August 16, 2010

This weekend 20 year old Team Lloyd Irvin black belt phenom Jonathan "JT" Torres put on one of the most spectacular seminars ever held to a packed house at Paramount BJJ. JT is one of the Top Lightweight Jiu-Jitsu competitors in the World, in May of this year he submitted 4 opponents at the Brazilian Nationals including World Champion Lucas Lepri. He is a Silver medalist at the Black belt No Gi Pan Am and World Championships, and the European and Asian Open Champion. The list of JT's tournament accomplishments alone would take hours to list...

But what was most impressive was JT's ability to teach and explain his techniques in such a simple and efficient manner. Many of our beginner white belt students were looking like they'd been training for years after just a few hours of instruction and drilling- although of course it will take years to perfect the moves!

JT started off the seminar by showing his No Gi style of passing the guard and taking the back. After about 2 hours of intensive No Gi theory and technique, JT moved on to the Gi portion of the seminar. Here he detailed the variations using the kimono and how to shut down your opponent's offense and create openings and opportunities to pass and take the back.

It was apparent how much JT enjoys teaching Jiu-Jitsu, as he kept going non-stop for almost 4 hours! Then to top it all off, he trained live with some of the students, and performed just about every technique he had just taught! All of the students who attended were raving about the seminar afterwards, and will no doubt be utilizing the techniques and concepts they learned for years to come.

Thanks JT!!

June 7, 2010

This past weekend the "Mundial" (World Championships of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) was held at the Pyramid in Long Beach, California. This is a huge event, spanning four days with several thousand competitors each year. 2010 has been an amazing year so far for Team Lloyd Irvin, and this year we made history at the Mundial.

In an unprecedented and historic display, Team Lloyd Irvin brought home 12 Gold medals, 7 Silver and 6 Bronze- Something no American team has even come close to before!

Master Lloyd's teaching and coaching system is second to none. It's a system that we've adopted at Paramount and will continue to utilize with all of our students, whether they compete or not.

Congratulations to ALL of the competitors who trained their butts off and stepped up and competed. Make sure you're following us at twitter.com/paramountbjj for detailed results from tournaments as well as news and events at Paramount BJJ-Team Lloyd Irvin PA.