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Welcome to the official web site of Crosley Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
& Mixed Martial Arts of Brentwood, CA
Our Academy is owned and operated by a third generation family member of martial arts gym owners and fighters. The Gracie family created and developed a system of teaching unparallel in the martial art world and own over 300 Academies worldwide. These teaching methods and personal training and competition experiences enable us to incorporate innovative techniques and fighting strategies into each class curriculum helping students learn faster and smarter, regardless of their athleticism or physical condition.
We operate 6 days a week with classes in both morning and evening hours. We specialize in Muay Thai Kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Our state of the art facility provides over 6900 sq/ft of training space with dressing rooms and shower. Combined, our instructors have over 70 years of training in combat sports. At our Academy, you are sure to reach your goals, whatever they may be, competition, fitness improvement, fun or personal excellence.
Stop by or call us to set up a trial class!
We are located at 3291 Walnut
Blvd. Suite 140 Brentwood,
Ca 94513, (925) 634-6958.
Click here for map location.
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June 1, 2010 Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Seminar
May 28, 2010 Kids Street Self-Defense Demo Video
Starring Amanda Butterfield, Ryan Briggs and Isaiah Garcia. Check it out!
May 23, 2010 3rd Annual CGJJA Internal Tourney Photos & Promotions
Over 120 competitors participated in this year’s edition. With representatives from Stockton, Rocklin and over 90 students from our hometown, Brentwood, the event was a great competitive experience for children and adults ranging in age from 4 to 55.
For many competitors, this was the first time ever competing. It was great to witness children at such young age and older adults display so much technique, heart and sportsmanship. Congrats
to all competitors for challenging themselves and making it a great show to all present.
This was a great warm up for the Bushido Open on June 25 & 26, 2010. For more info on this event, go to www.bushidoopen.com.
Congrats Isabella Angus, Logan and Harrison McCord, Michael Tadena, Andrew Wagenaar, Isaiah Garcia, Cynthia Gonzalez, Travis Berger and Ryan Woodward on their belt promotion!
May 19, 2010 Gracie BullyProof Program On Oprah. Help By Voting!
Vote for the Gracies and help save the American youth from bullies and the lifelong consequences it may bring to the victimized children!
May 16, 2010 CGJJA Purple Belt Superfight @ Jiu-Jitsu By The Bay Tournament
Congrats Adam Dunkel for winning his superfight. Adam got a submission 2 minutes into the match. Check the video below:
May 12, 2010 3rd Annual CGJJA Internal Tournament Tee!
Registrations can be done online at www.strongvon.com/cgjja
Check out this year’s competitor tee!
May 10, 2010 2010 Martial Arts Summer Camps
The camps are open to children and adults of all experience levels, including students who are new to martial arts. Participants will experience a fun filled program of Martial Arts and fitness on the mats. CGJJA Summer Camp will safely introduce new students to martial arts, and polish and expand the skills of those with previous experience. CHILDREN'S MMA / MUAY THAI CAMP -- (June 8 - July 8)
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9-12PM.
Ages 8 -14.
Camp totals 30 hours of training and FUN divided into 10 sessions. Each session will include 1 1/2 hours of Muay Thai Kickboxing and 1 1/2 of MMA (gi-less grappling).
Participants will receive FREE MMA gloves & Muay Thai shorts as well as a Certificate of Completion (must attend a minimum of 8 sessions).
Existing CGJJA students will also receive 1 belt stripe (must attend all 10 sessions). FEE: $229
ADULT MMA CAMP -- (June 8 - Aug 5)
Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30-8:30PM. *( No class on 07/13 & 07/15)
Age 15 & over.
Participants will learn striking to clinching and take downs, defending strikes from standing and while on the ground, gi-less grappling, reversals & submissions from the bottom.
Registered students will receive FREE MMA gloves as well as a Certificate of Completion (must attend minimum of 13 classes).
Existing CGJJA students will also receive 1 belt stripe (must attend all 16 sessions). FEE: $249
*Sparring included for those with proper protective equipment (shin guards, mouth piece and headgear).
REGISTER AT THE FRONT DESK OR BY PHONE @ (925) 634-6958.
May 8, 2010 Rocklin Affiliate Seminar Photos
May 3, 2010 Kids 11-14 Year Olds
April 26, 2010 Brentwood Press Pan Ams Article
04/23/10 edition www.thepress.net
April 22, 2010 7 Year Old Andrew Wagenaar Jiu-Jitsu Highlight
Andrew has shown tremendous focus, discipline, dedication and consistency with his training since the beginning. At only 7, he's competed and won every tournament he entered.
