Huge Promotions at GGA
We would like to congratulate everyone who got promoted this past Sunday (4/25/2010) by Coaches Jason Scully and Jared Weiner. These are the Grapplers Guide’s biggest promotions to date!
- Jason Scully – After 9 1/2 years of training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Jason has been promoted to the rank of Black Belt!
- Jim “Icy Hot” Lepping – Brown Belt
- Jim Sweeney – Brown Belt
- Kristel “Lil Mongoose” Roxas – Blue Belt
- Mike “Tupaco” Benincasa - Blue Belt
We are extremely proud of all who were promoted and we look forward to seeing them excel further in both BJJ and in life! Keep up the great work!

Matt Butler – 3 IN A ROW!! – Central Jersey BJJ Champion
We want to give a huge shout out to Matt Butler who competed at this past weekends NAGA World Championships (4/10/10) in the Purple Belt Division and placed 1st!
Matt was out of competition for a little while and just recently decided to start competing again. His first competition back was three weeks ago and since then he as won 3 purple belt tournaments in a row!
- 1st Place – PA State BJJ Championships (3/27/10)- Purple Belt Champion
- 1st Place – Head2Head Grappling (4/3/10) Championships – Purple Belt Champion
- 1st Place – NAGA World Championships (4/10/10) – Purple Belt Champion
Great job once again Matt. You’re representing GGA well!
GGA #1 Team At Head2Head – Beat All Local NJ Teams!
We just got word that the Grapplers Guide Academy was the #1 team out of almost 40 teams in the NJ, NY, PA area (most teams being from NJ) that competed at the Head 2 Head Grappling tournament in Wall, NJ on April 3rd 2010. This is a great accomplishment considering the caliber of teams in the area. Everyone at the Grapplers Guide works hard and they do so with a great attitude.
Out of 14 competitors, we won 10 championships that day! We guarantee 100% that you will get the best training at our facility. We prove it by not just telling you, but actually showing you results. We’ve created BJJ and No-Gi Grappling Champions and we’ve helped MULTIPLE members lose over 35+ pounds in as little as 6 months. Along with that we are also apart of the #1 team in the country, Team Lloyd Irvin!
When you walk in our facility you’ll be happy to see that we don’t cater to the “meathead” and ego driven atmosphere. Everyone is friendly, helpful, and motivated!
Once we get the huge team trophy that we won, we’ll update this post with a photo. In the mean time, stop by and say hello!
The Grapplers Guide Does It Again! – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu New Jersey Champions
What can we say?! The Grapplers Guide keeps performing over and over again in competition. This weekend we proved at the local Head 2 Head Grappling tournament in Wall Township that we are pretty much one of the top dogs in the Central New Jersey/Jersey Shore area! Out of a total of 14 competitors, 11 of them placed in the top 3! Out of those same 14 competitors we placed a total of 15 times! That’s right!….15 TIMES!. With 9 of our GGA competitors taking home first place championships! Check out the list of accomplishments below:
- Mike “Tupaco” Benincasa – 1st Intermediate No-Gi and 2nd White Belt
- Russ “Brussel Sprouts” Pearce – 1st White Belt and 3rd Beginner No-Gi
- John “Needles” Neidrich – 1st Intermediate No-Gi and 1st White Belt
- Danilo Bueno – 1st Beginner No-Gi
- Chris “20-Watt” Ulbricht – 1st Intermediate No-Gi
- Jesse Dynak – 1st White Belt
- Levi “Lion Heart” Ortiz – 1st Beginner No-Gi and 2nd White Belt
- Jim “Icy Hot” Lepping – 1st Masters Purple Belt
- Matt Butler – 1st Purple Belt
- Pete “Smokehouse” Zelinski – 3rd White Belt
- Dave “Casper” D’Angelo – 3rd Beginner No-Gi
Once again everyone at GGA is very proud!
















