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336 State Highway 35 - Red Bank, NJ 07701 - (732) 397-2048
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It’s official! Team Lloyd Irvin has been announced at the BEST TEAM OF THE DECADE by Grapplers Quest, the biggest grappling tournament circuit in the world! The records have been tallied for the past 10 years and TEAM LLOYD IRVIN CAME OUT ON TOP!
http://www.grapplersquest.com/blogs/briancimins/best-grappling-team-decade
The Grapplers Guide is proud to represent the best team in the country! Come and join the best team right here in Monmouth County New Jersey!
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Well we have to make a decision as far as having class tonight and as to go with the side of caution, we will not be having classes tonight. It isn’t extremely bad at the moment however as it gets later around the 8pm class time frame it may get colder and cause freezing rain/ice.
So to be safe there isn’t any class tonight.
There IS open mat tomorrow night at 6pm.
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Everyone at the Grapplers Guide Academy would like to congratulate those who gain another stripe on their white belts last Wednesday! We are all very proud of you and your hard work.
- Kristel “Lil Mongoose” Roxas - 4th Stripe on White Belt
- Jamie Ferrugiaro - 2nd Stripe on White Belt
- Dave “Casper” D’Angelo - 1st Stripe on White Belt
- Mike Spatafora - 1st Stripe on White Belt
- Levi Ortiz - 1st Stripe on White Belt
- Russel “Brussel Sprouts” Pearce - 1st Stripe on White Belt
Great Job Everyone!
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There will be training tonight at 8pm. See you there!
GGA
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Tonight - Tuesday (2/9/10) will be open mat at at 8pm so then students can leave whenever they choose OR if it starts snowing by 6:30pm tonight then class is canceled.
Stay tuned about class tomorrow night.
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No class this Saturday (2/6/10) due to inclimate weather. Enjoy the snow!

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Once again members of the Grapplers Guide Academy all kicked some butt at the US Grappling tournament in Boothwyn, PA. We brought 6 competitors and each one of them brought back a medal!
- John “Needles” Neidrich placed 1st in the no-gi intermediate division and 1st in his gi division.
- Mike Spatafora placed 1st in his no-gi division
- Kristel “Lil Mongoose” Roxas placed 1st in her no-gi division and 2nd in the no-gi absolute division
- Chris “20-Watt” Ulbricht placed 2nd in his blue belt division
- Mike “Tupaco” Benincasa placed 2nd in his white belt division
- David “Casper” D’Angelo placed 3rd in his white belt division

We couldn’t be any prouder of all of you! The Grapplers Guide competition team represents everytime we step on the mat both with hard work and respect!
Great Job Everyone!
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We would like to congratulate a couple of our Grapplers Guide Academy members for competing and placing in the On The Mat tournament in Philadephia, PA.
- Chris “20-Watt” Ulbricht placed 2nd in his Blue Belt division
- Jesse Dynak placed 3rd in his white belt division.
Great Job Guys. As always we are all very proud of you. We’ll see you at the next one!
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We would like to congratulate the following Grapplers Guide members on their stripe promotions. They are now one step closer to reaching the next belt level. Every single member here trains with a great respect for their teammates and works hard every time they step on the mats!
- Jessie Dynak - 2 Stripe White Belt
- Dan “Veggie” Kaufman - 2 Stripe White Belt
- John “Needles” Neidrich - 2 Stripe While Belt
- Danilo Bueno - 1 Stripe White Belt
Great Job Guys! Keep up the great work!
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There will not be any classes on:
- Thursday - December 31st 2010
- Friday - January 1st 2010
- Saturday - January 2nd 2010
Classes will resume on Monday January 4th 2010. We wish you all a safe and happy New Years!
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Everyone at the Grapplers Guide Academy would like to congratulate all who competed at the Head to Head Grappling Tournament in Wall NJ on Saturday December 5th.
We had a good turnout for this tournament.
- Dan “Canoes” Witzig - Placed 3rd in his gi division
- Jessie Dynak - Placed 2nd in his gi division
- Kristel “Little Mongoose” Roxas - Placed 2nd in her no-gi division
- John Neidrich - Placed 1st in his gi division and 1st in his no-gi division
- Chris “20-Watt” Ulbricht - Placed 1st in his no-gi division
- Pete “Smokehouse” Zelinksi - Competed for the first time and was able to get his first competition win.
- Mike “Tupaco” Benincasa - As a white belt had a tough match against a blue belt and came extremely close to pulling out the win
We are very proud of everyone for stepping on the mats and testing themselves. They all represented the Grapplers Guide Academy well.
Thank you to everyone who came out to support their teammates too. To have a great support system at these tournaments is a huge help and spirit booster!
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Please remember that the training schedule for Wednesday is:
- 7:00pm - Beginners Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- 8:00pm - Int/Adv Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Thank you,
GGA
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We would like to let everyone know how proud we are of those who competed this past weekend (11/14/09) at the North American Grappling Association Championships in Newark, NJ. We had 3 competitors and they all represented the Grapplers Guide extremely well.