2010 Kids Pan American Gold Medalist
2010 Rumble in the Redwoods Champion
2009 Jiu-Jitsu by the Sea Champion
2009 CGJJA Tournament Gold Medalist
2008 CGJJA Tournament Gold Medalist
April 15, 2010 Recent Promotions
Congrats to all recently promoted students:
Riley Briggs - Orange Belt Michael Rivera - Orange w/ white stripe Isaiah Gonzalez - Yellow Belt Adrian Hinojosa - Yellow Belt Jordan Smith - Yellow Belt Nathan Oseguera - Grey Belt
Great job guys!
April 11, 2010 2010 Jiu-Jitsu Pan American Team Results
This year's Pan Ams had over 2800 athletes from all over the USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and several other countries from Latin America. Our team traveled down to Irvine, California this past weekend a brought home 5 medals out of 7 competitors. 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze.
Stockton's CGJJA Association Representative Ernest Mello, repeated last year's feat and won Gold in the Ultra Heavyweight Division, this time as a Brown Belt.
Brown Belt Ryan Murphy, also repeated last year's feat and won the Bronze in the LightHeavyweight Master Division, after three matches.
Chuck Walker, also CGJJA Association Representative, won Silver in the Brown Belt Senior Middleweight Division.
Jeff Maurer displayed beautiful technique in the Blue Belt Division and ended up with the Bronze in the Lightweight Senior division.
And finally, white belt Ricardo Urrea, also won the Bronze Medal but in the Middle-Heavy Novice Division.
Adam Dunkel, last year's Middle Weight Gold Medal winner and this year's Purple Belt division favorite, was winning his first match by points, when he submitted his opponent. The move, however, wasn't allowed in his division, so Adam got disqualified.
IBJJF rules have changed and apparently we weren't notified.
Blue Belt Ian Summit fought hard but ended up losing in the first match to the division gold medal winner.
We are very glad to see our team place in several different division at such high competitive levels. Congrats to all competitors and to those who were there to help them prepare these past few months.
Next up is the World Championships in Long Beach on June 3, 4, 5 and 6. We expect to see the same dedication and team effort to maximize our results.
Check out Brown Belt Ernest Mello's gold medal match finish below.
April 4, 2010 War Of The Heroes 6 - May 1 - Pleasanton, CA
Let’s support our Muay Thai instructor Brandon Banda on his upcoming Muay Thai fight at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Ca on May 1st. This will be an exciting night of fights! Bring your spouse and have a great time!
Tickets available at the front desk @ $35 general admission and $55 ringside.
March 31, 2010 CGJJA Welcomes Additional Muay Thai Instructor
We are happy to announce a new addition to our team. Like Steph and Crosley Gracie, Brandon Banda has trained under five time World Muay Thai Champion George Tsutsui
and will be teaching Muay Thai along with Steph and Juan Pena.
Brandon has been training for over 10 years; he quickly fell in love with the sport and dominated the amateur circuit.
As an amateur Brandon held the IKF Light Heavyweight State Championship and the IMTO California Cruiserweight State Championship.
Brandon is teaching a NEW Tuesday and Thursday 5PM Adult class.
This is a great addition to our already strong Muay Thai team! Welcome Brandon!
Sign up during the month of April/10 and pay $99/month for unlimited Muay Thai! (reg. $120)
* New members only.
** Offer ends 04/30/10.
Check out round three of one of Brandon's (white shorts) Muay Thai fights.
March 25, 2010 April’s Muay Thai Membership Special
During the month of April/2010 we are offering a $99 /month unlimited Muay Thai special.
This offer is for new members only and ends on 04/30/10.
March 18, 2010 CGJJA 6 Year Old Jiu-Jitsu Highlight
Check out this video of Tucker Yeley competing in several tournaments. Enjoy!
March 15, 2010 Rodrigo Gracie Seminar Photos
It was great to see Rodrigo on the mat with us once again. Check out some photos of the seminar March 13th below.
Click here for all pictures!
March 9, 2010 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Bushido Open 2010
We are proud to announce the first ever Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition in cooperation with THE BUSHIDO OPEN. This event is open to ALL Martial Arts styles and will be held at the
Concord Crown Plaza on June 25 & 26, 2010.
*Rooms available at a discounted rate for all competitors.
The Jiu-Jitsu portion of the tournament will be divided into Kids, Teens and Adults divisions.
All BJJ schools in the Bay Area have been invited. It should be a great day of competition, fun and camaraderie. Click here for rules,
weight and age divisions and more.
For registering as well as for a list of all events and styles participating, visit http://www.bushidoopen.com
March 5, 2010 Adult Jiu-Jitsu Pan Ams
The tournament will take place on April 08th, 09th, 10th and 11th in University California Irvine, Irvine - California.
Once again, we’re bringing our competition team down to Southern California. Last year, 4 of our 6 athletes brought home 2 golds and 2 bronze medals.
