8/14/08: New Regis Lebre Seminar:
On Thursday August 28th from 6:30 - 8:30 at the Toledo academy Regis Lebra will be in town doing a Gi only Seminar.

The Cost is only $50 - no pre-registration required.

Due to this seminar regular classed in Detroit will be cancelled this day.

Don't miss this chance to train with Regis. Those who have attended his seminars in the past know how amazing he is.

8/11/08: Closed Memorial Weekend & Day:
The academy will be closed Sunday August 31st & Memorial Day Monday September 1st.

8/08/08: Academy News:
I am very excited about how things are going for our schools and the Midwest associations. We are growing strong together and are developing a very organized team; keep up the great job!!

We competed in the Ohio Buckeye Border Challenge on July 26th. Team Saulo did well with the higher ranks showing their time training with Saulo/Xande and their instructors has paid off. Bryan Slygh and Kris Magers closed out the gi Open. Jeremy Harris and Justin Wehr went undefeated in both the gi and no gi. Jeremy won the master no gi Open and beat a tough brown belt in the gi as well. Justin won his gi match in the purple belt and also won the advanced no gi lightweight title. Brent Insco placed second in the no gi advanced middleweight beating some tough opponents.

The blue and white belts won a ton on medals and matches as well. We are proud of you all and keep training hard.

August 23rd - next association training - the Michigan Open had to move to Sept 27th.

I am also planning on going to San Diego from September 14 - 21st. Saulo and Xande have invited me to visit and watch/help with the training and teach some classes for them. It will be a great opportunity for me to learn new techniques as well. Our instructors are doing a great job and will fill in for me when I am gone.

Brent Insco has become a distributer of the body wash DEFENSE. We have bottles available at both the Toledo and Detroit schools. This is a wash that keeps skin infections away. It is only 10.00 per bottle and should last at least 2 months. I highly recommend this product and it can be used up to 4 hours after you train. Remember to keep your clothes you train in clean and yourself as well.

Next BADDOG MMA event is going to be in November!!

Remember, a Black Belt is a White Belt who never quits!!

8/08/08: SRJJA News:
The Master/Senior Worlds were held in Brazil the weekend of July 25th. Gracie Humitia took home the Team Trophy for the six year in a row. Regis Lebre brought four guys including himself and they brought home four medals. Gold medals went to Brian Rago (brown belt), John Padova (purple belt); Silver medals went to Regis (black belt) and John Disimone (brown belt). As always Regis and his students were a force to be reckoned with.

Saulo will compete this coming weekend in the BJJ No Gi Worlds in California. He will be in the middle-heavy division; best of luck to him and the team.

Saulo/Xande student Fabricio "morango" Camoes will be fighting Sam Morgan on Showtime's ShoXC, August 15th. It will air at 11:00pm. Morango is coming off an impressive win over Joe Comacho; first round TKO. We will be cheering for you.

Xande will make his MMA debut in Japan on September 28th, fighting in the SENGOKU show. His opponent has not yet been determined. We all know Xande is awesome and will continue his success in MMA as he does in both gi and no gi tournaments. This is great news for us Saulo and Xande students/fans; another step in their already awesome history.

Saulo's book will be out by the end of September. He will be doing a number of book signings and will be in Toledo in November when we have the BADDOG MMA fights (exact date cannot be locked in but 60 days in advanced).

The SRJJA Annual tourney will be in Toledo on October 4th. This is a great time for all of us to hang out, learn from each other and watch some great matches. More details to come later.

Diego "nightmare" Sanchez will be going to battle with Tiago "pitbull"Alves in the UFC on October 25th in Chicago. This is a great opportunity for us in the Midwest to support and see the UFC live. With this win, it would be hard to imagine that Diego would not be up for a title shot; remember Diego is undefeated since training with the champs.

7/02/08: Academy News:
Big News! - Jon Toth won the pro division at the Grappler's Quest on June 28th. He did an outstanding job, beating some very tough opponents. He won in the finals 12 - 0. Thanks to Regis who was there coaching him. Congrats Jon, way to represent.

We will be competing in Toledo on July 26th at the Buckeye Border Challenge. Go to mma.tv - events for more details. Sean Bansfield has a super fight and our team is going in full force. The cost is great and you can have at least four matches if you do both gi and no gi.

The next tournament after is August 23rd in Walled Lake, Michigan - www.usabjjtouraments.com for more details.

We have added a wrestling coach to our Toledo Academy. His name is Craig Hogan and he will be a great asset to an already strong school. He has been added to the instructor page and is available for private class at a great rate.

Also in Toledo, Chris has added a Wing Chun Do Gung Fu (wingchundo.com for info) class on Friday. There will be open mat at the same time as well. Check out the Schedule Tuition page on the www.toledojiujitsu.com website if you are interested. No extra cost to train in the new classes.

Remember, a Black Belt is a White Belt that never quit!

7/02/08: SRJJA News:
Diego "nightmare" Sanchez TKO'd Luigi Fioravanti on June 21st. It was not an easy fight, the guy was tough, but Diego was tougher. It will be interesting to see who is next; he should be in line soon for a title fight; one more win may do it. Diego has been undefeated since training with Saulo and Xande. We will keep cheering for you!!!! Don't forget!!!

On Saturday, July 19th I will have SRJJA training in Toledo and a pool party and cookout after training; the training is from 1 - 3pm. It is important that the association owners/instructors and their high ranks come to this training if at all possible.

6/24/08: New Tuesday Open Mat Schedule
Starting next Tuesday July 1st, Tuesday's will now be "open mat" day.  We will still start the first 30 mins. of class with our white belt techique session, but after will be open mat.

It's basically a day were you can come in with any you might have questions, or role the instructor, or just work on whatever you would like with whoever you would like.

5/29/08: New & Improved Schedule:
Effective June there will be a new and improved training schedule...be sure to check it out, especially you white belts.

12/11/07: New Specials:
Sign up today and get one month of training and a uniform for $100.00*

OR one month of training and any Saulo DVD set for $150.00*

*Specials for new students only!!