.
Jean Jacques Machado landed in Nottingham monday for ADCC 2011. Machado arrived to corner Kron Gracie, the legendary Rixon Gracie’s son, for the tournament next weekend. For the last 30 days Jean Jacques has been coaching Kron, and everyone is excited to see him compete. Machado said: “I am proud to be a part of the team. I am here to help.” Kron said: “Jean Jacques added a lot to my preparation. I am really happy to have him with me.”
This weekend at NAGA all of our students that competed did very well, and worked really hard. Special thanks to Mikey for going out and coaching the guys. the official results are as follows:
John McCormick- 2nd place in purple belt division, Gi
Michael Torres- 1st place in white belt division, Gi and nogi
Liberty Street- 2nd place in white belt division, Gi
Jonathan Kao- 3rd place in white belt division, Gi
Travis Canada- 3rd place in white belt division, Gi
Hector Oporta- 3rd place, nogi
(Liberty, Jonathan, John, Travis)
Last weekend in Charlotte, NC Jess Noriega and William Gunter Represented their skills and FEKS Martial Arts. Jess Noriega,1-0 at 170lbs, sunk and inverted triangle against a much stronger and faster opponent at the end of the third round and unfortunately the bell rang at the exact time he tapped, it went to the score cards. The second fighter, William Gunter at 260lbs, got a second round TKO on his MMA debut. Congratulations to both fighters on the performance.
Inside the Maracanãzinho Gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jean Jacques Machado will be in a ‘legend vs. legend’ match-up against Ricardo De La Riva during the Grand Slam De Jiu Jitsu. It is being said to be the largest jiu jitsu event in the last twenty years! This is Ricardo De La Riva’s farewell match, a historic event that is not to be missed. Mark your calender for November 12-13, 2011
School has started, and the weather is getting a little cooler out. Everyone is getting back into the routine after all the activity that summer tends to bring. The buzz about all the Machado brothers has got the students excited and training hard, waiting with anticipation for the weekend of their arrival. The instructors are diligently helping all the students understand and trouble-shoot any of the techniques that prove to be challenging, helping the students grow with the art. We also have the Santos brothers, Marcos and Marcio, helping with both classes and offering private lessons for the students. RCJ Machado is happy to have the Santos brothers teaching alongside the rest of the instructors, lending a hand to make sure the school grows together. We also had affiliate training this friday and will be having another affiliate training class next sunday. To all our students and instructors reading reading this, we appreciate all of you for your hard work and look forward to another season with you on and off the mat.
Next Saturday everyone from both the Dallas and The Colony academies are invited to the Machado potluck for food and fellowship at The Colony next to Lake Lewisville at the Pavillion in Stewarts Creek Park. There is a sign-up sheet for which dish/dessert you plan to bring and plates and utensils will be provided, so feel free to sign up and bring whatever food you would like. Everyone is also encouraged to bring sunscreen, bathing suit, a towel, water toys, or frisbees if you own them. This is a fun end-of-summer event and we look forward to seeing all our students and their families enjoying themselves next weekend, so mark your calenders and we’ll see you there!
Adam Trees, Carlos Machado, Gilbert Ariza
The title of this piece deals with the importance of handling the day to day life, in order to be prepared for life itself.
When it comes to our work ethics, little things done on a consistent basis will, in the long run, yield results greater than sporadic bursts. We live in a culture that does not instill individual commitment to anything for a period of time long enough to see the benefits of any given activity.
The short term mentality is what prevails, getting something with little effort, little time, and having all the perks along the way before switching into something else. That is a distorted way of thinking, maybe exacerbated by the celebrity stories that run amok in the tabloids, giving the impression that anyone who sends an application to American Idol will end up with a record label. Continue reading