Kristel “Mongoose” Roxas had one of her best showings yet. She placed 1st in the white belt division winning her first match with a shutout and her finals match by an armbar. Kristel gets better and better every time she steps on the mat and every time she tests herself in competition.
John Niedrich competed in his first ever BJJ competition and had an awesome showing with only 3 months experience. He won 3 matches competing in both the Intermediate No-Gi division and the White Belt division. As he trains more and more he’s definitely going to be a beast on the mat and give everyone who steps in his way trouble.
Jesse Dynak also competed in his first ever BJJ tournament with only 3 months experience. He competed in the White Belt division and won 2 matches. Jesse is another student that is doing great in training and is improving at a rapid pace.
We are so proud of all of you! Keep up the great work and thank you for representing the Grapplers Guide with respect and hard work!
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Team Lloyd Irvin wins it all! As the promoter put it:

The Best Grappling Superfight Team in the Northeast was crowned and that team was : TEAM LLOYD IRVIN!
Some good matches along the way, facing Jungle Gym in the semi-finals and Team Renzo Gracie in the finals but we managed to take the Gold. Great Job!
The 5 on 5 Champions were:
- Wilson Reis (Black Belt)
- Tracey Goodel (Blue Belt)
- DJ Jackson (Blue Belt)
- Willie Leonard (Blue Belt)
- Ron Stallings (Purple Belt)
The action was crazy in the house! Go Team Lloyd Irvin!
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We would like to congratulate our Lloyd Irvin teammates for their performance at the No-Gi World Championships this past Sunday (11/8/09) in Long Beach, California.
Team Lloyd Irvin Placed 3rd out of over 100 teams at the World Championships. We were the only east coast team to place in the top three! Team Lloyd Irvin proves over and over again why we are one of the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu teams in the country!
Congratulations to:
- J.T. Torres - 2nd Place Black Belt Division
- De Alonzio Jackson - World Champion Blue Belt Division and 2nd Place Absolute Division
- Phil Davis - World Champion Blue Belt Division
- Willie Leonard - World Champion Blue Belt Division and Absolute Division Winner
- Rachel Demara - 3rd Placed Women’s Purple Belt Division and 3rd Place Absolute Division
- Michael Atkin - World Champion Purple Belt Division and 3rd Place Absolute Division
Great Job Everyone!!
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The Grapplers Guide would like to welcome the following new members to our family. We are looking forward to working with you and growing into better people together.
- Danny Hartsgrove
- Jason Vengelis
Dan McGarry
- Tom McDonald
- Christopher Ozar
- Danilo Bueno
- David D’Angelo
- Russell Pearce
- Cary Harr
- Jordan Kaufman
- John Neistrich
- Mark Fitzgerald
- Paul Placa
- Phillip Rocco
- Brian Rocco
- Todd Smith
- Mike Spatafora
- Josue Rolon
Welcome Everyone!
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We would like to congratulate everyone on their recent stripe promotions. Everyone has been working hard and giving their all in training. All of us at Central Jersey BJJ are very proud of each and everyone of you! Great Job!!
- Mike “Tupaco” Benincasa - 4th Stripe White Belt (next is the Blue Belt!)
- Kristel “Mongoose” Roxas - 3rd Stripe White Belt
- Maye “No Way” San Jose - 2nd Stripe White Belt
- Marcus “A.K.A.” Johnson - 2nd Stripe White Belt
- Pete “Smokehouse” Zelinksi - 1st Stripe White Belt
Keep up the hard work. It’s great having you all apart of our family!