Check out Instructor Ryan’s Murphy quarter-final match at the last Pan Ams below.
The Adult class on Friday, 04/09 and the 11-14 Kids class on 04/10/10 have both been cancelled.
March 1, 2010 Kids Pan American Team Results
Held on February 27th in Carson, Ca, the first ever Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships for kids featured children ages 5 to 14, from all over the US, Canada, Central America and Brazil.
Three of our most promising 6 and 7 year olds went down to Los Angeles and brought home 3 medals!
Six year old, Andrew Wagenaar, who’s undefeated and has been dominating every competition he enters, won gold after defeating three highly skilled opponents.
Tucker Yeley, 6, who won the last 2 tournaments, got the silver and Gabriel Guerrero, 7, brought home the bronze. Great job little men! Check out Andrew’s gold medal match below.
Full tournament results here
February 27, 2010 3rd Annual CGJJA Internal Tournament
It’s that time again! On May 22, 2010, we’ll be hosting our 3rd Annual CGJJA Internal Tournament. This year’s edition will feature Kids and Adults divisions.
All CGJJA affiliated schools invited!
T-shirts and medals to all competitors.
Fastest submission, tournament standout & most technical match Awards.
Stripe & belt Promotions.
February 22, 2010 Muay Thai Competition Team @ Delta Smackdown
Delta Smackdown was held at Heritage High School and featured several events, including Team Sparring, Muay Thai, Katas and Weapons Demonstrations. Once again, great performances by our Muay Thai team. Congrats to all CGJJA competitors, Carole, Nathan, Ronnie, Ryan, Hector, Jessica and Juan.
To those who didn’t get a match, thanks for being there supporting your teammates and great effort t training these past weeks. It is great to see everyone improving as a team!
Special congrats to Ryan, Hector, Juan and Jessica for winning their matches. Jessica even competed with a dislocated shoulder! Awesome display of technique and heart by all!
Check the pictures and video below:
February 17, 2010 Stockton Affiliate Seminar Pictures
Thanks Association Representatives Ernest Melo and Chuck Walker for hosting the seminar. It was exciting to see the camaraderie among all the students as well as everyone’s progress on the mat. Now, make sure to work on all new moves!
February 13, 2010 Valentine’s Bring-A-Date Class Pictures
It was great to see all of the couples having a great time while learning! Thanks all for coming!
February 9, 2010 Rodrigo Gracie Seminar
Professor Crosley’s cousin, Rodrigo Gracie, will be visiting the Academy for another one of his awesome seminars on March 13th @ 11:30 for 2 hours. Author of several Martial Arts books as well as an experienced competitor, Rodrigo has been teaching his favorite techniques in seminars all around the world for the past few years.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn the latest techniques in the grappling world and train with another member of the Gracie family. Please contact the front desk for details.
* The seminar is open for CGJJA students only.
February 7, 2010 Rumble In The Redwoods Kids Tournament Results
Congratulations to all who competed last weekend in Aptos, Ca. We are very pleased and proud to see our children display so much heart, technique and class on victory and defeat. Our 6 year olds have been dominating local tournaments for quite a while now, winning several tournaments in a row.
Some competitors had up to three matches each. Outstanding performance, considering many competed for the first time.
Here are the team results and photos:
Andrew Wagenaar (6) - 1st Place
James Larena (7) - 2nd Place
Gabriel Guerrero (6) - 1st Place
Logan McCord (7) - 2nd Place
Tucker Yeley (6) - 1st Place
Harrison McCord (10) - 2nd place
Isaiah Garcia (10) - 1st Place
Isabela Angus (11) - 2nd Place
Amanda Butterfield (10) - 1st Place
Tiger Bortin (12) - 2nd Place
Evan Masters (11) - 1st Place
Justin Hansz (12) - 1st Place
Jeff Angus (13) - 1st place
February 1, 2010 4 Years Since Carlson’s Passing
On February 1, 2006, the fight world lost Carlson Gracie. Hospitalized in Chicago, Illinois with kidney problems, his condition quickly developed into an irreversible and fatal general infection.
Carlson’s influence on Crosley’s training and fighting style is tremendous. “I trained at uncle Carlson’s academy from 1991 to 1999, before coming to the US. I was lucky enough to be able to train and learn from a few different generations of the highest level BJJ Black Belts of that time.
I was able to watch and learn some of the training philosophies that my uncle used to train his MMA students and adapt some to it to my own training experiences.”
Descanse em Paz, Tio. Saudades.
Among the numerous greats from the past, Carlson Gracie deserves special mention. Not only for his achievements in the ring, but also because he is one of the most striking characters in MMA or Jiu-Jitsu, the protagonist of countless epic bouts.
The master had a peculiar way of facing challenges and behaving.
