3 New Serafin BJJ Blue Belts!

Today we hosted Jack McVicker for a BJJ seminar.  As usual Jack covered some great positions and techniques.  Having a world class instructor to provide the key details with a whole series of moves and positions is an invaluable asset.  

After the seminar quite a few deserving students received well earned new rank in BJJ.  There are a lot of white belts with new stripes showing the hard work they have been putting into their BJJ.  Some new belts were awarded as Horatiu Wesser, Ed Loncar and Dennis Odulio were promoted to blue belts in BJJ by Jack McVicker and myself.   I'm very proud of all my students and am glad to see more and more colored belts in the gym.

This week's topic: Back Attacks

This week we will be working on attacks from the back.  We will mainly work on our basic 3 chokes, going into details like proper grips, control angles, and the most efficient ways to finish the choke.  We will also cover some basic ways to take the back that will lead directly to the grips we need to finish the chokes.

US Grappling Chicago

Team Serafin BJJ had a great showing at yesterday's US Grappling Chicago grappling tournament.  We brought back a bunch of medals and showed some great BJJ.  I'm super proud of how well the team performed especially the first time competitors. 

This Week's topic: Sit Outs

This week we will be working on the sit out and switch.  We will cover multiple different versions of the sit out as well as different scenarios where it sit outs will be useful.  The techniques will go from basics of wrestling to more advanced uses including sit outs to set up submissions.