He had the uncanny ability to memorize words in the dictionary and play cards like few others could, loved both cockfighting and French music. Always gesticulating a lot, talking loudly, coming up with theories, nicknames and expressions used to this day, like the famous ‘Creonte’, an adjective denoting traitors.
He didn’t subscribe to ceremony. If you didn’t agree with some result from a Jiu-Jitsu tournament, you’d just invade the opposing team’s dojo. Sometimes he would just substitute the referee.
In the ring, Carlson made history. Among his most significant battles was his win over Valdemar Santana – Valdemar overcame his uncle Helio in 1956 – a battle revisited several times thereafter.
As a coach, he put together an army of champions of such caliber as Wallid Ismail, Amaury Bitetti, Murilo Bustamante, Zé Mário Sperry, Ricardo De La Riva and Ricardo Liborio, among many others.
Check out this classic video of one of Carlson’s epic battles.
January 28, 2010 Cardio Combat Conditioning class is back!
Beginning 02/04/10, Professor Crosley Gracie's Strength and Conditioning
Trainer Fabiano Brasil will be also pushing you to your limit!
For those who haven't done it last year, the class is a combination of
plyometric exercises and fighting techniques that will bring and keep your
heart rate up for most of the 60 minute work out.
FREE trial for CGJJA members by appointment only.
January 26, 2010 Tucker Gets Gold At Gracie Kids Worlds
Congrats to 5 year old Tucker Yeley for winning three matches and getting the gold medal at the Gracie Kids Worlds, held inside the Los Angeles Fitness Expo at the LA Convention Center this past weekend. Tucker won the final match with an armbar, after dominating from start to finish. Good job Tucker! Check out the video below.
January 25, 2010 Valentine’s Weekend Jiu-Jitsu Class Friday, February 12 @ 7pm. FREE for all Jiu-Jitsu members. Bring a date and practice together key Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu moves highly effective for
the streets! NO uniform required! Please wear sweat pants and t-shirt. Students 15 & over.
January 24, 2010 Stockton Affiliate Seminar Visit
Professor Crosley Gracie will be visiting the Stockton Affiliate on Febuary 13th for another 2 hour seminar from noon to 2pm. For further info, please call Association representative Ernest Mello at (209) 612-8965 or click the banner below.
January 22, 2010
January 21, 2010 New Classes Photos
January 19, 2010 Last Minute Winter Sale
All inventories in stock from the Holidays will be on sale Saturday, January 30 from 10am to 1pm. New memberships, membership upgrades and individual lessons will also be on sale.
January 17, 2010 Newly Promoted!
Congrats to David Putnam, Dylan Ulrich and Jeffrey Angus for their blue, yellow and yellow respectively. Very well deserved!
January 13, 2010 HAITI RELIEF - HELP NOW!
A massive 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. Three million people have been affected by the quake and its aftermath. Reports estimate that over fifty thousand Haitians may be dead. Nearly all of Port-au-Prince is either damaged or destroyed, including much needed hospitals and facilities to house the injured. Emergency supplies such as food, water, medical supplies and clothing are desperately needed.
REMEMBER WE LIVE IN AN EARTHQUAKE PRONE AREA, TOMORROW WE COULD BE THE ONES IN NEED OF HELP!
January 11, 2010 Adult & Kids Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships
The year started and so did the training for the major tournaments happening in California in the first semester. The first ever Pan American Championships for Kids will be held in Carson, Ca on February 27. Click here for more info.
Before hand, however, on February 6th, we are bringing our kids to compete at the Rumble at the Redwoods Tournament in Sta. Cruz. That should be a good tune up for the coveted Pan Ams medals.
As for the adults, April 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th are the dates for the second largest tournament in the world. The Pan American Championships will be held for the 15th time this year and should break another competitor and spectator record.
More info on the competition to be released soon by http://www.ibjjf.org
January 7, 2010 Snowboarding Team Trip
We'll be meeting at Squaw Valley to ski/snowboard on Saturday, January 23 @ 9:30am. For those of you who enjoy being on the snow, come join us and have a fun day in beautiful Lake Tahoe!
Crosley Gracie was born in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, son of Rosley Gracie
and grandson of the founder of Gracie
Jiu-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie. He started
training at the age of 9 years old with
uncle Grand Master Reylson Gracie in
1988. In 1992, he went on to train at
uncle's Carlson Gracie Academy competing
in an internal tournament held the same
year winning his first Jiu-Jitsu match.
To read more about Crosley's Bio
click here.
Crosley's family is known for being the
founders of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and
their history goes all the way back to
the early 1900's. To read about the
Gracie family history
click here.
Among the numerous greats from the past, Carlson Gracie deserves special mention. Not only for his achievements in the ring, but also because he is one of the most striking characters in MMA or Jiu-Jitsu, the protagonist of countless epic bouts.
